San Francisco, 26 April 2011 — The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) presented its most prestigious award to Mawlana Hazar Imam today, at a banquet held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco.
The University of California San Francisco Medal, which was established in 1975, replaces the granting of honorary degrees and recognises outstanding personal contributions in areas associated with the UCSF’s health science mission. Recipients of the Medal are honoured each year in the spring at the University’s Founders Day Banquet.
More at the source: The Ismaili: Mawlana Hazar Imam receives the University of California San Francisco Medal, University’s highest honour.