Honorary Degree Recipients
Author
May 19, 2010 Graduation
December 2015 Graduation
Mr. David H. Nevins
Francis S. Soistman, Jr.
President
Executive Vice President
Nevins & Associates
Aetna
May 22, 2009 Graduation
May 2014 Graduation
Dr. Charles Reed
Mary Ellen Barbera
Retired Chancellor
Chief Judge
The California State University
Court of Appeals of Maryland
May 22, 2013 Graduation
Dr. P. M. Forni
Co -Founder, The Johns-Hopkins Civility Project
Professor
Johns Hopkins University
December 15, 2009 (Private Ceremony)
Mr. Willard Hackerman
May 25, 2012 Graduation
President and CEO
Mr. William Owens
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Executive Director
*Deceased
CBS News, 60 Minutes
May 21, 2008 Graduation
Honorary Bachelor of Arts
Mr. Edward V. Badolato
Ms. Vivienne Shub
President & CEO
*Deceased
Integrated Infrastructure Analytics, Inc.
*Deceased
January 8, 2012 Graduation
Ms. Judith Jamison
May 23, 24, 25, 2007 Graduation
Artistic Director Emerita
Mr. Edwin F. Hale, Sr.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Retired Chairman and CEO
1st Mariner Bancorps
Mr. Frank Bramble, Sr.
Retired Banking Executive
Mr. John B. Schuerholz
President
Atlanta Braves
May 26, 2011 Graduation
Mr. Taylor Branch
Ms. Phyllis B. Brotman
Former President
Image Dynamics, Inc.
Dr. Constantine W. Curris
*Deceased
Retired President
American Association of State Colleges &
May 22, 2006 Graduation
Universities
Mr. Sae Joo Chang
Chairman and CEO
The Honorable Nancy K. Kopp
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co.’s
State Treasurer
State of Maryland Treasurer's Office
May 22, 2005 Graduation
Goldstein Treasury Building
The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
Former Secretary of Transportation
Mr. Barry Rascovar
U. S. Department of Transportation
Deputy Editorial Page Editor
The Baltimore Sun
Mr. Steve Burch
Chairman of the Board
January 7, 2001/December 2000 Graduation
University of Maryland Medical System
George D. Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
June 5, 2004 – The First World Guitar
Western Washington University
Congress
Mr. Les Paul
Dr. John Kim Niparko, MD
Musician and Composer
Professor and Chair of the Department of
*Deceased
Otolaryngology
University of Southern California
May 21,2003 Graduation
Ms. Molly Smith
May 24/25, 2000
Artistic Director
The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Arena Stage
Former Lt. Governor of the State of Maryland
Lloyd J. Kolbe, Ph.D.
January 6, 2002 for December 2001 Graduates
Former Director, Division of Adolescent and
Dr. Charles Moskos
School Health National Center for Chronic
Professor, Department of Sociology
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion U.S.
Northwestern University
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
*Deceased
Carol Geary Schneider
May 23/24, 2001 Graduation
President, Association of American Colleges and
Mr. Gordon Parks
Universities
*Deceased
Susan C. Keating
Laureate Education, Inc.
President and CEO
Nat'l Foundation for Credit Counseling, Inc.
Mr. A. B. Krongard
January 9, 2000 for December 1999 Graduates
The Honorable Howard P. Rawlings
Maryland House of Delegates
*Deceased
Mr. Arthur B. Modell
Owner and President
Baltimore Ravens
Dr. Richard P. Chait
*Deceased
Professor of Higher Education,
Harvard University Graduate School of
January 4, 1998 for December 1997 Graduates
Education
Mr. George Jochum
May 23/24 1999
Mr. John Erickson
Admiral Charles R. Larson, USN (Ret.)
