Honorary Degree Recipients
Year First Name Last Name Degree 2013 Ambroise Dorino Gabriel, S.J Doctor of Education 2013 Elisabeth Hagan, M.D., '91 Doctor of Public Health 2013 Rafael Garcia Mora, S..J. Doctor of Education 2013 John W. O'Malley, S.J. Doctor of Humane Letters 2012 James J. Martin, S.J. Doctor of Humane Letters 2012 Gregory J. Boyle, S.J. Doctor of Public Service 2011 Cardinal Walter Kasper Doctor of Sacred Theology 2011 Charles L. Currie, SJ Doctor of Religious Education 2011 Suzanne Wright Doctor of Public Service 2011 Bob Wright Doctor of Public Service 2011 Catherine Stifler Nash Doctor of Science 2010 John E. Pepper, Jr Doctor of Commercial Science 2010 Arnold L. Mitchem, Ph.D Doctor of Public Service 2009 Dr. Cornel West Doctor of Humane Letters 2009 Christopher Matthews Doctor of Communication 2008 Charles Kahn, Jr. Doctor of Commercial Science 2008 Brian Duperreault '69 Doctor of Humanities 2008 Nancy Duperreault Doctor of Humanities 2007 Mary Louise Finlayson Quinlan Doctor of Communications 2007 Mary M. Brabeck Doctor of Humane Letters 2006 Alan Wolfe Doctor of Humane Letters 2006 Helen Prejean, C.S.J. Doctor of Humane Letters 2005 Charles P. Pizzi Doctor of Business Administration 2005 Timothy J. Russert Doctor of Communications 2004 Rita R. Colwell Doctor of Science 2004 Sister Mary Rose McGeady, DC Doctor of Humane Letters 2004 Richard H. Passon Doctor of Humane Letters 2004 Nicholas S. Rashford, SJ Doctor of Public Service 2003 Senator Rick Santorium Doctor of Public Service 2002 Michael W. Duffy Doctor of Business Administration 2002 Sang J. Kim Doctor of Diplomacy 2002 Brother Richard J. Curry, SJ Doctor of Public Service 2001 David Pincus Doctor of Business 2001 Cokie Roberts Doctor of Journalism 2001 Corinne Boggs Doctor of Diplomacy 2000 Elie Weisel Doctor of Humane Letters 1999 Joe Walsh Doctor of Public Service 1999 W. Dirk Warren Doctor of International Business 1998 Sr. Anne Boniface Doyle Doctor of Public Service 1998 Amb. Thomas M. Foglietti Doctor of Diplomacy 1997 Msgr. Robert J. Coll Doctor of Public Service 1997 Paul E. Kelly Doctor of Business Administration 1997 Hon. Claiborne deBorda Pell Doctor of Public Service 1996 Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson Doctor of Humane Letters 1995 Rev. Joseph A. Fitzmeyer, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1994 Prof. Ciriaco Moron Arroyo Doctor of Humane Letters 1994 Hon. Charles Bowsher Doctor of Public Service 1994 Albert Reynolds Doctor of Public Service 1993 Rev. William J. Byron, SJ Doctor of Public Service 1993 Gary Graffman Doctor of Fine Arts
Saint Joseph's University Honorary Degree Recipients
Year First Name Last Name Degree 1992 Alvaro deSoto Doctor of Laws 1992 Erivan K. Haub Doctor of Business Administration 1992 Helga Haub Doctor of Public Service 1992 Maira Julia Hernandez Doctor of Public Service 1992 Marcel Roche, M.D. Doctor of Science 1991 Rev. Edward J. Brady, SJ Doctor of International Human Development 1991 Dr. Dorothy McKenna Brown Doctor of Public Service 1991 Edward G. Sutula Doctor of Accountancy 1990 Nicholas F. Brady Doctor of Public Service 1990 Rev. Cesar Jerez‐Garcia, SJ Doctor of Public Service 