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IJAHP News: Saaty/ Honorary Doctorate awarded 
 

	
  
International Journal of the 
Analytic Hierarchy Process 

         185 
      

Vol. 3 Issue 2 2011 
ISSN 1936-6744 

 
	
  

	
  

Saaty  Honorary  Doctorate  
  

  
  
  

  
Thomas   Saaty   (l.)   received   an   honorary   doctorate   (Doctor  Causa  Honoris)   from  
Jagiellonian   University,   Krakow,   Poland,   in   October,   2011,   for   developing   the  
Analytic   Hierarchy   Process.   The   university,   one   of   the   oldest   and   most  
distinguished  institutions  of  higher  education  in  Europe,  renowned  for  being  the  
University   where   the   great   astronomer   Copernicus   studied,   and   where   Pope  
John  Paul  II  studied,  awarded  the  doctorate  to  Saaty  in  conjunction  with  its  700th  
anniversary   in   October.   He   was   commended   for   being   a   “true   man   of  
Renaissance...a  scholar  whose  talent  always  leads  him  fromo  theoretical  issues  to  
the   human   aspects   and   practical   applications   of   science   for   the   benefit   of  
mankind.  
  
Wiktor   Adamus   (r.),   a   professor   at   Jagiellonian   University   and   a   long-­‐‑time  
advocate  of  AHP,    carried  out  a  study  in  2007  using  an  Analytic  Network  Model  
about   whether   or   not   Poland,   a   member   of   the   European   Community,   should  
adopt   the   Euro   currency.   Although   a   member   of   the   European   Community,  
Poland  had  never  adopted  the  unified  currency.  The  conclusion  was  that  Poland,  
at  least  for  the  next  few  years,  should  not  adopt  the  Euro.  Adamus’  study  won  
first  prize  at  the  ISAHP2007  in  Chile;  the  Polish  government  did  not  adopt  the  
Euro;   and   that   appears   today   to   have   been   the   right   decision   in   view   of   the  
stresses  today  in  the  Euro-­‐‑zone. 

Thomas Saaty (L.) and Wiktor Adamus at award ceremony in Krakow, Poland, 
in October 

Rob
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