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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ericsson | Aprille Joy | 2022 | Doctor of Science | |
| Everett | Thomas Henry | 1959 | Master of Science | |
| Fair | Ethel Marion | 1959 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Fair | Gordon Maskew | 1965 | Doctor of Science | |
| Felmly | Lloyd McPherson | 1956 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Fenster | Saul K. | 2002 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ferguson, Jr. | Clarence Clyde | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Fergusson | Francis | 1975 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Finletter | Thomas Knight | 1959 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Fisk | James Brown | 1967 | Doctor of Science | |
| Fiske | Jessie Gladys | 1958 | Doctor of Science | |
| Florio | James J. | 1990 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Foster | William Chapman | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Francis | John Joseph | 1959 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Francis | Norman C. | 1993 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Franklin | John Hope | 1990 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Frazier | Kenneth C. | 2019 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Frelinghuysen | Peter H.B. | 1976 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Friedman | Milton | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Friend, Jr. | Albert Mathias | 1955 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Fuchs | Morris | 1959 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Fulbright | James William | 1955 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Galbraith | John Kenneth | 1979 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gamper, Jr. | Albert R. | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Garrett | Laurie | 2021 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gaskill | William John | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gelfand | Israel Moiseevich | 1993 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gellhorn | Walter | 1973 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Geltman | Samuel | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Gibson | Eleanor Jack | 1973 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gidney | Ray Millard | 1961 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gillespie | John Birks | 1970 | Doctor of Music | |
| Ginsburg | Ruth Bader | 1991 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Goheen | Robert Francis | 1957 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Goldman | Lawrence P. | 1999 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Goldstine | Herman Heine | 1994 | Doctor of Science | |
| Goodall | Jane | 2005 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gordon | Julia Weber | 1966 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Gordon | Lincoln | 1967 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gould | Stephen Jay | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gould | William Benjamin, IV | 1998 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Graham | Martha | 1959 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Graves | Michael | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Gregorian | Vartan | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gronquist | Carl Harry | 1958 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gross | Mason Welch | 1971 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gyatso | Tenzin (Dalai Lama) | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hall | Frederick Wilson | 1960 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hannah-Jones | Nikole | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Hardt | Robert Andrew | 1956 | Doctor of Philosophy |
