The faculty of business and economics of the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich awarded an honorary doctorate of public economics to Professor Eli Noam. The University of Munich, founded in 1472 and Germany’s highest-ranked research university, has awarded only 10 honorary doctorates in the past 28 years. Professor Noam was recognized for his contributions to research in the economics of communications and media. He was cited for an “outspoken ability to preserve and pursue an independent, nonconformist and creative style of scientific thinking, combined with an impressive open-mindedness regarding neighboring disciplines and societal needs. [He] “is one of the very few researchers in this field who can bring together methods and aspects of economics, policy analysis, management strategy, legal order and technological dynamics when dealing with future challenges in the information, communications and media sectors. He has had and continues to have remarkable impact on theory and practice of information, communication, media, and technology issues not only in the United States, but also in Europe and in other parts of this world.” Professor Noam is director of the Columbia Institute of Tele-Information and founder of the MBA program in media management. He was recently appointed to President George Bush’s Advisory Committee on Information Technology.