Honorary Degree Recipient

2011

• Reverend Father Robert F. O'Toole, S.J., S.S.D.

2010

• Sr. Sara Butler, M.S.B.T., S.T.L., Ph.D.
• Eric Ross

2009

• P.J. Carlisimo
• Luna Kaufman
• Bill Raftery
  

2008

• Immaculee Ilibigiza
• Tony Snow
• Cardinal Josef Paul Cordes

2007

• Antoine Garibaldi
• Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga
• Sister Dominica Rocchio

2006

• Antonio Novello
• Brian Williams

2005

• Dana Gioia
• Thomas Infusino
• Laurel Senger

2004

• Shimon Peres
• Maurice DuBois
• Sister Francis Raferty, S.C.
• Joseph A. Unanue

2003

• William F. Baker
• Brigadier General William T. Bester
• Margaret B. Melady

2002

• General Wesley K. Clark
• His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
• Sister Mary Rose McGeady

2001

• Jack Ford

2000

• Tom Brokaw
• Kathleen DiChiara
• John J. Farmer
• Cicely Tyson

1999

• Raymond G. Chambers
• Mary Flake Flores
• Theodore J. Forstmann
• Rosemary Nelson
• Robert Giroux 

1998

• Elie Weisel
• Reverend Edwin D. Leahy, O.S.B.
• Henry Louis Gates, Sr.
• John C. Whitehead
• Louis J. Freeh

1997

• Mother Ursula Infante, M.S.C.
• Most Reverend Renato Raffaele Martino
• Tim Russert
• A. Zachary Yamba

1996

• Davis Gaines
• Eleanor M. McMahon
• Rabbi Arthur Schneier

1995

• Kathleen Battle
• Sister Jane Frances Brady, S.C.
• Mary Higgins Clark
• The Honorable Frank Keating

1994

• Reverend Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale
• Leonard Smith Coleman, Jr.
• Carmen Ana Casal de Unanue

1993

• Dr. Eun-Sook Lucia Cho
• Raymond L. Flynn
• Milton F. Lewis

1992

• Rev. Monsignor William J. Linder
• Mary Alice Williams
• Cardinal Archbishop George Basil Hume, O.S.B.

1991

• Palma E. Formica, M.D.
• Celeste Holm
• Reverend Stanley L. Jaki, O.S.B.
• Dr. Thomas Patrick Melady
• Jozef Cardinal Glemp

1990

• Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
• Lauro F. Cavazos
• E. James Ferland
• Joseph Dalton Williams
  

1989

• Donald J. Reid Cabral
• Avery Dulles, S.J.
• Edward Glynn, S.J.

1988

• Rafael Hernandez Colon
• Manfred H. Halpern
• Luis Cardinal Aponte Martinez
• Brother Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V.
• Henry Taube
• Johannes Cardinal Willebrands

1987

• Edward A. Brennan
• Sister Jacqueline Burns, S.C.
• The Most Reverend Peter L. Gerety, ret.
• The Most Reverend James W. Malone
• Allen E. Murphy

1986

• David A.  Werblin
• Ramon A. Cruz
• Senator Bill Bradley

1985

• William Aramony
• Richard Berendzen
• Robert M. Hayes

1984

• William E. Simon
• Archbishop John J. O'Connor
• Marie L. Garibaldi
• Edward D. Re

1983

• President Reagan
• Pearl Bailey
• Gary Nardino
• Jos. Cardinal Bernardin
• Thomas H. Kean
• Kyu Ho Rhee
• Most Rev. Pio Laghi
• Rev. Gerald S. Sloyan
• Michael Wyschogrod

1982

• Lena Edwards, M.D.
• William Kurtis
• Lech Walesa
• Cardinal Paulo Evaristo
• Nicholas F. Brady
• Most Rev. Jozef Glemp
• John T. Noonan, Jr.

1981

• Morris Tanenbaum
• Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton

1980

• Robert R. Ferguson Jr.
• Rev. Timothy S. Healy, S.J.
• William G. Sharewell
• Herbert Daughtry
• Theodore Hesburgh
• Hon. John J. Gibbons

1979

• John J. Degnan
• Geraldine Owen Delancy
• Jane Reis-Brian Englehard
• Bishop Jos. A. Francis
• Robert A. Beck
• Edward R. D'Alessio

1978

• Rev. Msgr. George Gilmary Higgins
• Sydney W. Kentridge

1977

• Rev. Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher
• Jose Rosario
• James F. Tucker
• Richard B. Allen
• Mary Smith
• Rev. Donald R. Lamont
• Gilbert Nobel
• Peter W. Rodino Jr.

