Honorary Degree Recipients
Lehman College has presented honorary degrees to eighty-three distinguished men and women from a variety of fields, including the arts, law, medicine, business, education, diplomacy, human rights, and public service:
2021
- Eliot Engel ’69, ’73, Doctor of Laws
- T.J. English, Doctor of Letters
- Dolores Huerta, Doctor of Humane Letters
2020
- Dr. Oxiris Barbot, Doctor of Science
- Bobby Sanabria, Doctor of Music
2019
- Mildred García, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Whitfield Lovell, Doctor of Fine Arts
- Ivan G. Seidenberg ’72, Doctor of Humane Letters
2018
- Jacob Judd, Doctor of Humane Letters
2017
- Dr. Jeffrey Gilbert ’72, Doctor of Science
- Eddie Palmieri, Doctor of Music
- Betty A. Rosa, Doctor of Humane Letters
2016
- David González, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Sonia Manzano, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Mark Messier, Doctor of Humane Letters
2015
- Tonio Burgos, Doctor of Laws
- Micki Grant ’94, Doctor of Fine Arts
- Jaime Lucero, Doctor of Commercial Science
2014
- William Aguado, Doctor of Arts
- Michael J. Balick, Doctor of Science
- Valerie S. Capers, Doctor of Music
2013
- Frances Beinecke, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Fernando Picó, Doctor of Humane Letters
2012
- Albert P. Carey, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Karen Musalo, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Shirley Rodríguez-Remeneski, Doctor of Humane Letters
2011
- Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Doctor of Laws
- Johnny Pacheco, Doctor of Music
- Erasto Torres, Doctor of Commercial Science
2010
- Mark C. Pigott, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Elena V. Ríos, Doctor of Science
- Nina Sundell, Doctor of Fine Arts
2009
- Steve Mirsky, Doctor of Science
- William M. Wheeler, Doctor of Humane Letters
2008
- Margaret K. Bruce, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Woodie King Jr., ’96, Doctor of Humane Letters
2007
- Judith Ortiz Cofer, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Spencer Foreman, Doctor of Science
- Adam Guettel, Doctor of Music
- Judith Malina, Doctor of Fine Arts
- Peter D. Roos, Doctor of Humane Letters
2006
- Tatsuo Tanaka, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Dave Valentín, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Lucius Walker Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters
- Jody Williams, Doctor of Humane Letters
2005
- Elias Karmon, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Olara Otunnu, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Deborah C. Wright, Doctor of Humane Letters
2004
- Willie Colón, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Hugh B. Price, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Dr. Sorosh Roshan, Doctor of Science
2003
- Ricardo E. Alegría, Doctor of Arts
- Arnold L. Mitchem, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Louis Sito, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Marta Tienda, Doctor of Humane Letters
2002
- June Bingham Birge, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Fernando Ferrer, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Joseph N. Hankin, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Leonel Fernández Reyna, Doctor of Laws
2001
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Doctor of Humane Letters
2000
- Rubén Blades, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Serafin U. Mariel, Doctor of Humane Letters
1999
- Edward D. Miller, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Sonia Sotomayor, Doctor of Laws
1998
- José A. Cárdenas, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Orin Lehman, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Ernest W. Michel, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Ghillean T. Prance
- Bill Richardson
1997
- Glen T. Nygreen, Doctor of Humane Letters
1996
- Leonard Lief, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Samuel Sanders, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Javier Tejada, Doctor of Science
- Graciela Rivera de Zumchak, Doctor of Humane Letters
1995
- David Levering Lewis, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Anne A. Paolucci, Doctor of Humane Letters
1994
- Maryse Condé, Doctor of Humane Letters
- César A. Perales, Doctor of Laws
- Mario G. Salvadori, Doctor of Humane Letters
1993
- Maristella de Panizza Lorch, Doctor of Humane Letters
1992
- Paule Burke Marshall, Doctor of Humane Letters
- John Patterson Jr., Doctor of Laws
- Robert C. Weaver, Doctor of Humane Letters
