{"id":17,"date":"2012-08-02T16:42:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T16:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:37:39","slug":"honorary-degree-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/honorary-degree-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorary Degree Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Jump to a Decade:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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1990<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2000<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2010<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2020<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2026<\/td>\nIje Akunyili, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.A.
\nJoseph A. Panepinto, Esq. ’66<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/td>\nMarta Costanzo Youth<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nEugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nMichelle Miller
\nRichard J. Ensor, Esq. \u201975<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nRev. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., D. Min.
\nAprille J. Ericsson, Ph.D.<\/span>
\nNadia Makar \u201969, \u201981
\nCarolyn Palmer
\nJudith Valente \u201976
\nHis Emin<\/span>ence\u00a0Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\n\n
Carlos A. Medina, Esq.<\/div>\n
Martin Luther King III (after 9\/30)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nRev. Gregory Boyle, S.J.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nYvette Noel-Schure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nDenise Morrison
\nJohn B. Wilson \u201970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nTimothy P. Shriver, Ph.D.
\nRev. Robert Kennedy, S.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nFrance A. C\u00f3rdova
\nRev. Charles Currie, S.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nCornell W. Brooks
\nDaniel A. Altilio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nRonald W. Tobin, Ph.D. \u201957
\nSteven M. Fulop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nJames Martin, S.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nThe Most Reverend John W. Flesey, S.T.D.,D.D.
\nAmbassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nThe Most Reverend Thomas A. Donato, D.D.
\nCarlos Lejnieks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nAlfa Demmellash
\nDr. H. Friedrich Holzapfel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nMichael Beschloss
\nCarl R. Augusto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nThomas D. Carver
\nRobert J. Roggenstein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nRev. James N. Loughran, S.J. (posthumously)
\nRev. Edwin D. Leahy, O.S.B.
\nVery Rev. Melvin J. Valvano, O.S.B.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nPhilip Bosco
\nRev. James F. Keenan, S.J.
\nM. Wilma Harris
\nDavid Randolph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nPaul Tagliabue, J.D.
\nJohn Tagliabue
\nCecile Dickey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nRobert Lahita, M.D., Ph.D.
\nLt. Col. Bernice Wilbur Alexander, RN
\nFreeman J. Dyson, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nReginald Stanton, ’56
\nDr. George Borjas, ’71
\nSister Vivien Jennings , OP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nDr. Kenneth T. Jackson
\nJohn Murray
\nSr. Barbara Nesbihal, S.C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nSister Mary Rose McGeady
\nSamuel J. LeFrak
\nRobert Giroux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>2000<\/td>\nRev. Theodore M. Hesburg C.S.C.
\nGeneral (retired) Alfred Cade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nRaymond Balduf, S.J.
\nAnthony Damato, M.D. ’52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nMonsignor William J. Linder
\nDr. Lisa Cahill
\nSenator John Ewing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nHon. Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
\nRev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J.
\nJohn G. Collins ’58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nAdrian M. Foley, Jr., Esq
\nSr. Patricia Lynch
\nRobert L. Marcalus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nRev. Daniel A. Degnan, S.J.
\nDr. William A. Gutsch ’67
\nSr. Maeve B. McDermott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nHon. Frank J. Guarini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nMary Higgins Clark
\nRobert C. Winters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nCharles Osgood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nRev. Walter J. Burghardt, S.J.
\nRev. Joseph M. Doyle ’34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>1990<\/td>\nAnthony J. F. O’Reilly
\nKenneth F. X. Albers ’49
\nDeborah P. Wolfe
\nRev. L. Edward Glynn, S.J.
\nMichael E. Maher
\nDouglas James Roche<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nRev. Timothy S. Healy, S.J.
\nMsgr. John J. Petillo
\nVera King Farris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nSam C. Difeo
\nWilliam R. Howell
\nDavid T. Kearns
\nLena Genser
\nDennis James ’38
\nSr. Alice McCoy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nRobert R. Ferguson , Jr.
\nRev. James Hennesey, S.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nMalcolm Forbes
\nHon. Thomas E. Kean
\nFrank E. Rodgers ’86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nHon. Mario Cuomo
\nBruce Ritter
\nRev. Ercel Franklin Webb
\nJames Wood
\nWilliam H. Gray, III<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nCommodore Grace Murray Hopper
\nFred J. Jacques ’34
\nYotaro Kobayashi
\nCharles McCarthy
\nL. Deckle McLean
\nPaul Volcker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\nStanley Fryczynski
\nHon. Marie Garibaldi
\nWilliam Earl Short<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nDr. Severo Ochoa-Del Albornoz
\nRolland Smith
\nJohn Thompson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nRobert A. Beck
\nMillicent H. Fenwick
\nWilliam C. Norris
\nRev. Victor R. Yanitelli, S.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>1980<\/td>\nRev. George V. Coyne, S.J.
\nRev. William J. Gleason, S.J.
\nEdward L. Hennessy, Jr.
\nArthur E. Imperatore
\nAllen S. Rupley
\nRev. Paul J. Swick, S.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nRobert Coles
\nAriel Durant
\nWilliam J. Durant ’07
\nMiriam Colon Edgar
\nT. Edward Gavin ’45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nJacques D’Amboise
\nMatthew F. McNutly, Jr.
