Honorary Degree Recipients

2012 Honorary Degree recipients

Ela R. Bhatt
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Ross Fletcher, M.D.
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Arthur J. Gajarsa (L’67)
Doctor of Law, Honoris Causa

Mark Green
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Kaya Henderson (SFS'92, G'07)
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Helen Neville
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

John A. Payton
Doctor of Law, Honoris Causa, Posthumous

Barry Salzberg
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

David Simon
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Michael Zasloff, M.D.
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

2011 honorary degree recipients

Paul Farmer
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

John Howard, M.D.
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Michael C. Jensen
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Judge Gladys Kessler
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

Michael Kaiser
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Laura Chinchilla Miranda
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Diana Natalicio
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

John E. Prescott, M.D.
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Robert M. Solow
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr.
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

Richard White
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris  Causa

2010 Honorary Degree Recipients

Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

Sheila C. Johnson
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Edward P. Jones
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

David Hurst Molyneux
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Dikembe Mutombo
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Mary L. Schapiro
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Bob Lloyd Schieffer
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Judge David S. Tatel
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

Reed V. Tuckson
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

2009 Honorary Degree Recipients

John Anthony Barasso, M.D.
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Laurie A. Garrett
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Jessie Gruman
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

The Honorable Chuck Hagel
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa 

James A. Hallock, M.D.
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Gwen Ifill
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Daniel Kahneman
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

J. Willard Marriott
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Luis Alberto Moreno
Doctor of Human Letters, Honoris Causa

Ana Palacio
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

John J. Sweeney
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

Seth P. Waxman
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

His Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Jill Ker Conway
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Freeman Dyson
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Lee Hamilton
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

Eugene Kahn
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Lt. General Kevin Christopher Kiley, M.D.
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

M. Margaret McKeown
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa

Paul O'Neill
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

W. Richard West
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa 

2004 Honorary Degree Recipients

Christiane Amanpour
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Nicholas Boyle
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Rita Rossi Colwell
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa 

Linda Greenhouse
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa 

Catherine R. Kinney
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa 

Donald Knowlan, M.D.
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Theodore Cardinal McCarrick
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

Andrea Riccardi
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa

David Satcher
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa

Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa