Honorees and Student Remarker

Speakers and Honorees from UMB Commencement 2018 sitting down and giving speeches to the graduating class

The University of Maryland, Baltimore congratulates its 2019 honorary degree recipients, honorary marshals, and student remarker. Read about them in the stories below.

Honorary Degree Recipients

Victoria Hale Small Portrait
Victoria G. Hale, BSP ’83, PhD – Honorary Doctor of Science

Adjunct professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy, and founder, OneWorld Health and Medicines360

Philip Needleman Small Portrait
Philip Needleman, PhD ’64, MS - Honorary Doctor of Science

Emeritus trustee and National Council chair, Washington University School of Medicine

Honorary Marshals

Robert Beardsley, PhD, MS Small Portrait
Robert Beardsley, PhD, MS - Honorary University Marshal

Professor and vice chair for administration, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy