Earlier this week the University of Cincinnati became the latest school to rescind the honorary degree it had bestowed upon disgraced icon Bill Cosby. But is there any institution of higher education in the country unluckier than tiny Eunora Lutheran Teachers College in Bradfordsville, Kentucky? Here is the roster of its honorary degree recipients over the past decade:
2017 Eric Schneiderman
2016 Garrison Keillor
2015 Al Franken
2014 Kevin Spacey
2013 Matt Lauer
2012 Charlie Rose
2011 Louis C. K.
2010 Anthony Weiner
2009 Joseph Stalin (posthumously awarded)
2008 Vlad the Impaler (posthumously awarded)
2007 Satan
“Clearly, we need to tighten up our vetting process,” Eunora President Clayton Skink acknowledged in a press conference yesterday. “But, gosh, who would have thought that Garrison Keillor would turn out to be a perv? And to our credit, we never did give an honorary degree to Mr. Cosby. It’s true that our reason for not doing so was racism, but still…..”
Eunora’s 2018 honorary doctorate will be awarded posthumously to Mr. Rogers. Skink says that “we’re keeping our fingers crossed on this one, and our anxious eyes focused on future New Yorker exposés by Ronan Farrow.”