Honorary Degrees Conferred by the CSU 1963-2020 Full Name Degree Campus Date Mildred Jean Ablin Doctor of Humane Letters Bakersfield 6/13/1998 Morton I. Abramowitz Doctor of Laws Stanislaus 5/29/1993 Roberta Achtenberg Doctor of Humane Letters San Marcos 5/19/2017 Jack Acosta Doctor of Humane Letters East Bay 6/12/2010 Abel G. Aganbegyan Doctor of Laws Hayward* 6/15/2002 Yoshie Akiba Doctor of Fine Arts East Bay 6/14/2014 William C. "Bill" Allen Doctor of Humane Letters Northridge 5/22/2014 Isabel Allende Doctor of Humane Letters San Francisco 5/24/2008 Barbara Alpert Doctor of Humane Letters Long Beach 5/28/2021 Raymond Alpert Doctor of Humane Letters Long Beach 5/28/2021 Alfred E. Alquist Doctor of Laws San José 5/24/1997 Abel Coronado Amaya Doctor of Humane Letters Dominguez Hills 5/18/2007 Paul Anka Doctor of Fine Arts Pomona 6/16/2013 Robert Antle Doctor of Humane Letters Monterey Bay 5/19/2007 Alan Armer Doctor of Humane Letters Northridge 5/31/2002 Susan Armstrong Doctor of Science San Luis Obispo 12/5/2020 Ruth Asawa Doctor of Fine Arts San Francisco 5/30/1998 Ronald M. Auen Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 6/13/2013 Sherrie C. Auen Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 6/13/2013 Judith F. Baca Doctor of Fine Arts Northridge 5/18/2018 Robin Baggett Doctor of Laws San Luis Obispo 6/15/2014 Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. Doctor of Humane Letters Dominguez Hills 5/19/2017 Homer P. Balabanis Doctor of Fine Arts Humboldt 6/15/1985 John Baldessari Doctor of Fine Arts San Diego 5/17/2003 David Baltimore Doctor of Science San Luis Obispo 9/28/2001 Raudel J. Bañuelos, Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters Channel Islands 5/21/2021 Vincent P. Barabba Doctor of Laws Northridge 5/24/2012 David Barclay Doctor of Humane Letters Dominguez Hills 5/24/1997 Betty M. Barker Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 6/17/2010 Arthur Barron Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/24/1998 Billy Barty Doctor of Humane Letters Los Angeles 6/10/1995 Leslie Bassett Doctor of Fine Arts Fresno 5/23/2009 Benjamin E. Batey Doctor of Humane Letters Bakersfield 5/18/2018 Ruth Gayle Batey Doctor of Humane Letters Bakersfield 5/18/2018 Marvin R. Baxter Doctor of Laws Fresno 5/16/2015 Glenda M. Bayless Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 12/10/2011 Joseph E. Bear Doctor of Humane Letters San Marcos 5/15/2015 Stephen Bechtel Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters East Bay 6/13/2014 Arnold O. Beckman Doctor of Humane Letters Fullerton 5/26/1984 Gene M. Benedetti Doctor of Humane Letters Sonoma 5/20/1995 Sisbusiso M. E. Bengu Doctor of Laws Sacramento 7/17/1996 * Hayward became East Bay in January 2005 1 Honorary Degrees Conferred by the CSU 1963-2020 Full Name Degree Campus Date Annette Bening Doctor of Fine Arts San Francisco 5/22/2015 Donald E. Bently Doctor of Science San Luis Obispo 6/16/2007 James Berk Doctor of Fine Arts Northridge 5/24/2011 Jose Bernardo Doctor of Humane Letters Stanislaus 6/5/2010 Dorothy L. Bizzini Doctor of Humane Letters Stanislaus 5/23/2019 Dan Black Doctor of Science Fullerton 5/20/2007 Bishop Charles E. Blake Doctor of Humane Letters Los Angeles 6/12/2010 George N. Blake Doctor of Humane Letters Humboldt 10/11/2016 Jeffrey L. Bleich Doctor of Laws San Francisco 5/21/2011 Gary L. Bloom Doctor of Humane Letters San Luis Obispo 6/12/2010 James F. Boccardo Doctor of Laws San José 5/24/2003 Charles F. Bolden Doctor of Science San Diego 5/18/2003 Julian Bond Doctor of Humane Letters Monterey Bay 5/22/1999 Paul R., Jr. Bonderson Doctor of Science San Luis Obispo 6/16/2007 Harvey Alan Bookstein Doctor of Humane Letters Northridge 5/22/2016 Loren Booth Doctor of Science San Luis Obispo 6/16/2019 James W. Boswell Doctor of Science San Luis Obispo 6/16/2013 Phillip R. Boyce Doctor of Humane Letters San José 5/27/2017 Ernest L. Boyer Doctor of Humane Letters Chico 5/22/1988 Norman Brinker Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/21/2005 John Spoor Broome Doctor of Humane Letters Channel Islands 5/21/2005 Roy T. Brophy Doctor of Humane Letters San José 5/23/1987 James J. Brosnahan Doctor of Laws San Francisco 5/27/2006 Andreas Brown Doctor of Fine Arts San Diego 5/21/2005 Corrick Brown Doctor of Fine Arts Sonoma 5/22/1999 Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Doctor of Laws Los Angeles 6/11/1982 Harold Brown Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/13/2017 Jack H. Brown Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 6/19/2005 Lee Patrick Brown Doctor of Humane Letters Fresno 5/27/1994 Sarita E. Brown Doctor of Humane Letters Channel Islands 5/18/2019 Willie Brown Doctor of Laws San Francisco 5/29/2004 Hardy Brown Sr. Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 6/14/2014 Jose Burciaga Doctor of Humane Letters Monterey Bay 5/24/1997 James L. Burke Doctor of Humane Letters Bakersfield 6/14/1997 Malin Burnham Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/23/2009 Raymond Burr Doctor of Fine Arts Sonoma 5/28/1993 Susan Burton Doctor of Humane Letters Northridge 5/20/2019 Nicolas Cage Doctor of Fine Arts Fullerton 5/25/2001 Tracy Caldwell Doctor of Science Fullerton 5/17/2008 James R. Callahan Doctor of Humane Letters Maritime Academy 5/15/2021 James Cameron Doctor of Fine Arts Fullerton 5/29/1999 * Hayward became East Bay in January 2005 2 Honorary Degrees Conferred by the CSU 1963-2020 Full Name Degree Campus Date Debra A. Cannon Doctor of Humane Letters Chico 5/16/2019 Louis "Lou" Cannon Doctor of Humane Letters Channel Islands 5/18/2013 Natividad "Nati" Cano Doctor of Humane Letters Los Angeles 6/13/2015 Lois Capps Doctor of Laws San Luis Obispo 6/17/2017 Jesus & Luz Cardenas Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 6/14/2014 Robert L. Caret Doctor of Humane Letters San José 5/29/2004 John Carlos Doctor of Humane Letters San José 5/28/2005 Dale Carlsen Doctor of Humane Letters Sacramento 5/24/2013 Richard Carpenter Doctor of Fine Arts Long Beach 5/26/2000 Joseph Carroll Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/17/2019 Peter William Casey Doctor of Fine Arts San Francisco 5/25/2017 Michele Marie Castillo Doctor of Laws Channel Islands 5/19/2018 Jun-Boo Cha Doctor of Humane Letters Dominguez Hills 5/27/1995 John Chambers Doctor of Humane Letters San José 4/26/2013 Carol Robertston Chandler Doctor of Humane Letters Fresno 12/18/2020 Gareth C.C. Chang Doctor of Science Fullerton 5/26/2001 Iris Chang Doctor of Humane Letters Hayward* 6/12/2004 Yung Fa Chang Doctor of Humane Letters San Francisco 9/13/1990 Carol Channing Doctor of Fine Arts Stanislaus 5/29/2004 John Chen Doctor of Humane Letters San José 5/23/2008 Andrew J.C. Cherng Doctor of Humane Letters Pomona 6/14/2008 Julia Child Doctor of Humane Letters Pomona 12/1/2000 Shirley Chisholm Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/22/1999 Malinda Chouinard Doctor of Humane Letters Fresno 5/19/2007 Roy Christopher Doctor of Fine Arts Fresno 5/19/2007 Warren Christopher Doctor of Laws Los Angeles 6/9/2007 Evelyn Cisneros Doctor of Fine Arts Monterey Bay 5/23/1998 Henry G. Cisneros Doctor of Laws Dominguez Hills 5/21/2010 William Clark Doctor of Letters San José 5/23/1992 Nicole Armanino Clay Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/27/2021 Hillary Rodham Clinton Doctor of Laws San Francisco 5/27/1995 Constance Codding Doctor of Humane Letters Sonoma 5/21/2017 Hillel Cohn Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 6/17/2017 Regena Cummings Cole Doctor of Fine Arts Long Beach 5/6/2015 Robert Judson Cole Doctor of Fine Arts Long Beach 5/6/2015 Nathaniel S. Colley, Sr. Doctor of Laws Sacramento 5/21/1988 James A. Collins Doctor of Humane Letters Pomona 6/13/1992 Rita Colwell Doctor of Science San Luis Obispo 9/28/2001 R. J. Considine, Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters San Luis Obispo 6/12/1999 Maria Contreras-Sweet Doctor of Humane Letters Los Angeles 6/10/2016 Lodwrick M. Cook Doctor of Humane Letters Dominguez Hills 2/21/1995 * Hayward became East Bay in January 2005 3 Honorary Degrees Conferred by the CSU 1963-2020 Full Name Degree Campus Date Ramon C. Cortines Doctor of Humane Letters San Francisco 5/27/1989 Adele Corvin Doctor of Humane Letters San Francisco 5/25/2013 Don Coryell Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/22/2010 Joseph W. Cotchett Doctor of Laws San Luis Obispo 6/15/2002 Nicholas J. Coussoulis Doctor of Humane Letters San Bernardino 6/21/2009 Carol A. Cox Doctor of Laws San Marcos 5/15/2010 Sidney Harvey Craig Doctor of Humane Letters Fresno 5/22/1993 H. Paul Cuero, Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters San Diego 5/11/2018 Mike Curb Doctor of Fine Arts Northridge 5/19/2009 Irene Dalis Doctor of Fine Arts San José 5/29/1999 Jack Dangermond Doctor of Humane Letters Pomona 6/11/2005 Robert Nathan Danziger Doctor of Fine Arts Monterey Bay 9/14/2011 Charles W. Davidson Doctor of Humane Letters San José 4/25/2014 Belva Davis Doctor of Humane Letters Sonoma 5/22/2004 Richard K.