Honorary awards

Field-Marshall Sir William Slim

The degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) was conferred upon the Governor-General, Field-Marshall Sir William Slim by the Chancellor Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn at the ceremony of conferring of honorary degrees held on 13 October 1953.

Sir William and Lady Slim, photo from 'The Sydney Morning Herald', 14 October 1953, National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18393040.

This ceremony was followed by a luncheon to Their Excellencies Sir William and Lady Slim by the Chancellor and the Fellows of the Senate.

In the afternoon the Annual Service of Commemoration of Benefactors was held on the lawns fronting the main building and His Excellency delivered the Address. The Ceremony, to which all graduates of the University were invited, was attended by some 3,000 people and was followed by a Garden Party in the Quadrangle.

From the Report of the Senate of the University of Sydney for the year ended 31st December, 1953 for the information of His Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council.