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