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
Piven Frances Fox 2015 Doctor of Humane Letters
Bildner Joan L. 2007 Doctor of Humane Letters
Williams Joseph D. 1987 Doctor of Humane Letters
Still Timothy 1968 Doctor of Humane Letters
Riley Matilda White 1983 Doctor of Humane Letters
Kreeger David Lloyd 1972 Doctor of Humane Letters
Seabrook Charles Franklin 1955 Doctor of Humane Letters
Gamper, Jr. Albert R. 2007 Doctor of Humane Letters
Kriendler Irving Robert 1961 Doctor of Humane Letters
Murphy William Beverly 1973 Doctor of Humane Letters
Bixby Frederick Lovell 1966 Doctor of Humane Letters
Burke James E. 1984 Doctor of Humane Letters
Robeson Paul 1973 Doctor of Humane Letters
Kroesen Frederick James 1984 Doctor of Humane Letters
Gyatso Tenzin (Dalai Lama) 2005 Doctor of Humane Letters
Strickland, Jr. William E. 1999 Doctor of Humane Letters
Coomaraswamy Rajhika 2016 Doctor of Humane Letters
Rockoff Alvin J. 1994 Doctor of Humane Letters
Larsen Ralph S. 1991 Doctor of Humane Letters
Weisenfeld Allan 1966 Doctor of Humane Letters
Myers Chauncie Kilmer 1962 Doctor of Humane Letters
Eckō Marc 2009 Doctor of Humane Letters
Sullivan Leon 2000 Doctor of Humane Letters
Meyerson Martin 1970 Doctor of Humane Letters
Aidekman Alex 1987 Doctor of Humane Letters
Sellars Richard Beverland 1977 Doctor of Humane Letters
Eco Umberto 2002 Doctor of Humane Letters
Burns Arthur Frank 1955 Doctor of Humane Letters
Geltman Samuel 1990 Doctor of Humane Letters
Lautenberg Frank R. 1981 Doctor of Humane Letters
Mahan Edna 1958 Doctor of Humane Letters
Wolfe Deborah Cannon Patridge 1992 Doctor of Humane Letters
Mahoney David J. 1996 Doctor of Humane Letters
Roebling Mary Gindhart 1987 Doctor of Humane Letters
Leahy Edwin D. 2007 Doctor of Humane Letters
Allen Clara L. 1972 Doctor of Humane Letters
Barchi Robert L. 2022 Doctor of Humane Letters
Shalala Donna E. 1995 Doctor of Humane Letters
Bloom Benjamin S. 1975 Doctor of Humane Letters
Ellison Brooke Mackenzie 2011 Doctor of Humane Letters
Rogosin Israel 1966 Doctor of Humane Letters
Allen Robert E. 1989 Doctor of Humane Letters
Nelson Oswald George 1957 Doctor of Humane Letters
Heldrich John J. 1999 Doctor of Humane Letters
Anderson Adrienne Scotchbrook 1991 Doctor of Humane Letters
Neuberger Katherine K. 1979 Doctor of Humane Letters
Boehm Helen F. 1986 Doctor of Humane Letters
Thomas Anne Moreau 1999 Doctor of Humane Letters
Byrne, Jr. John Joseph 1985 Doctor of Humane Letters
Patel Eboo 2017 Doctor of Humane Letters

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