2010
Scott S. Cowen, president, Tulane University, New Orleans, UConn Class of 1968 – Doctor of Humane Letters
Wendell G. Minor, illustrator, designer – Doctor of Humane Letters
Narissa Ramdhani, former anti-apartheid activist, UConn Class of 1992 – Doctor of Humane Letters
2011
Philip Bailey, musician and composer – Doctor of Fine Arts
Charles J. Burstone, DDS., M.S., professor emeritus, UConn School of Dental Medicine – Doctor of Science
Sir Peter Crane, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale – Doctor of Science
Mia Farrow, actress and human rights advocate – Doctor of Humane Letters
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., founding dean and first president of Morehouse School of Medicine – Doctor of Science
Charles M. Vest, Ph.D., president, National Academy of Engineering, president emeritus, MIT – Doctor of Science
2012
Dr. Robert C. Gallo, founding director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine – Doctor of Science
John Lewis, U.S. Representative, Georgia (5th District, Dem.), civil rights leader – Doctor of Laws
Joseph C. Papa, Jr. ’78 (Pharmacy), chairman, president, and CEO of Perrigo Co. – Doctor of Science
Thomas Pogge, director, Global Justice Program, Leitner Professor of Philosophy & International Affairs, Yale – Doctor of Laws
Joseph Polisi ’69 (CLAS), president, The Juilliard School – Doctor of Fine Arts
Richard Valachovic, ’77 DMD, executive director, American Dental Education Association – Doctor of Science
2013
Jerry Adler, acclaimed television and movie actor – Doctor of Fine Arts
Gary Bailey, professor, Simmons College, internationally recognized leader, scholar, and educator – Doctor of Humane Letters
Lyudmila Harutyunyan, researcher, educator, former member of the Congress of the People’s Deputies, Soviet Union – Doctor of Humane Letters
Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Corp. – Doctor of Humane Letters
Wally Lamb, ’72 (CLAS), ’77 MA, author, former UConn Associate Professor of English – Doctor of Letters
Ferid Murad, teacher, clinician, researcher, 1998 Nobel Prize-winner in Physiology or Medicine – Doctor of Science
Elizabeth Shanahan, executive director and CEO for the Society of Women Engineers – Doctor of Science
Charles Zwick ’50 (CANR), ’51 MS, director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, Lyndon Johnson administration – Doctor of Humane Letters
2014
Richard Besser, M.D., Physician and ABC News’s Chief Health Medical editor, Doctor of Science
Liza Donnelly, Cartoonist with New Yorker Magazine, Doctor of Humane Letters
Peter R. Farina, Ph.D., Managing Partner of Salient Science and Technology, Doctor of Science
Philip Lodewick, Owner and President of Tradewell Corporation, Doctor of Humane Letters
Richard Mastracchio, Astronaut, Engineer, Doctor of Science
Dr. Martin McNamara, Dean of Nursing and Head of the University College of Dublin School of Nursing, Doctor of Science
James M. Nederlander, Broadway Producer, Doctor of Fine Arts
Philip Uri Treisman, Professor of Mathematics and Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Doctor of Humane Letters
George M. Woodwell, Ecologist and Founder of Woods Hole Research Center, Doctor of Science
2015
Timothy Scott Case, Founding Chief Technology Officer of Priceline, Doctor of Science
Helen Hays, American Museum of Natural History and Great Gull Island Expert, Doctor of Science
Kerry Kennedy, President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Doctor of Humane Letters
Barbara Medoff-Cooper, Professor; School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Science
Michael A. Melio, President of Piedmont Metal and United American Steel Co., Doctor of Humane Letters
Harriet Sanford, President and CEO National Education Association Foundation, Doctor of Humane Letters
Robert J. Shiller, Sterling Professor Economics, Finance – Yale University; 2013 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, Doctor of Science
Anne C.R. Tanner, Sr. Member of the Forsyth Institute, Doctor of Science
Leslie Uggams, Tony and Emmy Award Winning Actress, Doctor of Fine Arts
Peter J. Werth, Jr., Founder, CEO and Chairman of ChemWerth, Inc., Doctor of Science
2016
Peter Constantine, Award-Winning Literary Translator and Editor, Doctor of Humane Letters
France A. Córdova, Ph.D., Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Doctor of Science
Judge Christopher F. Droney, Judge serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Doctor of Laws
John Kim, Business Executive in the Investment Management and Retirement Plan Industries, Doctor of Science
Charles Osgood, Radio and Television Commentator and Writer, Doctor of Humane Letters
Oliver Stone, Distinguished Screenwriter, Film Director and Producer, Doctor of Fine Arts
2017
David Bouley, Acclaimed Chef and Entrepreneur, Doctor of Humane Letters
Douglas Elliot, President, The Hartford, Doctor of Humane Letters
Dr. J. Michael McQuade, Senior Vice President for Science and Technology at United Technologies Corporation, Doctor of Science
Dr. Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, Doctor of Science
Dr. J. Craig Venter, Biochemist-Geneticist, Doctor of Science
2018
Kathleen Battle, Leading Musical Artist, Doctor of Fine Arts (Received October 27, 2018)
Linda Barry, Celebrated Cartoonish, Doctor of Fine Arts
Kimberly Bryant, Founder and Executive Director of Black Girls Code, Doctor of Science
Crystal Emery ’85 (SFA), Distinguished Author, Filmmaker, Actress and a Play-writer, Doctor of Letters
Lorne Golub, Stonybrook University, School of Dental Medicine, Doctor of Science
John Kemp, President and CEO of the Viscardi Center, Doctor of Humane Letters
Kathleen Murphy,’87 JD, President of Personal Investigating at Fidelity Investments, Doctor of Humane Letters
2019
Richard Lublin – Television and Film Actor, Doctor of Fine Arts
David Conrad Page, M.D., Director and President of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Doctor of Science
Joseph Schwantner, Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, Doctor of Fine Arts
Dr. William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda Geyer University Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, Doctor of Humane Letters