Queens College Honorary Degree Recipients
The awarding of an honorary degree is a public recognition of worthy individuals, including prominent alumni. Recipients have national stature in an intellectual endeavor represented at the college or are honored for making significant contributions to the mission of the college.
Below is a list of Queens College Honorary Degree Recipients. You can search by name, degree, and the year conferred.
| INSTITUTION | YEAR | LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | DEGREE | RECOGNITION TYPE | CAPPR DATE | BOT MEETING DATE | COMMENCEMENT DATE | DATE RECEIVED/NOT CONFERRED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens and Brooklyn | 1948 | Klapper | Paul | Doctor of Humane Letters | 01/05/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1956 | Colden | Charles S. | Doctor of Laws | 09/05/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1968 | Kiely | Margaret | Doctor of Laws | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1970 | Streater | EllaS. | Doctor of Laws | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1972 | Yevtushenko | Yevgeny | Doctor of Letters | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1977 | Hesburgh | Theodore | Doctor of Humane Letters | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1978 | Wilkins | Roy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1979 | Lefkowitz | Louis | Doctor of Laws | 01/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1980 | Ternbach | Joseph | Doctor of Humane Letters | 02/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1981 | Copland | Aaron | Doctor of Humane Letters | 03/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1982 | Iakovos | Archbishop | Doctor of Humane Letters | 04/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1982 | Timerman | Jacobo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 04/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1983 | Austin | Joe | Master of Pedagogy | 5/23/1983 | 05/06/1905 | |||
| Queens College | 1983 | Cooper | G. Arthur | Doctor of Science | 5/23/1983 | 05/06/1905 | |||
| Queens College | 1984 | Barkan | Joseph G. | Doctor of Pedagogy | 06/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1984 | Chandrasekhar | Subrahmanyan | Doctor of Science | 06/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1984 | Flom | Joseph H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 06/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1984 | Ross | Pius | Master of Pedagogy | 06/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1984 | Salk | Jonas | Doctor of Science | 06/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1985 | Burke | Kenneth | Doctor of Humane Letters | 07/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1985 | Cohen | Saul B. | Doctor of Science | 07/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1985 | Sarason | Seymour Bernard | Doctor of Science | 07/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1986 | Bell | Terrel Howard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 08/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1986 | Welty | Eudora | Doctor of Humane Letters | 08/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1986 | Worth | Irene | Doctor of Fine Arts | 08/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1987 | Burns | John J. | Doctor of Science | 09/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1987 | Fogel | Seymour | Doctor of Science | 09/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1987 | Franklin | John Hope | Doctor of Humane Letters | 09/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1987 | Fuqua | J.B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 09/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1987 | Hamlisch | Marvin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 09/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1987 | Phillips | Warren H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 09/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1987 | Ross | John | Doctor of Science | 09/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1988 | Harrington | Michael | Doctor of Humane Letters | 10/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1988 | Morrison | Toni | Doctor of Humane Letters | 10/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1989 | Ehrman | Lee | Doctor of Science | 11/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1989 | Mowshowitz | Israel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 11/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1989 | Turnbull | Walter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 11/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1990 | Ferre | SisterIsolina | Doctor of Humane Letters | 12/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1990 | Glaser | Milton | Doctor of Humane Letters | 12/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1990 | Hartman | Geoffrey | Doctor of Humane Letters | 12/06/1905 | ||||
