While a member of the Senate, Adams also served as a professor of logic at Brown University.
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In 1999, Steven Spielberg received an honorary degree from Brown University.
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In 2011, Jack Nicholson received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University at its 243rd commencement. At the ceremony, Ruth Simmons, Brown University's president, called him, "the most skilled actor of our lifetime".
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