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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voorhees | Ralph W. | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Volk | Harry Joseph | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Vermeule | Emily Dickinson Townsend | 1968 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Vandervilt | Arthur | 1956 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Van Zandt | Steven | 2017 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Van Ness | Stanley C. | 1983 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Vagelos | P. Roy | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Ullian | Arthur D. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Udall | Stewart Lee | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Trethewey | Natasha | 2021 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Trager | William | 1965 | Doctor of Science | |
| Tilghman | Shirley M. | 2006 | Doctor of Science | |
| Threlkeld | Curtis Hugh | 1957 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Thomson | Virgil | 1956 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Thomas | Anne Moreau | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Thant | U | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Taylor | Billy | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Tatum | Edward Lawrie | 1964 | Doctor of Science | |
| Sweeney Price | Mary Sue | 2004 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Suzman | The Honorable Helen | 1992 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Sullivan | Leon | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Strickland, Jr. | William E. | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stimpson | Catharine R. | 2004 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Stillman | W. Paul | 1975 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Still | Timothy | 1968 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stewart | William Huffman | 1967 | Doctor of Science | |
| Stewart | Sandy J. | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stevenson | Adlai Ewing | 1962 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Stevenson | Bryan A. | 2015 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Stevens | Rosemary A. | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
| Stetin | Sol | 1961 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stern | Isaac | 1983 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Stern | David J. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stamato | Linda L. | 1985 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Solow | Robert M. | 1994 | Doctor of Science | |
| Snedeker | Chester Wesley | 1955 | Master of Arts | |
| Smyth | Henry DeWolf | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smithers | Robert Brinkley | 1964 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smith | Frederic William | 1964 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smith | Howard Anthony | 1959 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smith | Margaret Chase | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smiley | Tavis | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Smeal | Eleanor Cutri | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sirleaf | Ellen Johnson | 2010 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Singer | Wolf | 2008 | Doctor of Science | |
| Simon | William E. | 1985 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Sills | Arthur J. | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Showalter | Elaine | 2001 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Shorter | Wayne | 2019 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Shockley | William B. | 1956 | Doctor of Science |