| Queens College | 1991 | Kurzweil | Raymond C. | Doctor of Science | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1992 | Gould | Stephen Jay | Doctor of Science | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1992 | Rosenblum | Robert | Doctor of Fine Arts | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1993 | Gillespie | John Birks | Doctor of Music | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1993 | Gregorian | Vartan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1994 | LeFrak | Samuel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1994 | Lopardo | Frank | Doctor of Musical Arts | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1994 | Seinfeld | Jerry | Doctor of Humane Letters | 01/01/1970 | 6/3/1994 | |||
| Queens College | 1994 | Temmer | George M. | Doctor of Science | 01/01/1970 | ||||
| Queens College | 1996 | Grano | Joseph J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 5/28/1996 | 01/01/1970 | |||
| Queens College | 1996 | Isaacs | Susan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1/29/1996 | 03/01/1996 | |||
| Queens College | 1996 | Machlis | Joseph | Doctor of Humane Letters | 10/28/1996 | 12/01/1996 | |||
| Queens College | 1996 | Neufeld | Elizabeth | Doctor of Science | 05/01/1996 | ||||
| Queens College | 1997 | Cronkite | Walter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2/10/1997 | 06/01/1997 | |||
| Queens College | 1997 | Hennekens | CharlesC. | Doctor of Science | 3/24/1997 | 06/01/1997 | |||
| Queens College | 1997 | Simon | Paul | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/30/1997 | 06/01/1997 | |||
| Queens College | 1998 | Clurman | Richard (psthums.) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 9/29/1997 | 06/01/1998 | |||
| Queens College | 1998 | Houston | Whitney | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/27/1998 | 01/01/1970 | |||
| Queens College | 1998 | Leeds | Lilo Schott | Doctor of Humane Letters | 3/23/1998 | 06/01/1998 | |||
| Queens College | 1998 | Novack | Saul (psthums.) | Doctor of Music | 3/23/1998 | 06/01/1998 | |||
| Queens College | 1998 | Romano | Ray | Doctor of Fine Arts | 3/23/1998 | 06/01/1998 | not conferred | ||
| Queens College | 1998 | Wallace | Mike | Doctor of Humane Letters | 6/22/1998 | 09/01/1998 | |||
| Queens College | 1998 | Wolf | Eric | Doctor of Humane Letters | 3/23/1998 | 06/01/1998 | |||
| Queens College | 1999 | Kapikian | Albert | Doctor of Science | 3/22/1999 | 06/01/1999 | 6/3/1999 | ||
| Queens College | 1999 | Pavarotti | Luciano | Doctor of Music | 5/24/1999 | Convocation 10/20/1999 | |||
| Queens College | 1999 | Rescher | Nicholas | Doctor of Science | 3/22/1999 | 06/01/1999 | 6/3/1999 | ||
| Queens College | 1999 | Styron | William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 3/22/1999 | 11/01/1999 | Convocation 6/1/1999 | ||
| Queens College | 1999 | Wethers | Doris | Doctor of Science | 3/22/1999 | 06/01/1999 | 6/3/21999 | ||
| Queens College | 2000 | Bourguignon | Erika Eichhorn | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2/22/2000 | 01/01/1970 | 6/7/2000 | ||
| Queens College | 2000 | Franco | Arnold | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2/22/2000 | 01/01/1970 | 6/7/2000 | ||
| Queens College | 2000 | Giscard d’Estaing | Valery | Doctor of Humane Letters | 3/22/1999 | 03/01/2000 | Fall 1999 convocation | ||
| Queens College | 2000 | Ikeda | Daisaku | Doctor of Humane Letters | 9/27/1999 | 01/01/2000 | Convocation 10/8/1999 | ||
| Queens College | 2000 | Perle | George | Doctor of Music | 2/22/2000 | 01/01/1970 | 6/7/2000 | ||
| Queens College | 2001 | Commoner | Dr. Barry | Doctor of Science | 2/26/2001 | 06/01/2001 | 6/1/2001 | ||
| Queens College | 2001 | Wolfe | Dr. Deborah P. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2/26/2001 | 06/01/2001 | 6/1/2001 | ||
| Queens College | 2002 | Coles | Marion | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/29/2002 | 05/01/2002 | 5/30/2002 | ||
| Queens College | 2002 | Shulman | Claire | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/29/2002 | 05/01/2002 | 5/30/2002 | ||
| Queens College | 2003 | Boyers | Robert | Doctor of Humane Letters | 3/31/2003 | 05/01/2003 | 5/29/2003 | ||
| Queens College | 2004 | Heath | Jimmy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 3/24/2004 | 06/01/2004 | 6/3/2004 | ||
| Queens College | 2004 | Kordower | Jeffrey H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 3/24/2004 | 06/01/2004 | 6/3/2004 | ||
| Queens College | 2005 | Ungar | William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/26/2005 | 06/01/2005 | 6/2/2005 | ||
| Queens College | 2006 | Dallaire | Romeo | Doctor of Humane Letters | former commander of UN forces | 1/23/2006 | 06/01/2006 | 6/1/2006 | |
| Queens College | 2007 | Kupferberg | Max | Doctor of Humane Letters | 5/30/2007 | 05/01/2007 | 5/31/2007 | ||
| Queens College | 2008 | Heller | Adam | Doctor of Science | 5/28/2008 | 05/01/2008 | 5/29/2008 | ||
| Queens College | 2009 | Lewis | John | Doctor of Humane Letters | 5/23/2009 | 05/01/2009 | 5/28/2009 | ||
| Queens College | 2010 | Ghosh | Amitav | Doctor of Humane Letters | 5/26/2010 | 05/01/2010 | 5/27/2010 | ||
| Queens College | 2011 | Chalupa | Leo M. | Doctor of Science | prominent neuroscientist and chief research officer at George Washington University, | 6/2/2011 | 06/01/2011 | 6/2/2011 | |
| Queens College | 2011 | Rosenbaum | Harold | Doctor of Humane Letters | critically acclaimed choral conductors | 6/2/2011 | 06/01/2011 | 6/202011 | |
| Queens College | 2012 | Liotta | Dennis C. | Doctor of Science | 9/5/12 CFSA | 9/24/2012 | October 11, 2012 Academic Convocation | ||
| Queens College | 2012 | Miller-McCune | Sara | Doctorate Humane Letters | Foun., Publ., Ex. Chair of SAGE Publ. | 2/6/2012 | 2/27/2012 | 01/01/1970 | 5/31/2012 |
| Queens College | 2012 | Pamuk | Orhan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 01/05/2012 | not conferred | |||
| Queens College | 2013 | Ravitch | Diane | Doctor of Humane Letters | Historian of Education and Research Professor of Education at NYU | 4/8/2013 | 4/29/2013 | 01/01/1970 | 5/30/2013 |
| Queens College | 2014 | Jantzen | Carol Fredericks | Doctor of Science | ’67, ’70, Nuclear Waste specialist | 4/7/2014 | 5/5/2014 | 01/01/1970 | 5/29/2014 |
| Queens College | 2015 | Goodman | Andrew | Doctor of Humane Letters | civil rights activist (posthumously awarded) | 2/2/2015 | 3/2/2015 | 01/01/1970 | 5/28/2015 |
| Queens College | 2015 | King | Carol | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1/26/2015 | not conferred | |||
| Queens College | 2015 | Kozol | Jonathan | Doctor of Humane Letters | educator and author | 2/2/2015 | 3/2/2015 | 01/01/1970 | not conferred |
| Queens College | 2016 | Copeland | Misty | Doctor of Humane Letters | Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre | 4/4/2016 | 5/2/2016 | 01/01/1970 | not conferred |
| Queens College | 2016 | Katznelson | Ira | Doctor of Humane Letters | President of the Social Science Research Council and Ruggles, Professor, Columbia University | 4/4/2016 | 5/2/2016 | 01/01/1970 | 6/2/2016 |
| Queens College | 2016 | Walker | Darren | Doctor of Humane Letters | President of the Ford Foundation | 4/4/2016 | 5/2/2016 | 01/01/1970 | 6/2/2016 |
| Queens College | 2017 | Brownstein | Donald | Doctor of Humane Letters | ’65, Philosopher and Investment Banker | 2/6/2017 | 2/21/2017 | 01/01/1970 | 5/26/2017 |
| Queens College | 2017 | Kupferberg | Saul | Doctor of Humane Letters | Marketing Executive and Queens College Benefactor | 2/6/2017 | 2/21/2017 | 01/01/1970 | 5/26/2017 |
| Queens College | 2018 | Barad | Jill | Doctor of Humane Letters | Class of 1973 Mattel CEO and philanthropist | 2/26/2018 | 3/19/2018 | 01/05/2018 | 5/31/2018 |
| Queens College | 2018 | Favreau | Jon | Doctor of Humane Letters | attended 1984-1987 | 2/26/2018 | 3/19/2018 | 01/05/2018 | not conferred |
| Queens College | 2018 | Jimenez Moreta | Christina | Doctor of Humane Letters | class of 2007 2017 MacArthur “Genius Award” Recipient | 2/26/2018 | 3/19/2018 | 01/05/2018 | 5/31/2018 |
| Queens College | 2018 | Schoenfeld | Alan | Doctor of Science | Class of 1968 Klein Medal in 2011, the highest international distinction in mathematics education. | 1/17/2018 | 2/5/2018 | 01/05/2018 | 5/31/2018 |
| Queens College | 2019 | Grist | Reri | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/15/2019 | 5/7/2019 | 01/01/1970 | conferred | |
| Queens College | 2019 | Higgins | Matthew | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/15/2019 | 5/7/2019 | 01/01/1970 | conferred | |
| Queens College | 2019 | Perry | Dina | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/15/2019 | 5/7/2019 | 01/01/1970 | conferred | |
| Queens College | 2019 | Rafailovich | Miriam | Doctor of Humane Letters | 4/15/2019 | 5/7/2019 | 01/01/1970 | not conferred | |
| Queens College | 2020 | Only a Commencement booklet was produced: COVID19 SHUTDOWN | |||||||
| Queens College | 2021 | Rafailovich | Miriam | Doctor of Humane Letters | Virtual Event | 03/06/2021 | conferred | ||
| Queens College | 2022 | Berstein | Danny | Doctor of Fine Arts | Tony Award winner Broadway actor | 02/06/2022 | conferred | ||
| Queens College | 2022 | Casadevall | Arturo | Doctor of Science | immunology, microbiology, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, and medicine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | 01/01/1970 | conferred | ||
| Queens College | 2023 | Favreau | John | Doctor of Humane Letters | Queens-born Director, Actor, Writer, and Alumnus for his commitment and determination to becoming a highly accomplished creator. | 01/06/2023 | conferred | ||
| INSTITUTION | YEAR | LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | DEGREE | RECOGNITION TYPE | CAPPR DATE | BOT MEETING DATE | COMMENCEMENT DATE | DATE RECEIVED/NOT CONFERRED |
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