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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weintraub | Joseph | 1958 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Weisenfeld | Allan | 1966 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Weisskopf | Victor Frederick | 1983 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Welty | Eudora | 1978 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Werblin | David A. | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Wescott | Glenway | 1963 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Wescott | Lloyd Bruce | 1960 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Wheeler | John Archibald | 1969 | Doctor of Science | |
| White | Katharine Elkus | 1967 | Doctor of Laws | |
| White | Ruth Patricia | 1962 | Master of Fine Arts | |
| White, Jr. | Lynn | 1979 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Whitehead | John C. | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Whitlock | Foster Brand | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Whitman | Christine Todd | 1994 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Wicker | Thomas Grey | 1970 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Wideman | John Edgar | 1991 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Wieschaus | Eric F. | 2002 | Doctor of Science | |
| Williams | Joseph D. | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Williams, Jr. | Harrison Arlington | 1960 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Wilson | August | 1996 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Wilson | Blenda Jacqueline | 1989 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Wilson | William Julius | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wilson | G. Willow | 2021 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Winkler | Henry R. | 1977 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Witkin | Evelyn M. | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wolfe | Deborah Cannon Patridge | 1992 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Wonder | Stevie | 1999 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Woodward | C. Vann | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Wretlind | Arvid | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wu | Chien-Shiung | 1963 | Doctor of Science | |
| Yalow | Rosalyn S. | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
| Yamba | A. Zachary | 2006 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Yanitelli | Victor Robert, S.J. | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Yasuhiro | Nakasone | 1988 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ylvisaker | Paul N. | 1981 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Young | Donald Ramsey | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Young, Jr. | Andrew J. | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Zimbardo | Philip G. | 2009 | Doctor of Science | |
| Zworykin | Vladimir K. | 1972 | Doctor of Science |
