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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons | Talcott | 1977 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Patel | Eboo | 2017 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Paul | Alice | 1977 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Pauling | Linus | 1975 | Doctor of Science | |
| Payne-Gaposchkin | Cecelia | 1968 | Doctor of Science | |
| Pearson | Paul G. | 1982 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Penzias | Arno A. | 1979 | Doctor of Science | |
| Peplau | Hildegard E. | 1985 | Doctor of Science | |
| Perkins | James A. | 1963 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Perry | Enos J. | 1980 | Doctor of Science | |
| Persichilli | Judith | 2022 | Doctor of Science | |
| Peterson | Martha Elizabeth | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Peyre | Henri Maurice | 1957 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Piel | Gerard | 1961 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Pierce | Wendell | 2021 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Pino | John Anthony | 1996 | Doctor of Science | |
| Piñon | Nélida | 1998 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Pinsky | Robert | 2000 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Piven | Frances Fox | 2015 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Powers | William | 1960 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Press | Frank | 1979 | Doctor of Science | |
| Proctor | Samuel DeWitt | 1989 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Pye | Mort | 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Qualles | Paris | 2001 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Quarles | Benjamin | 1976 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Quimby | Edith Hinkley | 1956 | Doctor of Science | |
| Ralph | Sheryl Lee | 2023 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Ramos-Horta | José | 2000 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Randolph | Asa Philip | 1964 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Rauscher, Jr. | Frank Joseph | 1973 | Doctor of Science | |
| Raven | Peter Hamilton | 1988 | Doctor of Science | |
| Read | Hilton Shreve | 1961 | Doctor of Science | |
| Redd | Dana | 2023 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Rees | Mina | 1965 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Reese | Everett David | 1964 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Reese | Gustave | 1972 | Doctor of Music | |
| Reeve | Christopher | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Reilly | Hilda Christine | 1966 | Doctor of Science | |
| Reitman | Norman | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Remnick | David Jay | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Reston | James Barrett | 1957 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Ribicoff | Abraham | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Riley | Matilda White | 1983 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Ringgold | Faith | 2009 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Roberts | Dorothy | 2019 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Robeson | Paul | 1973 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robeson | Paul L. | 2019 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Rockoff | Alvin J. | 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Rodino, Jr. | Peter Wallace | 1975 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Rodriguez | Joseph H. | 1974 | Doctor of Laws |
