1929

Eliza Kellas, LL.D.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, L.H.D.

1930

Amy Morris Homans, Ph.D.

Eva Le Gallenne, Litt.D.

Florence Gibb Pratt, L.H.D.

1931

Ruth Bryan Owen, L.H.D.

Lillian Miller Gilbreth, Sc.D. 

1932

Katherine Kellas, Ed.D.

Louise Homer, Mus.D.

Mabel Smith Douglas, LL.D.

1933

Edna St. Vincent Millay, Litt.D.

Margaret Shove Morriss, LL.D.

1934

Edythe Wynne Mathison, Litt.D.

Constance Leigh, Ed.D.

Constance Warren, Ed.D.

Rollin C. Reynolds, L.H.M.

1935

Anne Morgan, L.H.D.

May Peabody, Pd.D.

Henry Thomas Moore, LL.D.

1936

Annie Warburton Goodrich, LL.D.

Marie Mattingly Meloney, L.H.D.

Fannie French Morse, Pd.D.

1937

Mary Lewis, L.H.D.

Winifred Goldring, Sc.D.

Josephine Neal, Sc.D.

Dorothy Thompson, Litt.D.

1938

Florence Sabin, Sc.D.

Sarah Wambaugh, LL.D.

Nadia Boulanger, Mus.D.

1939

Irene Langhorne Gibson, L.H.D.

Niels Bukh, Pd.D.

Constance Amberg Sporborg, L.H.D.

Sara Sturtevant, Pd.D.

Edgar Hayes Betts, L.H.D.

1940

Frieda Miller, L.H.D.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, L.H.D.

Nellie Neilson, Litt.D.

Count Rene Doynel de Saint Quentin, LL.D.

1941

Sigrid Undset, Litt.D.

Emma Perry Carr, Sc.D.

Eve Curie, L.H.D.

25th Anniversary 

Ann Rosade deMartinez Guerrero, LL.D.

Marina Nunez delPrado, L.H.D.

Maria Josephina R. Albano, L.H.D.

Graciela Mandujano, L.H.D.

Ester Niera deCalvo, Pd.D.

Concha Romero James, L.H.D.

Emily Hickman, L.H.D.

Alice Morgan Wright, L.H.D.

1942

Agnes Rebecca Wayman, Pd.D.

Doris Loraine Crockett, Pd.D.

Kathryn McHale, L.H.D.

1943

Anna Lederer Rosenberg, L.H.M.

Marion Syddum Van Liew, Pd.D.

Mei-Ling Chiang Kai-Shek, LL.D.

1944

Katherine Burr Blodgett, Sc.D.

Sophie yan Senden Theis, L.H.D.

Margaret Webser, Litt.D.

1945

Mary Barnett Gilson, LL.D.

Mabel Newcomer, L.H.D.

Dorothy Constance Stratton, L.H.D.

1946

Sarah Gibson Blanding, LL.D.

Alice Curtis Desmond, Litt.D.

Katherine Elizabeth McBride, LL.D.

Lila Acheson Wallace, Litt.D.

1947

Florence Ellinwood Allen, LL.D.

Ruth Fulton Benedict, Sc.D

1948

Catherine Drinker Bowen, Litt.D.

Lucy Ella Fay, Litt.D.

Katherine Fredrica Lenroot, L.H.D.

Agnes Ernst Meyer, L.H.D.

Helen McKinstry, L.H.D.

1949

Maude Miner Hadden, L.H.D.

Anna Mary Robertson Moses, L.H.D.

1950 

Georgia Neese Clark, L.H.D.

Lynn Fontanne, Litt.D.

Dorothy Fosdik, LL.D.

1951  

Dorothy Shaver, L.H.D.

Minnie Schafer Guggenheimer, L.H.D.

1952  

Elizabeth Gray Vining, L.H.D.

1953  

Agnes George DeMille, Litt.D.

Winifred Leo Haag, L.H.D.

1954  

Mary Pillsbury Lord, L.H.D.

