What US President received an honorary law degree from Harvard University?
April 3rd
April 3, 1776 — George Washington received an honorary law degree from Harvard University today.
This was also the first law degree that Harvard awarded.
Washington was honored because of his service to the University when he drove the British out of Boston while he was the head of the Continental Army.
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