Founder, Erickson Living
*Deceased
May 23/24 1999 Continued
The Honorable Parris N. Glendening
May 22, 1997
Former Governor of the State of Maryland
Rear Admiral P. Michael Ratliff
Director for Intelligence of the Office of Naval
Dr. Thomas Szasz
Intelligence
Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
May 22, 1997 continued
*Deceased
Professor Shozo Sato
Professor Emeritus
December 20, 1998
University of Illinois
Dr. Robert W. Deutsch
Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Director
Dr. Paula Brownlee
RWD Applied Technology Laboratory
President Emeritus
Association of American Colleges & Universities
Dr. Robert Zemsky
Chair, Learning Alliance for Higher Education
December 22, 1996
Graduate School of Education
Mr. Richard Erkeneff
University of Pennsylvania
Former President & CEO
AAI Corporation
May 27/28, 1998
Mr. Douglas L. Becker
Dr. Stanley Ikenberry
Chairman and CEO
President Emeritus
University of Illinois
Former Executive Director of the Governor’s
Committee on Employment of People with
May 22, 1996
Disabilities
Mr. R. Michael Gill
Secretary, Maryland Dept. of Business and
May, 1994
Economic Development
Dr. Donald Henderson
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for
The Honorable Barbara Hoffman
Health and Science in the U.S. Department
Former Senator of Maryland
of Health and Human Services
Mr. Donald P. Hutchinson
Mayor Anatoly Sohchak
Former President
Mayor of St. Petersburg, USSR
Greater Baltimore Committee
*Deceased
January, 1994
January 7, 1996 for December 1995 Graduates
Ms. Bea Gaddy
Mr. James O’Conor
Advocate for Homeless and Poor People
Chairman & CEO
*Deceased
O’Conor, Piper & Flynn
January, 1994
Mr. John Glover
Former Senator Paul Sarbanes
Actor
U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland
May, 1995
January, 1993
Dr. Bruce Johnstone, Former
Dr. Lilian Randall
Chancellor of the State University of
Retired Curator of Research Manuscripts
New York System
Walters Art Gallery
May, 1992
Dr. Nancy Grasmick
Former Maryland State Superintendent of
Schools
Mr. Walter Sondheim
Senior Advisor to the Greater
Mr. David Zinman
Baltimore Committee & Extraordinary Citizen
Former Music Director and Conductor
*Deceased
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
January, 1995
January, 1992
Marion Schooling Vessels
Dr. Gilbert Brungardt
Retired Dean/Professor
Towson State University
January, 1989
*Deceased
Mr. Park She-Jik, President
Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee
Mr. Robert Ward
May, 1991
Author, Screenwriter and Former Co-Producer
Mr. Charles Dutton
of Miami Vice
Distinguished Actor
May, 1988
Dr. Brian Matthews
Dr. Patricia Plante, Former President
Retired, Institute for Molecular Biology
University of Southern Maine
University of Oregon
January, 1988
January, 1991
Mr. Nikita Dolgushin
The Honorable Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
Dancer, Choreographer, and Dean/Teacher
Former United States Senator
Leningrad State Conservatory
*Deceased
*Deceased
Mr. David Segal
May, 1987
Professor and Sociologist
Dr. Rhoda M. Dorsey
University of Maryland College Park
President
Goucher College
May, 1990
*Deceased
Dr. Joseph Cox
Former President
Southern Oregon State College
January 1987
Dr. Harold Delaney
Associate Executive Director
January, 1990
American Association of State Colleges &
Dr. Michael Daxner
Universities
President
*Deceased
University of Oldenburg (Germany)
May, 1986
May, 1989
Dr. Phoebe Stanton
I(rving) King Jordan
Art Historian
Former President, Galluadet University
Critic, Writer and Professor Emeritus
The Johns Hopkins University
*Deceased
January, 1986
January, 1984
Dr. Timothy Healy
Mr. Thomas Hunter Lowe
President, Georgetown University
Judge
*Deceased
Court of Special Appeals
*Deceased
May, 1985
Mr. Robert S. Duvall
Mr. Reginald Murphy
Actor
Former President and Publisher
Baltimore Sunpapers
Dr. Mark Curtis
President
May, 1983
Association of American Colleges
Ms. Grace Hartigon
*Deceased
Artist
*Deceased
January, 1985
Mr. Louis L. Goldstein
Mr. Jacob Rabinow
Comptroller of the Treasury for the
Engineer, Inventor
State of Maryland
*Deceased
*Deceased
Dr. Martha Church
Dr. Monroe Lerner
President Emeritus of Hood College
Research Consultant & Professor Emeritus
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public
January, 1983
Health
Ms. Josephine Jacobsen
Poet, Critic, Consultant in
May, 1984
American Letters
Mr. John H. Murphy
*Deceased
President of Afro-American Newspapers
*Deceased
Dr. Anthony E. Hecht
Poet in Resident
Library of Congress, Pulitzer Prize winner
*Deceased
Mr. Benjamin R. Civiletti
June, 1982
Attorney at Law and former
Mr. Eubie Blake
Attorney General of the U.S.
