sentences:  The faculty of the University of Florida awarded Sledd the university's first honorary degree, a Doctor of Divinity, at the spring 1909 commencement ceremonies.In 1933, John J. Tigert, the university's third president, invited Professor Sledd to be the university's baccalaureate speaker.After his death, the university honored him again, renaming one of its early residence halls as Sledd Hall in 1939.