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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Lewis | Earl | 2015 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Booher | Edward Elsworth | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Proctor | Samuel DeWitt | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Humelsine | Carlisle Hubbard | 1976 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Felmly | Lloyd McPherson | 1956 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Stewart | Sandy J. | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Crew | Spencer R. | 2002 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Pye | Mort | 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Piven | Frances Fox | 2015 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Ullian | Arthur D. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Kreeger | David Lloyd | 1972 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Williams | Joseph D. | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Baez | Joan C. | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Vagelos | P. Roy | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Sachar | Libby Bernstein | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Kriendler | Irving Robert | 1961 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Bailey | Charles Philamore | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Smeal | Eleanor Cutri | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Vandervilt | Arthur | 1956 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Kroesen | Frederick James | 1984 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Smiley | Tavis | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Coomaraswamy | Rajhika | 2016 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Van Ness | Stanley C. | 1983 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Larsen | Ralph S. | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Gyatso | Tenzin (Dalai Lama) | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Meyerson | Martin | 1970 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
O'Hara | Gene | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Baker | William Franklin | 2008 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Volk | Harry Joseph | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Sato | Gordon Hisashi | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Lautenberg | Frank R. | 1981 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Voorhees | Ralph W. | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Chaikin | Sol C. | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Wolfe | Deborah Cannon Patridge | 1992 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Mahan | Edna | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Chambers | Raymond G. | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Leahy | Edwin D. | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Mahoney | David J. | 1996 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Barchi | Robert L. | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Paley | William S. | 1986 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Diekhoff | John Siemon | 1959 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Francis | Norman C. | 1993 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Schimmel | Herbert D. | 2003 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Beal | Orville E. | 1973 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Heldrich | John J. | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Patel | Eboo | 2017 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Brown | Greg | 2012 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Schlatter | Richard | 1973 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Beck | Robert A. | 1983 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Reeve | Christopher | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters |