What Are the Correct Post Nominal for A Degree?
I am researching the usage of post nominal letters for our university president’s correspondence. Specifically I am looking for a comprehensive list of post nominal letters, as they apply to professions and academia. The only list I have been able to locate was published in 1911; I am sure an updated list has been compiled since then, but I cannot find one. Any assistance you can provide in locating an updated list is much appreciated. — EG in Atlanta Dear EG: I can see how such a list would be useful! A comprehensive list is something I thought about, and when I was writing my book at first I assumed I would include a comprehensive list of post-nominals. But after working on the list for a while I realized that the list would be endless and always out of date. So many institutions giving so many degrees … and each coming up with their own idiosyncratic variations for the abbreviations! I could suggest you do it …. but … I now know that putting any post nominal in Google quickly
