
The first Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ honorary degree, a Doctor of Laws, was conferred upon Orange Jacobs by the Territorial Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ in 1885.  Mr. Jacobs was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington from 1871-1875, a member of the 44th and 45th Congresses (1875-1879), and the mayor of Seattle (1880).