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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevenson | Bryan A. | 2015 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Harvey | Gerald C. | 2014 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Katz | Donald | 2014 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Leakey | Richard E. | 2014 | Doctor of Science | |
| Brenner | Jeffrey | 2014 | Doctor of Science | |
| Bunch | Lonnie G. | 2013 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Izzo | Ralph | 2013 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Long | Virginia | 2013 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lubchenco | Jane | 2013 | Doctor of Science | |
| Brown | Greg | 2012 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Arroyo | Martina | 2012 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Lewis | Shireen K. | 2012 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| McCormick | Richard L. | 2012 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ellison | Brooke Mackenzie | 2011 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Morrison | Toni | 2011 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Cortés, Jr. | Ernesto J. | 2011 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Warren | Elizabeth | 2011 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Djerassi | Carl | 2010 | Doctor of Science | |
| Christie | Chris | 2010 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Sirleaf | Ellen Johnson | 2010 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smeal | Eleanor Cutri | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Blume | Judy | 2010 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Howard, Jr. | M. William | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Ringgold | Faith | 2009 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Rollins | Sonny | 2009 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Eckō | Marc | 2009 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Zimbardo | Philip G. | 2009 | Doctor of Science | |
| Koeppe | Alfred C. | 2009 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ifill | Gwen | 2008 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Singer | Wolf | 2008 | Doctor of Science | |
| Ryan | Arthur F. | 2008 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Matsepe-Casaburri | Ivy F. | 2008 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Baker | William Franklin | 2008 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| DiFrancesco | Donald T. | 2007 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Leahy | Edwin D. | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Bildner | Joan L. | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Gamper, Jr. | Albert R. | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Ebadi | Shirin | 2007 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smiley | Tavis | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sato | Gordon Hisashi | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Scott | Eugenie C. | 2007 | Doctor of Science | |
| Herbert | Robert M. "Bob" | 2006 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Tilghman | Shirley M. | 2006 | Doctor of Science | |
| Corzine | Jon S. | 2006 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Yamba | A. Zachary | 2006 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Schein | Philip S. | 2006 | Doctor of Science | |
| Dees, Jr. | Morris S. | 2006 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gyatso | Tenzin (Dalai Lama) | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Mokhele | Khotso | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Colwell | Rita R. | 2005 | Doctor of Science |
