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Wake Forest Degree for Doctor of Laws conferred to tennis legend Arthur Ashe on 5 September 1989, during the height of his civil rights activism. Just a few years after this degree was conferred, Ashe died of AIDS in 1993, still fighting for various humanitarian causes. Degree reads: ''Wake Forest University / On the recommendation of the faculty of / Wake Forest University / the Trustees have conferred upon / Arthur Ashe / the degree of / Doctor of Laws / Given at Winston-Salem in the state of North Carolina...'' and is signed by the University President, Provost, Chairman of the Board and Secretary of the Board. With a gilt Wake Forest stamp intact. Degree opens card-style, with an illustration of the campus above degree. Measures 17.5'' x 13.25'' and is matted to a leather case that has some wear and scuffing to verso. Degree is near fine. With an LOA from Ashe's widow.
Arthur Ashe's Official 1989 Wake Forest Honorary Degree for Doctor of Laws -- As the Tennis Legend Was Also a Proponent of Civil Rights & Public Service
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