De Niro to receive honorary fine arts degree from Brown
Posted Apr 21, 2017 03:59:17 PM.
Last Updated Apr 21, 2017 05:20:19 PM.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Robert De Niro is among six people scheduled to receive honorary degrees at Brown University’s commencement exercises
The Ivy League school announced Friday the Oscar-winning actor is being celebrated “for the intensity he brings to each performance.” De Niro will receive a doctor of fine arts degree during the school’s May 28 ceremonies.
De Niro has been nominated five times for an Academy Award, and won in 1975 for “The Godfather: Part II” and in 1981 for “Raging Bull.”
Others to receive honorary degrees are rapper and actor Daveed Diggs; teacher Donald Hood; businesswoman Indra Nooyi; business executive Richard Parsons; and poet Rosmarie Waldrop.
Brown does not have the traditional keynote speaker at commencement exercises, instead reserving that honour for members of the graduating class.
