Honorary Degree Past Recipients
Since 1854, the college has conferred nearly 400 honorary degrees. Here we honor our past recipients dating back to 1926.
| Honoree | Year Confirmed | Honorary Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac O Winslow | 1926 | Doctor of Education |
| Allison Tuttle | 1926 | Doctor of Education |
| Marcus White | 1926 | Doctor of Education |
| Payson Smith | 1926 | Doctor of Education |
| Sarah L Arnold | 1927 | Doctor of Education |
| Herbert W Lull | 1927 | Doctor of Education |
| Howard Edwards | 1927 | Doctor of Letters |
| Erik A Anderson | 1928 | Doctor of Education |
| Arthur C Boyden | 1928 | Doctor of Education |
| Wallace E Mason | 1928 | Doctor of Education |
| William S Steere | 1928 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Joseph P Pitman | 1929 | Doctor of Education |
| Cornelius E Broome | 1930 | Doctor of Letters |
| Walter E Russell | 1931 | Doctor of Education |
| Frank H Beede | 1931 | Doctor of Education |
| Stanley H Holmes | 1931 | Doctor of Education |
| Clara E Craig | 1932 | Doctor of Education |
| Raymond G Bressler | 1932 | Doctor of Education |
| Walter H Butterfield | 1932 | Doctor of Music |
| Charles S Thomas | 1932 | Doctor of Letters |
| Clarence H Manchester | 1933 | Doctor of Education |
| Alexander J Stoddard | 1933 | Doctor of Education |
| Willard H Bacon | 1934 | Doctor of Education |
| Robert E Quinn | 1938 | Doctor of Education |
| Grover C Bowman | 1941 | Doctor of Education |
| Charles F Towne | 1941 | Doctor of Education |
| Frank Hill | 1942 | Doctor of Education |
| J. Howard McGrath | 1943 | Doctor of Education |
| Robert M Brown | 1943 | Doctor of Education |
| Royal B Farnum | 1944 | Doctor of Education |
| John J Kenny | 1944 | Doctor of Education |
| Patrick J Sullivan | 1945 | Doctor of Education |
| John J Kelly | 1946 | Doctor of Education |
| Ruth A Haas | 1947 | Doctor of Education |
| Martin F O'Connor | 1947 | Doctor of Education |
| Harry L Jacobs | 1947 | Doctor of Education |
| Harold Gibbs | 1947 | Doctor of Education |
| Sen. John Pastore | 1948 | Doctor of Education |
| Sr. Mary Landregan | 1949 | Doctor of Education |
| James Dugan | 1949 | Doctor of Education |
| Dr. Rose B Browne | 1950 | Doctor of Education |
| Abram L Sachar | 1950 | Doctor of Education |
| Rabbi Morris Schussheim | 1951 | Doctor of Education |
| Rev. John Lyte | 1951 | Doctor of Education |
| Dennis J Roberts | 1951 | Doctor of Education |
| Rev. Richard Morton | 1952 | Doctor of Education |
| Lucille Leonard | 1953 | Doctor of Education |
| Dr. Sophia B Kent | 1954 | Doctor of Education |
| Dr. Sara L Kerr | 1954 | Doctor of Education |
| Dr. Adelaide Patterson | 1954 | Doctor of Education |
| Ida C Silverman | 1954 | Doctor of Education |
| Carl R Woodward | 1954 | Doctor of Education |
| Harold R Medina | 1954 | Doctor of Education |
| Rev. Robert Slavin | 1955 | Doctor of Education |
| Rev. Reinhold Link | 1955 | Doctor of Education |
| Henry S Commager | 1955 | Doctor of Education |
| Elmer Smith | 1955 | Doctor of Education |
| Wilma A Miller | 1956 | Doctor of Education |
| Elizabeth G Vining | 1956 | Doctor of Education |
| J. Hebert Ward | 1956 | Doctor of Education |
| William T Hastings | 1956 | Doctor of Education |
| Florence Murray | 1956 | Doctor of Education |
| Leslie Hill | 1956 | Doctor of Education |
| Edward C Kemble | 1957 | Doctor of Education |
| Mary I Hall | 1957 | Doctor of Education |
| Marie M Gearan | 1957 | Doctor of Education |
| Dora V Smith | 1957 | Doctor of Education |
| Harold W Browning | 1957 | Doctor of Education |
| Louise Tharp | 1957 | Doctor of Education |
| Dr. Helen Cooper | 1958 | Doctor of Education |
| Roy O Billett | 1958 | Doctor of Education |
| Gaganvihari Mehta | 1958 | Doctor of Education |
| Lawrence Derthick | 1958 | Doctor of Education |
| Norman Cousins | 1958 | Doctor of Letters |
| Barnaby C Keeney | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Alexander M Burgess | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Alice M Waddington | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Louis M Lyons | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| John R Frazier | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Bruce R Lindsay | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Marion S Cole | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Charles W Hunt | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| David Reisman | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Theodore Brameld | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| J. Harold Williams | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Marion Shirley Cole | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Robert Bruce Lindsay | 1959 | Doctor of Education |
| Mother M. Hilda Miley | 1960 | Doctor of Education |
| James P Adams | 1960 | Doctor of Education |
| Winfield T Scott | 1960 | Doctor of Education |
| James W Wilson | 1960 | Doctor of Education |
| James Hanley | 1960 | Doctor of Education |
| Theodore Francis Green | 1960 | Doctor of Education |
| Msgr. Arthur Geoghegan | 1961 | Doctor of Education |
| Herbert D Welte | 1961 | Doctor of Education |
| William G Vinal | 1961 | Doctor of Education |
| Marion Leighton-Jenks | 1961 | Doctor of Education |
| Mario Brosio | 1961 | Doctor of Education |
| Father Vincent Dore | 1962 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Clement C Maxwell | 1962 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| John E Fogarty | 1962 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| George F Frost | 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Francis H Horn | 1962 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Vera L Milliken | 1962 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| James R Killian | 1962 | Doctor of Education |
