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 Degreesort descending Citation
Sebrell, Jr. William Henry 1956 Doctor of Science
Likens Gene Elden 1985 Doctor of Science
Engstrom Elmer W. 1963 Doctor of Science
Zimbardo Philip G. 2009 Doctor of Science
Zworykin Vladimir K. 1972 Doctor of Science
Peplau Hildegard E. 1985 Doctor of Science
Klein Lawrence R. 1993 Doctor of Science
Wieschaus Eric F. 2002 Doctor of Science
Anderson Philip Warren 1991 Doctor of Science
Gould Stephen Jay 1987 Doctor of Science
Seligmann Peter A. 2003 Doctor of Science
Perry Enos J. 1980 Doctor of Science
Caldicott Helen 1990 Doctor of Science
Lindzey Gardner 1993 Doctor of Science
McFarland Ross Armstrong 1964 Doctor of Science
Atiyah Sir Michael 1992 Doctor of Science
Kohn Walter 2001 Doctor of Science
Wheeler John Archibald 1969 Doctor of Science
Fair Gordon Maskew 1965 Doctor of Science
Lubchenco Jane 2013 Doctor of Science
Tatum Edward Lawrie 1964 Doctor of Science
Auchter George David 1962 Doctor of Science
Komp William H.W. 1955 Doctor of Science
Lipscomb William Nunn 1979 Doctor of Science
Brenner Jeffrey 2014 Doctor of Science
Lorenz Edward Norton 1990 Doctor of Science
Pino John Anthony 1996 Doctor of Science
Rohrer Heinrick 1987 Doctor of Science
Gronquist Carl Harry 1958 Doctor of Science
Hutchins John Richard, III 1984 Doctor of Science
Carson Benjamin 2003 Doctor of Science
Cuthbertson David Paton 1958 Doctor of Science
Shepard Roger Newland 1992 Doctor of Science
Leakey Richard E. 2014 Doctor of Science
Rossi Alice S. 1975 Doctor of Science
David, Jr. Edward E. 1984 Doctor of Science
Shockley William B. 1956 Doctor of Science
Luria Salvador Edward 1970 Doctor of Science
Lasagna Louis 1983 Doctor of Science
Branscomb Lewis McAdory 1984 Doctor of Science
Fisk James Brown 1967 Doctor of Science
Press Frank 1979 Doctor of Science
Tilghman Shirley M. 2006 Doctor of Science
Baker William Oliver 1995 Doctor of Science
Newmark Harold L. 1998 Doctor of Science
Fiske Jessie Gladys 1958 Doctor of Science
Nye William Sanford 2015 Doctor of Science
Jackson Shirley Ann 1999 Doctor of Science
Trager William 1965 Doctor of Science
Miller Neal E. 1985 Doctor of Science

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