Commencement

Honorary Degree Recipients

 

2010

  • Sr. Sara Butler, M.S.B.T., S.T.L., Ph.D.
  • Eric Ross

2009

  • P.J. Carlisimo
  • Luna Kaufman
  • Bill Raftery

2008

  • Immaculee Ilibigiza
  • Tony Snow
  • Cardinal Josef Paul Cordes

2007

  • Antoine Garibaldi
  • Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga
  • Sister Dominica Rocchio

2006

  • Antonio Novello
  • Brian Williams

2005

  • Dana Gioia
  • Thomas Infusino
  • Laurel Senger

2004

  • Shimon Peres
  • Maurice DuBois
  • Sister Francis Raferty, S.C.
  • Joseph A. Unanue

2003

  • William F. Baker
  • Brigadier General William T. Bester
  • Margaret B. Melady

2002

  • General Wesley K. Clark
  • His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
  • Sister Mary Rose McGeady

2001

  • Jack Ford

2000

  • Tom Brokaw
  • Kathleen DiChiara
  • John J. Farmer
  • Cicely Tyson

1999

  • Raymond G. Chambers
  • Mary Flake Flores
  • Theodore J. Forstmann
  • Rosemary Nelson
  • Robert Giroux 

1998

  • Elie Weisel
  • Reverend Edwin D. Leahy, O.S.B.
  • Henry Louis Gates, Sr.
  • John C. Whitehead
  • Louis J. Freeh

1997

  • Mother Ursula Infante, M.S.C.
  • Most Reverend Renato Raffaele Martino
  • Tim Russert
  • A. Zachary Yamba

1996

  • Davis Gaines
  • Eleanor M. McMahon
  • Rabbi Arthur Schneier

1995

  • Kathleen Battle
  • Sister Jane Frances Brady, S.C.
  • Mary Higgins Clark
  • The Honorable Frank Keating

1994

  • Reverend Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale
  • Leonard Smith Coleman, Jr.
  • Carmen Ana Casal de Unanue

1993

  • Dr. Eun-Sook Lucia Cho
  • Raymond L. Flynn
  • Milton F. Lewis

1992

  • Rev. Monsignor William J. Linder
  • Mary Alice Williams
  • Cardinal Archbishop George Basil Hume, O.S.B.

1991

  • Palma E. Formica, M.D.
  • Celeste Holm
  • Reverend Stanley L. Jaki, O.S.B.
  • Dr. Thomas Patrick Melady
  • Jozef Cardinal Glemp

1990

  • Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
  • Lauro F. Cavazos
  • E. James Ferland
  • Joseph Dalton Williams

1989

  • Donald J. Reid Cabral
  • Avery Dulles, S.J.
  • Edward Glynn, S.J.

1988

  • Rafael Hernandez Colon
  • Manfred H. Halpern
  • Luis Cardinal Aponte Martinez
  • Brother Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V.
  • Henry Taube
  • Johannes Cardinal Willebrands

1987

  • Edward A. Brennan
  • Sister Jacqueline Burns, S.C.
  • The Most Reverend Peter L. Gerety, ret.
  • The Most Reverend James W. Malone
  • Allen E. Murphy

1986

  • David A.  Werblin
  • Ramon A. Cruz
  • Senator Bill Bradley

1985

  • William Aramony
  • Richard Berendzen
  • Robert M. Hayes

1984

  • William E. Simon
  • Archbishop John J. O'Connor
  • Marie L. Garibaldi
  • Edward D. Re

1983

  • President Reagan
  • Pearl Bailey
  • Gary Nardino
  • Jos. Cardinal Bernardin
  • Thomas H. Kean
  • Kyu Ho Rhee
  • Most Rev. Pio Laghi
  • Rev. Gerald S. Sloyan
  • Michael Wyschogrod

1982

  • Lena Edwards, M.D.
  • William Kurtis
  • Lech Walesa
  • Cardinal Paulo Evaristo
  • Nicholas F. Brady
  • Most Rev. Jozef Glemp
  • John T. Noonan, Jr.

