Overview

• Dartmouth College presented Shiffrin with an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters to honor her humanitarian and philanthropic contributions.
• The Ivy League institution conferred the degree on Father’s Day, linking the ceremony to her father Jeff Shiffrin’s enduring legacy.
• In an Instagram post, she quipped that their family now had two ‘Dr. Shiffrins’ and expressed gratitude for his inspiration.
• Jeff Shiffrin, an anesthesiologist, died in a fatal accident in 2020 at age 65, making this the family’s second doctoral honor.
• Shiffrin used the occasion to highlight her charitable initiatives beyond her record-breaking skiing career.