NELSON MANDELA SHAKING HANDS WITH A WOMAN PHOTOGRAPH [Signed by Mandela]

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998. Photograph measuring 10" x 8", including white border. In Very Good condition. Photo depicts Nelson Mandela shaking hands with a woman on the day of his Harvard University honorary doctorate ceremony. Former Harvard University President Neil Rudenstine can be seen behind. Signed and dated 19-11-98 by Mandela on backside. Shelved in Case 1 1/2. On September 18, 1998, South African President Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was presented with an honorary doctorate of law from Harvard University. The ceremony in which the degree was conferred marked only the third time that Harvard held a special convocation for a single person-the first being George Washington in 1776 and the second Winston Churchill in 1942. 1412826. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.