Honorary Degree Recipients
2020 - Present
Recipient | Degree | Date |
|---|---|---|
Louis P. Kassa III | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 17, 2025 |
Donald Guy Generals, Ed.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2024 |
Sarita E. Brown | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2024 |
Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, CM | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 20, 2023 |
Thomas R. Bailey, Ph.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 20, 2023 |
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, J.D., President of Ukraine (degree awarded in absentia) | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 21, 2022 |
Reverend Luis Cortés, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 21, 2022 |
Carol Taylor ’75, Ph.D., MSN, RN, FAAN | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 21, 2022 |
Rabbi Abraham Skorka, PhD | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 15, 2021 |
Sister Camille D’Arienzo, RSM, PhD | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 15, 2021 |
2010's
Recipient | Degree | Date |
|---|---|---|
Sister Norma Pimentel, MJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 2019 |
Thomas B. Peterson | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 2019 |
Audrey Elizabeth Evans, MD | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 15, 2018 |
Dennis J. Colgan | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 15, 2018 |
Pamela Rainey Lawler | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 15, 2018 |
Albert Martin Tantala Sr., PE | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 15, 2018 |
Kathryn Ott Lovell | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 9, 2017 |
Hon. Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 9, 2017 |
Denis P. Mulcahy | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 12, 2016 |
Sister Thea Krause, CSFN, PhD | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 12, 2016 |
Hon. Charles F. Dougherty | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 12, 2016 |
Mother Dolores Hart, OSB | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 12, 2016 |
Joan Dawson McConnon | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 19, 2015 |
Reverend Gregory Boyle, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 19, 2015 |
Paul Hongsuk Kim | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 17, 2014 |
Sister Sally Marie Kiepura, CSFN | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 17, 2014 |
Albert T. Chadwick, III | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 17, 2014 |
Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 9, 2014 |
Robert E. Tepfer | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2013 |
Sister Callista Roy, CSJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2013 |
Dominic C. Marano | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2013 |
Randy J. Coddington | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2013 |
George W. Nise | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 19, 2012 |
Anne M. Gallagher | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 19, 2012 |
Luz Duque-Hammershaimb | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 19, 2012 |
Richard J. Curry | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 19, 2012 |
Robbin Troy Armstrong | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 19, 2012 |
Woodrow Wilson Wolfe, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 2011 |
Anthony J. Szuszczewicz | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 2011 |
Harry Carl Schaub | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 2011 |
Sister Janice Fulmer, CSFN | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2010 |
John Prendergast | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2010 |
Timothy C. Flanagan | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 18, 2010 |
2000's
Recipient | Degree | Date |
|---|---|---|
Shuping Chen | Doctor of Humane Letters | November 4, 2009 |
Jamie Moyer | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 2009 |
J. Lindsey Bradley | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 2009 |
Joseph Bordogna | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 2009 |
Sister M. Celine Warnilo, CSFN | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 23, 2008 |
Most Reverend Justin, Cardinal Rigali | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 23, 2008 |
Sister Mary Reap, IHM | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 23, 2008 |
Sister H. Rosalie Bertell, GNSH | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 12, 2007 |
Sister Mary Ellen Gemmell, CSFN | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 12, 2007 |
Anne Marie Pettit | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 2006 |
Carl F. Gregory | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 2006 |
Jean C. Griswold | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 2006 |
Sister Therese Tygielska, CSFN | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 5, 2006 |
h. c. Hansjurgen Doss | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 5, 2006 |
Joseph W. Marshall | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 2005 |
Bette E. Landman | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 2005 |
Robert Truitt | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 2005 |
Margaret M. Healy | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 6, 2005 |
Armand Gentile | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 6, 2005 |
Amy Caples | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 8, 2004 |
Patricia Burns DeAngelis | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 8, 2004 |
Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 8, 2004 |
Edward G. Boehne | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 8, 2004 |
