One month from today, Chancellor Yang will present Master Chief, leader of the United Nations Space Command’s elite SPARTAN Unit, with the title of Professor Emeritus in Intergalactic Policy and Extraterrestrial Relations. Chief, whose age is unknown, will accept the award at the Faculty Club near the Lagoon.

The notoriously taciturn Chief privately expressed thanks for the award. “He’s very excited and grateful,” said Cortana, the A.I. construct embedded in MC’s armor, “especially since Chief is thinking of retiring from military duty and pursuing a political career in the future.”

Chief is best known for saving the human race from total annihilation; however, he is also a staunch lobbyist for the “Movement Against Ringworld Violations,” or MARV, which clashed with Los Alamos Labs over its various ringworld contracts. Also, he has donated considerable sums to charities fighting “Halo Sickness.”

In his spare time, Chief enjoys pistol-whipping grunts and surfing.