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UMDNJ CRITERIA FOR THE AWARD OF HONORARY DEGREES

Honorary Degree Recipients 
Alphabetical List
 Chronological List

This statement should be used as a guide for those who wish to make nominations for honorary degrees.

The purpose of conferring an honorary degree by an academic institution is to recognize certain individuals who have made exceptional contributions to knowledge and/or the welfare of society, accomplishments which are worthy of being cited at a formal public academic ceremony. UMDNJ, as a health professions, biomedical sciences and health-care institution, naturally tends to bestow honorary degrees for achievements in these spheres of activity. However the University does not limit its honorary degrees in this manner. Individuals who make significant and lasting contributions to society through other types of activities may and should also be considered.

Criteria include:

  • the individual has added significantly to the improvement of human health (or provided means for eventually doing so) by his/her professional and/or personal accomplishments in science, the healing arts, community service or public affairs;
  • the individual has (or deserves) national or international renown based on meritorious achievements;
  • the individual's accomplishments have brought significant benefits to the State of New Jersey and its citizens;
  • the award of an honorary degree will reflect favorably on the image and reputation of UMDNJ as well as on the recipient.

The University does not ordinarily confer honorary degrees to individuals who are at present faculty, staff or students of the University. However nominations may be made when such individuals have terminated their official affiliation with the University.   Faculty, students and staff at the Schools should submit nominations to their Dean. Staff at University Hospital, University Behavioral HealthCare and Central Administration should submit nominations to Dr. Karen Putterman, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Stanley S. Bergen Building, Room 1441, Newark Campus. Please include the following information: 

1.
curriculum vitae which includes the biographical, educational and professional background of the individual;
2.
a list of the individual's major professional affiliations, honors and awards;
3.
a letter or memorandum summarizing the specific outstanding contributions which justify the nomination.



HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS
(Alphabetical List)
Recipient Honorary Degree School* Year

James Gelston Affleck, Ph.D.

 Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1978

William O. Baker, Ph.D.

Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1981
Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., M.D. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2002
Basil G. Bibby, D.M.D., Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1990
Elizabeth M. Boggs, Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1984
William G. Bowen, Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1982

Philip J. Boyne, D.M.D.

 Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1976
Sister Anne Brooks, D.O.
 Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2002

Robert Randall Cadmus, M.D.

Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1971
Daniel J. Callahan, Ph.D.
 Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1981
Robert E. Campbell, M.B.A.
 Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2000
Charles C. Carella, Esq. Doctor of Laws UMDNJ 1997

Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H.

Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2004
June Jackson Christmas, M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1988

Jordan J. Cohen, M.D.

Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1998
Robert Coles, M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1992
John Thomas Connor, L.L.D.   NJCMD 1967

Carolyne Kahle Davis, Ph.D.

Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1984
Countess Albina du Boisrouvray Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2003

Ralph Anthony Dungan, M.P.A.

Doctor of Humane Letters CMDNJ 1978
J. Englebert Dunphy, M.D., F.A.C.S.   SETON HALL 1964
Merlin Kearfoot Duvall, M.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1972

Lena F. Edwards, M.D.

 Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1983
Thomas W. Elwood, Dr.P.H.
Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2000
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2005

Donald S. Fredrickson, M.D.

 Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1982
Rabbi Martin Freedman, D.D. Doctor of Laws UMDNJ 1996
D. Carleton Gajdusek, M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1987
Robert C. Gallo, M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1986
Marilyn Hughes Gaston, M.D. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2005
Atul Gawande, M.D., M.P.H. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2007
Arnold Perlman Gold, M.D. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2001
Sandra O. Gold, Ed.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2001
Henry Maurice Goldman, D.M.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1977

Robert A. Good, M.D., Ph.D.

Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1974
Charles Mayo Goss, M.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1975
Donald A. Henderson, M.D. M.P.H. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2004
Robert L. Hendren, D.O. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2008
Gustave Heningburg Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 1987
Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.P.H. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1996
John G. Hervey, L.L.D.   SETON HALL 1962
Martha N. Hill, Ph.D., R.N. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2005
Joseph Clarence Hinsey, Ph.D.   NJCMD 1965
Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., R.N. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1995
Wesley J. Howe Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 1988
Charles Anthony Hufnagel, M.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1975
Richard Joseph Hughes   SETON HALL 1968
The Honorable Richard J. Hughes   SETON HALL 1962
Franz Joseph Ingelfinger, M.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1977
Robert Stewart Jason, M.D.   NJCMD 1969
Harold H. Jeghers, M.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1976
Franklyn G. Jenifer, Ph.D. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 1989
Thomas H. Kean Doctor of Laws UMDNJ 1989
John K. Kittredge, B.A. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1980
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2006
James Hain Leathem, M.A., Ph.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1978
Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2001
Lester Z. Lieberman Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2005
Gustav O. Lienhard, D.Sc., D.C.S. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1976

Reverend Monsignor William J. Linder, Ph.D.

Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 1999
Harold Loe, D.D.S. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1987
Ruth W. Lubic, R.N., Ed.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1986
Irwin D. Mandel, D.D.S. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1981
Darrel J. Mase, Ph.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1981
Jean Mayer, Ph.D., D.Sc. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1983
Charles A. McCallum, D.M.D., M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1993

Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, Ph.D., D.D.

Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 1994
The Honorable George McGovern, Ph.D. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2001
Lionel Deckle McLean, D.D.S. Doctor of Humane Letters CMDNJ 1973
Albert W. Merck, M.A. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 1993
Robert Bruce Merrifield, Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1985

Felix Milgrom, M.D.

Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1991
John Schoof Millis, Ph.D., L.L.D., Sc.D., Litt.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1974
John Forbes Nash, Jr., Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2008
Frank H. Netter, M.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1981

Marshall W. Nirenberg, Ph.D.

Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1988
The Most Reverend Martin J. O'Connor, S.T.D., J.C.D.   SETON HALL 1964
Kenneth Olden, Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2004
Bjorn R. Olsen, M.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2000

June E. Osborn, M.D.

Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1989
George Corbly Paffenbarger, D.D.S. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1975
Edmund Daniel Pellegrino, M.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1973

Robert G. Petersdorf, M.D.

Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1995
Hans Popper, M.D., Ph.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1981

Richard C. Reynolds, M.D.

 Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1997
Dorothy Rice, B.A. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1979
Bruce Ritter, O.F.M. Conv. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 1985
Ellis Rubinstein Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2006
Albert B. Sabin, M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1988
Louis A. Saporito, D.D.S. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1972
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1995
Steven A. Schroeder, M.D.
 Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2003
David B. Scott, D.D.S.
Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1979

Irving J. Selikoff, M.D.

Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1987
The Most Reverend Lawrence Joseph Shehan, D.D.   SETON HALL 1961

Jeanne Craig Sinkford, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1992
Harold C. Slavkin, D.D.S. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1999
The Honorable Sylvester C. Smith, Jr.   SETON HALL 1963

DeWitt Stetten, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

 Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1976
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. Doctor of Humane Letters UMDNJ 2002
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2006
Howard M. Temin, M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1989
Shirley M. Tilghman, Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 2005
Sidney Udenfriend, Ph.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1979
P. Roy Vagelos, M.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1984
Joseph Francis Volker, Ph.D., D.D.S. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1973
Selman Abraham Waksman, M.S. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1971
Lloyd Bruce Wescott, L.H.D. Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1975
Christine Todd Whitman Doctor of Laws UMDNJ 1998
Walter Armstrong Wilson, D.D.S.   NJCMD 1967
Robert W. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D. Doctor of Science UMDNJ 1982

John S. Zapp, D.D.S.

Doctor of Science CMDNJ 1972
None   CMDNJ 1970
None   NJCMD 1966
None   UMDNJ 2009

 *UMDNJ - University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
  CMDNJ - College of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
  NJCMD - New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry

 

 

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HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS
(Chronological List)

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
(UMDNJ)

2009
None

2008
Robert L. Hendren, D.O.
Doctor of Science

John Forbes Nash, Jr., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

2007
Atul Gawande, M.D., M.P.H.
Doctor of Science

2006
 Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Ellis Rubinstein
Doctor of Science

Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


2005
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Marilyn Hughes Gaston, M.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Martha N. Hill, Ph.D., R.N.
Doctor of Science

Lester Z. Lieberman
Doctor of Humane Letters

Shirley M. Tilghman, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

2004
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Donald A. Henderson, M.D. M.P.H.
Doctor of Science

Kenneth Olden, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


2003
Countess Albina du Boisrouvray
Doctor of Humane Letters

Steven A. Schroeder, M.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters


2002
Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., M.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Sister Anne Brooks, D.O.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters


2001
Arnold Perlman Gold, M.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Sandra O. Gold, Ed.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D.
Doctor of Scienc

The Honorable George McGovern, Ph.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters


2000
 Robert E. Campbell, M.B.A.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Thomas W. Elwood, Dr.P.H.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Bjorn R. Olsen, M.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


1999
Reverend Monsignor William J. Linder, Ph.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Harold C. Slavkin, D.D.S.
Doctor of Science


