London,
(ANI):
Almost
40
years
after
enrolling
in
Queen's
University,
Belfast,
Oscar-nominated
actor
Liam
Neeson
has
finally
received
his
doctorate
from
the
university.
The
Schindler"s
List
actor,
born
in
Ballymena,
was
still
an
undergraduate
at
Queen's
in
1971
as
a
Physics
and
Computer
Science
student,
when
he
left
to
work
in
Guinness.
And
Vice-Chancellor
Professor
Peter
Gregson
finally
awarded
the
56-year-old
actor
an
honorary
doctorate
in
New
York.
The
actor
said
that
he
would
"finally" be
able
to
tell
his
mother
that
he
had
graduated.
On
the
occasion,
the
professor
even
spilled
out
some
details
from
the
actor's
original
university
application
form
from
1970.
Gregson
awarded
the
actor
with
a
Doctorate
of
the
University
for
his
Outstanding
Contribution
and
Service
to
the
Arts.
Neeson
said
that
Northern
Ireland
would
"always
be
home".
"I
have
often
found
that
no
matter
where
I
meet
people
in
the
world,
there
is
a
path
that
leads
back
to
Queen's," the
BBC
quoted
him
as
saying.
He
added:
"Queen's
University
flies
the
flag
for
the
arts
in
Northern
Ireland
and
beyond.
It
is
to
be
commended
on
its
commitment
to
the
arts
sector
and
in
nurturing
new
talent
through
its
broad
range
of
undergraduate
and
postgraduate
courses."
Liam
Neeson
has
starred
in
more
than
50
television
and
film
productions
and
was
nominated
for
an
Oscar
for
his
performance
as
Oskar
Schindler
in
Schindler's
List.
In
March,
his
wife
of
15
years,
Natasha
Richardson,
died
of
head
injuries
after
a
fall
at
a
ski
resort
in
Quebec.