| Christopher T DelSesto | 1962 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Henry Margenau | 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. M. Corinne Barden Adams | 1963 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Lawrence J Hogan | 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Timothy M Stinnett | 1963 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Lloyd P Young | 1963 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Howard W Ferrin | 1963 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Edward Winsor | 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Philip J Holton Jr. | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Adm. William C Mott | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. Marie Gilbride | 1964 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Rev. Robert Quinn | 1964 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| James B Hedges | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lucius H Pitts | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Walter H Reynolds | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Anthony J Celebrezze | 1964 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| John N Brown | 1964 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Vernon R Alden | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Eugene Gardner Jacobs | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Leallyn Clapp | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Otto Neugebauer | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Rosemary Pierrel Sorrentino | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. Mona G Baker | 1965 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. Catherine M Casserly | 1965 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Kenneth B Keating | 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Michael F Walsh | 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Alexander Peloquin | 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Samuel Van Valkenburg | 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Harold Benjamin | 1965 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| James P Dixon Jr. | 1966 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Frederick A Meier | 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Owen B Kiernan | 1966 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Bradford F Swan | 1966 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Aime J Forand | 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| John K Galbraith | 1966 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Margaret Reese Langdon | 1966 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Maribelle Cormack | 1966 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Michael A Gammino Jr. | 1967 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sen. Claborne Pell | 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mary E Kingley | 1967 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| John H Chafee | 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| John H Franklin | 1967 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Andrew W Cordier | 1967 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John P Cronin '76 | 1968 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. Eleanor C McPhillips | 1968 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Thomas H Roberts | 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| David H Susskind | 1968 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Adolph T Schmidt | 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| George Wright Kelsey | 1968 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Paul B Weisz | 1969 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Robert C Wood | 1969 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert J Keeshan | 1969 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Francis K Madeira | 1969 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Arthur M Schlesinger | 1969 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Harriet V Zurlinden | 1969 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Rev. William Haas | 1970 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William C Gaige | 1970 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Carl T Rowan | 1970 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Carl Gross | 1970 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Helen MacPherson | 1970 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. William F Flanagan | 1971 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. Edward P Travers | 1971 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. Mary T Thorp | 1971 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Rev. Robert Drinan | 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Frank Licht | 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| James Williams | 1971 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Dr. Manuel L da Silva | 1972 | Doctor of Health |
| John S Higgins | 1972 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| E L Amabel North | 1972 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Harold Taylor | 1972 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Homer Babbidge | 1972 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Hon. Joseph Weisberger | 1973 | Doctor of Laws |
