A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

Dame Jean was at one time a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, patron of the Dandie Dinmont Club, a breed of dog named after one of Sir Walter Scott's characters ; and a horse trainer, one of whose horses, Sir Wattie, ridden by Ian Stark, won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

After winning the Dutch Mixing Championships ( DMC ) in 1988, he was invited for The World Mix Championships in the London Royal Hall and won third place in a fierce competition.

** won the Golden Palm at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Under Walsh the 49ers won Super Bowl championships in 1981, 1984 and 1988.

Chelsea won the Second Division title in 1983 – 84 and established themselves in the top division, before being relegated again in 1988.

He won three times in 1988, finishing third in the points standings behind Bill Elliott and Rusty Wallace.

In 1988 they won their first division title in 23 years ( since 1964 – 65, when they finished first in a one-division league ).

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos of the Democratic Left ( ID ) party won the presidency in 1988, running in the runoff election against Abdalá Bucaram of the PRE.

The form book was rewritten in 1988 with the entry of the ambitious Reynard marque with a brand new chassis ; Reynard had won their first race in every formula they'd entered.

His first team honours came at Barcelona, where he won the Copa del Rey in 1988 and the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1989.

Also in 1988, Polgár won the under-12 " Boys " section of the World Youth Chess and Peace Festival in Timişoara, Romania.

In 1988, if Kemp had won his campaign for the United States Presidency, it would have made him the first person to move from the United States House of Representatives to the White House since James Garfield.

In 1988, Ashcroft won an even bigger victory over his opponent Betty Cooper Hearnes, wife of former governor Warren Hearnes.

) Dalglish's final appearance for Scotland, after 15 years as a full international, was on 12 November 1986 at Hampden Park in a Euro 1988 qualifying game against Luxembourg, which Scotland won 3 – 0.

For television von Trier directed Medea ( 1988 ), which won the Jean d ' Arcy prize in France.

The team became Greek Champion in 1988 and won the Greek Cup in 1985 & 2007.

The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize and the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film in 1988.

The combination of Prost and Senna was particularly dominant — together they won all but one race in 1988 — but later their rivalry soured and Prost left for Ferrari.

* Falling Free – won the Nebula Award for Best Novel of 1988 ; nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1989

During their history, the Mets have won two World Series titles ( 1969 and 1986 ), four National League pennants ( 1969, 1973, 1986, 2000 ) and five National League East titles ( 1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 2006 ).

The Mets continued playing well after 1986 and won the division in 1988, but lost the playoffs that year and declined into the 1990s.

Naguib Mahfouz (, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006 ) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature.

From 1988 to 1996, the Eagles qualified for the playoffs during 6 out of those 9 seasons, but they won the NFC East only once, in 1988.

Four Hundred Billion Stars, his first novel, won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1988.

Westminster began a noticeable decline after 1988, when the Texas Board of Education, citing various deficiencies, removed the accreditation from the Westminster Independent School District.

Initially a duo from South London suburb of Mitcham comprising Robert Wratten and Michael Hiscock, their first EP, Emma's House, was released in November 1988, and reached number 20 in the UK Independent Chart.

Independent until its final closure, it formed a standard gauge rail link between the village and Chathill Station on the East Coast Main Line ( Wright, 1988 ).

During this time, he won nine awards at the 1988 Independent Radio Advertising Awards ( including the Gold ) for his Midland Bank student campaign.

* Independent Counsels Arlin Adams and Larry Thompson relating to Samuel Pierce and others associated with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1988 – 98

At the same time Home was involved in a series of collective installations including " Ruins of Glamour " ( Chisenhale Studios, London 1986 ), " Desire In Ruins " ( Transmission Gallery, Glasgow 1987 ), " Refuse " ( Galleriet Läderfabriken, Malmö 1988 ) and " Anon " ( 33 Arts Centre, Luton 1989 ) which generated serious art world interest and art publication reviews and even coverage in British newspapers such as " The Observer " and " Independent ".

* Independent Commission Against Corruption ( New South Wales ), established in 1988.

In October 1988 the Independent Radio and Television Commission ( IRTC ) was created to regulate new independent stations.

Derek, who describes herself as Independent, supported George H. W. Bush in 1988 and 1992 and campaigned for his son George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and she appeared at both Republican conventions.

The party soon dissolved and MacEwan was re-elected in 1988 as an Independent before joining the Nova Scotia Liberal Party in 1990.

Johnston was opposed to the Accord and for Free Trade, and, on January 18, 1988, resigned from the Liberal caucus to sit as an " Independent Liberal " until retiring from Parliament when the 1988 general election was called.

He ran in the next provincial election, held in 1988, as an Independent, and joined the Liberal Party in 1990.

* 1989 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male ( Stand and Deliver, 1988 )

* 1988 Independent Spirit Awards ( US Independent Film Awards )-Best Director, John Huston

* 1988 Independent Spirit Awards ( US Independent Film Awards )-Best Supporting Female, Anjelica Huston

* 1988 Independent Spirit Awards ( US Independent Film Awards )-Best Cinematography, Fred Murphy

* 1988 Independent Spirit Awards ( US Independent Film Awards )-Best Screenplay, Tony Huston

* 1988: The PFP merged with the newly founded National Democratic Movement and the Independent Party into the Democratic Party

It has the unique distinction of having the Independent School status in 1988, a scheme that the ministry perceived had proven successful and was extended to other top schools in Singapore.

They performed twice at the Edinburgh Festival, in 1988 and 1989, winning The Independent newspaper's theatre award for the festival in 1988, and in both years winning inclusion in the " Pick of the Fringe " season at London's Donmar Warehouse.