Honorary Degrees

Notre Dame de Namur University has been fortunate to be associated with a wide variety of individuals who have enhanced the life of the University and the larger community. These individuals embody NDNU’s mission and values through their careers, community service, and leadership. This distinctive group includes alumni as well as friends of the University and other community members who have made their mark locally or worldwide.

For their contributions, NDNU has proudly bestowed honorary degrees upon the following individuals. We applaud and commend them for their achievements.

Recipients

2012: Abbas Milani, Doctor of Humane Letters
2011: Fr. John Lo Schiavo, Doctor of Public Service
2010: Jan Yanehiro, Doctor of Public Service
2009: Barbara Radding Morgan '74, Doctor of Public Service
2008: Lorry Lokey & J. Gordon Loughlin ‘81, Doctors of Humane Letters
2007: Donald Pippin, Doctor of Humane Letters
2006: Joseph W. Cotchett, Doctor of Humane Letters
2005: Sister Dorothy Stang, SND, ‘64, Doctor of Humane Letters
2004: Sister Helen Prejean and Mike Farrell, Doctors of Public Service
2003: Charles Geschke, Doctor of Public Service
2002: Philip Bronstein, Doctor of Public Service
2001: Sister Veronica Skillin, Doctor of Humane Letters
2000: Sister Rosemarie Julie Gavin, Doctor of Humane Letters
1999: George M. Keller, Doctor of Public Service