| Marion B Strauss | 1973 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| George K Anderson | 1973 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Lila M Sapinsley | 1973 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Charles N Fortes | 1973 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Sidney P Marland | 1973 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Harvey G Cox Jr. | 1974 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Andrew J Bell Jr. | 1974 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Josephine A Dolan | 1974 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Joseph F MacAndrew | 1974 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Daniel J Boorstin | 1974 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| James A Houston | 1975 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Antoinette F Downing | 1975 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Joseph H Gaudet | 1975 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Belmira Nunes Lopes | 1975 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Catherine Strown Robinson | 1975 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Martha Peterson | 1975 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Arlan R Coolidge | 1976 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Carl Bridenbaugh | 1976 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Gertrude Himmelfarb | 1976 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Elmaina Lewis | 1976 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Everett I Mendelsohn | 1977 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Alfred L Hawkes | 1977 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Adrian Hall | 1977 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Alan Simpson | 1977 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Dr. Joseph F Kauffman | 1978 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Hon. J. Joseph Garrahy | 1978 | Doctor of Laws |
| Virginia B Smith | 1978 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Eleanor F Slater | 1978 | Doctor of Laws |
| Joseph G Lecount | 1978 | Doctor of Laws |
| William H McNeill | 1978 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ralph E Miller Jr. '63 | 1979 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Michael S Van Leesten '65 | 1979 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. Charles Willard | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Prof. Ernest Allison | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Aaron H Roitman | 1979 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Cathy Guisewite | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Julian Jaynes | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Dorothy Burgess | 1979 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Martha B Ballinger | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Robert P Straetz | 1980 | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Edward R Martin | 1980 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Bernice R Sandler | 1980 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hugh Leonard | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Remi-Nelson Gilbert | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Madeline Giguere | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Jack Lynch | 1980 | Doctor of Laws |
| Albert Shanker | 1980 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Robert Fournier | 1980 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Albert Carlotti | 1980 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Wilmer A Jennings | 1981 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Wilbur J Cohen | 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Muriel Port Stevens | 1981 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Irwin T Sanders | 1981 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Albert T Pimentel | 1981 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Charlayne Hunter-Gault | 1981 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Ronald E Stenning | 1982 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Marion F Simon | 1982 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Bernard G Mondor | 1982 | Doctor of Public Service |
| James H Billington | 1982 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| James L Fisher | 1982 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Jose Marques | 1982 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Aristides M Pereira '83 | 1983 | Doctor of Laws |
| John C Murray | 1983 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Joseph H Silverstein | 1983 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Barbara L Nichols | 1984 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Pauline M Hartington | 1984 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Arnold T Hampson | 1984 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Allan W Ostar | 1984 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Arlene Croce | 1984 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dr. Charles E Shea Jr. | 1984 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Clara B Hieronymous | 1984 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Stephen D Hassenfeld | 1984 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Gene I Maeroff | 1984 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Galway Kinnell | 1984 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Roman Vishniac | 1984 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Leslie A Bettencourt '75 | 1985 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. Charles V Willie | 1985 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Rev. Thomas Peterson | 1985 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Joseph E Cannon | 1985 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Albert T Klyberg | 1985 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Francis W Campbell | 1985 | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Pauline Koner | 1985 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Arthur Zarrella | 1985 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Hon. Alice Gibney '69 | 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta | 1986 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Bruce D Butterfield | 1986 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Henry J Shelton | 1986 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Clayton Taliaferro | 1986 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| James Schevill | 1986 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Alexander W Astin | 1987 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Eileen Farrell | 1987 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| David Macaulay | 1987 | Doctor of Letters |
