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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gelfand | Israel Moiseevich | 1993 | Doctor of Science | |
| Ackerman | Roger G. | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wilson | William Julius | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
| Cole | William Harder | 1957 | Doctor of Science | |
| Peplau | Hildegard E. | 1985 | Doctor of Science | |
| Luria | Salvador Edward | 1970 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wieschaus | Eric F. | 2002 | Doctor of Science | |
| Seligmann | Peter A. | 2003 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lasagna | Louis | 1983 | Doctor of Science | |
| Witkin | Evelyn M. | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
| Colwell | Rita R. | 2005 | Doctor of Science | |
| Perry | Enos J. | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
| Jackson | Shirley Ann | 1999 | Doctor of Science | |
| Miller | Neal E. | 1985 | Doctor of Science | |
| Conn | Jerome W. | 1964 | Doctor of Science | |
| Tatum | Edward Lawrie | 1964 | Doctor of Science | |
| Hedefine | Alfred | 1975 | Doctor of Science | |
| Burton | Glenn Willard | 1955 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lederberg | Joshua | 1981 | Doctor of Science | |
| Hicks | Arthur James | 2017 | Doctor of Science | |
| Heidelberger | Michael | 1961 | Doctor of Science | |
| Ericsson | Aprille Joy | 2022 | Doctor of Science | |
| Jemison | Mae C. | 2001 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wretlind | Arvid | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
| Pino | John Anthony | 1996 | Doctor of Science | |
| Makadon | Harvey J. | 2017 | Doctor of Science | |
| Rohrer | Heinrick | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
| Shepard | Roger Newland | 1992 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wu | Chien-Shiung | 1963 | Doctor of Science | |
| Engstrom | Elmer W. | 1963 | Doctor of Science | |
| Shockley | William B. | 1956 | Doctor of Science | |
| Yalow | Rosalyn S. | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
| Rossi | Alice S. | 1975 | Doctor of Science | |
| Margulis | Lynn | 2004 | Doctor of Science | |
| Nelson | Alondra | 2022 | Doctor of Science | |
| Anderson | Philip Warren | 1991 | Doctor of Science | |
| Caldicott | Helen | 1990 | Doctor of Science | |
| Newmark | Harold L. | 1998 | Doctor of Science | |
| Press | Frank | 1979 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lerner | Irwin | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Tilghman | Shirley M. | 2006 | Doctor of Science | |
| Lavizzo-Mourey | Risa J. | 2018 | Doctor of Science | |
| Mario | Ernest | 1992 | Doctor of Science | |
| Newmark | Nathan Mortimore | 1955 | Doctor of Science | |
| Atiyah | Sir Michael | 1992 | Doctor of Science | |
| Trager | William | 1965 | Doctor of Science | |
| Fair | Gordon Maskew | 1965 | Doctor of Science | |
| Auchter | George David | 1962 | Doctor of Science | |
| Singer | Wolf | 2008 | Doctor of Science | |
| Morrison | Philip | 1977 | Doctor of Science |
