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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Zworykin | Vladimir K. | 1972 | Doctor of Science | |
Zimbardo | Philip G. | 2009 | Doctor of Science | |
Young, Jr. | Andrew J. | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
Young | Donald Ramsey | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Ylvisaker | Paul N. | 1981 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Yasuhiro | Nakasone | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
Yanitelli | Victor Robert, S.J. | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
Yamba | A. Zachary | 2006 | Doctor of Laws | |
Yalow | Rosalyn S. | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
Wu | Chien-Shiung | 1963 | Doctor of Science | |
Wretlind | Arvid | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
Woodward | C. Vann | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
Wonder | Stevie | 1999 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Wolfe | Deborah Cannon Patridge | 1992 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Witkin | Evelyn M. | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
Winkler | Henry R. | 1977 | Doctor of Letters | |
Wilson | August | 1996 | Doctor of Letters | |
Wilson | Blenda Jacqueline | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
Wilson | William Julius | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
Wilson | G. Willow | 2021 | Doctor of Letters | |
Williams, Jr. | Harrison Arlington | 1960 | Doctor of Laws | |
Williams | Joseph D. | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Wieschaus | Eric F. | 2002 | Doctor of Science | |
Wideman | John Edgar | 1991 | Doctor of Letters | |
Wicker | Thomas Grey | 1970 | Doctor of Letters | |
Whitman | Christine Todd | 1994 | Doctor of Laws | |
Whitlock | Foster Brand | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Whitehead | John C. | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
White, Jr. | Lynn | 1979 | Doctor of Letters | |
White | Katharine Elkus | 1967 | Doctor of Laws | |
White | Ruth Patricia | 1962 | Master of Fine Arts | |
Wheeler | John Archibald | 1969 | Doctor of Science | |
Wescott | Glenway | 1963 | Doctor of Letters | |
Wescott | Lloyd Bruce | 1960 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Werblin | David A. | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
Welty | Eudora | 1978 | Doctor of Letters | |
Weisskopf | Victor Frederick | 1983 | Doctor of Laws | |
Weisenfeld | Allan | 1966 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Weintraub | Joseph | 1958 | Doctor of Laws | |
Weeks | Edward A. | 1962 | Doctor of Letters | |
Weaver | Robert Clifton | 1963 | Doctor of Laws | |
Wayne | Edward Anthony | 1963 | Doctor of Laws | |
Wayne | June C. | 2005 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Watson | James Dewey | 1988 | Doctor of Science | |
Warren | Earl | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
Warren | Elizabeth | 2011 | Doctor of Laws | |
Walter | F. Austin | 1966 | Doctor of Music | |
Wall | Monroe E. | 1999 | Doctor of Science | |
Waldheim | Kurt | 1972 | Doctor of Laws | |
Waelsch | Salome Gluecksohn | 1998 | Doctor of Science |