\nSr. M. Ambrosina
\nDr. Cleanth Brooks
\nMelvin Blauvelt
\nJim Bishop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nMost Rev. Joseph A. Francis
\nDr. Norman C. Francis
\nJoseph W. Leimert
\nHon. Patricia Q. Sheehan
\nPope Shenouda
\nDavid A. Werblin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\nRene Dubos
\nHelen Francesca Franzolin Boehm
\nMost Rev. Peter L. Gerety
\nDonald S. MacNaughton
\nDr. Thomas J. White
\nDr. William Garfield Wilkerson
\nHon. Dominick V. Daniels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nDr. Ruth M. Adams
\nMiss Helen Hayes
\nNicholas Marcalus
\nPhelps Phelps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nRev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan
\nAlan Alda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nHon. Felix Slavik
\nRev. Laurence J. McGinley, S.J.
\nHon. William W. Bradley
\nRobert M. Dowling
\nAbraham Landau
\nMrs. Terese Lasser
\nRev. Dr. Samuel Proctor
\nDon Jesus Maria Sanroma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nHon. Edith Green
\nMrs. Maisie Ward Sheed
\nFrank J. Sheed
\nJoseph H. Rodriquez, Esq.
\nHarry A. O’Mealia
\nRev. Vincent T. O’Keefe, S.J.
\nMrs. Marilyn Horne Lewis
\nHenry Lewis
\nHon. Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr.
\nRaymond A. Brown, Esq.
\nRichard V. Bonomo
\nDr. William O. Baker
\nHon. William T. Cahill
\nMsgr. Henry G. J. Beck ’34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nDavid B. Chase
\nJack Twyman
\nDr. Choh Hao Li
\nCyril Ritchard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>1970<\/td>\nMrs. Catherine Richichi Pope
\nEdwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
\nRoy Wilkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nWilliam F. Buckley Jr.
\nMilton F. Lewis
\nVincent T. Lombardi
\nThomas J. Stanton, Jr.
\nAustin J. Tobin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nEarle W. Clifford
\nFortune R. Pope
\nPaul N. Ylvisaker
\nJohn T. Connor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nPhilip J. Scharper
\nJames R. Dumpson
\nMason Welch Gross
\nHon. Edward M. Kennedy
\nOscar Halecki
\nLeslie H. Hornsby
\nHon. Sargent Shriver
\nThomas John Walsh ’47
\nTheresa Degheri O’Toole<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nHis Eminence Stephan Cardinal Wyszynski
\nDean William Hughes Mulligan
\nDr. Lena Frances Edwards
\nSenora Licia Albanese
\nHis Eminence Julius Cardinal Doepfner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nMost Rev. John Joseph Dougherty
\nDr. John Coleman Bennett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nMost Rev. Joseph Arthur Costello
\nHon. Richard J. Hughes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/td>\nMarcus Daly
\nRt. Rev. Msgr. James A. Hughes
\nMargaret E. Sewell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>1961<\/td>\nMarston Morse
\nMost Rev. James A. McNulty
\nDr. James E. McCormack ’35
\nRev. Francis J. Shalloe, S.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nHis Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman
\nCharles J. Kiernan
\nSr. Hildegard Marie Mahoney
\nGen. George H. Decker
\nRev. Bro. William H. Barnes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nThomas F. Meaney ’08
\nMost Rev. Walter W. Curtis
\nMichael J. Delehanty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\nThomas J. Stanton ’15
\nEdward O’Toole
\nVery Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Dolan ’97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/td>\nAinsley Carson
\nCyril B. Egan
\nThomas J. Jones
\nPatrick J. Shea
\nWilliam J. Quinn
\nClement C. O’Sullivan
\nMichael J. O’Donnell
\nEverett A. Higgins
\nJames P. Melican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1955<\/td>\nMost Rev. Justin J. McCarthy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nDr. Vincent P. Butler ’14
\nHon. Edward J. Hart ’13
\nHon. Frederick J. Gassert ’17
\nMost Rev. Martin W. Stanton ’19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1953<\/td>\nMost Rev. Thomas A. Boland
\nVery Rev. Philip E. Dobson, S.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nArthur T. Vanderbilt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/td>\nThomas E. Murray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>1950<\/td>\nJohn F. X. McGohey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nSr. Marie Jose Byrne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nRev. Thomas B. Chetwood, S.J.
\nJames F. Norton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1947<\/td>\nJames E. Reynolds ’19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>1944<\/td>\nFerdinand A. Orthen ’19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1936<\/td>\nRev. Thomas H. McLaughlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935<\/td>\nHon. Charles M. Egan
\nVery Rev. Msgr. Frank J. Monaghan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a>1934<\/td>\nHon. Thomas M. Brogan
\nRt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick W. Smith
\nHon. Daniel T. O’Regan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jump to a Decade: 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2026 Ije Akunyili, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.A. Joseph A. Panepinto, Esq. ’66 2025 Marta Costanzo Youth 2024 Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D. 2023 Michelle Miller Richard J. Ensor, Esq. \u201975 2022 Rev. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., D. Min. Aprille J. Ericsson, Ph.D. Nadia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-and-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}