1990 Rev. William J. Richardson, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1989 Dr. George J. Beichl Doctor of Science 1989 Gov. Robert P. Casey Doctor of Public Service 1989 Norman Hugh MacKenzie Doctor of Letters 1988 Franklin H. Littell Doctor of Human Relations 1988 Sr. Mary Scullion, R.S.M. Doctor of Human Relations 1988 Lt. Gov. Mark S. Singel Doctor of Humane Letters 1987 Henry Julian Abraham Doctor of Letters 1987 Daniel N. DeLuca Doctor of Humane Letters 1986 Hon. John Hume, M.P., M.E.P. Doctor of Laws 1986 Rev. Donald I. MacLean, SJ Doctor of Public Service 1986 Joseph F. McKinney Doctor of Business Administration 1985 Eileen Egan Doctor of Public Service 1985 Archbishop John P. Foley Doctor of Laws 1985 Rev. Michael J. Smith, SJ Doctor of Religious Education 1984 Joseph P. Dougherty Doctor of Laws 1984 Rev. Joseph T. Durkin, SJ Doctor of Humanities 1984 Hon. W. Wilson Goode Doctor of Laws 1983 William T. Coleman, Jr., Esq. Doctor of Laws 1983 Sr. Marie Lenehan, R.S.M. Doctor of Public Service 1983 Harold A. Sorgenti Doctor of Science 1982 F. Albert Cotton Doctor of Science 1982 Most Rev. Louis A. DeSimone Doctor of Public Service 1982 Benjamin Fox Doctor of Business Administration 1982 Rev. Walter Ong, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1982 Most Rev. Francis B. Schulte Doctor of Humanities 1981 Hon. Joseph R. Biden Doctor of Laws 1981 Fred M. Kirby, II Doctor of Laws 1981 Rev. George D. Ruggieri, SJ Doctor of Science 1980 Hon. William H. Gray, III Doctor of Public Service 1980 Adolfo Perez‐Esquivel Doctor of Humanities 1980 Joseph J. Saker Doctor of Commercial Science 1980 Rev. Michael P. Walsh, SJ Doctor of Laws 1979 Bernardin Cardinal Gantin Doctor of Public Service 1979 Mildred Fay Jefferson Doctor of Public Service 1979 James A. Michener Doctor of Humane Letters 1979 John F. Whitaker Doctor of Humanities 1978 Rev. Charles F. Donovan, SJ Doctor of Humanities 1978 Judge Michael J. Eagen Doctor of Humane Letters 1978 Renee C. Fox Doctor of Science
Saint Joseph's University Honorary Degree Recipients
Year First Name Last Name Degree 1978 Lowell Thomas Doctor of Public Service 1977 Rev. Walter J. Burghardt, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1977 Sr. Elizabeth Carroll, R.S.M. Doctor of Humane Letters 1977 Edgar H. Griffiths Doctor of Laws 1977 Roy T. Peraino Doctor of Business Administration 1976 Dr. Joseph N. Barlett Doctor of Laws 1976 Hon. William J. Green Doctor of Laws 1976 F. Otto Haas Doctor of Laws 1976 James L. Hayes Doctor of Business Law 1976 Rev. Thomas J. Higgins, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1976 Archbishop Jean Jadot Doctor of Humane Letters 1976 James V. Lennon Doctor of Humane Letters 1976 Rev. William F. Maloney, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1976 Rev. Terrence Toland, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1975 Harry Boyer Doctor of Laws 1975 Robert F. Drinan, SJ Doctor of Jurisprudence 1975 Martha Wright Griffiths Doctor of Laws 1975 Harry R. Halloran Doctor of Laws 1975 Philip J. Scharper Doctor of Journalism 1974 Rev. Dennis J. Comey, SJ Doctor of Laws 1974 R. Buckminister Fuller Doctor of Humane Letters 