Radio Host John Peel Receiving Degree

John Peel, Radio One host, Author and Broadcaster, poses for a photograph wearing a mortarboard cap and ceremonial gown after receiving an honorary degree from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, U.K, on Friday, June 30, 1989. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE, known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. (Photo by Bryn Colton/Getty Images)