Sister Alice Hess, IHM | Doctor of Humane Letters | November 2, 2003 |
Raymond M. Haas | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 10, 2003 |
Raymond Angelo | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 10, 2003 |
Paul G. Vallas | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 10, 2003 |
Werner H. Von Rosenstiel | Doctor of Humane Letters | Februray 9, 2003 |
Donald R. Gerth | Doctor of Humane Letters | Februray 9, 2003 |
Eudora Pettigrew | Doctor of Humane Letters | October 13, 2002 |
Evgeniy Gorkovskiy | Doctor of Humane Letters | October 13, 2002 |
Dave Roberts | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 2002 |
Harold B. Hairston | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 2002 |
Minna F. Weinstein | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 10, 2002 |
Bartholomew John McGettrick | Doctor of Humane Letters | October 25, 2001 |
Ann Hawkes Hutton | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 12, 2001 |
Robert J. Bruce | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 4, 2001 |
Aaron Feuerstein | Doctor of Humane Letters | September 24, 2000 |
Lisa Thomas-Laury | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 2000 |
Patricia A. Cahill | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 2000 |
1990's
Recipient | Degree | Date |
|---|---|---|
Alicja Grezeskowiak | Doctor of Humane Letters | October 1, 1999 |
Robert Galardi | Doctor of Laws | May 8, 1999 |
Samuel Hazo | Doctor of Humane Letters | November 15, 1998 |
Robert Wuthnow | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 9, 1998 |
Brother Patrick Ellis, FSC | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 22, 1998 |
John W. Turner, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 8, 1998 |
Sister Peter Claver Fahy, MSBT | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 8, 1998 |
Most Reverend Robert B. Maginnis | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 10, 1997 |
Oscar E. Remick | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 16, 1997 |
Herbert G. Brown | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 1996 |
Allen Splete | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 17, 1996 |
Thomas Patrick Melady | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 1995 |
Charles L. Blockson | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 1995 |
Monika K. Hellwig | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 26, 1995 |
Loretta Hennessey | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 26, 1995 |
Ralph J. Roberts | Doctor of Laws | May 14, 1994 |
Reverend Paul S. Quinter | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 1994 |
Morton Botel | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 1994 |
Reverend J. Stuart Dooling, OSFS | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 20, 1994 |
Ann Bishop | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 20, 1994 |
Roger P. Winter | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 8, 1993 |
Francis Xavier Murphy, CSSR | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 8, 1993 |
Donald M. Carroll | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 8, 1993 |
Terrel H. Bell | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 28, 1993 |
Emanuel S. Kardon | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 9, 1992 |
Sister M. Isolina Ferre | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 9, 1992 |
Don Tollefson | Doctor of Humane Letters | April 1, 1992 |
Frank A. Salvatore | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 1991 |
Robert N.C. Nix | Doctor of Laws | May 11, 1991 |
Leonid D. Rudnytzky | Doctor of Humane Letters | April 11, 1991 |
Robert P. Casey | Doctor of Laws | May 12, 1990 |
Sister Magdalen Coughlin, CSJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 28, 1990 |
1980's
Recipient | Degree | Date |
|---|---|---|
Francis E. Rosato | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 1989 |
Elaine Isaacson Brown | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 1989 |
Most Reverend Anthony J. Cardinal Bevilacqua | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 13, 1989 |
Beatrice Mintz | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 1988 |
Most Reverend Tomas Cardinal O’Fiaich | Doctor of Humane Letters | February 8, 1988 |
Most Reverend Louis A. DeSimone | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 9, 1987 |
Reverend William J. Byron, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | April 8, 1987 |
Anna M. Brady | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 10, 1986 |
Edwin O. Guthman | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 10, 1986 |
Sister Ann Ida Gannon, BVM | Doctor of Humane Letters | April 9, 1986 |
Dorothy A. Mereness | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 1985 |
George Nakashima | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 11, 1985 |
Reverend Theodore Hesburgh, CSC | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 27, 1985 |
W. Wilson Goode | Doctor of Laws | May 12, 1984 |
Paul M. Lin | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 1983 |
Most Reverend Francis B. Schulte | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 16, 1981 |
1970's
Recipient | Degree | Date |
|---|---|---|
Hilary Koprowski | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 12, 1979 |
Edmund D. Pellegrino | Doctor of Humane Letters | April 3, 1979 |
Sister Aloysius Sabacinska, CSFN | Doctor of Humane Letters | April 3, 1979 |
John F. Lontz | Doctor of Humane Letters | March 29, 1979 |
Most Reverend John Cardinal Krol | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 14, 1977 |
Most Reverend Gerald V. McDevitt | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 16, 1971 |
1960's
Recipient | Degree | Date |
|---|---|---|
Rev. Mother Neomisia Rutkowska, CSFN, PhD | Doctor of Humane Letters | May 31, 1964 |