1976

• Benjamin Quarles
• Samuel C. Miller
• Most Rev. Peter L. Gerety
• Soshitsu Sen
• T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.
• Robert J. Wussler
• Rev. Edward H. Flannery
• Miss Suzanne Jobert
• Arthur Napier Burghardt
• James Vander Zee
• John B. Duff
• Joseph H. Rodriguez

1975

• Marie Kelleher Fitzsimmons
• Lewis Michaux
• William G. Schwartz
• Henry L. Schwartz
• Mort Pye
• Paul J. Christiansen
• Frank J. Dodd
• Harrison A. Williams
• Milliard K. Rudd
• Robert B. McKay

1974

• Alex Haley
• Brendan T. Byrne
• Kenneth Jernigan
• Rev. S. Howard Woodson, Jr.
• Rev. Msgr. James F. Kelley
• Sister Hildegarde Marie Mahoney
• Hon. Frederick B. Lacey

1973

• George J. Kresge
• Mary Lee Mills
• George R. Esterly
• Rev. Edward A. Synan
• Mary Beasley Burch
• Abbott Leo Rudloff, O.S.B.
• Leopoldo Benites
• Raymond A. Brown
• Hon. Herbert J. Stern
• Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Watterson

1972

• Dr. Oscar Handlin
• Juanita High
• Bess Myerson
• J. Harry Smith
• Hon. Thomas Clark

1971

• Deborah Cannon Patrdige Wolfe
• Paul A. Samuelson
• Hon. Clifford Case
• Hon. Anthony T. Augelli
  

1970

• Henry H. Kessler, M.D.
• Hon. Edmund T. Hume
• Rev. Martin W. Stanton, S.T.D.
• Edward E. Aldrin, Jr.
• Hon. Birch Bayh
• Henry Lewis
• Hon. William T. Cahill
• Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Fleming
  

1969

• Louis E. Kernan
• Hon. Paul L. Troast
• James Alton McDivitt
• Hon. Gale William McGee
• Eugene P. Wigner
• Clarence C. Walton
• Hon. Rita E. Hauser
• Senator Clark Kerr
• Terrance Cardinal Cook
• Bishop John J. Dougherty
  

1968

• Mother M. Cornerlia Boyle, O.S.B.
• Aminda Badeau Wilkins
• Hon. Theodore W. Kheel
• Archbishop Iakovos
• Hon. Mike Mansfield
  

1967

• His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Slipyi
• Hon. Carl L. Marburger
• Samuel Klein
• W. Paul Stillman
• Marie Jeritza Seery
• Hon. Joseph Minish
• Hon. Lawrence F. O'Brien
  

1966

• Dr. Mason Gross
• Wm. F. Buckley, Jr.
• Katherine Coffey
• Robert W. Van Houten
• Hon. Hugh J. Addonizzio
• Rev. Leland Stark
• Ambassador Akira Matsuri
• Rawson Lyman Wood
• Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce
• Hon. Gabriel-Marie d Arboussier
  

1965

• William O. Baker
• John C. Henderson
• James J. Norris, Chairman
• Rev. James Shannon
  

1964

• Most Rev. Martin J O'Connor
• J. Englebert Dunphy, M.D.
• Marie O'Keefe Henderson
• Hon. Mark Anton
  

1963

• Hon. Sylvester C. Smith, Jr.
• Dr. John E. Mongon
• Perter J.W. Debye
• Fr. Dominique Georges Henti Pire
• Rev. Msgr. William J. Lalloo
• Joseph Rowan
  

1962

• John G. Harvey
• Hon. Richard J. Hughes
• Rev. Msgr. Phillip Hughes
• Rev. Msgr. James A. Hamilton
• Rev. Msgr. Geo. W. Shea
• Rev. Reginald Arliss, C.P.
  