1981

  • Morris Tanenbaum
  • Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton

1980

  • Robert R. Ferguson Jr.
  • Rev. Timothy S. Healy, S.J.
  • William G. Sharewell
  • Herbert Daughtry
  • Theodore Hesburgh
  • Hon. John J. Gibbons

1979

  • John J. Degnan
  • Geraldine Owen Delancy
  • Jane Reis-Brian Englehard
  • Bishop Jos. A. Francis
  • Robert A. Beck
  • Edward R. D'Alessio

1978

  • Rev. Msgr. George Gilmary Higgins
  • Sydney W. Kentridge

1977

  • Rev. Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher
  • Jose Rosario
  • James F. Tucker
  • Richard B. Allen
  • Mary Smith
  • Rev. Donald R. Lamont
  • Gilbert Nobel
  • Peter W. Rodino Jr.

1976

  • Benjamin Quarles
  • Samuel C. Miller
  • Most Rev. Peter L. Gerety
  • Soshitsu Sen
  • T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.
  • Robert J. Wussler
  • Rev. Edward H. Flannery
  • Miss Suzanne Jobert
  • Arthur Napier Burghardt
  • James Vander Zee
  • John B. Duff
  • Joseph H. Rodriguez

1975

  • Marie Kelleher Fitzsimmons
  • Lewis Michaux
  • William G. Schwartz
  • Henry L. Schwartz
  • Mort Pye
  • Paul J. Christiansen
  • Frank J. Dodd
  • Harrison A. Williams
  • Milliard K. Rudd
  • Robert B. McKay

1974

  • Alex Haley
  • Brendan T. Byrne
  • Kenneth Jernigan
  • Rev. S. Howard Woodson, Jr.
  • Rev. Msgr. James F. Kelley
  • Sister Hildegarde Marie Mahoney
  • Hon. Frederick B. Lacey

1973

  • George J. Kresge
  • Mary Lee Mills
  • George R. Esterly
  • Rev. Edward A. Synan
  • Mary Beasley Burch
  • Abbott Leo Rudloff, O.S.B.
  • Leopoldo Benites
  • Raymond A. Brown
  • Hon. Herbert J. Stern
  • Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Watterson

1972

  • Dr. Oscar Handlin
  • Juanita High
  • Bess Myerson
  • J. Harry Smith
  • Hon. Thomas Clark

1971

  • Deborah Cannon Patrdige Wolfe
  • Paul A. Samuelson
  • Hon. Clifford Case
  • Hon. Anthony T. Augelli

1970

  • Henry H. Kessler, M.D.
  • Hon. Edmund T. Hume
  • Rev. Martin W. Stanton, S.T.D.
  • Edward E. Aldrin, Jr.
  • Hon. Birch Bayh
  • Henry Lewis
  • Hon. William T. Cahill
  • Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Fleming

1969

  • Louis E. Kernan
  • Hon. Paul L. Troast
  • James Alton McDivitt
  • Hon. Gale William McGee
  • Eugene P. Wigner
  • Clarence C. Walton
  • Hon. Rita E. Hauser
  • Senator Clark Kerr
  • Terrance Cardinal Cook
  • Bishop John J. Dougherty

1968

  • Mother M. Cornerlia Boyle, O.S.B.
  • Aminda Badeau Wilkins
  • Hon. Theodore W. Kheel
  • Archbishop Iakovos
  • Hon. Mike Mansfield

1967

  • His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Slipyi
  • Hon. Carl L. Marburger
  • Samuel Klein
  • W. Paul Stillman
  • Marie Jeritza Seery
  • Hon. Joseph Minish
  • Hon. Lawrence F. O'Brien

1966

  • Dr. Mason Gross
  • Wm. F. Buckley, Jr.
  • Katherine Coffey
  • Robert W. Van Houten
  • Hon. Hugh J. Addonizzio
  • Rev. Leland Stark
  • Ambassador Akira Matsuri
  • Rawson Lyman Wood
  • Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce
  • Hon. Gabriel-Marie d Arboussier

1965

  • William O. Baker
  • John C. Henderson
  • James J. Norris, Chairman
  • Rev. James Shannon

1964

  • Most Rev. Martin J O'Connor
  • J. Englebert Dunphy, M.D.
  • Marie O'Keefe Henderson
  • Hon. Mark Anton

1963

  • Hon. Sylvester C. Smith, Jr.
  • Dr. John E. Mongon
  • Perter J.W. Debye
  • Fr. Dominique Georges Henti Pire
  • Rev. Msgr. William J. Lalloo
  • Joseph Rowan

1962

  • John G. Harvey
  • Hon. Richard J. Hughes
  • Rev. Msgr. Phillip Hughes
  • Rev. Msgr. James A. Hamilton
  • Rev. Msgr. Geo. W. Shea
  • Rev. Reginald Arliss, C.P.

