John Lasseter ( 2014 ) was one of those who received an honorary degree from the California Institute of the Arts .
A list of past honorary degree recipients , include : Beverly Sills ( 1975 ) , Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ) , Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ) , Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ) , Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ) , Henry Mancini ( 1983 ) , Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ) , Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ) , John Cage ( 1986 ) , Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ) , Trisha Brown ( 1988 ) , Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ) , Luis Valdez ( 1989 ) , Paul Taylor ( 1989 ) , Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ) , Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ) , Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ) , Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ) , Pearl Primus ( 1991 ) , Adrian Piper ( 1992 ) , Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ) , Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ) , Steven Bochco ( 1993 ) , Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ) , Vija Celmins ( 1994 ) , Betye Saar ( 1995 ) , Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ) , Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ) , Elvin Jones ( 1996 ) , Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ) , Lee Breuer ( 1998 ) , Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ) , Bill Viola ( 2000 ) , Steve Reich ( 2000 ) , Ry Cooder ( 2001 ) , Faith Hubley ( 2001 ) , Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ) , Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ) , Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ) , Anna Halprin ( 2003 ) , Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ) , Christian Wolff ( 2004 ) , Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ) , James Newton ( 2005 ) , Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ) , Julius Shulman ( 2005 ) , Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ) , Rudy Perez ( 2006 ) , Alonzo King ( 2007 ) , Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ) , Herbert Blau ( 2008 ) , Terry Riley ( 2008 ) , Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ) , Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ) , William M. Lowman ( 2010 ) , Trimpin ( 2010 ) , Annette Bening ( 2011 ) , Donald McKayle ( 2011 ) , Peter Sellars ( 2012 ) , Eric Fischl ( 2013 ) , and John Lasseter ( 2014 ) .
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