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Honorary Fellowship

Mark Curtiz
That William Adams (a.k.a Will.i.am) was made an Honorary Fellow for his outstanding contributions to engineering is fantastic - it also intrigued me as to the process involved. Does anyone know?

And I also wondered why the process is not invoked more often to reflect the contribution of the many noteworthy individuals - for example people like Elon Musk whose contributions to engineering and technology are very visible and exceptionally impressive. Is there a nominations process?
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    If you think about it; how does an archaic, elitist and snobbish engineering institution, run mostly by middle aged (and older) middle (and upper middle) class men, attract young females, into getting interested in STEM and joining the institution? Well, they could find a global superstar, who's interested in science and technology, and has a huge fanbase of young female admirers. Give him an honorary fellowship, then he can freely (at no cost) advertise science and technology and the institution as.....being cool! A bit like sticking an advertisment on a walking billboard. By the way, the honarary fellowship list does look like an all male club. Proves my point. They could have given it to a global female superstar instead. An example of hypecrisy at its finest.
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    If you think about it; how does an archaic, elitist and snobbish engineering institution, run mostly by middle aged (and older) middle (and upper middle) class men, attract young females, into getting interested in STEM and joining the institution? Well, they could find a global superstar, who's interested in science and technology, and has a huge fanbase of young female admirers. Give him an honorary fellowship, then he can freely (at no cost) advertise science and technology and the institution as.....being cool! A bit like sticking an advertisment on a walking billboard. By the way, the honarary fellowship list does look like an all male club. Proves my point. They could have given it to a global female superstar instead. An example of hypecrisy at its finest.
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