1974 Willam B. Nixon Doctor of Laws 1973 Marion Spencer Fay Doctor of Science 1973 Edward J. Piszek Doctor of Human Relations 1973 Leon H. Sullivan Doctor of Humane Letters 1972 Loren Eiseley Doctor of Science 1972 Rev. Bernard Lonergan, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1971 Harry A. Kuljian Doctor of Science 1971 John R. McConnell Doctor of Laws 1971 Donald H. McGannon Doctor of Humane Letters 1971 Edward Bennett Williams Doctor of Laws 1970 Alan D. Ameche Doctor of Humane Letters 1970 Hon. William T. Cahill Doctor of Civil Law 1970 Violette deMazia Doctor of Fine Arts 1970 Louis C. Fischer Doctor of Humane Letters 1970 Marcus Foster Doctor of Pedagogy 1970 Fred M. Hechinger Doctor of Journalism 1970 Max M. Leon Doctor of Humane Letters 1970 His Excellency Francios Tombalbaye Doctor of Laws 1969 John J. Bunting Doctor of Business Administration 1969 Rev. Avery Dulles, SJ Doctor of Laws 1969 Gaylord P. Harnwell Doctor of Humanities 1969 Christopher Hollis Doctor of Humane Letters 1969 Hon. James H.J. Tate Doctor of Laws 1968 Howard Butcher, III Doctor of Civil Law 1968 Mike Douglas Doctor of Humane Letters 1968 Most Rev. George H. Guilfoyle, D.D. Doctor of Humanities 1968 Vincent P. McDevitt, Esq. Doctor of Laws 1968 Alfred H. Weber Doctor of Science 1967 F. Bruce Baldwin, Jr. Doctor of Laws
Saint Joseph's University Honorary Degree Recipients
Year First Name Last Name Degree 1967 Joseph F. Burke Doctor of Laws 1967 Hon. Ralph A. Dungan Doctor of Jurisprudence 1967 R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Esq. Doctor of Humanities 1967 William F. Kellow, M.D. Doctor of Science 1967 Lawrence W. Pierce, Esq. Doctor of Humane Letters 1967 Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Doctor of Religious Education 1966 Cardinal Josef Beran Doctor of Laws 1966 W. Donald Cooke Doctor of Science 1966 Rev. Msgr. Edward Hughes Doctor of Humane Letters 1966 Michael W. McCarthy Doctor of Commercial Science 1966 Raymond J. Petersen Doctor of Journalism 1966 Luther Leonidas Terry Doctor of Science 1965 Augustin Cardinal Bea Doctor of Jurisprudence 1965 Hon. Genevieve Blatt Doctor of Civil Law 1965 Rev. Edward B. Bunn, SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1965 Thomas C. Butler Doctor of Laws 1965 Robert G. Dunlop Doctor of Laws 1965 Rev. Joseph A. Flaherty, O.S.A. Doctor of Humane Letters 1965 Hon. Orville L. Freeman Doctor of Laws 1965 Theodore R. Gamble Doctor of Laws 1965 William B. Murphy Doctor of Laws 1965 Stuart T. Saunders Doctor of Laws 1964 Lee Smith Bickmore Doctor of Commercial Science 1964 Richard C. Bond Doctor of Letters 1964 Most Rev. John J. Graham Doctor of Letters 1964 Allan Price Kirby Doctor of Laws 1964 John Anthony Murphy Doctor of Laws 1964 Rev. Msgr. Anthony L. Ostheimer Doctor of Letters 1964 Allen H. Wetter Doctor of Letters 1963 Philip H. Cooney Doctor of Laws 1963 Rev. Bishop Fred Pierce Corson Doctor of Letters 1963 Hubert J. Horan, Jr. Doctor of Laws 1963 Most Rev. Gerald V. McDevitt, D.D. Doctor of Letters 1963 Daniel J. O'Conor Doctor of Laws 1963 Raymond E. Trainer Doctor of Laws 1962 Most Rev. Msgr. Francis Brennan Doctor of Laws 1962 James Creese Doctor of Humane