Andrew D. Hamilton, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, was conferred an Honorary Ph.D. in Science by Yonsei University on April 4th. He received the diploma at a special ceremony held in the Chang Ki Won International Conference Hall of the Yonsei-Samsung Library. Dr. Hamilton is the first non-alumnus of Oxford to be appointed the university’s Vice Chancellor. Prior to assuming his current post, Dr. Hamilton taught at some of the world’s most prestigious institutions, including Princeton, Yale, and Oxford. As Vice Chancellor of Oxford, he has established a strong economic foundation to sustain high-quality research and education at the university, efforts which have created a much admired model for maintaining global competitiveness and excellence in higher education in the 21st century. In addition to his administrative duties, Dr. Hamilton heads the Hamilton Lab at Oxford University, which is affiliated with the Hamilton group, whose research interest is in the field of molecular recognition and its application to problems in organic and biological chemistry. The lab’s research has led to numerous and influential publications in elite scientific journals. As an undergraduate, Dr. Hamilton studied chemistry at the University of Exeter. He went on to obtain his master’s degree at the University of British Columbia in 1976, and his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1979. In 1981, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University and, in 1988, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1998 to 2008, he taught chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biophysics at Yale University. He assumed the seven-year post of Vice Chancellor at Oxford University in 2009.