Honorary Degrees: Recent Recipients
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Information about Honorary Degree recipients
- List of Commencement Speakers / 1917 - present
Commencement, May 14, 2012
- Camille Billops L.H.D. Artist, Innovator, Patron of the Arts
- Benjamin S. Carson Sr. L.H.D. Physician, Mentor, Leader
- James V. Hatch Litt.D. Historian, Collector, Patron of the Arts
- Catharine R. Stimpson Litt.D. Author, Scholar, Teacher
- Muhammad Yunus Litt.D. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Advocate, Visionary
Commencement, May 9, 2011
- William R. Beardslee Sc.D. Physician, Researcher, Mental Health Advocate
- Janet Napolitano LL.D. Public Servant, Lawyer, Leader
- Martha Nussbaum L.H.D. Scholar, Teacher, Philosopher
- George Trakas L.H.D. Landscape Artist, Sculptor, Environmentalist
- Donald M. Berwick Sc.D. Physician, Health Care Advocate, Visionary
- Melissa Fay Greene Litt.D. Writer, Chronicler, Social Activist
- Joseph Echols Lowery D.D. Peacemaker, Leader, Human Rights Activist
- Arnold Schwarzenegger LL.D. Public Servant, Environmentalist, Philanthropist
- James D. Wolfensohn L.H.D. International Business Leader, Humanitarian, Patron of the Arts
- Nancy Cantor LL.D. Scholar, Teacher, Leader
- Vicente Fox LL.D. Diplomat, Collaborator, Visionary
- David Satcher Sc.D. Physician, Scientist, Advocate
- Robert Spano Mus.D. Conductor, Artist, Innovator
- Mary Jane England Sc.D. Educator, Visionary, Advocate
- Ernest J. Gaines L.H.D. Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Humanitarian
- Bernard Marcus L.H.D. Writer, Humanist, Teacher
- Edward O. Wilson Sc.D. Scientist, Scholar, Innovator
- Ray C. Anderson Sc.D. Entrepreneur, Innovator, Environmentalist
- Benny Andrews (posthumously) L.H.D. Artist, Educator, Author, Advocate of the Arts
- Paul Farmer Sc.D. Physician, Medical Anthropologist, Author
- Beverly Benson Long Sc.D. Mental Health Advocate, Civil Rights Activist
