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 ascending Citation
Epstein Benjamin 1965 Doctor of Letters
Pinsky Robert 2000 Doctor of Letters
Thomson Virgil 1956 Doctor of Letters
Roth Philip 1987 Doctor of Letters
Cowdrey Mary Bartlett 1964 Doctor of Letters
Showalter Elaine 2001 Doctor of Letters
Winkler Henry R. 1977 Doctor of Letters
Threlkeld Curtis Hugh 1957 Doctor of Letters
Mumford Lawrence Quincy 1956 Doctor of Letters
Cowen David Laurence 1984 Doctor of Letters
Boocock Philip Milledoler Brett 1966 Doctor of Letters
Caldwell William Anthony 1967 Doctor of Letters
Kenyon Cecelia M. 1976 Doctor of Letters
Rukeyser Muriel 1961 Doctor of Letters
Trethewey Natasha 2021 Doctor of Letters
Scullion Sister Mary 2016 Doctor of Letters
Hayden Carla D. 2017 Doctor of Letters
Cameron Donald Forrester 1956 Doctor of Letters
Wilson G. Willow 2021 Doctor of Letters
Nicolson Marjorie Hope 1964 Doctor of Letters
Bowen Catherine Drinker 1967 Doctor of Letters
Boyd Hugh Newell 1970 Doctor of Letters
Cunningham John T. 1974 Doctor of Letters
Boyd Julian Parks 1956 Doctor of Letters
Quarles Benjamin 1976 Doctor of Letters
Bailyn Bernard 1976 Doctor of Letters
Hinojosa Maria 2022 Doctor of Letters
Fergusson Francis 1975 Doctor of Letters
Salisbury Harrison Evans 1983 Doctor of Letters
Baker Russell Wayne 1989 Doctor of Letters
Oates Joyce Carol 1997 Doctor of Letters
Vermeule Emily Dickinson Townsend 1968 Doctor of Letters
Sang Philip David 1961 Doctor of Letters
McCormick Richard P. 1982 Doctor of Letters
Remnick David Jay 2022 Doctor of Letters
Brée Germaine 1969 Doctor of Letters
McDonough Roger Henry 1956 Doctor of Letters
Baron Salo Wittmayer 1963 Doctor of Letters
Ozick Cynthia 1999 Doctor of Letters
Charanis Peter 1980 Doctor of Letters
Bate W. Jackson 1979 Doctor of Letters
Rees Mina 1965 Doctor of Letters
McPhee John Angus 1988 Doctor of Letters
Bowen William Gordon 1972 Doctor of Laws
DiFrancesco Donald T. 2007 Doctor of Laws
Brower Charles Hendrickson 1966 Doctor of Laws
Reese Everett David 1964 Doctor of Laws
Codey Richard J. 2005 Doctor of Laws
Gross Mason Welch 1971 Doctor of Laws
Dillon Clarence Douglas 1961 Doctor of Laws

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