These are some supercute photos of Ben Affleck accepting an honorary doctorate degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island over the weekend. (The same prestigious Ivy League school that Emma Watson may eventually graduate from.) We don’t have much of a story to go along with these, except for a little quip Ben made when he accepted his degree. According to PopSugar, the graduates in attendance were shouting “speech” and Ben joked “This is a spectacular honor for me. Not only for the education, but now I surpass Matt Damon.” Not in acting ability, but maybe as a director.
Ben did not have a bachelor’s degree prior to this, and neither did Matt. Ben dropped out of Occidental College in LA and the University of Vermont while Matt is a Harvard dropout. It only seems to be a matter of time before someone confers an honorary doctorate on Damon too. (I just saw “Behind the Candelabra” and am feeling a little competitive for Damon. He was amazing in that film.)
The other five honorary doctorate degrees given by Brown this year were to “author and MIT Professor Junot Diaz; retired Stanford University bacteriologist Stanley Falkow; Tougaloo College President Beverly Wade Hogan; medical doctor and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President Risa Lavizzo-Mourey; and Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padron.”
Anyway congratulations to Ben! He has his Oscar for Best Picture, and now he can add “Dr.” in front of his name too.
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