| Richard D. Baron, OC 1964 |
H.H.D. |
2001 |
Social Justice Advocate |
| Fenner Douglass, OC 1942 |
Mus.D. |
2001 |
Organist, Educator |
| Franco A. Farina |
Mus.D. |
2001 |
Operatic Tenor |
| William H. Gray, III |
LL.D. |
2001 |
Non-Profit Leader |
| Douglas T. Ross, OC 1951 |
Sci.D. |
2001 |
Computer Scientist |
| Robert Conrad |
H.H.D. |
2002 |
Philanthropist |
| Judah M. Folkman |
Sci.D. |
2002 |
Surgeon, Researcher |
| Tania León |
Mus.D. |
2002 |
Composer, Conductor |
| Kenneth N. Waltz, OC 1948 |
LL.D. |
2002 |
Political Theorist |
| Anthony Lewis |
L.H.D. |
2003 |
Newspaper Writer, Columnist |
| Edward Tarr, OC 1957 |
Mus.D. |
2003 |
Performer, Musicologist |
| Sylvia Lee, OC 1938 |
Mus.D. |
2003 |
Pianist, Vocal Coach |
| Romila Thapar |
L.H.D. |
2003 |
Historian, Social Activist |
| David N. Baker |
Mus.D. |
2004 |
Professor of Music (Jazz) |
| Geoffrey C. Ward, OC 1962 |
L.H.D. |
2004 |
Editor, Author (The Civil War-PBS) |
| John B. Fenn |
Sci.D. |
2004 |
2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Honorable Margaret H. Marshall |
LL.D. |
2004 |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts |
| Sir Harrison Birtwistle |
Mus.D. |
2005 |
Musician, Composer |
| Adam Moss, OC 1979 |
L.H.D. |
2005 |
Journalist, Editor |
| Rev. William F. Schulz, III, OC 1971 |
L.H.D. |
2005 |
Amnesty International |
| Marilyn Horne (unable to attend due to illness) |
Mus.D. |
2006 |
Musician, Performer |
| Juan Guzman Tapia |
L.H.D. |
2006 |
Jurist, Human Rights Advocate |
| Dr. Martin C. Weisskopf |
Sci.D. |
2006 |
Astrophysicist |
| Franz Welser-Most |
Mus.D. |
2006 |
Musician, Conductor |
| Nancy S. Dye |
L.H.D. |
2007 |
Historian, President of Oberlin College |
| William E. Cohn, M.D., OC 1982 |
Sci.D. |
2007 |
Physician, Inventor |
| Ms. Connie Schultz |
L.H.D. |
2007 |
Columnist |
| Dr. Frederick N. Steiner, OC 1946 |
Mus.D. |
2007 |
Composer, Conductor |
| Stuart K. Card, OC 1966 |
Sci.D. |
2008 |
Computer Scientist and Innovator |
| Charlene Drew Jarvis, OC 1962 |
L.H.D. |
2008 |
President of Southeastern University |
| James McBride, OC 1979 |
Mus.D & L.H.D. |
2008 |
Author, Jazz Musician |
| Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak |
L.H.D. |
2008 |
Intercultural Scholar, Critic, and Teacher |
| Fareed Zakaria |
L.H.D. |
2008 |
Writer, Editor, and Scholar of Foreign Affairs |
| Dr. Richard Haass, OC 1973 |
L.H.D. |
2009 |
Writer, Foreign Affairs Scholar |
| Bobbie Knable, OC 1958 |
L.H.D. |
2009 |
Educator |
| Dr. Martha Lepow, OC 1948 |
Sci.D. |
2009 |
Medical Research Pioneer |
| Rev. Lawrence Jones, OC 1956 (in absentia) |
L.H.D. |
2009 |
Educator |
| Adam Lewis |
L.H.D. |
2009 |
Humanitarian |
| Dr. Robert Wurtz |
Sci.D. |
2009 |
Leader in Neuroscience Research |
| Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr. |
L.H.D. (rescinded) |
2010 |
Comedian, Actor, Philanthropist |
| Dr. Camille O. Cosby |
L.H.D. |
2010 |
Educator, Author, Philanthropist |
| Stevland Morris |
L.H.D. |
2010 |
Musician |
| Julie Taymor, OC 1974 |
L.H.D. |
2010 |
Director of Theater, Film, and Opera |
| Dr. Diane Meier, OC 1973 |
Sci.D. |
2010 |
Physician |
| Dr. Peter Molnar, OC 1965 |
Sci.D. |
2010 |
Educator, Geologist |
| Robert Spano, OC 1983 |
L.H.D. |
2010 |
Conductor, Musician |
| Anne Krueger, OC 1953 |
L.H.D. |
2010 |
