Honorary Degrees and Granite State Awards Recipients
Commencement 2007
Honorary Degree Recipients
President George H.W. Bush – Doctor of Humane Letters
President William J. Clinton – Doctor of Humane Letters
John LaMattina – Doctor of Science
- President, Pfizer Global Research and Development.
- In charge of inventions of new medicines at world’s largest pharmaceutical company.
- Senior Vice President, Pfizer, Inc.
- UNH alumnus: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry 1975.
- Spouse: Mary Boyle LaMattina, UNH Alumna M.Ed 1974.
James (Jim) Thomson – Doctor of Science
- President and CEO, RAND Corporation. Head of public policy enhancement firm through research and analysis for over 16 years.
- During Carter administration, served at the National Security Council in charge of defense and arms control policy.
- UNH alumnus: B.S. in Physics 1967, mother and sisters also UNH graduates.
Granite State Award Recipients
George Bald
- Commissioner of N.H. Department of Resource Economics and Development.
- Executive Director of Pease Development Authority 2004-2006.
- Mayor of the City of Somersworth, NH 1978-1984.
- Economic Development, City of Rochester 1984-1994.
- Economic Development Director, Pease Development Authority 1994 – 1998.
- Spouse: Candace Small, UNH Alumna 1973.
James (Jim) Squires
- President Endowment for Health (New Hampshire).
- Co-chair New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative.
- Former New Hampshire Senator 1996-2000.
