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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepard | Roger Newland | 1992 | Doctor of Science | |
| Shapiro | Harold T. | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Shalala | Donna E. | 1995 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Shahn | Ben | 1964 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Sessions | Roger | 1962 | Doctor of Music | |
| Sellars | Richard Beverland | 1977 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Seligmann | Peter A. | 2003 | Doctor of Science | |
| Segal | George | 1970 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Sebrell, Jr. | William Henry | 1956 | Doctor of Science | |
| Seabrook | Charles Franklin | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Seaborg | Glenn T. | 1970 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Scullion | Sister Mary | 2016 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Scott | Eugenie C. | 2007 | Doctor of Science | |
| Scott | Hugh | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Schwartz | Anna Jacobson | 1998 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Schulman | Dan | 2018 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Schuller | Gunther | 1980 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Schlesinger, Jr. | Arthur M. | 1982 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Schlatter | Richard | 1973 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Schimmel | Herbert D. | 2003 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Schettino | C. Thomas | 1961 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Schein | Philip S. | 2006 | Doctor of Science | |
| Schaaf | Royal Albert | 1956 | Doctor of Science | |
| Sato | Gordon Hisashi | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sang | Philip David | 1961 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Salisbury | Harrison Evans | 1983 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Sakharov | Andrei Dmitrievich | 1981 | Doctor of Science | |
| Sachar | Libby Bernstein | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Ryan | Arthur F. | 2008 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ruttan | Vernon Wesley | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Rukeyser | Muriel | 1961 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Rubinstein | Arthur | 1963 | Doctor of Music | |
| Roth | Philip | 1987 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Rossi | Alice S. | 1975 | Doctor of Science | |
| Rollins | Sonny | 2009 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Rohrer | Heinrick | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
| Rogosin | Israel | 1966 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Roebling | Mary Gindhart | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Roe | Robert A. | 1993 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Rodriguez | Joseph H. | 1974 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Rodino, Jr. | Peter Wallace | 1975 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Rockoff | Alvin J. | 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robeson | Paul L. | 2019 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robeson | Paul | 1973 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Roberts | Dorothy | 2019 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ringgold | Faith | 2009 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Riley | Matilda White | 1983 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Ribicoff | Abraham | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Reston | James Barrett | 1957 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Remnick | David Jay | 2022 | Doctor of Letters |