Pianist, Compose
Senior Partner & Past Chair
*Deceased
Venable, LLP
Mr. William Donald Schaefer
Ms. Lucille Clifton
Mayor of the City of Baltimore
Poet and Author
*Deceased
*Deceased
June, 1981
Mr. Joseph Meyerhoff
Dr. Dorothy Bernstein
Chairman
Past President
Magna Properties, Inc.
Mathematical Association of America
*Deceased
*Deceased
January, 1980
June, 1981 – continued
Dr. Allan W. Ostar
Dr. Howard R. Bowen
Executive Director
The R. Stanton Avery Professor of Economic
American Association of State Colleges
And Education, Claremont Graduation School
And Universities
*Deceased
Mrs. Ruth Brunyate Wiemer
Dr. Leon Fleisher
Chief, Division of Occupational
Pianist
Therapy, Department of Health and
Resident Conductor
Mental Hygiene
Baltimore Symphony
*Deceased
January, 1981
June, 1979
Dr. John Barth
Dr. Felix M. Morley
The Johns Hopkins University
Educator and Pulitzer Prize winner
Author
*Deceased
Dr. Martha Hill Davies
The Juilliard School, Dancer
Dr. James L. Fisher
President, Council for the Advancement and
June, 1980
Support of Education, President emeritus,
Maestro Sergiu Comissiona
Towson State University
Music Director & Conductor
Baltimore Symphony
1978
*Deceased
Mr. Gerald W. Johnson
Distinguished American Journalist
Dr. Paul F. Sharp
*Deceased
President Emeritus and Regents’
Professor, University of Oklahoma
Dr. Carol W. Taylor
Chairman
Seoul, South Korea
Department of International Health
School of Hygiene and Public Health
1973
The Johns Hopkins University
Dr. John Fischer
President
1977
Teachers College
Dr. Kenneth A. Shaw
Columbia University
Formerly Vice President for
*Deceased
Academic Affairs
Towson State University and Former
Dr. Alice S. Rossi
President, Southern Illinois University
Professor and Chairperson of the
at Edwardsville
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Goucher College
*Deceased
1976
The Honorable Robert B. Watts
1972
Associate Judge
Dr. Helen Cavanagh
Supreme Bench
Professor of History
*Deceased
Illinois State University
*Deceased
1975
Mrs. Anne St. Clair Wright
President
Dr. Marion I. Murphy
Historic Annapolis, Inc
Dean of the School of Nursing
*Deceased
University of Maryland
*Deceased
Dr. H. Margaret Zassenhaus
Towson, Maryland
1971
Internist, nominee for 1974 Nobel Peace
Dr. Maynard Mack
Prize for aiding Scandinavian resistance fighters
Sterling Professor of English at Yale
avert death in Nazi jails during World War II
*Deceased
*Deceased
1969
1974
Former Governor Marvin Mandel
Dr. Young Sam Kim
State of Maryland
National Assemblyman and Vice President
Of the New Democratic Party
Dr. Benjamin Quarles
Republic of Korea
Professor of History
Graduate of Seoul National University
Morgan State University
*Deceased