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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Salisbury | Harrison Evans | 1983 | Doctor of Letters | |
Epstein | Benjamin | 1965 | Doctor of Letters | |
Oates | Joyce Carol | 1997 | Doctor of Letters | |
McCormick | Richard P. | 1982 | Doctor of Letters | |
Vermeule | Emily Dickinson Townsend | 1968 | Doctor of Letters | |
Winkler | Henry R. | 1977 | Doctor of Letters | |
Cowdrey | Mary Bartlett | 1964 | Doctor of Letters | |
Sang | Philip David | 1961 | Doctor of Letters | |
McDonough | Roger Henry | 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 | |
Trethewey | Natasha | 2021 | Doctor of Letters | |
Scullion | Sister Mary | 2016 | Doctor of Letters | |
Cameron | Donald Forrester | 1956 | Doctor of Letters | |
Wilson | G. Willow | 2021 | Doctor of Letters | |
Bowen | Catherine Drinker | 1967 | Doctor of Letters | |
Hayden | Carla D. | 2017 | Doctor of Letters | |
Ozick | Cynthia | 1999 | Doctor of Letters | |
McPhee | John Angus | 1988 | Doctor of Letters | |
Rees | Mina | 1965 | Doctor of Letters | |
Boyd | Hugh Newell | 1970 | Doctor of Letters | |
Meier | August | 1994 | Doctor of Letters | |
Cunningham | John T. | 1974 | Doctor of Letters | |
Boyd | Julian Parks | 1956 | Doctor of Letters | |
Melcher | Frederic Gershom | 1958 | Doctor of Letters | |
Hinojosa | Maria | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
Bailyn | Bernard | 1976 | Doctor of Letters | |
Lowell | Robert | 1965 | Doctor of Letters | |
Fergusson | Francis | 1975 | Doctor of Letters | |
Baker | Russell Wayne | 1989 | Doctor of Letters | |
Schlesinger, Jr. | Arthur M. | 1982 | Doctor of Letters | |
Hyde | Mary Morley Crapo | 1965 | Doctor of Letters | |
Ifill | Gwen | 2008 | Doctor of Letters | |
Miers | Earl Schenck | 1963 | Doctor of Letters | |
Remnick | David Jay | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
Brée | Germaine | 1969 | Doctor of Letters | |
Parsons | Talcott | 1977 | Doctor of Letters | |
Reston | James Barrett | 1957 | Doctor of Letters | |
Baron | Salo Wittmayer | 1963 | Doctor of Letters | |
Miller | Samuel Clifford | 1983 | Doctor of Letters | |
Charanis | Peter | 1980 | Doctor of Letters | |
Bate | W. Jackson | 1979 | Doctor of Letters | |
Stillman | W. Paul | 1975 | Doctor of Laws | |
Lee | Percy Maxim | 1956 | Doctor of Laws | |
DiFrancesco | Donald T. | 2007 | Doctor of Laws | |
Brower | Charles Hendrickson | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
Bowen | William Gordon | 1972 | Doctor of Laws | |
Mitchell | James Paul | 1959 | Doctor of Laws | |
Leopold | Alice Koller | 1958 | Doctor of Laws |