1961

• Rev. Lawrence Joseph Sheehan
• Hon. Thomas Jos. Hillery
• Hon. R. Sargent Shriver
  

1960

• Rev. Celestine J. Camiano
• Sister Theresa Gertrude, O.S.B.
• Frank S. Forte, M.D.
• James P. Mitchell
• Brother Augustine Philip, F.S.C.
  

1959

• Alfred Cardinal Ottaviani
• Rev. Msgr. John J. Clark
• Dr. Howard E. Merity
• George H. Miles
• Eugene S. Shalvoy
• Hon. John A. Matthews
  

1958

• Rev. Msgr. Wm. F. Lawlor
• Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Burke
• Carl W. Badenhausen
• William A. Hughes
• Carol M. Shanks
• Rev. Msgr. Robert G. Fitzpatrick
  

1957

• Manlio Brosio
• Rev. Msgr. John J. Gormley
• Rev. Msgr. Edwin E. Lange
• Rev. Msgr. John P. Lenihan
• Rev. Msgr. Michael I. Fronczac
• Sister Mary Joseph Scherer
• Dr. Kotaro Tanaka
• Dr. Chang Chi-Yun
• Hon. William A. Smith
• Andrew Fletcher
• Leroy E. Burney, M.D.
  

1956

• Rev. Robert I. Gannon, S.J.
• Rev. Bartholomew J. Eustace
• Rev. Msgr. John J. Sheerin
• Rev. Msgr. Anthony Silica
• Rev. James J. Shanahan, S.J.
• Sr. Hildegarde Marie
• Mother Maria Anna
• Sr. M. Raymond, O.P.
• John J. Burne, M.D.
• Licea Albanese Gimma
• Earl J. Halligan, M.D.
• William T. Henderson
• Hugh T. Hurley
• Louis P. Marciante
• Anne M. Murphy, R.N.
• Vincent J. Murphey
• John J. Rafferty
• Emilie V. Rundlett, M.D.
• Martin F. Tiernan
• Wm. F. Schnitzler
• Bayard L. England
• George F. Smith
• Hon. Bernard Shanley
• Hon. Sinclair Weeks
• George F. Meany
  

1955

• Edward J. MacCormick, M.D.
• Rev. Msgr. Walter H. Hill
• Rev. Msgr. James A. Hughes
• Rev. Msgr. Peter B. O'Connor
• Gen. Mathew B. Bidgeway
• Gerald L. Cetrulo, M.D.
• Edward R. White, D.D.S.
• Maurice J. O'Sullivan
• Mary C. Powers
  

1954

• Rev. Justin McCarthy
• Rev. Msgr. James J. Owens
• Rev. Msgr. Joe E. Schieder
• Dr. Roy J. Deferrari
• Dr. Alfred D. Donovan
• Edward Fitzgerald
• Mrs. Pegeen Fitzgerald
• John J. Lynn
• Joseph F. Manley
• Dr. Dennis F. O'Connor
• George J. Smith
• Charles L. O'Neill
  

1953

• Most Rev. George W. Ahr
• Rev. Msgr. Joseph M. Kelly
• Rev. Msgr. John H. McManus
• Rev. Thomas H. Massey
• Rev. Ignatius Smith, O.P.
• William H. Conley
• Francis J. Koch
• Dr. John McAteer
• Frank J. Ptaff
• Hon. Arthur T. Vanderbilt
  

1952

• Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Brady
• Rev. Msgr. John E. Kiernan
• Rev. Msgr. Edward L. McDonald
• Rev. Msgr. Charles F. Shaw
• Rev. John Culliney
• George H. Gleeson
  

1951

• Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Watterson
• Rev. William J. Lallou
• Caroline DiDonato Schwartz
• Robert H. Morrison
  

1950

• Rev. Msgr. William S. Condon
• Rev. Msgr. James J. Mackinson
• Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Mulligan
• Rev. Msgr. Thomas H. Powers
• Rev. Msgr. Richard A. Mahoney
• Leonard Dreyfuss
• James J. McMahon
• Joseph F. O'Hern, VA
  

1949

• Rev. Msgr. Mark J. Duffy
• Rev. Msgr. William V. Dunn
• Rev. Msgr. John J. Murphy
• George A. Letterhouse
• Rev. Msgr. William B Masterson
  

1947

• Micholas A. Montani
• Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
• Senator Albert W. Hawkes
  

1945

• Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright
• John J. Connolly, M.D.
  

