Wartburg College confers honorary degrees in order to acknowledge and pay tribute to individuals who, by virtue of their distinguished service or outstanding achievement, have demonstrated the personal qualities and values which the College espouses in our mission and goals. In honoring these persons, we are saying to the world that their character, conduct and concerns are in accord with the fundamental principles underlying our educational mission. In each case, it should be particularly appropriate that Wartburg College be the institution to award the honorary degree. In this way, the College can publicly affirm and celebrate its mission, goals and vision by the honorary degrees it confers.