Professors in gowns and various authorities converse at the doors of the Convent of La Merced, moments before the Academic Procession departs for the Gran Teatro de Elche to celebrate the “Solemn Ceremony of the Opening of the 1998-99 Academic Year and the Investiture of David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel, and Jaime Carvajal y Urquijo as Doctors Honoris Causa.”

David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel, Jaime Carvajal y Urquijo, and their sponsors, Carlos Belmonte and José María Gómez Gras, in the Plaza de las Eras de Santa Lucía before heading to the Gran Teatro de Elche.

The Rector of the UMH, Jesús Rodríguez Marín, in front of the doctoral candidates David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel, and Jaime Carvajal y Urquijo, and their sponsors, Carlos Belmonte and José María Gómez Gras, moments before proceeding to their investiture as Doctors Honoris Causa, during the Solemn Opening Ceremony of the 1998-99 Academic Year held at the Gran Teatro de Elche.