1944

• John H. Bosshart
• John S. Herron
• Hon. J. Edgar Hoover
  

1942

• Edward Eugene Conroy
  

1940

• Hon. Frederick J. Gassert
  

1938

• Hon. Joseph G. Wolber
  

1937

• Rev. Msgr. John C. McClary
• Most Rev. Francis J. Monaghan
• John Francis Neylan
• Rev. James B. Rooney
  

1936

• William Cornelius Cannon
• William Francis Conway
• Austin J. Gibbons
  

1935

• Rev. Msgr. John J. Dauenhauer
• Hon. James P. Mylod
• Hon. Alexander F. Ormsby
  

1934

• William C. Cannon
• John Edward Donley
• Rev. Abbot Ernest Helmstetter, O.S.B.
• Rev. Msgr. Thomas H. McLaughlin
  

1933

• Hon. Thomas J. Brogan
• Michael Francis Crotty
• Rev. John Aloysius Duffy
• Rev. Msgr. John F. Ryan
  

1932

• Hon. John A. Matthews
  

1931

• Francis A. Brick
• Rev. Msgr. Eugene P. Carroll
• Charles J. Charkey
• James A. Glover
• Edward L. Jennings
• Rev. Edward A. Kelly
• Rev. Msgr. Joseph H. Meehan
  

1930

• John F. Haggerty, M.D.
• Edward J. Sweeney
  

1929

• John J. Clearly
• Rev. William B. Marshall
• F.C.L. Schreiner
  

1928

• Gov. A. Harry More
• Rev. Msgr. Maurice R. Spillane
• Michael Williams
  

1926

• Hon. Eugene F. Kinkead
  

1925

• Rev. William A. Griffin
  

1924

• Rev. Francis C. Campbell
• Rev. William F. Lawlor
• James A. Nugent
  

1923

• Rev. Msgr. John W. Norris
  

1922

• Henry Lawrence Crehan
• Rev. John Augustine Ryan
  

1921

• Hon. John Augustine Coan
  

1920

• Rev. Msgr. Andrew M. Egan
  

1919

• Rev. Msgr. Anthony H. Stein
  

1918

• Rev. Raymond Meagher, O.P.
  

1917

• Rev. John A. Dilon
• Hon. Thomas F. McCran
  

1916

• Hon. Wm. B. Gourley
• Thomas Fenton Kennedy
  

1915

• Francis Dilon New
  

1913

• Hon. John Griffin
  

1912

• Rev. Msgr. Francis P. McHugh
  

1909

• Hon. Thomas A. Davis
• Rev. Msgr. Michael G. Flannery
  

1908

• Peter F. Collier
• Gov. J. Franklin Fort
• Hon. James F. Minturn
• Hon. Luke D. Stapleton
  

1907

• Rev. Msgr. John Henry Fox
  

1906

• Joseph Arnold
• John A. Croyle
• Rev. Michael A. McManus
• Hon. James Smith, Jr.
  

1905

• Rev. Msgr. Henry A. Bran
• Patrick H. Reynolds
  

1904

• Rev. Msgr. Jos. M. Flynn
• Hon. Eugene L.A. Philbin
  

1903

• Most Rev. Thomas T. Hendricks
  

1902

• Albert John Reynaud
  

1901

• Most Rev. Thomas Francis Kennedy
  

1899

• John B. Frisbie
  

1898

• Elisha J. Edwards
• Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Kernan
• Rev. Msgr. James A. McFaul
• Joseph I.C. Barnes
  

1897

• Rev. Msgr. Charles J. Kelly
  

1893

• Rev. James Donohue
  

1892

• John M. Deating, M.D.
  

1891

• Francis Joseph Haggerty
  

1889

• Frederick R. Coudert
  

1881

• Most Rev. Robert Seton
  

1880

• Rev. Walter M.A. Fleming
• Rev. Daniel F. McCarthy
• Rev. John A. O'Grady
  

1865

• T. Ward Durning
  

1863

• Rev. Msgr. Patrick Cody
• Rev. Jeremiah W. Cummings
  

1862

• James Fagan