1961

  • Rev. Lawrence Joseph Sheehan
  • Hon. Thomas Jos. Hillery
  • Hon. R. Sargent Shriver

1960

  • Rev. Celestine J. Camiano
  • Sister Theresa Gertrude, O.S.B.
  • Frank S. Forte, M.D.
  • James P. Mitchell
  • Brother Augustine Philip, F.S.C.

1959

  • Alfred Cardinal Ottaviani
  • Rev. Msgr. John J. Clark
  • Dr. Howard E. Merity
  • George H. Miles
  • Eugene S. Shalvoy
  • Hon. John A. Matthews

1958

  • Rev. Msgr. Wm. F. Lawlor
  • Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Burke
  • Carl W. Badenhausen
  • William A. Hughes
  • Carol M. Shanks
  • Rev. Msgr. Robert G. Fitzpatrick

1957

  • Manlio Brosio
  • Rev. Msgr. John J. Gormley
  • Rev. Msgr. Edwin E. Lange
  • Rev. Msgr. John P. Lenihan
  • Rev. Msgr. Michael I. Fronczac
  • Sister Mary Joseph Scherer
  • Dr. Kotaro Tanaka
  • Dr. Chang Chi-Yun
  • Hon. William A. Smith
  • Andrew Fletcher
  • Leroy E. Burney, M.D.

1956

  • Rev. Robert I. Gannon, S.J.
  • Rev. Bartholomew J. Eustace
  • Rev. Msgr. John J. Sheerin
  • Rev. Msgr. Anthony Silica
  • Rev. James J. Shanahan, S.J.
  • Sr. Hildegarde Marie
  • Mother Maria Anna
  • Sr. M. Raymond, O.P.
  • John J. Burne, M.D.
  • Licea Albanese Gimma
  • Earl J. Halligan, M.D.
  • William T. Henderson
  • Hugh T. Hurley
  • Louis P. Marciante
  • Anne M. Murphy, R.N.
  • Vincent J. Murphey
  • John J. Rafferty
  • Emilie V. Rundlett, M.D.
  • Martin F. Tiernan
  • Wm. F. Schnitzler
  • Bayard L. England
  • George F. Smith
  • Hon. Bernard Shanley
  • Hon. Sinclair Weeks
  • George F. Meany

1955

  • Edward J. MacCormick, M.D.
  • Rev. Msgr. Walter H. Hill
  • Rev. Msgr. James A. Hughes
  • Rev. Msgr. Peter B. O'Connor
  • Gen. Mathew B. Bidgeway
  • Gerald L. Cetrulo, M.D.
  • Edward R. White, D.D.S.
  • Maurice J. O'Sullivan
  • Mary C. Powers

1954

  • Rev. Justin McCarthy
  • Rev. Msgr. James J. Owens
  • Rev. Msgr. Joe E. Schieder
  • Dr. Roy J. Deferrari
  • Dr. Alfred D. Donovan
  • Edward Fitzgerald
  • Mrs. Pegeen Fitzgerald
  • John J. Lynn
  • Joseph F. Manley
  • Dr. Dennis F. O'Connor
  • George J. Smith
  • Charles L. O'Neill

1953

  • Most Rev. George W. Ahr
  • Rev. Msgr. Joseph M. Kelly
  • Rev. Msgr. John H. McManus
  • Rev. Thomas H. Massey
  • Rev. Ignatius Smith, O.P.
  • William H. Conley
  • Francis J. Koch
  • Dr. John McAteer
  • Frank J. Ptaff
  • Hon. Arthur T. Vanderbilt

1952

  • Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Brady
  • Rev. Msgr. John E. Kiernan
  • Rev. Msgr. Edward L. McDonald
  • Rev. Msgr. Charles F. Shaw
  • Rev. John Culliney
  • George H. Gleeson

1951

  • Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Watterson
  • Rev. William J. Lallou
  • Caroline DiDonato Schwartz
  • Robert H. Morrison

1950

  • Rev. Msgr. William S. Condon
  • Rev. Msgr. James J. Mackinson
  • Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Mulligan
  • Rev. Msgr. Thomas H. Powers
  • Rev. Msgr. Richard A. Mahoney
  • Leonard Dreyfuss
  • James J. McMahon
  • Joseph F. O'Hern, VA

1949

  • Rev. Msgr. Mark J. Duffy
  • Rev. Msgr. William V. Dunn
  • Rev. Msgr. John J. Murphy
  • George A. Letterhouse
  • Rev. Msgr. William B Masterson

1947

  • Micholas A. Montani
  • Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
  • Senator Albert W. Hawkes

1945

  • Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright
  • John J. Connolly, M.D.

