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 |
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Anderson | Adrienne Scotchbrook | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Bongiovanni | Michael | 1991 | Doctor of Laws | |
Anderson | Philip Warren | 1991 | Doctor of Science | |
Ginsburg | Ruth Bader | 1991 | Doctor of Laws | |
Wideman | John Edgar | 1991 | Doctor of Letters | |
Carter | Bennett Lester | 1991 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Larsen | Ralph S. | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Geltman | Samuel | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Caldicott | Helen | 1990 | Doctor of Science | |
Voorhees | Ralph W. | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Lichtenstein | Roy | 1990 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Bragg | Floyd Herman | 1990 | Doctor of Laws | |
Florio | James J. | 1990 | Doctor of Laws | |
Lorenz | Edward Norton | 1990 | Doctor of Science | |
Franklin | John Hope | 1990 | Doctor of Letters | |
Heningburg | Gustave | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Proctor | Samuel DeWitt | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Allen | Robert E. | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Whitehead | John C. | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
Wilson | Blenda Jacqueline | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
Baker | Russell Wayne | 1989 | Doctor of Letters | |
Cavazos | Lauro F. | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
Dickerson | Donald MacMillan | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
Gregorian | Vartan | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
Dresselhaus | Mildred S. | 1989 | Doctor of Science | |
Shapiro | Harold T. | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
Werblin | David A. | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
Lerner | Gerda | 1988 | Doctor of Letters | |
Commager | Henry Steele | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
Norton | Eleanor Holmes | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
Raven | Peter Hamilton | 1988 | Doctor of Science | |
Watson | James Dewey | 1988 | Doctor of Science | |
Woodward | C. Vann | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
McPhee | John Angus | 1988 | Doctor of Letters | |
Lawrence | Jacob | 1988 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Yasuhiro | Nakasone | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
Rohrer | Heinrick | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
Roth | Philip | 1987 | Doctor of Letters | |
Aidekman | Alex | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Hopper | Grace Murray | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
Williams | Joseph D. | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Gould | Stephen Jay | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
Roebling | Mary Gindhart | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Cohen | Wilbur J. | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
Edelman | Marian Wright | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
Boehm | Helen F. | 1986 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Smith | Margaret Chase | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
Paley | William S. | 1986 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Reitman | Norman | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
Ribicoff | Abraham | 1986 | Doctor of Laws |