Letters 1962 Richard J. Hughes Doctor of Laws 1962 Myer B. Marcus Doctor of Laws 1962 Thomas B. McCabe Doctor of Laws 1962 Howard C. Petersen Doctor of Laws 1962 Most Rev. Egidio Vagnozzi Doctor of Laws 1962 J. Gordon Wright Doctor of Letters 1961 Bro. Daniel Bernian, F.S.C. Doctor of Laws 1961 Rev. Leo G. Fink Doctor of Letters 1961 Gerald F. Flood Doctor of Laws 1961 J. Peter Grace Doctor of Latin American Relations 1961 Charles Klein Doctor of Jurisprudence 1961 Most Rev. John J. Krol Doctor of Laws 1961 Augustus Long Doctor of Laws
Saint Joseph's University Honorary Degree Recipients
Year First Name Last Name Degree 1961 Joseph A. Mattern Doctor of Letters 1961 Laurian Cardinal Rugambwa Doctor of Laws 1960 Charles J. Bonhage Doctor of Letters 1960 James A. Farley Doctor of Laws 1960 Millard E. Gladfelter Doctor of Humane Letters 1960 Edward Hopkinson, Jr. Doctor of Laws 1960 William F. Kelly Doctor of Commercial Science 1960 R. George Rincliffe Doctor of Laws 1960 Horace Stern Doctor of Laws 1959 Michael P. Boland Doctor of Laws 1959 Rev. James A. Donellon, O.S.A. Doctor of Letters 1959 Kathryn E. Granahan Doctor of Laws 1959 John F. Horstmann Doctor of Laws 1959 Robert D. Murphy Doctor of Laws 1959 Albert J. Nesbitt Doctor of Laws 1959 Baron Silvercruys Doctor of Laws 1958 William C. Bullitt Doctor of Humane Letters 1958 Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty Doctor of Laws 1958 Bernard P. Widmann Doctor of Science 1957 Laura Leggett Barnes Doctor of Horticultural Science 1957 Charles W. Carvin Doctor of Laws 1957 Frank I. Casey Doctor of Laws 1956 John A. Diemand Doctor of Laws 1956 Thomas C. Egan Doctor of Humane Letters 1956 Paul F. Harron Doctor of Laws 1956 Joseph E. Heffernan Doctor of Laws 1956 Gen. Lloyd P. Hopwood Doctor of Laws 1956 J. Harry LaBrum Doctor of Laws 1956 Most Rev. Joseph McShea Doctor of Laws 1956 Leo L. Tully Doctor of Laws 1955 Joseph C. Cox Doctor of Laws 1955 Rev. John J. Daly Doctor of Humane Letters 1955 Bernard C. Duffy Doctor of Laws 1954 Joseph L. Breen Doctor of Laws 1954 Frank J. Hardart Doctor of Laws 1954 Most Rev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C. Doctor of Laws 1953 Most Rev. Daniel J. Gercke Doctor of Laws 1953 John J. Hearne Doctor of Laws 1953 Rev. John J. Maher Doctor of Letters 1953 John McShain Doctor of Business Administration 1952 J. Cullen Ganey Doctor of Laws 1952 Francis G. Nash Doctor of Laws 1952 Charles W. Perelle Doctor of Business Administration 1951 William Balderston Doctor of Science 1951 Dr. George A. Bennett Doctor of Science 1951 Most Rev. Amieto G. Cicognani Doctor of Laws 1951 John Foster Dulles Doctor of Laws 1951 Most Rev. Thomas J. Feeney, SJ Doctor of Laws 1951 Thomas K. Finletter Doctor of Laws 1951 Rev. William C. Gianera, SJ Doctor of Laws
Saint Joseph's University Honorary Degree Recipients
