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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan, Jr. | Vernon Eulion | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Judson | Margaret Atwood | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Kaiser | John Boynton | 1960 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Karikó | Katalin | 2023 | Doctor of Science | |
| Katyal | Neal | 2019 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Katz | Donald | 2014 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Katzenbach | Nicholas deBelleville | 1964 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Kean | Thomas H. | 1982 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Kennan | George F. | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Kenyon | Cecelia M. | 1976 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Kenyon | Lee John | 1955 | Master of Arts | |
| Kertes | Ferdinand | 1957 | Doctor of Science | |
| Kessler | Henry Howard | 1962 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Khan | Ricardo | 1997 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Klein | Lawrence R. | 1993 | Doctor of Science | |
| Knowles | Francis | 1965 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Koeppe | Alfred C. | 2009 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Kohn | Walter | 2001 | Doctor of Science | |
| Komp | William H.W. | 1955 | Doctor of Science | |
| Kreeger | David Lloyd | 1972 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Kriendler | Irving Robert | 1961 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Kroesen | Frederick James | 1984 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| L'Hommedieu | Paige D. | 1967 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Larsen | Ralph S. | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Lasagna | Louis | 1983 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lautenberg | Frank R. | 1981 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Lavizzo-Mourey | Risa J. | 2018 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lawrence | Jacob | 1988 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Leahy | Edwin D. | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Leakey | Richard E. | 2014 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lederberg | Joshua | 1981 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lee | Percy Maxim | 1956 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Leopold | Alice Koller | 1958 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lerman | Miles | 1996 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Lerner | Gerda | 1988 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Lerner | Irwin | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lett | Harold Alfred | 1960 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Levao | Richard A. | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Levin | Janice H. | 1985 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Levin | Wayne M. | 1993 | Doctor of Science | |
| Levine | William | 1972 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Lewis | Anthony | 1973 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Lewis | Earl | 2015 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Lewis | Henry | 1969 | Doctor of Music | |
| Lewis | Shireen K. | 2012 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Lewis | Willard Deming | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lewis | William Arthur | 1965 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lichtenstein | Roy | 1990 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Likens | Gene Elden | 1985 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lilley | Robert Dodd | 1970 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
