Honorary Degree Recipients
2022
Fr. Christopher Keenan, Doctor of Humane Letters
2021
Charles L. Flynn, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters
2019
- James J. Breheny, Doctor of Science
- Daniel A. Reingold, Doctor of Laws
2018
Howard M. Fillit, MD, Doctor of Science
2017
- Laura L. Anglin, Doctor of Laws
- Maria T. Vullo, Doctor of Laws
2016
Michael Capasso and NYCO, Doctor of Arts
2015
- Deryck A. Palmer, Doctor of Laws
- Hon. Albert del Rosario, Doctor of Laws
2014
Eugenia Ulasewicz, Doctor of Laws
2013
Vikki Pryor, Doctor of Laws
2012
Julianne Imperato-McGinley, Doctor of Science
2011
Robert Gallo, Doctor of Science
2010
Rosemary T. Berkery, Doctor of Laws
2009
John Patrick Shanley, Doctor of Humane Letters
2008
Trina D. Gordon, Doctor of Laws
2007
Nicholas Lehmann, Doctor of Laws
2006
Thomas J. Moran, Doctor of Laws
2005
- James Goodrich, Doctor of Science
- David Staffenberg, Doctor of Science
2003
Paula Madison, Doctor of Laws
2002
- Valerie J. Reidy, Doctor of Science
- The Editors and Reporters of The New York Times “Portraits of Grief,” Doctor of Humane Letters
2001
- Mary Bresnahan, Doctor of Laws
- Florence Wald, Doctor of Laws
- Alberto Vilar, Doctor of Humane Letters (rescinded, October 2018)
2000
Nancy Lublin, Doctor of Humane Letters
1999
Margaret C. Heagarty, MD, Doctor of Humane Letters
1998
- Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Mary Ann Quaranta ’48, Doctor of Laws
1997
- Brother Thomas Scanlan, Doctor of Laws
- Juanita Bing Newton, Doctor of Laws
- Helen Prejean, CSJ, Doctor of Humane Letters
1996
- Maria Lawrence Keating, SC, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Doris Smith, SC, Doctor of Humane Letters and President Emerita
- Karel Husa, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Marjorie C. Wagner, Doctor of Humane Letters
1995
- Suzanne Farrell, Doctor of Humane Letters
- William J. Flynn, Doctor of Laws
- Miriam Naveira DeRodon, Doctor of Laws
1994
- Thomas A. Coleman, Doctor of Laws
- Kathleen P. Knowles, Doctor of Humane Letters
1993
- Mary Rose McGeady, SC, DC, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Charles Osgood, Doctor of Humane Letters
1992
- Mary J. Giuffra, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Giandomenico Picco, Doctor of Laws
1991
Robert J. McGuire, Doctor of Laws
1990
- Leonard Lief, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Peter H. Sauer, Doctor of Laws
1989
John F. Keenan, Doctor of Laws
1988
- Mary Linehan, SC, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Fred R. Sullivan, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Robert M. Hayes, Doctor of Laws
1987
Brother J. Stephen Sullivann, Doctor of Humane Letters
1986
Vartan Gregorian, Doctor of Humane Letters
1985
J. Peter Grace, Doctor of Laws
1984
- Aline Griffith ’41, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino ’53, Doctor of Humane Letters
- John Cardinal O’Connor, Doctor of Humane Letters
1983
John W. Kluge, Doctor of Laws
1982
Henry D. Paley, Doctor of Laws
1981
Hon. Peter A. Peyser, Doctor of Humane Letters
1980
Hon. Mario Merola, Doctor of Laws
1979
Martin F. Shea, Doctor of Laws
1977
Thomas A. Murphy, Doctor of Humane Letters
1976
Hon. John E. Flynn, Doctor of Laws
1975
- Brother Gregory Nugent, Doctor of Letters
- Hon. Malcolm Wilson, Doctor of Laws
1973
Mary David Barry, SC, Doctor of Letters
1972
Joseph W. McGovern, Doctor of Letters
1971
- Joseph Tusiani, Doctor of Letters
- Mattie M. Cook, Doctor of Humane Letters
1970
Brother Abdon Lewis Garavalia, FSC, Doctor of Letters
1969
John A. Coleman, Doctor of Humane Letters
1968
- Terence Cardinal Cooke, Doctor of Laws
- James A. Shannon, MD, Doctor of Humane Letters
1967
Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, PhD, Doctor of Laws (rescinded, October 2018)
1966
- Helen Augusta Wayne, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Hon. Sir Etienne Dupuch, OBE, Doctor of Laws
1965
- Anthony Terrine, Doctor of Letters
- Kathryn O’Hay Granahan, Doctor of Laws
1964
Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenans, Doctor of Laws
1963
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Doctor of Laws
1955
Matilde Ibanez de Battle Berres, Doctor of Humane Letters
1953
Marie Lyons Killilea, Master of Humane Letters
1947
- Marie Roach Dougherty, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Anne Murray McDonnell, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Elizabeth Sullivan Ridder, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Anne O’Hare McCormick, Doctor of Letters
1937
Evelyn Quinlan Gonzales, Doctor of Humane Letters
1934
Rev. James Gillis, Doctor of Letters
1932
Mary T. Delaney, Doctor of Letters
1931
- Susan Duffy, Doctor of Letters
- Francis New, Doctor of Letters
1930
- Baptiste Meras, Doctor of Letters
- John Reber, Doctor of Letters
1922
- Agnes L Sadlier, Doctor of Letters
- Anna T. Sadlier, Doctor of Letters
1919
Blanche M. Kelly, Doctor of Literature