Year First Name Last Name Degree 1951 Hugh G. Grady Doctor of Science 1951 William J. Green, Jr. Doctor of Laws 1951 Joseph C. O'Mahoney Doctor of Civil Law 1951 Hugh Stott Taylor Doctor of Science 1950 Thomas F. Murphy Doctor of Laws 1950 Thomas K. Quirk Doctor of Laws 1949 James J. Breen Doctor of Laws 1949 Rev. Joseph G. Cox Doctor of Laws 1949 Edward J. Flanigan Doctor of Laws 1949 Rev. Francis J. Furey Doctor of Laws 1949 Gen. Frank L. Howley Doctor of Laws 1948 Frank M. Folsom Doctor of Laws 1948 Brother Emilian James, F.S.C. Doctor of Laws 1948 Rev. Francis X. McGuire, O.S.A. Doctor of Laws 1947 Vincent A. Carroll Doctor of Laws 1947 Most Rev. J. Carroll McCormick Doctor of Laws 1946 Rev. Clarence E. Shaffrey, SJ Doctor of Laws 1945 Rev. John A. Cartin Doctor of Laws 1945 Francis J. Myers Doctor of Laws 1944 Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, SJ Doctor of Laws 1943 Daniel J. Dougherty Doctor of Laws 1943 Rev. Joseph R.N. Maxwell, SJ Doctor of Laws 1943 Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, SJ Doctor of Laws 1942 Rev. William D. Campbell Doctor of Laws 1942 Joseph P. Gaffney Doctor of Laws 1942 William L. Long Doctor of Laws 1942 Emile G. Perrot Doctor of Laws 1941 Mother Katherine Drexel Doctor of Laws 1941 James A. McNulty Doctor of Laws 1941 Louise Drexel Morrell Doctor of Laws 1941 Herbert R. O'Conor Doctor of Laws 1941 Rev. Richard B. Schmidt, SJ Doctor of Science 1940 Rev. John J. Bonner Doctor of Laws 1940 Rev. Paul A. McNally, SJ Doctor of Science 1940 Thomas A. O'Brien Doctor of Laws 1939 Cajetan Flynn Doctor of Laws 1939 William P. Grady Doctor of Laws 1939 Ignatius J. Horstmann Doctor of Laws 1939 Frank Murphy Doctor of Laws 1938 Arthur W. Howes Doctor of Letters 1938 David I. Walsh Doctor of Laws 1937 Most Rev. Hugh L. Lamb Doctor of Laws 1937 Patrick F. Scanlan Doctor of Letters 1936 Clare G. Fenerty Doctor of Jurisprudence 1936 Henry J. Gideon Doctor of Laws 1936 John A. McCarthy Doctor of Laws 1936 Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara Doctor of Humane Letters 1935 John A. Kolmer Doctor of Humane Letters 1935 Thomas A. Logue Doctor of Laws 1934 Rev. Matthew L. Fortier, SJ Doctor of Laws
Saint Joseph's University Honorary Degree Recipients
Year First Name Last Name Degree 1934 Edward A. Strecker Doctor of Science 1931 Charles F. Nassau Doctor of Science 1930 Edward S. Dore Doctor of Laws 1929 Edward J. Galbally Doctor of Literature 1929 Rev. Wilfred Parsons, SJ Doctor of Literature 1928 Rev. William J. Lallou Doctor of Literature 1928 Rev. Francis X. Talbot, SJ Doctor of Literature 1928 Charles A. Waters Doctor of Laws 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh M.S. in Aeronautics 1924 Rev. William P. McNally Doctor of Laws 1924 Rev. Joseph M. O'Hara Doctor of Laws 1918 Edward J. DuMee Master of Arts 1918 Arthur H. Quinn Doctor of Letters 1918 John J. Sullivan Doctor of Laws 1911 Charles B. Connolly Doctor of Philosophy 1909 Charles E. Sajous Doctor of Laws 1908 Emile B. DeSauze Doctor of Philosophy 1907 Garret H. Lampen Doctor of Literature 1901 Pierce Archer Doctor of Laws 1901 John M. Campbell Doctor of Laws 1901 Charles H.A. Esling Doctor of Laws 1901 Alfred C. Ferris Doctor of Laws 1901 James A. Flaherty Doctor of Laws 1901 William F. Harrity Doctor of Laws 1901 Edward D. McLauglin Doctor of Laws 1901 John D. O'Bryan Doctor of Laws 1901 Edmund Randall Doctor of Laws 1901 Albert H. Rosewig Doctor of Music 1901 Richard P. White Doctor of Laws
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