| John Noble Wilford | 1987 | Doctor of Letters |
| David Elkind | 1987 | Doctor of Science |
| Dr. Eleanor M McMahon | 1988 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. William Oh | 1988 | Doctor of Science |
| Sr. Rosemary Donley | 1988 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Eugene M Lang | 1988 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Maxwell Mays | 1988 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Seymour Sarason | 1988 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Reatha King | 1988 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Robert Andreoli | 1988 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. John O Pastore MD | 1989 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Sherwood C Spring | 1989 | Doctor of Science |
| Lauro F Cavazos | 1989 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Ronald H Brown | 1989 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Martin Haberman | 1989 | Doctor of Education |
| Mark Patinkin | 1989 | Doctor of Journalism |
| Richard Cumming | 1989 | Doctor of Music |
| Wilma Pearl Mankiller | 1989 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Anna J Harrison | 1990 | Doctor of Science |
| Richard M Oster | 1990 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Margaret T Burroughs | 1990 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Gordon Parks | 1990 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dith Pran | 1990 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Peggy Boyd Sharpe | 1990 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. Henry J Nardone | 1991 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. James P Comer | 1991 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. Christine Hennessey | 1991 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Gilbert M Grosvenor | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Don Bousquet | 1991 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Iola Mabray | 1991 | Doctor of Public Service |
| John C Quinn | 1992 | Doctor of Public Service |
| George N Leighton | 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ned Rorem | 1992 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| DIANA GOLDEN | 1992 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Sen. Paolo Taviani | 1993 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John V DeGoes | 1993 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| ROBERT DeBLOIS | 1993 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. Edmund B Gaither | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dr. Michael Reynolds | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dr. Steven Ansell | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Lt Col Spann Watson | 1994 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Bayla Keyes | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Peter Zazofsky | 1994 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Judith A Sweeney Lederman '72 | 1995 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Sr. Carol McGovern | 1995 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Eugene Lee | 1995 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Willy Heeks | 1995 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Harm DeBlij | 1995 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Dr. Americo W Petrocelli | 1996 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Diane E Santos | 1996 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Irving R Levine | 1996 | Doctor of Journalism |
| Michael Corrente | 1996 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Robert Birmelin | 1996 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Justin W Dart Jr. | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. Lea Eliash | 1997 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Joseph A Almagno | 1997 | Doctor of Education |
| Armand LaMontagne | 1998 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Paul Binder | 1998 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Spalding Gray | 1998 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| David A Capaldi '64 | 1999 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Sen. Jack Reed | 1999 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Alan Shawn Feinstein | 1999 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Helen Forman | 1999 | Doctor of Humanities |
| George Wein | 1999 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Oskar Eustis | 1999 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| B.J. Clanton | 1999 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. Millard D Fuller | 2000 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Dr. Edward J Liston | 2000 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. Gordon M Ambach | 2000 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Dr. Luther Blount | 2000 | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| Dr. Barnaby Evans | 2000 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dr. Thomas F Banchoff | 2001 | Doctor of Science |
| Dr. Thomas Sgouros | 2001 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Stephen A Janger | 2001 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Michael S Harper | 2001 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| J. Lynn Singleton | 2001 | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Dr. Lorna M Edmundson '64 | 2002 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Viola Davis '88 | 2002 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dr. Carole M Harman | 2002 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Thomas A Ohanian | 2002 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Harry Kizirian | 2002 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. James DiPrete | 2003 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Martha E McSally | 2003 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Jeremiah S Jeremiah | 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sarah T Dowling | 2003 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. Beatrice S Levin '42 | 2004 | Doctor of Letters |
