BOHDAN HAWRYLYSHYN AS HONORARY DOCTOR OF LAW OF CANADIAN AND UKRAINIAN UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The article highlights part of the life of the Ukrainian scientist and well-known philanthropist Bohdan Dmytrovych Hawrylyshyn (1926–2016), connected with the awarding of the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa in a number of Ukrainian and foreign universities. A brief description of his biography is provided. The side of Bohdan Hawrylyshyn life is highlighted, as it is connected with the awarding of the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa in a number of Canadian and Ukrainian universities. He was considered to be awarded the degree of honorary doctor or professor at 9 universities: York University, University of Alberta, West Ukrainian National University, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, National University of "Kyiv- Mohyla Academy", Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Tax University. On the basis of archival sources, the author of the publication presents the theses of B. Hawrylyshyn's speech in Ivano- Frankivsk at the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University when he received an honorary doctorate in 1999. His similar performance at the Ternopil National Polytechnic University named after Ivan Pulyu in 2013 was analyzed. His cooperation with the West Ukrainian National University, which was the first in Ukraine to award him an honorary doctorate, is described in detail. His emphasis on the topic of improving the efficiency of societies and the possibility of using it for the benefit of the motherland is presented. His vision of the role of youth in the future transformation of Ukraine and how the scientific elite should help it in this is noted.