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An evening with Charles Sifford

Charlie Sifford, the legendary black golfer and civil rights pioneer to whom the University of St Andrews will give an honorary degree next week, will meet and answer questions from the public in St Andrews at a special event staged to mark the award of his degree.

Honorary degrees June 2006

Figures from the worlds of film, science, sport and the arts will be awarded honorary degrees by the University of St Andrews later this month.

Honorary degree for golfing great

The University of St Andrews is to give an Honorary Degree to Charlie Sifford, the father of African American golf and the man whose career began the dismantling of racial barriers in the sport.

Graduation gears up

The annual St Andrew's Day Graduation Ceremony at the University of St Andrews will kick off next week (Wednesday 30th November) with awards being given to a host of well-known names, both inside and outside the University.

St Andrew’s day honours

The annual St Andrew's Day Graduation Ceremony at the University of St Andrews will kick off later this month (Wednesday 30th November) with awards being given to a host of well-known names, both inside and outside the University.

St Andrews to honour golfing greats

The best known voice in golf, Britain's most prolific Major winner of the modern era, the biggest-hitting lady golfer and a five-times Open champion are all to be honoured by Scotland's oldest university.

Honorary degrees 21st – 25th June

Author Bill Bryson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament George Reid and Poet Seamus Heaney are among those receiving honorary degrees from the University of St Andrews this week.