Honorary Degree Recipients

Date	Honoree(s)
May, 1967	Rev. Augustine Trape, O.S.A. (Deceased) Mrs. M.L. Maytag McCahill (Deceased) Dr. Stephen O'Connell
March, 1968	Archbishop Coleman Carroll
May, 1969	Robert F. Mackle Sister M. Dorothy Browne, O.P., Ph.D. Rev. Edward J. McCarthy, O.S.A., Ph.D.
May, 1970	Mr. Joseph Robbie George Coury (Deceased) Honorable C. Clyde Atkins
May, 1971	Ellen Whiteside McDonnell Dr. Thomas Carney Joseph M Fitzgerald, Esq.
May, 1972	Larry Little Claire Weintraub (Deceased) Kenneth W. Whittaker, Esq.
May, 1973	Honorable Edward J. Gurney Dr. Bernardo Benes
May, 1974	Donald F. Shula Mr. Leonard Abess Rev. Monsignor R. Donald Kieman Charles H. Hellstadt (Deceased)
May, 1975	Jeanne Bellamy Honorable Peter T. Fay Thomas D. Lumpkin Honorable Fred Zollner Horacio Aquirre
May, 1976	Loren Murphy Berry (Deceased) Polly de Hirsch Meyer Charles Dascal
May, 1977	His Excellency Eduardo Boza Masvidal- Venezuela Dr. Pedro Martinez-Fraga Dr. Manuel Viamonte, Jr.
January, 1978	Dr. Pedro Diaz-Maestre
May, 1978	Sister Lucia Ceccotti Dr. Pedro P. Diaz-Maestre
January, 1979	Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy
May, 1979	Very Rev. Harry A. Cassel, O.S.A.
January, 1980	Bishop John J. Nevins James W. Kindelan
May, 1980	James W. McLamore Rev. John J. Farrell, O.S.A.
January, 1981	Joseph Fogarty, Jr. LL.D. Bishop Agustin Roman, L.H.D. Senator Paula Hawkins, LL.D. Alphonso Fanjul, L.H.D. (Deceased)
Awards, 1981	Dr. Leo Brophy, Prof. Emeritus Dr. Mercedes Garcia-Tuduri, Prof. Emeritus Joseph Fitzgerald, Trustee Emeritus Joseph Robbie, Trustee Emeritus Rev William J. Carney, O.S.A.
May, 1982	Rev. George Burnell, O.S.A. Governor Robert Graham Dr. Mercedes Scopetta
May, 1983	Rev. Christian Retera, O.S.A.
September, 1983	Dr. Vernon A. Walters
November, 1983	Rev. Charles McFadden Dr. John Bradley
May, 1984	Sean McBride James O'Malia (Deceased) Soia Mentchikoff Ambassador David Walters Daeshik Kim
Special Awards , 1984	Dr. Marie Vargas Dr. Raul Shelton Richard McVoy
June, 1984	Taisoo Chung
June, 1984	His Excellency Hakim
October, 1984	Jim Bishop John Lenczkowski
May, 1985	Very Rev. Ralph Firneno Very Rev. Martin Nolan, O.S.A. Mrs. Marie Palmer Dr. Charles Unkovic
Special Awards, 1985	Dr. Joseph Hoy Dr. Jose Freire Teresita Castillo
February, 1986	Dr. Mary Reed Newland R. Sargent Shriver , LL. D.
May, 1986	Archbishop Justin Rigali, LL.D.
Special Awards, 1986	Victor Citarella Estella Roque
October, 1986	Ambassador Alberto Piedra
December, 1986	Thomas T. S. Liang
January 1987	Maxwell M. Rabb Dr. Manuel Coya (Deceased) Carlos Arboleya
May, 1987	Charles Feinberg, L.H.D.
June, 1987	Martin Taplin (30th) Jae Ryun Kim (22nd)
May, 1988	Robert Martinez Dr. Charles B. Reed Justice Raymond Erlich (L.S.)
September, 1988	Brother Paul Johnson
May, 1989	Rev. William J. Byron, S.J. Marjory Stoneman Douglas Rev. John F. Kelly, O.S.A.
September, 1989	Rabbi Irving Lehrman
August, 1989	Dr. Luis Botifol
May, 1990	Bishop Norbert Dorsey
May, 1991	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Speaker Ambassador Andres Vargas-Gomez, Special Recognition Dr. Marie Vargas-Gomez, Special Recognition
May, 1992	Frank Capra, Posthumously Honorable James Lawrence King Dr. Pedro Jose Greer Kenneth L. Woodward, Speaker
May, 1993	Leona Cooper Rev. Javier Campos Fernandez, De Sevilla, O.S.A. Honorable Peter T. Fay, Speaker
May, 1994	Thomas Berry, Ph.D. Edward Villella
May, 1995	Blasa Edita Rojo P. Alan Smurfit
May, 1996	Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh Miguel Cardinal Obando-Bravo
May, 1997	Ron Cochran (Deceased) Madeleine A. Paulson Tommy LaSorda (Deceased) Dr. Walter Thomas Richardson
May, 1998	Dr. John Arthur Hoyt Mr. Samuel F. Morrison Honorable Alex Penelas
May, 1999	James Judd George Goldbloom
May, 2000	Frank R. Esposito, Trustee Emeritus Sr. Alice Gallin, OSU, PhD Honorable Connie Mack
May, 2001	Ernest J. Gaines Emilio F. Martinez Enid Curtis Pinkney Carlos Jose Sanchez Diaz
May, 2002	Araceli Cantero Guibert
May, 2003	Wilfredo "Willy" Chirino M. Athalie Range
May, 2004	Merritt Stiefheim Jennifer Valoppi
May, 2005	Tom Pennekamp Deacon Patrick Graybill Marian de la Fuente
October 2006	Renato Cardinal Martino
May, 2007	T. Boone Pickens
May, 2011	Miguel H. Diaz
May, 2012	Rev. Anthony M. Genovese, O.S.A.
December 2012	Miguel (Mike) Fernandez
May 2013	Sister Elizabeth Worley Ms. Shirley Gibson Mr. Gregory Swienton
May 2014	Ms. Edwidge Danticat
May 2015	Mr. Stanley G. Tate
May 2016	Emilio Cueto Rev. John T. Butler, S.j.
May 2019	John J. Dooner Jr.
May 2020	Gus Machado Lilliam Machado
May 2022	Andrew Elisburg Mother Adela Galindo Michael Leach
May 2024	Ana Garcia Dr. Jose L. Dotres