Doris Lee, Litt.D.

1955 

Jacqueline Cochran, L.H.D.

Leona Baumgartner, Sc.D.

1956 

Margaret Chase Smith, LL.D.

Blanche Pittman, L.H.D.

1957  

Doris Fleeson, L.H.D.

1958  

Marguerite Stitt Church, LL.D.

Sanford Lockwood Cluett, Sc.D.

1959  

May Sarton, Litt.D.

Alma Lutz, Litt.D.

1960  

Maria Goeppert Mayer, Sc.D.

Rise Stevens, Mus.D.

1961  

Ruth M. Adams, Litt.D.

Elisabeth Achelis, L.H.D.

1962  

Ester Raushenbush, Litt.D.

Marietta Tree, L.H.D.

1963  

Pauline Frederick, L.H.D.

Gwendolen M. Carter, L.H.D.

Sylvia Porter Collins, L.H.D.

John H.G. Pell, L.H.D.

1965  

Santha Rama Rau, L.H.D.

Edna F. Kelly, L.H.D.

1966 

 Juanita Kidd Stout, L.H.D.

Alice Winchester, L.H.D.

50th Anniversary 

Millicent McIntosh, L.H.D.

Nancy G. Roman, Sc.D.

1967  

Aline Saarinen, Litt.D.

Edith Grace Craig Reynolds, L.H.D.

1968  

Margery Sommers Foster, Litt.D.

Mildred Custin, Litt.D.

1969  

Mary Elizabeth Switzer, L.H.D.

Grace I. Vandervoort, Sc.D.

1970  

Virginia Harrington Knauer, L.H.D.

Patricia Roberts Harris, LL.D.

Nadine Nichols Froman, L.H.D.

Lewis Acrelius Froman, L.H.D.

1971

Chien-Shiung Wu, Sc.D.

Elmer Schacht, L.H.D.

1972

Marina von Neumann Whitman, L.H.D.

Dorothy L. Brown, Sc.D.

Stephen H. Sampson, L.H.D.

1973

Virginia Apgar, L.H.D.

Mary Anne Krupsak, L.H.D.

Jayne Baker Spain, L.H.D.

1974

Joan Ganz Cooney, L.H.D.

Effie O. Ellis, L.H.D.

1975

Tenley E. Albright, Sc.D. 

Catherine Blanchard Cleary, L.H.D.

Alice Walker, Litt.D.

1976

Dixie Lee Ray, Sc.D.

Marion S. Kellogg Sc.D.

Maureen Stapleton L.H.D.

1977

Eleanor Emmos MacCoby, Sc.D. 

Donna E. Shalala L.H.D. 

Ellen Stewart L.H.D.

1978

Marian Wright Edelman, L.H.D. 

Carl Grimm, C.L.D. 

Eve Rabin Queler, L.H.D.

1979

Esther Eggertsen Peterson, L.H.D. 

Jessie M. Scott, LL.D. 

Charles Williams Upton, L.H.D. 

Helen Merritt Upton, L.H.D.

1980

Doris Grumbach, L.H.D. 

William Kennedy, L.H.D. 

Elizabeth Neufeld, Sc.D. 

Patricia Scott Schroeder, LL.D.

1981

Jessie Bernard, L.H.D. 

Elizabeth Janeway, L.H.D. 

Virginia Radley, L.H.D.

1982 

Claiborne Pell, L.H.D. 

Delta Emma Uphoff, Sc.D. 

Shirley Young, L.H.D. 

1983 

Mary Ellen Avery, Sc.D. 

Grace Murray Hopper, Sc.D. 

1984 

Harry Apkarian, Sc.D. 

Anna Jane Harrison, Sc.D. 

1985 

Carolyn Forche, Litt.D. 

Virginia Lee Harvey, L.H.D. 

Peter R. Kermani, L.H.D. 

1986 

Helen M. Caldicott, L.H.D. 

Cathy Guisewite, Litt.D.

