Aretha Franklin Receives Honorary Doctorate From Princeton

By Danielle Canada
Jun 07, 2012
12:22 pm

Kermit the Frog

Yes, even Kermit the Frog has an honorary doctorate degree. The muppet received a Doctor of Amphibious Letters in 1996 from Southampton College in New York.

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