2020

No Honorary Degrees were awarded in 2020. 

2021

Catherine Leslie, PE, CAE – Doctor of Humane Letters

Joni Mitchell, Musician – Doctor of Fine Arts

2022

Theresia Bauer, member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Germany – Doctor of Humane Letters

Dr. William G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D. – Doctor of Science

Richard Robinson ’79, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut – Doctor of Laws

Shelia Tlou, Co-Chair, United Nations Global HIV Prevention Coalition and former Minister of Health for the Republic of Botswana – Doctor of Humane Letters

Richard Vogel ’87, Founding Partner, CFO and COO, Loeb Enterprises – Doctor of Humane Letters

2023

Joshua D. Angrist, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT – Doctor of Science

Trisha Bailey PhD, MBA, CFA, FnClt, entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, speaker – Doctor of Humane Letters

Renée Joskow, Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research – Doctor of Science

John C. Mather, Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory, NASA – Doctor of Science

Rashaad Newsome, contemporary artist – Doctor of Fine Arts

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Chair of the Department of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus, and William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor – Doctor of Humane Letters

Talitha M. Washington, Director of Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative & Professor of Mathematics, Clark Atlanta University – Doctor of Science

Mone Zaide, MD, PhD , Professor of Clinical Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Director of the Center for translational Medicine and Pharmacology – Doctor of Science

2024

Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training and Consulting – Doctor of Science

Daniel P. Fata, MA, President of Fata Advisory, LLC – Doctor of Laws

Dr. Barbara Liskov, Institute Professor of Computer Science at MIT – Doctor of Science

Chief Mutáwi Mutáhash (Many Hearts) Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba, 18th Chief of the Mohegan Tribe – Doctor of Humane Letters

Maya Moore Irons, athlete, author, and Founder of Win with Justice – Doctor of Humane Letters

Ruth J. Simmons, Ph.D., President Emerita of Prairie View A&M University, Brown University, and Smith College – Doctor of Humane Letters

2025

Rodney A. Butler, Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation – Doctor of Human Letters

Manasse B. Mbonye, Astrophysicist and President of the Rwanda Academy of Sciences – Doctor of Science

Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, computer scientist, engineer, and 15th Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation – Doctor of Science

Dr. Joan Y. Reede, Harvard Medical School’s first Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership – Doctor of Science

JoAnn Trejo, PhD, MBA, Professor of Pharmacology and Senior Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Faculty Affairs at the University of California San Diego – Doctor of Science

2026

Toni Boucher, First Selectwoman of Wilton, Connecticut, and President of the Boucher Family Foundation – Doctor of Letters

Kevin Burns, President and Chief Operating Officer of Chobani – Doctor of Humane Letters

Gerald L. Chan, Scientist, Entrepreneur, and Global Philanthropist – Doctor of Science

Elisabeth C. DeLuca, President of the Elisabeth C. DeLuca Foundation and Philanthropist – Doctor of Humane Letters

Scot X. Esdaile, President of the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches and National Board Member of the NAACP – Doctor of Laws

Frank Filipetti, Seven-Time Grammy Award-Winning Record Producer, Audio Engineer, and Mixer – Doctor of Fine Art

Anita B. McBride, Executive in Residence at American University School of Public Affairs and Former White House Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush – Doctor of Humane Letters

Indra Nooyi, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo – Doctor of Humane Letters

Matthew Olander, Senior Vice President of Programs and Planning at General Dynamics Electric Boat – Doctor of Science

Barbara Smith, Feminist, Activist, Author, Publisher, and Public Intellectual – Doctor of Letters

Bryan Stevenson, Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and Aronson Family Professor of Criminal Justice at New York University School of Law – Doctor of Laws

Stanley Whittingham, Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist and Distinguished Professor at Binghamton University – Doctor of Science