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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Bildner | Joan L. | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Ullian | Arthur D. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Heldrich | John J. | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Sachar | Libby Bernstein | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Gamper, Jr. | Albert R. | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Smeal | Eleanor Cutri | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Vagelos | P. Roy | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Burke | James E. | 1984 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Patel | Eboo | 2017 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Smiley | Tavis | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Bixby | Frederick Lovell | 1966 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Vandervilt | Arthur | 1956 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Heningburg | Gustave | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Johnson | Leonard C. | 1972 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Meyer | Wayne | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Mokhele | Khotso | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Lerman | Miles | 1996 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Van Ness | Stanley C. | 1983 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
O'Hara | Gene | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Eckō | Marc | 2009 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Burns | Arthur Frank | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Sato | Gordon Hisashi | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Geltman | Samuel | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Aidekman | Alex | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Jones | Franklin Taylor | 1970 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Eco | Umberto | 2002 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Volk | Harry Joseph | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Voorhees | Ralph W. | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Angelson | Mark A. | 2023 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Lett | Harold Alfred | 1960 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Schulman | Dan | 2018 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Ylvisaker | Paul N. | 1981 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Levao | Richard A. | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Levin | Janice H. | 1985 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Collins | Kevin J. | 2001 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Allen | Clara L. | 1972 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Paley | William S. | 1986 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Jordan, Jr. | Vernon Eulion | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Bloom | Benjamin S. | 1975 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Ellison | Brooke Mackenzie | 2011 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Schimmel | Herbert D. | 2003 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Allen | Robert E. | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Morrow | John Howard | 1963 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Young | Donald Ramsey | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Levine | William | 1972 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Byrne, Jr. | John Joseph | 1985 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Hoffman | Samuel David | 1957 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Schlatter | Richard | 1973 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Anderson | Adrienne Scotchbrook | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Kaiser | John Boynton | 1960 | Doctor of Humane Letters |