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 Degreesort descending Citation
Herrmann Lewis Mordecai 1960 Doctor of Laws
Jones Lewis Webster 1959 Doctor of Laws
Wayne Edward Anthony 1963 Doctor of Laws
Yasuhiro Nakasone 1988 Doctor of Laws
Higginbotham, Jr. A. Leon 1969 Doctor of Laws
Dougherty John Joseph 1962 Doctor of Laws
Stevenson Adlai Ewing 1962 Doctor of Laws
Ribicoff Abraham 1986 Doctor of Laws
Fulbright James William 1955 Doctor of Laws
Scott Hugh 1986 Doctor of Laws
Betancourt Romulo 1964 Doctor of Laws
Galbraith John Kenneth 1979 Doctor of Laws
Weaver Robert Clifton 1963 Doctor of Laws
Seaborg Glenn T. 1970 Doctor of Laws
Young, Jr. Andrew J. 1978 Doctor of Laws
Marshall Ray 1978 Doctor of Laws
Stillman W. Paul 1975 Doctor of Laws
Bunting Mary Ingraham 1960 Doctor of Laws
Bowen William Gordon 1972 Doctor of Laws
Judson Margaret Atwood 1968 Doctor of Laws
Hirschman Albert O. 1978 Doctor of Laws
Dwyer Bernard J. 1993 Doctor of Laws
Codey Richard J. 2005 Doctor of Laws
Gaskill William John 1978 Doctor of Laws
Abdellah Faye Glenn 1973 Doctor of Laws
Morse David Abner 1957 Doctor of Laws
Weintraub Joseph 1958 Doctor of Laws
Cohen Wilbur J. 1986 Doctor of Laws
Dwyer Florence Price 1968 Doctor of Laws
Martin, Jr. William McChesney 1965 Doctor of Laws
Katzenbach Nicholas deBelleville 1964 Doctor of Laws
Werblin David A. 1988 Doctor of Laws
Gidney Ray Millard 1961 Doctor of Laws
Muskie Edmund Sixtus 1986 Doctor of Laws
Black Eugene Robert 1959 Doctor of Laws
Ebadi Shirin 2007 Doctor of Laws
Martindell Anne Clark 1984 Doctor of Laws
Frazier Kenneth C. 2019 Doctor of Laws
Kean Thomas H. 1982 Doctor of Laws
Rodino, Jr. Peter Wallace 1975 Doctor of Laws
Gellhorn Walter 1973 Doctor of Laws
Adams Ruth Marie 1966 Doctor of Laws
Perkins James A. 1963 Doctor of Laws
Suzman The Honorable Helen 1992 Doctor of Laws
Katyal Neal 2019 Doctor of Laws
Kennan George F. 1966 Doctor of Laws
Rodriguez Joseph H. 1974 Doctor of Laws
Weisskopf Victor Frederick 1983 Doctor of Laws
Ginsburg Ruth Bader 1991 Doctor of Laws
Nader Ralph 1972 Doctor of Laws

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