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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks | Arthur James | 2017 | Doctor of Science | |
| Makadon | Harvey J. | 2017 | Doctor of Science | |
| Patel | Eboo | 2017 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Van Zandt | Steven | 2017 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Hill | Anita | 2018 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lavizzo-Mourey | Risa J. | 2018 | Doctor of Science | |
| Owens "Queen Latifah" | Dana | 2018 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Schulman | Dan | 2018 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Frazier | Kenneth C. | 2019 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Katyal | Neal | 2019 | Doctor of Laws | |
| McCourty | Devin | 2019 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| McCourty | Jason | 2019 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Murphy | Philip | 2019 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Roberts | Dorothy | 2019 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Robeson | Paul L. | 2019 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Shorter | Wayne | 2019 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Holt | Lester | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Martinez | Angela "Angie" | 2020 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Martinez | Judy Perry | 2020 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Stewart | Sandy J. | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Garrett | Laurie | 2021 | Doctor of Science | |
| Holt | Rush | 2021 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Moses | Robert Parris | 2021 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Pierce | Wendell | 2021 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Trethewey | Natasha | 2021 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Wilson | G. Willow | 2021 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Hannah-Jones | Nikole | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Persichilli | Judith | 2022 | Doctor of Science | |
| Barchi | Robert L. | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Ericsson | Aprille Joy | 2022 | Doctor of Science | |
| Hinojosa | Maria | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Meyer | Wayne | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Nelson | Alondra | 2022 | Doctor of Science | |
| Remnick | David Jay | 2022 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Ralph | Sheryl Lee | 2023 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Redd | Dana | 2023 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Angelson | Mark A. | 2023 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Blanchard | Terence | 2023 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Karikó | Katalin | 2023 | Doctor of Science |