1998
Jordan J. Cohen, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Christine Todd Whitman
Doctor of Laws


1997
Charles C. Carella, Esq.
Doctor of Laws

Richard C. Reynolds, M.D.
Doctor of Science


1996
Rabbi Martin Freedman, D.D.
Doctor of Laws

Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Doctor of Science



1995
Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., R.N.
Doctor of Science

Robert G. Petersdorf, M.D.
Doctor of Science

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


1994
Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, Ph.D., D.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters


1993
Charles A. McCallum, D.M.D., M.D.
Doctor of Science

Albert W. Merck, M.A.
Doctor of Humane Letters


1992
Robert Coles, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Jeanne Craig Sinkford, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


1991
Felix Milgrom, M.D.
Doctor of Science


1990
Basil G. Bibby, D.M.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


1989
Franklyn G. Jenifer, Ph.D.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Thomas H. Kean
Doctor of Laws

June E. Osborn, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Howard M. Temin, M.D.
Doctor of Science

1988
June Jackson Christmas, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Wesley J. Howe
Doctor of Humane Letters

Marshall W. Nirenberg, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

Albert B. Sabin, M.D.
Doctor of Science


1987
D. Carleton Gajdusek, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Gustave Heningburg
Doctor of Humane Letters

Harold Loe, D.D.S.
Doctor of Science

Irving J. Selikoff, M.D.
Doctor of Science


1986
Robert C. Gallo, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Ruth W. Lubic, R.N., Ed.D.
Doctor of Science


1985
Robert Bruce Merrifield, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

Bruce Ritter, O.F.M. Conv.
Doctor of Humane Letters


1984
Elizabeth M. Boggs, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

Carolyne Kahle Davis, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

P. Roy Vagelos, M.D.
Doctor of Science


1983
Lena F. Edwards, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Jean Mayer, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Doctor of Science


1982
William G. Bowen, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

Donald S. Fredrickson, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Robert W. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


COLLEGE OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
(CMDNJ)

1981
William O. Baker, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

Daniel J. Callahan, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

Irwin D. Mandel, D.D.S.
Doctor of Science

Darrel J. Mase, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

Frank H. Netter, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Hans Popper, M.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


1980
John K. Kittredge, B.A.
Doctor of Science


1979
Dorothy Rice, B.A.
Doctor of Science

David B. Scott, D.D.S.
Doctor of Science

Sidney Udenfriend, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


1978
James Gelston Affleck, Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

Ralph Anthony Dungan, M.P.A.
Doctor of Humane Letter

James Hain Leathem, M.A., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


1977
Henry Maurice Goldman, D.M.D.
Doctor of Science

Franz Joseph Ingelfinger, M.D.
Doctor of Science


1976
Philip J. Boyne, D.M.D.
Doctor of Science

Harold H. Jeghers, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Gustav O. Lienhard, D.Sc., D.C.S.
Doctor of Science

DeWitt Stetten, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science


1975
Charles Mayo Goss, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Charles Anthony Hufnagel, M.D.
Doctor of Science

George Corbly Paffenbarger, D.D.S.
Doctor of Science

Lloyd Bruce Wescott, L.H.D.
Doctor of Science


1974
Robert A. Good, M.D., Ph.D.
Doctor of Science

John Schoof Millis, Ph.D., L.L.D., Sc.D., Litt.D.
Doctor of Science


1973
Edmund Daniel Pellegrino, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Lionel Deckle McLean, D.D.S.
Doctor of Humane Letters

Joseph Francis Volker, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Doctor of Science


1972
John S. Zapp, D.D.S.
Doctor of Science

Merlin Kearfoot Duvall, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Louis A. Saporito, D.D.S.
Doctor of Science


1971
Robert Randall Cadmus, M.D.
Doctor of Science

Selman Abraham Waksman, M.S.
Doctor of Science


1970
None


NEW JERSEY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY
(NJCMD)

1969
Robert Stewart Jason, M.D.


1968
Richard Joseph Hughes


1967
Walter Armstrong Wilson, D.D.S.

John Thomas Connor, L.L.D.


1966
None


1965
Joseph Clarence Hinsey, Ph.D.



SETON HALL

1964
The Most Reverend Martin J. O'Connor, S.T.D., J.C.D.

J. Englebert Dunphy, M.D., F.A.C.S.


1963
The Honorable Sylvester C. Smith, Jr.


1962
John G. Hervey, L.L.D.

The Honorable Richard J. Hughes


1961
The Most Reverend Lawrence Joseph Shehan, D.D.

 

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