1944

  • John H. Bosshart
  • John S. Herron
  • Hon. J. Edgar Hoover

1942

  • Edward Eugene Conroy

1940

  • Hon. Frederick J. Gassert

1938

  • Hon. Joseph G. Wolber

1937

  • Rev. Msgr. John C. McClary
  • Most Rev. Francis J. Monaghan
  • John Francis Neylan
  • Rev. James B. Rooney

1936

  • William Cornelius Cannon
  • William Francis Conway
  • Austin J. Gibbons

1935

  • Rev. Msgr. John J. Dauenhauer
  • Hon. James P. Mylod
  • Hon. Alexander F. Ormsby

1934

  • William C. Cannon
  • John Edward Donley
  • Rev. Abbot Ernest Helmstetter, O.S.B.
  • Rev. Msgr. Thomas H. McLaughlin

1933

  • Hon. Thomas J. Brogan
  • Michael Francis Crotty
  • Rev. John Aloysius Duffy
  • Rev. Msgr. John F. Ryan

1932

  • Hon. John A. Matthews

1931

  • Francis A. Brick
  • Rev. Msgr. Eugene P. Carroll
  • Charles J. Charkey
  • James A. Glover
  • Edward L. Jennings
  • Rev. Edward A. Kelly
  • Rev. Msgr. Joseph H. Meehan

1930

  • John F. Haggerty, M.D.
  • Edward J. Sweeney

1929

  • John J. Clearly
  • Rev. William B. Marshall
  • F.C.L. Schreiner

1928

  • Gov. A. Harry More
  • Rev. Msgr. Maurice R. Spillane
  • Michael Williams

1926

  • Hon. Eugene F. Kinkead

1925

  • Rev. William A. Griffin

1924

  • Rev. Francis C. Campbell
  • Rev. William F. Lawlor
  • James A. Nugent

1923

  • Rev. Msgr. John W. Norris

1922

  • Henry Lawrence Crehan
  • Rev. John Augustine Ryan

1921

  • Hon. John Augustine Coan

1920

  • Rev. Msgr. Andrew M. Egan

1919

  • Rev. Msgr. Anthony H. Stein

1918

  • Rev. Raymond Meagher, O.P.

1917

  • Rev. John A. Dilon
  • Hon. Thomas F. McCran

1916

  • Hon. Wm. B. Gourley
  • Thomas Fenton Kennedy

1915

  • Francis Dilon New

1913

  • Hon. John Griffin

1912

  • Rev. Msgr. Francis P. McHugh

1909

  • Hon. Thomas A. Davis
  • Rev. Msgr. Michael G. Flannery

1908

  • Peter F. Collier
  • Gov. J. Franklin Fort
  • Hon. James F. Minturn
  • Hon. Luke D. Stapleton

1907

  • Rev. Msgr. John Henry Fox

1906

  • Joseph Arnold
  • John A. Croyle
  • Rev. Michael A. McManus
  • Hon. James Smith, Jr.

1905

  • Rev. Msgr. Henry A. Bran
  • Patrick H. Reynolds

1904

  • Rev. Msgr. Jos. M. Flynn
  • Hon. Eugene L.A. Philbin

1903

  • Most Rev. Thomas T. Hendricks

1902

  • Albert John Reynaud

1901

  • Most Rev. Thomas Francis Kennedy

1899

  • John B. Frisbie

1898

  • Elisha J. Edwards
  • Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Kernan
  • Rev. Msgr. James A. McFaul
  • Joseph I.C. Barnes

1897

  • Rev. Msgr. Charles J. Kelly

1893

  • Rev. James Donohue

1892

  • John M. Deating, M.D.

1891

  • Francis Joseph Haggerty

1889

  • Frederick R. Coudert

1881

  • Most Rev. Robert Seton

1880

  • Rev. Walter M.A. Fleming
  • Rev. Daniel F. McCarthy
  • Rev. John A. O'Grady

1865

  • T. Ward Durning

1863

  • Rev. Msgr. Patrick Cody
  • Rev. Jeremiah W. Cummings

1862

  • James Fagan
 
 
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