| Dr. Samuel A Worthington | 2004 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Dr. Alan G Hassenfeld | 2004 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. Elizabeth Streb | 2004 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Elizabeth J Johnson | 2004 | Doctor of Humanities |
| James Richard Langevin ’90 | 2004 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Peter Boyer ’91 | 2004 | Doctor of Music |
| Anthony Maione '75 | 2005 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Dr. Billie Ann Burrill | 2005 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dr. Sherwin J Kapstein | 2005 | Doctor of Education |
| Dr. Friedrich St. Florian | 2005 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dr. William Julius Wilson | 2005 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Dr. Stanley M. Aronson | 2006 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Dr. Raymond W Houghton | 2006 | Doctor of Humanities |
| George S Lima | 2006 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Diane Postoian '76 | 2006 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Anne M Sliney '87 | 2006 | Doctor of Science |
| Marian Wright Edelman | 2006 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ronald W McLarty '69 | 2007 | Doctor of Humanities |
| H. Philip West Jr. | 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
| George Graboys | 2007 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Margaret Wrenn Goodrum | 2007 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Howard Fine '04 | 2008 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dr. Nicolas P Retsinas | 2008 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. Constantine W Curris | 2008 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. Bruce Sundlun | 2008 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. John Nazarian '54 | 2009 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Dr. Morris Nathanson | 2009 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Mark Weiner | 2009 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Hon. Gordon Fox '85 | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sen. M. Teresa Paiva-Weed | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
| John J Palumbo | 2010 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Frank Battisti | 2010 | Doctor of Music |
| Dr. Thomas L Cobb | 2011 | Honorary Degree |
| Sandra M Powell | 2011 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Craig S Stenning | 2011 | Doctor of Health Services |
| Patricia Martinez | 2011 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Danny Smith | 2012 | Doctor of Letters |
| Jennifer Duffy | 2012 | Doctor of Social Sciences |
| Leslie Gutterman | 2012 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Margaret Kenney | 2012 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Regina Partridge | 2012 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Donald J Driscoll '54 | 2013 | Doctor of Education |
| Giovanni Feroce | 2013 | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Charles Townsend | 2013 | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| Henry Lesieur | 2013 | Doctor of Science |
| Marie Petrarca | 2013 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Robert Petrarca | 2013 | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Charles McDonald | 2014 | Doctor of Health |
| Irene Kenny | 2014 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| John White | 2014 | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Oscar “Tim” Hebert | 2014 | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Peter Arpin | 2014 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Valerie Tutson | 2014 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Walter Ray Stone | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
| Elizabeth Roberts | 2015 | Doctor of Health |
| Joseph Chazan | 2015 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Robert Galkin | 2015 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Robert Scott MacKay | 2015 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Wini Galkin | 2015 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Alan J. Chille '82 | 2016 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Ann-Marie Harrington | 2016 | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| Carolyn Rafaelian | 2016 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Claire Giannamore | 2016 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Deloris Davis Grant | 2016 | Doctor of Education |
| Ross Kenneth McCurdy | 2016 | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| Sonia Nieto | 2017 | Doctor of Education |
| Jane Williams | 2018 | Doctor of Nursing |
| Luis Miranda Jr. | 2019 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Zvart Onanian | 2021 | Doctor of Nursing |
| Simone P. Joyaux | 2022 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Louis A Marciano | 2022 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Elizabeth Burke Bryant | 2023 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Edward Avedisian | 2023 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Vanessa Volz | 2024 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Dr. Justin D. Bibee | 2024 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Bennie Fleming | 2024 | Doctor of Nursing |
| George Nee | 2025 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Princess Sirleaf Bomba | 2025 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Bette Gallogly | 2025 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Jocelyn Foye | 2025 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Maria Cimini | 2025 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Meghan Grady | 2025 | Doctor of Humane Letters |