25/01/2008
Professors John H. Elliott and Luis Gómez-Mejía, new Doctors Honoris Causa.

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid has awarded as Doctors Honoris Causa professors Sir John H. Elliott and Luis Gómez-Mejía. The ceremony took place on January 25th, as part of the Day of the University, and was chaired by the Rector, professor Daniel Peña. The Official Ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Denise Holt, and the Rector of the Universidad San Pablo CEU, Alfonso Bullón de Mendoza y Gómez de Valugera.

Historian (specialized in Spanish history) Sir John Huxtable Elliott, Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the Oxford University, was introduced by David García Hernán, professor of Modern History at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, who pronunced the laudatio titled “Roads discovered by John Elliott”

Luís Gómez-Mejía, Economist specialized in the field of Human Resource, is a professor of Management at Arizona State University and President of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. His laudatio speech was pronunced by Isabel Gutiérrez, Professor of Management at the Department of Business Administration of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Vice-Rector for Undergraduate Studies.