There is precedent, IBM was pretty glad in hindsight that Codd got a PhD. I remember the anecdode only vaguely though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F.

There is precedent, IBM was pretty glad in hindsight that Codd got a PhD. I remember the anecdode only vaguely though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd