2019: Commencement,
May 19
Undergraduate Commencement William Atwell, P’08
Doctor of Laws Marna Borgstrom
Doctor of Laws Chris Lowney
Doctor of Laws Graduate Commencement Hector M. Sanchez
Doctor of Laws Billy Shore
Doctor of Laws
2018: Commencement,
May 20
Undergraduate Commencement Brother Guy Joseph Consolmagno, S.J.
Doctor of ScienceRev. James Michael Bowler, S.J.
Doctor of Laws William P. Egan ’67, P’99
Doctor of Laws M. Shawn Copeland, PhD
Doctor of LawsGraduate Commencement John R. Mitchell
Doctors of Laws The Honorable Mark R. Dybul, MD
Doctor of Science
2017: Commencement,
May 21
Undergraduate Commencement Stephen Braga ‘78
Doctor of Laws Rev. Sean Carroll, S.J.
Doctor of Laws Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Doctor of Humanities Graduate Commencement Juanita James
Doctors of Laws Sr. Patricia Eck, C.B.S.
Doctor of Science
2016: Commencement,
May 22
Undergraduate Commencement Rev. Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, S.J.
Doctor of Laws Don Gummer
Doctor of Humane Letters Julio Ramirez, ’77, PhD
Doctor of Science Graduate Commencement Cindi Bigelow
Doctor of Laws Sr. Maureen Fleming, SSND
Doctor of Laws
2015: Commencement,
May 17
Undergraduate Commencement Rev. James Martin, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters John C. Meditz ’70
Doctor of Humanities Sharon Robinson
Doctor of Science Graduate Commencement Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J.
Doctor of Humanities Clea Newman Soderlund
Doctor of Humanities
2014: Commencement,
May 18
Undergraduate Commencement Sharon M. K. Kugler
Doctor of Humane Letters John W. Padberg, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters John S. Santa
Doctor of Laws Graduate Commencement Mary Ann Christopher '79, MSN, RN, FAAN
Doctor of Science Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters
2013: Commencement,
May 19
Undergraduate Commencement Maureen L. Clark, CSJ
Doctor of Laws Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
Doctor of Laws William Peter McDonald '75
Doctor of Laws Graduate Commencement Patricia Farrell, OSF
Doctor of Laws Dr. Patrick W. Kelley '76, P'12
Doctor of Science
2012: Commencement,
May 22
Undergraduate Commencement Rev. Richard J. Clifford, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Jane Ellen Ferreira
Doctor of Humane Letters Joseph G. Timpone, Jr. '80, M.D.
Doctor of Science Joseph P. Russoniello '63
Doctor of Laws Graduate Commencement Sister Clare Fitzgerald, S.S.N.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters Suzanne and Bob Wright
Doctor of Laws
2011: Commencement,
May 22
Undergraduate Commencement The Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry
Doctor of Laws Russell Goings
Doctor of Laws The Rev. John W. O'Malley, S.J.
Doctor of Laws Joseph D. Sargent '59, P'89, '86
Doctor of Laws Graduate Commencement Rear Admiral Brian P. Monahan
Doctor of Science
2010: Commencement,
May 23
Reverend Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Katherine Lapp
Doctor of Laws Dr. Mayra Luz Perez Diaz
Doctor of Laws Emily Kerman Rafferty
Doctor of Laws Graduate Commencement James L. Abbruzzese
Doctor of Science
2009: Commencement,
May 17
Monsignor Ralph W. Beiting
Doctor of Laws Dr. Mathy Mezey
Doctor of Science Dr. Peter J. Pronovost
Doctor of Science Bryan A. Stevenson
Doctor of Laws
2008: Commencement,
May 18
David Amram
Doctor of Humane Letters Reverend John Halligan, S.J.
Doctor of Laws Sister M. Julianna Poole, S.S.N.D.
Doctor of Laws Francis T. Vincent, Jr.
Doctor of Laws
2007: Commencement,
May 20
Edward P. Hardiman
Doctor of Laws Meghan Lowney
Doctor of Laws James P. Roach
Doctor of Laws Very Reverend Thomas J. Regan, S.J.
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
2006: Commencement,
May 21
Hope E. Carter
Doctor of Laws Michael Joseph Daly
Doctor of Laws Archbishop Celestino Migliore
Doctor of Laws British August Robinson
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
2005: Commencement,
May 22
Maryann T. Furlong
Doctor of Laws Arthur C. Laske
Doctor of Laws Monsignor John C. Sanders
Doctor of Laws Florence Schorske Wald
Doctor of Laws
2004: Commencement,
May 23
Judge Guido Calabresi
Doctor of Laws James F. Hanrahan
Doctor of Laws Reverend Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B.
Doctor of Laws Cokie Roberts
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
2003: Commencement,
May 18
Michael W. Donnelly
Doctor of Laws Mary Rose McGready, D.C.
Doctor of Laws Grayce McVeigh Sills
Doctor of Science Strobe Talbott
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
2002: Commencement,
May 19
George W. Bur, S.J.
Doctor of Laws Loretta Brennan Glucksman
Doctor of Laws John P. Sachs
Doctor of Science
2001: Commencement,
May 20
Ann Elizabeth Credidio, B.V.M.
Doctor of Laws Arthur Levitt, Jr.
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Daniel P. Tully
Doctor of Laws
2000: Commencement,
May 21
Richard J. Curry, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Colin G. Campbell
Doctor of Laws Samuel E. Carter, S.J.
Doctor of Laws Dennis D. Dammerman
Doctor of Laws
1999: Commencement,
May 23
Mark D. Gearan
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
James L. Connor, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Gustav Meier
Doctor of Laws Leslie C. Quick, Jr.
Doctor of Laws
1998: Commencement,
May 17
Carole Simpson
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
David E.A. Carson
Doctor of Laws Thomas F. Banchoff
Doctor of Science
1997: Commencement,
May 18
Thomas John Brokaw
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Lawrence E. Doby
Doctor of Laws George Burton Harvey
Doctor of Laws Elizabeth Marie Pfriem
Doctor of Laws
1996: Commencement,
May 19
Harris Wofford
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Milton J. Hinton
Doctor of Humane Letters George W. Hunt, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Dorothy Bannow Larson
Doctor of Laws
1995: Commencement,
May 21
Jean Kennedy Smith
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Jacquelyn C. Durrell
Doctor of Laws Marian L. Heard
Doctor of Laws Alfred C. Kammer, S.J.
Doctor of Laws
1994: Commencement,
May 22
E. Gerald Corrigan
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
John J. Higgins, S.J.
Doctor of Laws Robert Conover Macauley
Doctor of Laws Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B.
Doctor of Laws
1993: Commencement,
May 23
Ann Woodruff Compton
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Reverend J. Bryan Hehir
Doctor of Humane Letters James Dewey Watson
Doctor of Science
1992: Commencement,
May 17
John A. Barone
Doctor of Science Thomas Edmund Aquinas Carew
Doctor of Laws Harold W. McGraw, Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters Carmen F. Donnarumma (Speaker)
1991: Commencement,
May 19
William M. Joel
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Judge Ellen Bree Burns
Doctor of Laws Reverend Martin McCarthy, S.J.
Doctor of Science Paul Volcker
Doctor of Laws
1990: Commencement,
May 20
John J. Phelan
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Fortune Pope
Doctor of Laws Willie H. Ruff
Doctor of Humane Letters
1989: Commencement,
May 21
Leonard Bernstein
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Clara McBride Hale
Doctor of Laws L. William Miles
Doctor of Laws
1988: Commencement,
May 22
Reverend Timothy Healy, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Geraldine W. Johnson
Doctor of Laws Ernest M. Lorch
Doctor of Laws George F. Taylor
Doctor of Laws
1987: Commencement,
May 18
Reverend Lawrence A. Burke, S.J.
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Alphonsus J. Donahue
Doctor of Laws Lucille Lortel
Doctor of Humane Letters Reverend David W. Tracy
Doctor of Humane Letters
1986: Commencement,
May 18
Dr. Robert Coles
Doctor of Humane Letters Dith Pran
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Reverend William Wallace, O.P.
Doctor of Humane Letters
1985: Commencement,
May 19
Arvin Brown
Doctor of Humane Letters Reverend George W. MacRae, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Governor William O'Neill
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Sister Mary Consolata O'Connor, R.S.M.
Doctor of Humane Letters
1984: Commencement,
May 20
Robert M. Hayes
Doctor of Laws Ted Koppel
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Martha Elizabeth Rogers
Doctor of Science Lawrence Arthur Wien
Doctor of Laws
1983: Commencement,
May 22
Margaret Ann Farley
Doctor of Humane Letters Francis Joseph McNamara, Jr.
Doctor of Laws Elie Wiesel
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
1982: Commencement,
May 23
William Joseph Dorfer, Jr.
Doctor of Laws Reverend Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Jason Nelson Robards
Doctor of Humane Letters Andrew Clark Sigler
Doctor of Laws
1981: Commencement,
May 24
Reverend Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Serena S. Merck
Doctor of Laws Reverend Bruce Ritter, O.F.M.
Doctor of Laws Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
1980: Commencement,
May 25
William L. Hawkins
Doctor of Humane Letters David W.P. Jewitt
Doctor of Laws Reverend George Stirling Mahan, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Reverend Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
1979: Commencement,
May 27
Ella Grasso
Doctor of Public Service Reverend Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters George William Miller - Doctor of Public Administration (Speaker)
1978: Commencement,
May 28
Reverend James H. Coughlin, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Evelyn Kennedy
Doctor of Public Service Stewart B. McKinney
Doctor of Public Service (Speaker)
Arthur Miller
Doctor of Humane Letters
1977: Commencement,
May 22
Vincent Albert Cianci, Jr.
Doctor of Public Service (Speaker)
William Homer Timbers
Doctor of Civil Law
1976: Commencement,
May 23
Samuel Waller Hawley
Doctor of Public Service Robert Paul Ramsey
Doctor of Humane Letters Dean Rusk
Doctor of Civil Law (Speaker)
1975: Commencement,
May 25
Reverend William Charles McInnes, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters Richard Peter McKeon
Doctor of Humane Letters Reverend Theodore Martin Hesburgh
Doctor of Public Service John Joseph Sirica
Doctor of Civil Law (Speaker)
1974: Commencement,
May 26
James Warren Birkenstock
Doctor of Laws Samuel Dash
Doctor of Civil Law (Speaker)
William Styron
Doctor of Humane Letters John Joseph Sullivan
Doctor of Public Service
1973: Commencement,
June 3
Sidney P. Marland, Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Rene Jules Dubos
Doctor of Science
1972: Commencement,
May 28
Joseph Hoffer Blatchford
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Lawrence Warren Pierce
Doctor of Laws Max Tishler
Doctor of Science
1971: Commencement,
May 30
John Whittaker Christensen
Doctor of Science Alvin Christian Eurich
Doctor of Humane Letters Harrison Edward Farnsworth
Doctor of Science Alexander Kipnis
Doctor of Fine Arts Morris King Udall
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
1970: Commencement,
June 17
Kenneth Burke
Doctor of Humane Letters Most Reverend Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D.
Doctor of Laws Edmund Griffith Williamson
Doctor of Arts (Speaker)
Korczak Ziolkowski
Doctor of Arts
1969: Commencement,
June 8
Dana Lyda Farnsworth
Doctor of Science J. Gerald Phelan
Doctor of Arts Theodore Chaikin Sorensen
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Robert Penn Warren
Doctor of Humane Letters Amos Wiven Wilder
Doctor of Theology
1968: Commencement,
June 9
Edward Bennett Williams
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Homer Daniels Babbidge, Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters Arsene Croteau
Doctor of Humane Letters Peter Carl Goldmark
Doctor of Science
1967: Commencement,
June 14
Howard Thomas Owens
Doctor of Laws Right Reverend Monsignor John Joseph Toomey
Doctor of Laws Donald Henry McGannon
Doctor of Humane Letters William Sumner Simpson
Doctor of Public Service Edward John Steichen
Doctor of Fine Arts Roger Tory Peterson
Doctor of Science
1966: Commencement,
June 15
John Dempsey
Doctor of Laws James Vincent Joy
Doctor of Laws John Courtney Murray
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Marion Anderson
Doctor of Humane Letters Igor Ivan Sikorsky
Doctor of Science
1965: Commencement,
June 14
William Conley
Doctor of Laws Richard Cardinal Cushing
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Thomas Dodd
Doctor of Laws Henry W. Littlefield
Doctor of Laws
1964: Commencement,
June 8
Paul Horgan
Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
1963: Commencement,
June 10
Right Reverend Monsignor John H. Anderson, D.D., P.A.
Doctor of Laws William Joseph Sanders
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Sir Alexander Bustamante, K. B.
Doctor of Laws
1962: Commencement,
June 11
Most Reverend Walter William Curtis, S.T.D.
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
1961: Commencement,
June 12
Herman William Steinkraus
Doctor of Laws Right Reverend Monsignor Cornelius P. Tuelings
Doctor of Humane Letters Francis James Braceland
Doctor of Science (Speaker)
1960: Commencement,
June 7
Henry Michael Hogan
Doctor of Laws Thomas Dresser White
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Reverend John J. Collins, S.J.
Doctor of Humane Letters
1959: Commencement,
June 9
Abraham Ribicoff
Doctor of Laws Most Reverend Bernard J. Flanagan, D.D.
Doctor of Laws(Speaker)
Joseph Sullivan
Doctor of Laws John Peter Hagan
Doctor of Science
1954: Commencement,
June 8
Most Reverend Joseph Lawrence Shehan, D.D.
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
1953: Commencement,
June 9
Most Reverend John Francis Hackett, D.D.
Doctor of Laws Raymond Earl Baldwin
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Margaret Veronica Kiely
Doctor of Laws
1952: Commencement,
June 10
Most Reverend Monsignor Joseph Francis Donnelly
Doctor of Laws The Honorable Charles Malik
Doctor of Laws Reverend Edward Bernard Rooney, S.J.
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Frank Daniel Whalen
Doctor of Laws James Milton O'Neil
Doctor of Humane Letters
1951: Commencement,
June 12
Most Reverend Henry J. O'Brien, D.D.
Doctor of Laws Most Reverend William R. Arnold, D.D.
Doctor of Laws Most Reverend John J. McEleney, S.J., D.D.
Doctor of Laws The Honorable J. Howard McGrath
Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
