CISM former resident Rector Manuel G. Velarde has been awarded, on September 27, 2019, the Honorary Doctorate from the University of Almeria, Spain (www.ual.es). Prof. Velarde was born there in 1941 and after going to school until 1958, just sixty one years later he has returned to his home town where he is expected to help in the scientific growth of its young university. Prof. Velarde also holds Honorary Doctorates from the universities of Aix-Marseille (France) and Saratov (Russian Federation).