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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ifill | Gwen | 2008 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Hyde | Mary Morley Crapo | 1965 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Huxtable | Ada Louise | 1974 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hutchins | John Richard, III | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Hunter-Gault | Charlayne | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Humphrey | Hubert H. | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Humelsine | Carlisle Hubbard | 1976 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hughes | Joseph Egan | 1956 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hughes | Richard Joseph | 1962 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hughes | William John | 1995 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hufstedler | Shirley M. | 1981 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Howard, Jr. | M. William | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Houle | Cyril Orvin | 1959 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hottel | Althea Kratz | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Horne | Marilyn | 1971 | Doctor of Music | |
| Hopper | Grace Murray | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
| Hoover, Jr. | Herbert | 1956 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Holt | Lester | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Holt | Rush | 2021 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Holstrom | Carleton A. | 1995 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Holderman | Pauline Beatrice | 1965 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hoffman | Samuel David | 1957 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hirschman | Albert O. | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hinojosa | Maria | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Hines | Gregory | 2004 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hines | Jerome | 1993 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hill | Anita | 2018 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Higginbotham, Jr. | A. Leon | 1969 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hicks | Arthur James | 2017 | Doctor of Science | |
| Herrmann | Lewis Mordecai | 1960 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Herbert | Robert M. "Bob" | 2006 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Heningburg | Gustave | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hellman | Lillian | 1963 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Heldrich | John J. | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Heidelberger | Michael | 1961 | Doctor of Science | |
| Hedefine | Alfred | 1975 | Doctor of Science | |
| Heckel | Charles Willard | 1970 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hayden | Carla D. | 2017 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Harvey | Gerald C. | 2014 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hardt | Robert Andrew | 1956 | Doctor of Philosophy | |
| Hannah-Jones | Nikole | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Hall | Frederick Wilson | 1960 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gyatso | Tenzin (Dalai Lama) | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Gross | Mason Welch | 1971 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gronquist | Carl Harry | 1958 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gregorian | Vartan | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Graves | Michael | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Graham | Martha | 1959 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Gould | Stephen Jay | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
| Gould | William Benjamin, IV | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
