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Recipients of honorary doctorates tend not to use the Dr honorific despite technically being able to out of deference to those who have undertaken the academic work to receive a PhD.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

He held honorary doctorates from the Otis College of Art and Design in L.A. and the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and his archives are part of the USC Libraries’ Special Collections.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2023

Apart from the Nobel prize, he was awarded honorary doctorates by universities around the world, including Yale.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

“Everyone needs nursing, and always will,” Mr. Jonas said in 2017 when he and his wife were awarded honorary doctorates by Frontier Nursing University in Kentucky.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022

Comptons guests had come to the city to receive honorary doctorates from the University of Chicago.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik