Offices are closed and classes will be held virtually.

Honorary Degrees Previously Conferred

Name Date Degree

Margaret McGroarty Murrin

6/14/1933

Master’s

Ellen Harding Casey

5/13/1990

Doctor of Arts

Ernest L. Boyer

5/19/1991

Doctor of Laws

Reverend William J. Byron, S.J.

5/17/1992

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Joseph A. Panuska, S. J.

5/17/1992

Doctor of Humane Letters

Helen Mary Caldicott

5/16/1993

Doctor of Humane Letters

Leon M. Lederman

10/15/1993

Doctor of Science

Attorney Giandomenico Picco

5/15/1994

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister Anne Munley, IHM, Ph.D.

5/21/1995

Doctor of Humanities

Nichelle Nichols

5/21/1995

Doctor of Arts

Alan P. Splete

5/21/1995

Doctor of Education

Fred W. Haise

5/19/1996

Doctor of Science

Morton Dean

5/18/1997

Doctor of Arts

Florence Perkosky D’Urso

9/7/1997

Doctor of Humane Letters

David J. O’Brien

9/7/1997

Doctor of Humane Letters

Carl Bernstein

5/17/1998

Doctor of Humane Letters

His Excellency Archbishop Renato R. Martino

5/17/1997

Doctor of Humane Letters

Honorable Joseph M. McDade

5/17/1998

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sue Gin McGowan

10/23/1998

Doctor of Humane Letters

Mary Ann Quaranta, D.S.W.

5/16/1999

Doctor of Humane Letters

Robert Kegan, Ph.D.

5/14/2000

Doctor of Humane Letters

Aline Donahoe Wolf, B.A.

5/14/2000

Doctor of Humane Letters

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., J.D., M.L.

5/13/2001

Doctor of Humane Letters

Samuel H. Hope, M.M.A.

10/19/2001

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister Marie Roseanne Bonfini, IHM, Ph.D.

5/12/2002

Doctor of Humane Letters

Yolanda King, M.F.A.

5/12/2002

Doctor of Humane Letters

Dan Benardot, Ph.D.

10/18/2002

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister Espiritu Dempsey, IHM, Ph.D.

5/18/2003

Doctor of Humane Letters

Anita Vangarelli Owen, M.A., R.D.

5/18/2003

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister M. Coleman Nee, IHM, M.A., M.S.

9/4/2003

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister M. Michel Keenan, IHM, Ph.D.

9/4/2003

Doctor of Humane Letters

Richard Ekman, Ph.D.

5/9/2004

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Edward Malloy, C.S.C., Ph.D.

5/8/2005

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Bryan Hehir, S.J., Th.D.

9/16/2005

Doctor of Humane Letters

Carolyn Dooley Gianturco, D. Phil.

9/16/2005

Doctor of Humane Letters

Ronan Tynan, M.D.

5/14/2006

Doctor of Humane Letters

Honorable Robert Casey, Jr., J.D.

5/13/2007

Doctor of Humane Letters

Alan B. Graf, Sr., M.B.A.

5/13/2007

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., Th.D.

10/19/2007

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister Mary Reap, IHM, Ph.D.

5/11/2008

Doctor of Humane Letters

Joseph Grieboski, FRSA, M.A.

5/1/2008

Doctor of Humane Letters

Norah O’Donnell, M.A.L.S.

5/10/2009

Doctor of Humane Letters

Honorable James M. Munley, L.L.B.

5/10/2009

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister Adrian Barrett, IHM, M.A.

5/10/2009

Doctor of Humane Letters

Kathleen Ross, S.N.J.M., Ph.D.

9/25/2009

Doctor of Humane Letters

Peter Bohlin, FAIA, M.A.

5/9/2010

Doctor of Humane Letters

William E. Strickland, Jr., B.A.

5/9/2010

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Rick Frechette, C.P., D.O.

5/8/2011

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Thomas J. O’Hara, C.S.C., Ph.D.

5/8/2011

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., Ph.D.

5/8/2011

Doctor of Humane Letters

Fred Wulczyn, Ph.D.

5/13/2012

Doctor of Humane Letters

Bernadette Gray-Little, Ph.D.

10/19/2012

Doctor of Humane Letters

Joseph William Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R.

5/12/2013

Doctor of Humane Letters

Ret. Col. Lorraine Rupp Breen, M.S., R.D., L.D.

9/19/2013

Doctor of Humane Letters

Marion Munley, J.D.

5/11/2014

Doctor of Humane Letters

Richard A. Gosser, D.A.

10/16/2014

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., Ed.D.

5/16/2015

Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister Andrea Lee, IHM, Ph.D.

5/14/2016

Doctor of Humane Letters

Jill Dougherty, M.A.

5/20/2017

Doctor of Humane Letters

Reverend Monsignor Joseph G. Quinn, J.D., J.C.L.

5/19/2018

Doctor of Humane Letters

Robert J. Wicks, Psy.D.

5/18/2019

Doctor of Humane Letters

Thomas P. Foley, J.D.

5/14/2022

Doctor of Humane Letters

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