International Economist |
| Rev. James Lawson, Jr. |
L.H.D. |
2010 |
Civil Rights Leader |
| Steven Clapp, OC 1961 |
Mus.D. |
2011 |
Dean Emeritus, The Julliard School |
| Helene Gayle |
Sci.D. |
2011 |
Health, Global Development, Humanitarian |
| Martin Harwit, OC 1951 |
Sci.D. |
2011 |
Astrophysicist, Educator |
| Sidney Mintz |
Sci.D. |
2011 |
Anthropologist, Educator |
| Bernice Reagon |
Mus.D. |
2011 |
Founder: Sweet Honey in the Rock, Educator |
| Thomas R. Frieden, OC 1982 |
Sci.D. |
2012 |
Scientist, Researcher |
| Martha Bergmark, OC 1970 |
L.H.D. |
2012 |
Non-Profit Public Interest Attorney |
| James Burrows, OC 1962 |
D.F.A. |
2012 |
Director, Executive Producer, Television Show Creator |
| Margaret Cheney, OC 1976 |
Sci.D. |
2012 |
Mathematician, Scientist |
| Stanley Cowell, OC 1962 |
Mus.D. |
2012 |
Composer, Jazz Pianist |
| Ntozake Shange |
D.F.A. |
2012 |
Author, Playwright |
| Tracy Chevalier, OC 1984 |
D.F.A. |
2013 |
Author |
| Jonathan Demme, OC 2010 and 2012 |
D.F.A. |
2013 |
Director, Writer |
| David Evans, OC 1963 |
Sci.D. |
2013 |
Educator, Scientist |
| Norma Percy, OC 1963 |
D.F.A. |
2013 |
Filmmaker, Historian |
| Larry Squire, OC 1963 |
Sci.D. |
2013 |
Scientist |
| Richard Taruskin |
Mus.D. |
2013 |
Musicologist |
| Christopher R. Browning, OC 1967 |
L.H.D. |
2014 |
Holocaust Historian |
| Marta Kutas, OC 1971 |
Sci.D. |
2014 |
Psychophysiologist, Scientific Researcher |
| Groesbeck Preer Parham, OC 1970 |
L.H.D. and Sci.D. |
2014 |
Doctor, Humanitarian |
| Thomas E. Perez |
L.H.D. |
2014 |
Secretary of Labor |
| Harald Vogel |
Mus.D. |
2014 |
Organist |
| Jeremy Denk, OC 1990 |
Mus.D. |
2015 |
MacArthur Recipient, Pianist |
| Thomas W. Ebbsen, OC 1976 |
Sci.D. |
2015 |
Nanoscientist |
| Marian Wright Edelman |
L.H.D. |
2015 |
Founder: Children's Defense Fund |
| Robert Jervis, OC 1962 |
L.H.D. |
2015 |
Author, Educator |
| Robert Kuttner, OC 1965 |
L.H.D. |
2015 |
Economist |
| Michelle Obama |
L.H.D. |
2015 |
First Lady of the United States of America |
| Allison Vulgamore, OC 1980 |
Mus.D. |
2015 |
President and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association |
| Alison Bechdel, OC 1981 |
L.H.D. |
2016 |
Artist, Author, Cartoonist, MacArthur Recipient |
| Robert Lemle, OC 1975 |
L.H.D. |
2016 |
Founder: Long Island Children's Museum, Humanitarian |
| Jessye Norman |
Mus.D. |
2016 |
Opera Singer |
| Robert Singer, OC 1966 |
Sci.D. |
2016 |
Microbiologist |
| Rosemary Ahtuangaruak |
L.H.D. |
2017 |
Inupiaq Activist |
| Lonnie Bunch |
L.H.D. |
2017 |
Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture Founding Director |
| Eddie Daniels |
Mus.D. |
2017 |
Saxophonist |
| Darren Walker |
L.H.D. |
2017 |
Ford Foundation President |
| Brenda Way |
D.F.A. |
2017 |
Choreographer, Dancer |
| Cary Fowler |
L.H.D. |
2018 |
Agriculturist |
| David Sedaris |
D.F.A. |
2018 |
Author, Humorist |
| Christoph Wolff |
Mus.D. |
2018 |
Music Historian |
| Joanne Chory, OC 1977 |
Sci.D. |
2019 |
Plant Biologist, Geneticist |
| Lisa Jackson |
L.H.D. |
2019 |
Environmentalist, Vice President of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives at Apple |
| Robert Krulwich, OC 1969 |
D.F.A. |
2019 |
Journalist, Radio Host |
| No Honorary Degrees Conferred (COVID-19) |
|
2020 |
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