Georgia Tech; and in March 2009, he was inducted into the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia. Clough has received eight honorary Doctor of Science degrees. In 2011, he received an honorary degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; in 2010, he received honorary degrees from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta; University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and Williams College in Williamstown. He had previously received honorary doctorates from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Florida Southern College and the University of South Carolina. In April 2010, he was named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. During the ground breaking ceremony for the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons building held in 2010, President Bud Peterson and University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. presented to Clough a proclamation declaring him President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2011, Georgia Tech opened the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons building named in honor of his commitment to undergraduate students; it was dedicated on Clough's birthday, September 24, 2011. In May 2011, he was awarded the 2011 Foreign Policy Association Medal. References External links G. Wayne Clough speeches collection from Georgia Tech Archives Biography of G. Wayne Clough on the Smithsonian website G. Wayne Clough from the Smithsonian Institution Archives Living people Presidents of Georgia Tech American civil engineers Geotechnical engineers Duke University faculty Stanford University School of Engineering faculty Virginia Tech faculty Georgia Tech alumni UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni 1941 births People from Douglas, Georgia Secretaries of the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian (magazine) people