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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey | Gerald C. | 2014 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hayden | Carla D. | 2017 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Heckel | Charles Willard | 1970 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hedefine | Alfred | 1975 | Doctor of Science | |
| Heidelberger | Michael | 1961 | Doctor of Science | |
| Heldrich | John J. | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hellman | Lillian | 1963 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Heningburg | Gustave | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Herbert | Robert M. "Bob" | 2006 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Herrmann | Lewis Mordecai | 1960 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hicks | Arthur James | 2017 | Doctor of Science | |
| Higginbotham, Jr. | A. Leon | 1969 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hill | Anita | 2018 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hines | Gregory | 2004 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hines | Jerome | 1993 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hinojosa | Maria | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Hirschman | Albert O. | 1978 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hoffman | Samuel David | 1957 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Holderman | Pauline Beatrice | 1965 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Holstrom | Carleton A. | 1995 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Holt | Rush | 2021 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Holt | Lester | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hoover, Jr. | Herbert | 1956 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hopper | Grace Murray | 1987 | Doctor of Science | |
| Horne | Marilyn | 1971 | Doctor of Music | |
| Hottel | Althea Kratz | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Houle | Cyril Orvin | 1959 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Howard, Jr. | M. William | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hufstedler | Shirley M. | 1981 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hughes | Joseph Egan | 1956 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hughes | Richard Joseph | 1962 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hughes | William John | 1995 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Humelsine | Carlisle Hubbard | 1976 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Humphrey | Hubert H. | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Hunter-Gault | Charlayne | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hutchins | John Richard, III | 1984 | Doctor of Science | |
| Huxtable | Ada Louise | 1974 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hyde | Mary Morley Crapo | 1965 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Ifill | Gwen | 2008 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Izzo | Ralph | 2013 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Jackson | Shirley Ann | 1999 | Doctor of Science | |
| Jacobs | Nathan Leonard | 1965 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Jacobson | Joel Ross | 1974 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Jemison | Mae C. | 2001 | Doctor of Science | |
| Jensen | Merril | 1976 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Johnson | Leonard C. | 1972 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Johnson | Thomas Herbert | 1956 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Jones | Franklin Taylor | 1970 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Jones | Lewis Webster | 1959 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Jordan | Barbara | 1993 | Doctor of Letters |
