{"id":92971,"date":"2018-12-13T11:19:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T10:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=92971"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:10","slug":"fifty-years-later-obtaining-your-doctorate-still-a-special-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/12\/13\/fifty-years-later-obtaining-your-doctorate-still-a-special-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty years later: obtaining your doctorate still a special moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fred Friedeberg is enjoying every moment. It was exactly fifty years ago that he received his doctorate on the newly opened Campus Woudestein. Now 89, he\u2019s the guest of honour at a celebration marking the fiftieth anniversary. Perhaps only his wife Ineke was prouder on this occasion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/12150534\/Fred-Friedeberg_12122018_1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/12150534\/Fred-Friedeberg_12122018_1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/12150534\/Fred-Friedeberg_12122018_1-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/12150534\/Fred-Friedeberg_12122018_1-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/12150534\/Fred-Friedeberg_12122018_1-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/12150534\/Fred-Friedeberg_12122018_1-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/12150534\/Fred-Friedeberg_12122018_1-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/12150534\/Fred-Friedeberg_12122018_1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Fred Friedeberg got not only a special tie, but also a comic book about Erasmus.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 12 December 1968, Friedeberg was the university\u2019s 342<sup>nd<\/sup> PhD. The very first was Johan Nederbragt in 1918. These days, even with around 400 doctorates awarded in a single year, not much has changed, said Philip Hans Franses, Dean of Erasmus School of Economics. \u201cFor example, even at that time, Mr Friedeberg\u2019s PhD ceremony was conducted in English.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franses was in attendance to present the alumnus from his faculty with a special tie. \u201cActually, only professors receive a tie like this one, but we\u2019re happy to make an exception in your case,\u201d said Franses during the presentation. Ineke Friedeberg appeared more and more delighted with every photograph and congratulatory word. She also had her picture taken with the Erasmus statue. Both of Fred Friedeberg\u2019s PhD candidate assistants were also present and the three of them enjoyed a brilliant afternoon. \u201cAll this attention for us,\u201d they said. \u201cFifty years ago they didn\u2019t take this many pictures, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BrSo5Mgn6zE\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BrSo5Mgn6zE\/<\/a><\/p><p><span>Paranymph J.A. Nagtegaal, Fred Friedeberg and the other paranymph J.W. 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It was exactly fifty years ago that he received his doctorate on the newly opened Campus Woudestein. Now 89, he\u2019s the guest of honour at a celebration marking the fiftieth anniversary. Perhaps only his wife Ineke was prouder on this occasion. 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