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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith | Margaret Chase | 1986 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smithers | Robert Brinkley | 1964 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Smyth | Henry DeWolf | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Snedeker | Chester Wesley | 1955 | Master of Arts | |
| Solow | Robert M. | 1994 | Doctor of Science | |
| Stamato | Linda L. | 1985 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Stern | Isaac | 1983 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Stern | David J. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stetin | Sol | 1961 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stevens | Rosemary A. | 1995 | Doctor of Science | |
| Stevenson | Adlai Ewing | 1962 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Stevenson | Bryan A. | 2015 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Stewart | William Huffman | 1967 | Doctor of Science | |
| Stewart | Sandy J. | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Still | Timothy | 1968 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Stillman | W. Paul | 1975 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Stimpson | Catharine R. | 2004 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Strickland, Jr. | William E. | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sullivan | Leon | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Suzman | The Honorable Helen | 1992 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Sweeney Price | Mary Sue | 2004 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Tatum | Edward Lawrie | 1964 | Doctor of Science | |
| Taylor | Billy | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Thant | U | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Thomas | Anne Moreau | 1999 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Thomson | Virgil | 1956 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Threlkeld | Curtis Hugh | 1957 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Tilghman | Shirley M. | 2006 | Doctor of Science | |
| Trager | William | 1965 | Doctor of Science | |
| Trethewey | Natasha | 2021 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Udall | Stewart Lee | 1968 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ullian | Arthur D. | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Vagelos | P. Roy | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Van Ness | Stanley C. | 1983 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Van Zandt | Steven | 2017 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Vandervilt | Arthur | 1956 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Vermeule | Emily Dickinson Townsend | 1968 | Doctor of Letters | |
| Volk | Harry Joseph | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Voorhees | Ralph W. | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Waelsch | Salome Gluecksohn | 1998 | Doctor of Science | |
| Waldheim | Kurt | 1972 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Wall | Monroe E. | 1999 | Doctor of Science | |
| Walter | F. Austin | 1966 | Doctor of Music | |
| Warren | Earl | 1966 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Warren | Elizabeth | 2011 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Watson | James Dewey | 1988 | Doctor of Science | |
| Wayne | Edward Anthony | 1963 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Wayne | June C. | 2005 | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Weaver | Robert Clifton | 1963 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Weeks | Edward A. | 1962 | Doctor of Letters |
