Honorary Degree Recipients

Lehman College has presented honorary degrees to fifty-nine distinguished men and women from a variety of fields, including the arts, law, medicine, business, education, diplomacy, human rights, and public service:

• Ricardo E. Alegría (2003)
• Frances Beinecke (2013)
• June Bingham Birge (2002)
• Rubén Blades (2000)
• Margaret K. Bruce (2008)
• Tonio Burgos  (2015
• José A. Cárdenas (1998)
  
• Albert P. Carey (2012)
• Judith Ortiz Cofer (2007)
• Willie Colón (2004)
• Maryse Condé (1994)
• Frank Espada (2008)
• Margarita Cedeño de Fernández (2011)
• Fernando Ferrer (2002)
• Spencer Foreman, M.D. (2007)
• Micki Grant (2015)
• Adam Guettel (2007)
• Dr. Joseph N. Hankin (2002)
• Elias Karmon (2005)
• Woodie King, Jr. (2008)
• Orin Lehman (1998)
• Dr. David Levering Lewis (1995)
• Dr. Leonard Lief (1996)
• Jaime Lucero (2015)
• Dr. Maristella de Panizza Lorch (1993)
• Judith Malina (2007)
• Serafin U. Mariel (2000)
• Paule Burke Marshall (1992)
• Ernest W. Michel (1998)
• Edward D. Miller (1999)
• Steve Mirsky (2009)
• Arnold L. Mitchem (2003)
• Karen Musalo (2012)
• Dr. Glen T. Nygreen (1997)
• Olara Otunnu (2005)
• Johnny Pacheco (2011)
• Dr. Anne A. Paolucci (1995)
• John Patterson, Jr. (1992)
• César A. Perales (1994)
• Fernando Picó (2013)
• Mark C. Pigott (2010)
• Hugh B. Price (2004)
• Ghillean T. Prance (1998)
• Dr. Leonel Fernández Reyna (2002)
• Bill Richardson (1998)
• Elena V. Ríos, M.D. (2010)
• Shirley Rodríguez-Remeneski (2012)
• Sorosh Roshan, M.D. (2004)
• Peter D. Roos (2007)
• Mario G. Salvadori (1994)
• Samuel Sanders (1996)
• Louis Sito (2003)
• Sonia Sotomayor (1999)
• Nina Sundell (2010)
• Tatsuo Tanaka (2006)
• Dr. Javier Tejada (1996)
• Marta Tienda (2003)
• Erasto Torres (2011)
• Dave Valentín (2006)
• Lucius Walker, Jr. (2006)
• Robert C. Weaver (1992)
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer (2001)
• William M. Wheeler (2009)
• Jody Williams (2006)
• Deborah C. Wright (2005)
• Graciela Rivera de Zumchak (1996)