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
Bloom Benjamin S. 1975 Doctor of Humane Letters
Ellison Brooke Mackenzie 2011 Doctor of Humane Letters
Young Donald Ramsey 1955 Doctor of Humane Letters
Allen Robert E. 1989 Doctor of Humane Letters
Kriendler Irving Robert 1961 Doctor of Humane Letters
Schimmel Herbert D. 2003 Doctor of Humane Letters
Byrne, Jr. John Joseph 1985 Doctor of Humane Letters
Anderson Adrienne Scotchbrook 1991 Doctor of Humane Letters
Kroesen Frederick James 1984 Doctor of Humane Letters
Schlatter Richard 1973 Doctor of Humane Letters
Boehm Helen F. 1986 Doctor of Humane Letters
Reeve Christopher 2005 Doctor of Humane Letters
Larsen Ralph S. 1991 Doctor of Humane Letters
Stern David J. 2004 Doctor of Humane Letters
Gyatso Tenzin (Dalai Lama) 2005 Doctor of Humane Letters
Parrott Bishop James W., Sr. 1996 Doctor of Humane Letters
Stetin Sol 1961 Doctor of Humane Letters
Calderón Sila M. 2004 Doctor of Humane Letters
Meyerson Martin 1970 Doctor of Humane Letters
Fair Ethel Marion 1959 Doctor of Humane Letters
Izzo Ralph 2013 Doctor of Humane Letters
Lautenberg Frank R. 1981 Doctor of Humane Letters
Wescott Lloyd Bruce 1960 Doctor of Humane Letters
Paul Alice 1977 Doctor of Humane Letters
McCourty Devin 2019 Doctor of Humane Letters
Booher Edward Elsworth 1979 Doctor of Humane Letters
Mahan Edna 1958 Doctor of Humane Letters
Mahoney David J. 1996 Doctor of Humane Letters
Felmly Lloyd McPherson 1956 Doctor of Humane Letters
Leahy Edwin D. 2007 Doctor of Humane Letters
Crew Spencer R. 2002 Doctor of Humane Letters
McCourty Jason 2019 Doctor of Humane Letters
Still Timothy 1968 Doctor of Humane Letters
Riley Matilda White 1983 Doctor of Humane Letters
Baez Joan C. 1980 Doctor of Humane Letters
Harvey Gerald C. 2014 Doctor of Humane Letters
Bailey Charles Philamore 1958 Doctor of Humane Letters
Heldrich John J. 1999 Doctor of Humane Letters
Seabrook Charles Franklin 1955 Doctor of Humane Letters
Katz Donald 2014 Doctor of Humane Letters
Robeson Paul 1973 Doctor of Humane Letters
Robeson Paul L. 2019 Doctor of Humane Letters
Murphy William Beverly 1973 Doctor of Humane Letters
Whitlock Foster Brand 1980 Doctor of Humane Letters
Johnson Leonard C. 1972 Doctor of Humane Letters
Strickland, Jr. William E. 1999 Doctor of Humane Letters
Mokhele Khotso 2005 Doctor of Humane Letters
Rockoff Alvin J. 1994 Doctor of Humane Letters
Lerman Miles 1996 Doctor of Humane Letters
Heningburg Gustave 1989 Doctor of Humane Letters

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