Honorary Degree Recipients – 1990s

1990

Edward H. Budd, chairman, chief executive officer, president, Travelers Corp. – Doctor of Laws

Franklin Chang-Diaz, astronaut, UConn graduate – Doctor of Science

Thomas F. Melady, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican – Doctor of Laws

Constance Baker Motley, chief judge, Retired, U.S. District Court, South District of New York – Doctor of Laws

Maurice Sendak, author, illustrator – Doctor of Fine Arts

1991

James Comer, professor, Yale University – Doctor of Laws

Árpád Göncz, president, The Republic of Hungary – Doctor of Laws

Fred Rogers, television producer, performer – Doctor of Letters

Harold Seidman, professor emeritus, UConn – Doctor of Laws

1992

Alice Cook, labor educator, activist, ombudsman, Cornell University – Doctor of Laws

Robin Morgan, journalist, editor – Doctor of Humane Letters

Ellen A. Peters, chief justice, Connecticut Supreme Court – Doctor of Laws

Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, scientist – Doctor of Science

1993

Samuel Birnbaum, businessman, philanthropist – Doctor of Humane Letters

Emmet Clarie, judge (retired), U.S. District Court for Connecticut – Doctor of Laws

Harry A. Gampel, real estate developer, philanthropist, UConn graduate – Doctor of Laws

Ronald W. Howard, actor, director, producer – Doctor of Fine Arts

Randall Pinkston, news correspondent, journalist – Doctor of Humane Letters

Peter H. Raven, conservation biologist, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden – Doctor of Science

Torsten N. Wiesel, Nobel laureate, president of The Rockefeller University – Doctor of Science

1994

E. Abdou Diouf, president, Republic of Senegal – Doctor of Laws

Phillip I. Blumberg, dean, professor of law emeritus, UConn – Doctor of Laws

Ronald E. Compton, chairman, chief executive officer, president, Aetna Life & Casualty Co. – Doctor of Humane Letters

Kevin V. Dowling, surgeon, UConn trustee – Doctor of Humane Letters

Sylvia A. Earle, marine biologist, environmentalist – Doctor of Science

Anthony S. Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH – Doctor of Science

Peter Guber, chairman, chief executive officer, Sony Picture Entertainment – Doctor of Humane Fine Arts

Richard A. Hayward, chairman, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council – Doctor of Humane Letters

Alice Murray Heilig, community steward, philanthropist – Doctor of Humane Letters

Charles Heilig, community steward, philanthropist – Doctor of Humane Letters

Edith W. Martin Doctor of Science, vice president, chief information office, Intelsat

Chang-Lin Tien, chancellor, University of California, Berkeley – Doctor of Science

1995

Betty Allen, educator, opera singer – Doctor of Fine Arts

Michael Bolton, singer, songwriter, philanthropist – Doctor of Fine Arts

William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd president, United States of America – Doctor of Humane Letters

Julie Harris, stage and screen actress – Doctor of Fine Arts

Leon Higginbotham, Jr., chief judge emeritus, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit – Doctor of Laws

Thomas M. Sutherland, former Dean, American University, Beirut, Lebanon – Doctor of Science

Edward O. Wilson, educator, biologist – Doctor of Science

1996

Larry Aldrich, founder of the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art – Doctor of Fine Arts

Stephen Gerald Breyer – U.S. Supreme Court Justice – Doctor of Laws

Barbara Chase-Riboud, author, sculptor – Doctor of Letters

Sanford Cloud Jr., president, chief executive officer, The National Conference – Doctor of Humane Letters

Quincy Jones, composer, conductor, producer – Doctor of Fine Arts

Simon Konover, philanthropist, chairman, Konover & Associates – Doctor of Humane Letters

Patrick A. McKeown, professor emeritus, Cranfield University – Doctor of Science

Helen Waichen Rogow, community steward, philanthropist – Doctor of Humane Letters

Laurel T. Ulrich, author, professor, Harvard University – Doctor of Letters

Frances M Visco, president, National Breast Cancer Coalition – Doctor of Humane Letters

1997

Aaron Feuerstein, president, chief executive officer, Malden Mills – Doctor of Humane Letters

Robert W. Fiondella, chair, president, chief executive officer, Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. – Doctor of Humane Letters

Samuel Goldwyn Jr., producer, director, chief executive officer, The Samuel Goldwyn Co. – Doctor of Fine Arts

Norman Hascoe, president, chief executive officer, Hascoe Associates, Inc. – Doctor of Science

David M. Lee, physicist, UConn graduate – Doctor of Science

Alvin M. Liberman, professor emeritus of psychology, UConn – Doctor of Science

Rex Nettleford, deputy vice chancellor, The University of the West Indies – Doctor of Letters

Antonia Pantoja, executive director, Producir, Inc. – Doctor of Letters

William C. Steere Jr., chairman, chief executive officer, Pfizer, Inc. – Doctor of Science

1998

George H. W. Bush, 41st president, United States of America – Doctor of Laws

José Cabranes, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – Doctor of Laws

Alphonse Chapanis, psychologist, educator, ergonomist – Doctor of Science

Frank McCourt, author, dramatist and teacher – Doctor of Letters

Jack Paar, television host and author – Doctor of Fine Arts

Beverly Sackler, humanitarian and philanthropist – Doctor of Humane Letters

Raymond R. Sackler, humanitarian and philanthropist – Doctor of Humane Letters

Varro E. Tyler, pharmacognocist and educator, UConn graduate – Doctor of Science

1999

Noam Chomsky, professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Doctor of Letters

Tomie dePaola, author and illustrator – Doctor of Fine Arts

Harry T. Edwards, chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia – Doctor of Laws

David McCullough, historian and biographer – Doctor of Letters

Frank D. Rich, philanthropist, business leader, former UConn trustee – Doctor of Laws

Harold C. Slavkin, director, National Institute of Dental Research – Doctor of Science