70th Anniversary Convocation

Carroll L. Estes, L.H.D. 

F. William Harder, L.H.D. 

1987 

Thomas Berry Brazelton, Sc.D. 

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, L.H.D. 

Margaret E. Kuhn, L.H.D.

Opening Convocation

Elizabeth Platt Corning, L.H.D. 

Trenna Rustin Wicks, Sc.D. 

1988 

Patricia Amanda Andrews, Sc.D. 

Francis Terry McNamara, D.C. 

1990 

Gertrude B. Elion, Sc.D. 

Robert J. Lurtsema, Mus.D. 

William Manchester, L.H.D. 

Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.P.S. 

1991 

Judith Blegen, D.Mus. 

Phyllis Prescott Van Vleet, D.P.S. 

1992 

Ann Caracristi, D.P.S.

Judy Chicago, L.H.D.

Madeleine May Kunin, D.P.S. 

1993

Colonel Nancy Hofenspirger, D.P.S. 

William F. Kahl, L.H.D. 

Roland W. Schmitt, L.H.D. 

Richard A. Selzer, L.H.D. 

1994 

Marjorie Rankin, Ed.D. 

Helen Thomas, D.P.S. 

1995 

Madelyn Pulver Jennings, D.P.S. 

Ruth B. Purtilo, Sc.D. 

1996 

Carolyn Reid Wallace, D.P.S. 

80th Anniversary 

Faith Ringgold, D.F.A. 

1997 

Morris Silverman, D.P.S. 

Loretta Long, D.P.S. 

Founders Convocation 

Constance Baker Motley, D.P.S. 

1998 

Blanche Wiesen Cook, D.H.L. 

Fredericka Voorhaar Slingerland, D.P.A. 

1999 

Ruth Ida Abram, D.P.S.

 Chris Moseley, D.H.L. 

2000 

Edith G. McCrea, D.A.L. 

Helen R. Connors, D.P.S. 

Michael G. Dolence, Ed.D. 

Founders Convocation 

Antonia Coello Novello, D.P.S. 

2001 

Wallace Altes, D.P.S. 

2002 

Leonard F. Tantillo, D.A.L. 

Patricia DiBenedetto Snyder, D.P.S. 

Mark O’Connor, Ed.D. 

2003 

Jay Murnane, Ed.D. 

Mary Theresa Streck, Ed.D. 

William G. Berberet, Ed.D. 

2004 

Neil Golub, D.P.S. 

Lewis Golub, D.P.S. 

Dame Anita Lucia Roddick, DBE D.P.S. 

2005 

Prudence Bushnell, D.P.S. 

2006 

Lorraine Flaherty, D.P.S. 

Alan Chartock, D.P.S. 

2007 

David L. Warren, D.P.S. 

2009 

Byllye Avery, D.P.S. 

John Pendergast, D.P.S. 

2010 

William F. Schulz, D.P.S. 

Benita Zahn, D.P.S. 

2011 

LouAnne Johnson, D.P.S. 

Susan Reverby, D.H.L. 

2012 

Anna Quindlen, D.H.L. 

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, D.P.S. 

2013 

Zoe Caldwell, D.A.L. 

Hamdi Ulukaya, D.H.L. 

2014 

Chester Opalka, D.H.L. 

John Bennett, D.H.L. 

2015 

Madeline Kennedy, D.P.S. 

David Alan Miller, D.H.S. 

Nancy Mueller, D.P.S. 

2016 

Donna Robinson Esteves, D.P.S. 

Paula A. Johnson, D.P.S. 

Thomas O. Maggs, D.P.S. 

2017 

A. Alexandra Jupin, D.H.L. 

Frederick A. Miller, D.H.L. 

Sonia Sotomayor, D.P.S. 

2018

 Cecile Richards, D.P.S. 

2019 

Maya Wiley, D.P.S.

2022

Brenda Robinson, D.P.S.

Sarah Kate Ellis, D.P.S.

2023

Eddie Glaude Jr., Ph.D.