Honorary Degree Recipients – 2020s

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