Princeton awards honorary degree to Sir Abed

Brac founder and Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, far right, with Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber, centre, and other honorary degree recipients, from left to right, Herb Kelleher, James West, Madeleine Albright, and James McPherson in Nassau Hall of the university in the US on June 3. Photo: BRAC

Brac founder and Chairperson, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, with four other recipients of the honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, awarded by Princeton University, and the university's President Christopher L Eisgruber in Nassau Hall on the campus in the USA on June 3. Photo: Brac

Brac founder and Chairperson, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, was awarded with an honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, by Princeton University on June 3.
Princeton University's President Christopher L Eisgruber awarded Sir Fazle in the Nassau Hall of the university in the USA.
This honorary doctoral degree was conferred upon five persons, including former US secretary of state Madeleine K Albright, for their contributions to human rights, public life, business, the humanities, education and engineering. In its official citation, the university commended Sir Fazle's commitment to poverty alleviation, calling Brac, which he founded in 1972, a profoundly effective and universally admired organisation committed to alleviating poverty for millions worldwide.
With more than 1 lakh employees, Brac has worked for an estimated 135 million people in 12 countries using a wide array of antipoverty tools like microfinance, education, healthcare, legal rights training and more.
Sir Fazle has received numerous other honorary degrees including Doctor of Humane Letters from Yale University in 2007 and Doctor of Letters from the University of Oxford In 2009. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George by the British crown.

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