The amazing thing about this is that he did the two degrees at Harvard at the same time and graduated with honors.
The honorary degrees are nice but mean little. They are a gift from the university to who ever they wish. Mainly, it often reflects the persons donating money/time to that particular college. Which does not surprise me, since Romney has a history of donating HUGE amounts of money to good causes.
I wonder how many on here, who like to take swipes at such a person, have donated their own money/time to worthy causes.
That's true, but not quite true in the way people may think.
The normal time required to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School is two years; Romney spent four years earning his MBA. The normal time required to earn a JD at Harvard Law School is three years; Romney spent four years earning his JD.
Romney's a very smart guy, but what he did is normal as part of Harvard's joint JD/MBA program. The catch is that under the joint program, you take courses for which both the B-school and the law school give you credit - so you're not really doubling up as you would normally think from the phrase 'two degrees at the same time.'
Romney graduated with some form of honors from law school and was a Baker Scholar at the B-school, meaning he was in the top 10% of the class. You don't get that by simply being smart. You also have to be a committed, hard worker.