SGI President Daisaku Ikeda has received total of 254 honorary doctorates
and academic titles from academic institutions and organizations around
the world to the present. From the Philippines, 15 universities and colleges
have bestowed honorary doctorate upon him. In this page, each honorary
doctorate that President Ikeda has received from the Philippines is introduced.
Vol.4: Angeles University (February 5, 2000)
University's campus
Statues of 1st President & 1st Chairman
of the university
Angeles University conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities upon Dr.
Ikeda. The conferment ceremony was held following the finale of the "World
Peace Culture Convention" in Okinawa, Japan, in February 5, 2000.
The president of Angeles University, in his awarding speech, observed that
Dr. Ikeda's strikingly excellent quality of sincerity enabled him to win
the admiration and honor from around the world.
On Angeles University
Angeles University was founded in 1962 by Madame Angeles, the mother of
the President of Angeles University. This University started as the first
private high school in the city, but it had to be closed down two years
later. However, Madame Angeles never succumbed to such difficulties. Instead,
she sacrificed her own property in order to rebuild the school. She declared
that if we establish a school, we could save many people, especially the
underprivileged. Thanks to their sacrifice and dedication, now their school
has achieved a remarkable milestone and developed into a general university.
In the basic tenets of Angeles University lies the idea of dedication to
the people and services for the greater cause of community.
