Honorary Degree Recipients
Name | Degree Year | Degree Awarded |
Anna Strauss | 1950 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Helen Taussig | 1950 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Helen Bragdon | 1951 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Virginia deLillo, 1913 | 1951 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Katherine Marshall | 1951 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Margaret Smith | 1951 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Grace Elliot | 1952 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Lucile Leone | 1952 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Bertha McCall, 1906 | 1952 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Gertrude Hoy, 1912 | 1953 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Malvina Lindsay | 1953 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Georgiana Sibley | 1953 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Ruth Seabury | 1954 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Ruth Sleeper | 1954 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Margaret Wehler, 1918 | 1954 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
The Reverend Dr. Mary Lyman | 1955 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Alice Rohrback, 1925 | 1955 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Agnes Allen | 1956 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Dorothy Fosdick | 1956 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Alice Leopold | 1956 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Jane Betterly, 1932 | 1957 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Emma Carr | 1957 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Agnes Meyer | 1957 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Bertha Adkins | 1958 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Geneva Ely, 1932 | 1958 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Sylvia Fox | 1958 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Agnes de Mille | 1959 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Anne Wellington | 1959 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Marion Firor, 1915 | 1960 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Miriam Lowenburg | 1960 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Pauline Tompkins | 1960 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Marya Mannes | 1961 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Senator Maurine Neuberger | 1961 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Zelda Fichandler | 1962 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Frances Kapitzky | 1962 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dorothy McBride, 1917 | 1962 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Frances Kelsey | 1963 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Muriel Meyers, 1937 | 1963 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Esther Ballou | 1964 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Elizabeth Garber, 1929 | 1964 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Katrina Romney | 1964 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
The Honorable Edith Green | 1965 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Olive Reddick | 1965 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Charlotte Rupner, 1918 | 1965 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Adelyn Breeskin | 1966 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts |
Dr. Mary Payne, 1935 | 1966 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Esther Peterson | 1966 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Elizabeth Clarke, 1932 | 1967 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Ellen-Ann Dunham | 1967 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Kathryn Shipp | 1967 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Katharine Graham | 1968 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Jeannette Hosler, 1927 | 1968 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Alice Hostetler | 1968 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Emaline Mohr, 1925 | 1969 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Nancy Roman | 1969 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Julia Walsh | 1969 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Barbara Coleman '54 | 1970 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Evelyn Duvall | 1970 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Alice Rivlin | 1970 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Eleanor Johnson | 1971 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Mabel Walker | 1971 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Jane Wilson '46 | 1971 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Cornelia Channing '61 | 1972 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
The Honorable Martha Griffiths | 1972 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Frances Farenthold | 1973 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Frances FitzGerald | 1973 | Honorary Doctor of Literature |
Dr. Dixy Ray | 1973 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Roberta Flack | 1974 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Lucille Norman | 1974 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Bernice Sandler | 1974 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Ruth Patrick | 1975 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Jill Wine-Banks | 1975 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Elizabeth Drew | 1976 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross | 1976 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Margaret Miller, 1936 | 1976 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Samuel Rosenstock | 1976 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Jessie Bernard | 1977 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Fritz Huntsinger | 1977 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Virginia Smith | 1977 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Martha Briny, 1935 | 1978 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Senator Barbara Mikulski | 1978 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Estelle Ramey | 1978 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Jean Stapleton | 1978 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts |
Dr. Patricia Cross | 1979 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Anna Harrison | 1979 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Arlene Raven '65 | 1979 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Princess Irene of Lippe-Biesterfeld | 1980 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Shirley Hufstedler | 1981 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Janet A. Parker-Popky '54 | 1981 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Catherine Filene Shouse | 1981 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Elizabeth Tidball | 1982 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Carmen Votaw | 1982 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Barbara Bush | 1983 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Finn Caspersen | 1983 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Rear Admiral Grace Harper | 1983 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Ernest Boyer | 1984 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Lucille Maurer | 1984 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Alice Pinderhughes | 1984 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. J. Elizabeth Garraway | 1985 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Lawrence Marx Jr. | 1985 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Charlayne Hunter-Gault | 1986 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Lynne Cheney | 1987 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
