Honorary Graduates

Graduation Ceremonies 18 and 19 January 2019 The honorary graduands The Honorary Graduands Every year the University of Frances Morris York confers the honorary Frances Morris is the Director of Tate Modern in London. degree of Doctor of the Establishing herself as a curator in 1987, Frances has been involved in Tate Modern since its inception in 2000. University honoris causa At its opening, Frances was made Head of Displays; she on distinguished people. was subsequently promoted to Director of Collection, The recipients come from International Art. many walks of life and all Frances became the gallery’s first British and female Director in 2016. She has been credited with developing have made a significant Tate Modern’s international profile, with an attendance of contribution to society. over 5.8 million visitors annually. Honorary graduands are Frances has continually worked to re-imagine Tate’s collection and has been instrumental in its growth. She was jointly responsible for the gallery’s pioneering selected from nominations non-chronological opening collection display. The style is now regularly used by members of the University worldwide and is how Tate Modern chooses to display its collection today. and very often have links with departments or alumni. Joe Walker Joe Walker is a British film editor working in Los Angeles. Joe trained as a classical composer at the University of York, and in 1984, he received his BA in Music before joining the BBC Film Editing Department. After building a reputation for his work as a sound editor, he began film editing comedy, music documentaries and drama, while maintaining his first passion of writing music for television. In a career spanning over 30 years, Joe has built strong partnerships with two notable directors: Steve McQueen and Denis Villeneuve. He has been praised by directors and actors alike for his creative and intelligent approach to editing. In her Oscar acceptance speech, Lupita Nyong’o paid tribute to Walker, describing him as “the invisible performer in the editing room.” Joe has twice been nominated for an Academy Award (for 12 Years a Slave and Arrival), and three times for a BAFTA (most recently for Bladerunner 2049). In 2011 he won the European Film Award for Shame, and in 2016, the ACE Eddie award for Arrival. His most recent work is on McQueen’s Widows, and next, he joins Villeneuve on Dune. Graduation Ceremonies 18 and 19 January 2019 The honorary graduands Giovanni Rufini Professor Dame Caroline Dean DBE FRS Giovanni Rufini is an Italian Professor Dame Caroline Dean is a researcher, lecturer and columnist on British plant biologist at the John Innes humanitarian and Centre in Norwich. human rights issues. After gaining both a BA and a With a background in anthropology PhD in Biology at the University and media, he has worked in of York, Dame Caroline moved to development and humanitarian aid for California to research molecular several international NGOs and UN biology. On her return to the UK in agencies since 1985, and lectures on the 1988 she began working at the John subject in universities across the world. Innes Centre, where she continues Giovanni is the Director General of Amnesty International her research into understanding mechanisms of epigenetic in Italy. programming in plants. He carried out more than 60 missions in Africa, Asia, Latin Dame Caroline is internationally recognised for her work America, the Middle East and the Balkans in his nine years on plant developmental biology. Her primary interest is of field work. He was engaged in activities ranging from rural vernalisation, the process by which plants accelerate their development to health aid and assistance for street children. flowering after periods of prolonged cold. Giovanni was an Associate Fellow of the Post-War In 2016, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the Reconstruction and Development Unit at the University of York British Empire for services to plant science research and to the from 1996. advancement of women in science. Dame Helena Morrissey DBE Danny Dorling Dame Helena Morrissey is a British Danny Dorling is a British social financier and campaigner. geographer and currently holds the Halford Mackinder Professorship in Dame Helena began her career as Geography at University of Oxford. a global fixed income analyst at Schroders in New York. Joining Newton Danny has previously held positions Investment Management, she later at universities in Leeds, Sheffield, became Head of Fixed Income. Newcastle and Bristol. He is a former Joseph Rowntree Foundation Fellow and She was Chief Executive of Newton British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. for 15 years. Under her leadership the firm’s assets grew from £20bn to He is one of the leading thinkers on £50bn, developing a number of market-leading strategies. inequality in the UK. He has written a number of critically acclaimed books and articles on the issues of housing, health, Dame Helena is currently Head of Personal Investing at employment, education, wealth and poverty. He is a co-creator Legal & General Investment Management. of the internet-based Worldmapper project. In 2010, she established the 30% Club to campaign for greater Throughout his career, Danny has mapped, analysed and female representation on company boards through voluntary, commented upon UK demographic statistics. In harnessing business-led change. The proportion of women on Britain’s top this raw data he has been credited with building an company boards has risen from 12.5 per cent to 30.6 per cent. extraordinarily comprehensive picture of poverty and wealth The 30% Club has now become an international movement. in contemporary Britain..

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