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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeve | Christopher | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Wayne | June C. | 2005 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Codey | Richard J. | 2005 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Mokhele | Khotso | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Ullian | Arthur D. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| O'Hara | Gene | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Calderón | Sila M. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stimpson | Catharine R. | 2004 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Margulis | Lynn | 2004 | Doctor of Science | |
| Stern | David J. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sweeney Price | Mary Sue | 2004 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hines | Gregory | 2004 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Norwood | Janet Lippe | 2003 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Schimmel | Herbert D. | 2003 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Carson | Benjamin | 2003 | Doctor of Science | |
| Seligmann | Peter A. | 2003 | Doctor of Science | |
| Chisholm | Shirley | 2002 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Eco | Umberto | 2002 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| McGreevey | James E. | 2002 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Crew | Spencer R. | 2002 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Fenster | Saul K. | 2002 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Carrerras Coll | José | 2002 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Wieschaus | Eric F. | 2002 | Doctor of Science | |
| Showalter | Elaine | 2001 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Qualles | Paris | 2001 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Kohn | Walter | 2001 | Doctor of Science | |
| Butler | Richard | 2001 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Collins | Kevin J. | 2001 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Jemison | Mae C. | 2001 | Doctor of Science | |
| Pinsky | Robert | 2000 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Ramos-Horta | José | 2000 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Louis | Murray | 2000 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Boggs | Lindy | 2000 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Sullivan | Leon | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Brinster | Ralph L. | 2000 | Doctor of Science | |
| Chambers | Raymond G. | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Levao | Richard A. | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Thomas | Anne Moreau | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Goldman | Lawrence P. | 1999 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Ozick | Cynthia | 1999 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Wonder | Stevie | 1999 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Wall | Monroe E. | 1999 | Doctor of Science | |
| Jackson | Shirley Ann | 1999 | Doctor of Science | |
| Heldrich | John J. | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Bradley | Bill | 1999 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Strickland, Jr. | William E. | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Piñon | Nélida | 1998 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Newmark | Harold L. | 1998 | Doctor of Science | |
| Linder | William J. | 1998 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Gould | William Benjamin, IV | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
