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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen | Catherine Drinker | 1967 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Bowen | William Gordon | 1972 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Boyd | Hugh Newell | 1970 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Boyd | Julian Parks | 1956 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Bradley | Bill | 1999 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Bragg | Floyd Herman | 1990 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Branscomb | Lewis McAdory | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Brée | Germaine | 1969 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Brennan, Jr. | William Joseph | 1958 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Brenner | Jeffrey | 2014 | Doctor of Science | |
| Brinster | Ralph L. | 2000 | Doctor of Science | |
| Brooks-Randolph | Angie | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Brower | Charles Hendrickson | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Brown | Greg | 2012 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Brown | Harrison Scott | 1964 | Doctor of Science | |
| Brown | Lester Russell | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Brown | Raymond A. | 1972 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Bryan | James Edmund | 1964 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Buck | Pearl S. | 1969 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Bunch | Lonnie G. | 2013 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Bundy | McGeorge | 1982 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Bunting | Mary Ingraham | 1960 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Burke | James E. | 1984 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Burke | Kenneth | 1968 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Burnell | S. Jocelyn Bell | 2016 | Doctor of Science | |
| Burnham | Walter Dean | 1982 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Burns | Arthur Frank | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Burns | Eveline M. | 1981 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Burton | Glenn Willard | 1955 | Doctor of Science | |
| Butler | Richard | 2001 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Byrne | Brendan T. | 1974 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Byrne, Jr. | John Joseph | 1985 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Cahill | William T. | 1970 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Calderón | Sila M. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Caldicott | Helen | 1990 | Doctor of Science | |
| Caldwell | William Anthony | 1967 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Cameron | Donald Forrester | 1956 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Cardoso | Fernando Enrique | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Carrerras Coll | José | 2002 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Carson | Benjamin | 2003 | Doctor of Science | |
| Carter | Bennett Lester | 1991 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Case | Clifford Phillip | 1955 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Cavazos | Lauro F. | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Chaikin | Sol C. | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Chambers | Raymond G. | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Charanis | Peter | 1980 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Cherkasky | Martin | 1985 | Doctor of Science | |
| Child | Julia | 1992 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Chisholm | Shirley | 2002 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Christie | Chris | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
