Past Rutgers University Honorary Degree Recipients
This list of honorary degree recipients is sortable by last name, year conferred, and degree type. Click on the title of the column to sort the list by that particular content.
We have added the honorary degree citations for some of our recipients. Click on the Citation images, where shown, to read them.
| Last name | First name | Year |
Degree |
Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebrell, Jr. | William Henry | 1956 | Doctor of Science | |
| Cuthbertson | David Paton | 1958 | Doctor of Science | |
| Penzias | Arno A. | 1979 | Doctor of Science | |
| Martin | William Hope | 1958 | Doctor of Science | |
| Carson | Benjamin | 2003 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gibson | Eleanor Jack | 1973 | Doctor of Science | |
| David, Jr. | Edward E. | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Peplau | Hildegard E. | 1985 | Doctor of Science | |
| Leakey | Richard E. | 2014 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wieschaus | Eric F. | 2002 | Doctor of Science | |
| Seligmann | Peter A. | 2003 | Doctor of Science | |
| Branscomb | Lewis McAdory | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Fisk | James Brown | 1967 | Doctor of Science | |
| Mrak | Emil M. | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Perry | Enos J. | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
| Massey | Walter Eugene | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Fiske | Jessie Gladys | 1958 | Doctor of Science | |
| Baker | William Oliver | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
| Hopper | Grace Murray | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
| Nye | William Sanford | 2015 | Doctor of Science | |
| Brinster | Ralph L. | 2000 | Doctor of Science | |
| Tatum | Edward Lawrie | 1964 | Doctor of Science | |
| Mayo | John S. | 1993 | Doctor of Science | |
| Kertes | Ferdinand | 1957 | Doctor of Science | |
| Garrett | Laurie | 2021 | Doctor of Science | |
| Goldstine | Herman Heine | 1994 | Doctor of Science | |
| Hardt | Robert Andrew | 1956 | Doctor of Philosophy | |
| Rubinstein | Arthur | 1963 | Doctor of Music | |
| Mendel | Arthur | 1973 | Doctor of Music | |
| Ormandy | Eugene | 1960 | Doctor of Music | |
| Copland | Aaron | 1967 | Doctor of Music | |
| Reese | Gustave | 1972 | Doctor of Music | |
| Walter | F. Austin | 1966 | Doctor of Music | |
| Anderson | Marian | 1957 | Doctor of Music | |
| Gillespie | John Birks | 1970 | Doctor of Music | |
| Lewis | Henry | 1969 | Doctor of Music | |
| Sessions | Roger | 1962 | Doctor of Music | |
| Horne | Marilyn | 1971 | Doctor of Music | |
| Wilson | August | 1996 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Ackerman | Raymond | 2016 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Hannah-Jones | Nikole | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Piñon | Nélida | 1998 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Franklin | John Hope | 1990 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Pinsky | Robert | 2000 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Thomson | Virgil | 1956 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Showalter | Elaine | 2001 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Winkler | Henry R. | 1977 | Doctor of Letters | |
| McCormick | Richard P. | 1982 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Threlkeld | Curtis Hugh | 1957 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Roth | Philip | 1987 | Doctor of Letters |