The Honorable Nancy Kopp | 1987 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Russell Baker | 1988 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Lea Thompson | 1988 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Ann Compton | 1989 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Fred Hechinger | 1989 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Grace Hechinger | 1989 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Margaret Rawson | 1989 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Helen Smith | 1989 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts |
Janine Boy | 1990 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Barbara Mertz | 1990 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Patricia Wright '66 | 1990 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Rita Colwell | 1991 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Frances Hesselbein | 1991 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Sharon Rockefeller | 1991 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. James Billington | 1992 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Marian Edelman | 1992 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Jessica Mathews | 1992 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Antonia Novello, M.D., M.P.H. | 1992 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Gail Gamble '69 | 1993 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Sydney Hamburger | 1993 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts |
Lois Harrison '45 | 1993 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Ruth Holmes '55 | 1993 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Madame Hao Keming | 1993 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Harold Weisberg | 1993 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Lillian Weisberg | 1993 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Shirley Malcom | 1994 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
The Honorable Rozanne Ridgway | 1994 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Molly Stuart '69 | 1994 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
The Honorable Lindy Boggs | 1995 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Kathryn Boyer | 1995 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Martha Church | 1995 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Corinne Roberts | 1995 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
The Honorable Jack F. Kemp | 1996 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Catharine Stimpson | 1996 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Jean Baker | 1997 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Winifred King, M.D. '79 | 1997 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Corella A. Bonner | 1998 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Paula Brownlee | 1998 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Shirley Jackson | 1999 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Dr. Charles Tidball | 1999 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky | 2000 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Tom Samet | 2000 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Maggie Brown | 2001 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Ljubica Acevska | 2002 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Marietta Geckos '84 | 2003 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Henry Laughlin | 2003 | Honorary Doctor of Pedagogy |
Dr. M. Page Laughlin | 2003 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts |
Lisa Myers | 2004 | Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
Dr. Charles Nicodemus | 2005 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Kathryn Nicodemus | 2005 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
The Honorable Loretta Sanchez | 2005 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Patricia Stanley | 2005 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Albert Cohen | 2006 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Frances Delaplaine Randall '45 | 2006 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
The Honorable Paul Sarbanes | 2006 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Dr. Homer Carhart | 2007 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Sheilah Kast | 2007 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Manuel Casiano M.B.A '03 | 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Elizabeth Delaplaine | 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. George B. Delaplaine Jr. | 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Marcia DiBiagio '73 | 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Eileen Dickey | 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Cheryl Parrott '06 | 2009 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Stefanie Sanford | 2009 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. David Holmes | 2010 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Beverley Swaim-Staley '77, M.A. '82 | 2010 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
The Honorable Anthony G. Brown | 2011 | Honorary Doctor of Laws |
Adrian Gardner '93 | 2011 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
James Racheff M.S. '93, M.B.A. '03 | 2012 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
William Strickland Jr. | 2012 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Zygmunt Dembek M.S. '82 | 2013 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Cheryl Dreiling '69 | 2013 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Antonio Mendez | 2013 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. William Browning Jr. | 2014 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Keith Harris | 2014 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Claire Shipman | 2014 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Marlene Grossnickle Young | 2014 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Thomas Geisbert | 2015 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Randy McClement | 2015 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Ronald J. Volpe | 2015 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Deborah Bonanni | 2016 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Wil Haygood | 2016 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
A. Betsy McAlpine | 2017 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Cherian Thomas | 2017 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Krishanti Vignarajah | 2017 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Carla Hayden, Ph.D. | 2018 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Ethan Dmitrovsky | 2019 | Honorary Doctor of Science |
Robert Hooper | 2020 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Janet Nunn | 2020 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Olivia G. White | 2020 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
The Reverend Margaret A. Muncie | 2021 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Aba Blankson | 2022 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Barbara Brookmyer | 2022 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
George Irish | 2022 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
Judith Messina | 2023 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
The Honorable Ronald N. Young | 2023 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
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