Note: All names denoted by * are Fordham alumni.
2017 Honorary Degree Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Degree |
Occupation |
| Anne |
Anderson |
L.H.D. |
Ambassador of Ireland to the United States |
| Joseph |
Cammarosano |
L.H.D. |
Professor Emeritus of Economics, Fordham University |
| Anthony |
Carter |
L.H.D. |
Former Vice President, Global Diversity & Inclusion, and Chief Diversity Officer, Johnson & Johnson |
| Michael |
Dowling |
L.H.D. |
President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwell Health |
| Jane |
Iannucelli |
L.H.D. |
President of the Sisters of Charity |
| Gregory |
Long |
L.H.D. |
Chief Executive Officer and the William C. Steere Sr. President of the New York Botanical Garden |
| Cardinal Óscar Andrés |
Rodríguez Maradiaga |
S.D.B., L.H.D. |
Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Head of the Pope’s Council of Cardinals |
| Eric |
Schneiderman |
S.J.D. |
Attorney General of New York |
2016 Honorary Degree Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Degree |
Occupation |
| Judith |
Altmann |
L.H.D. |
Holocaust Survivor; Vice President of the Holocaust Child Survivors of Connecticut |
| Robert |
Battle |
D.F.A. |
Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
| Gregory |
Boyle |
L.H.D. |
Executive Director, Homeboy Industries |
| Henry |
Cobb |
D.F.A. |
Founding Partner, Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners; Designer of the Fordham Law School and McKeon Residence Hall |
| Maurice |
Cunniffe |
L.H.D. |
Chairman and CEO, Vista Capital; Fordham University Trustee Emeritus |
| Patricia |
David |
L.H.D. |
Managing Director and Global Head of Diversity, JP Morgan Chase |
| Carol |
Keehan |
L.H.D. |
President and Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Health Association of the United States |
| Loretta |
Preska |
S.J.D. |
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Fordham University Trustee Fellow |
| David |
Skorton |
L.H.D. |
Secretary, Smithsonian Institute |
2015 Honorary Degree Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Degree |
Occupation |
| Douglas |
Brooks |
L.H.D. |
Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy |
| Hage G. |
Geingob* |
L.H.D. |
President, Republic of Namibia |
| Matthew |
Goldstein |
L.H.D. |
Former Chancellor, City University of New York |
| Judith |
Livingston |
L.L.D. |
Senior Partner, Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore |
| William |
Loschert* |
L.H.D. |
Chairman of ACE UK Limited; Nonexecutive Director of ACE Underwriting Agencies; former Fordham Trustee |
| Nana Lordina Dramani |
Mahama |
L.H.D. |
First Lady of the Republic of Ghana |
| Thomas |
Moore* |
L.L.D. |
Senior Partner, Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore |
| Michael |
Mullen |
L.H.D. |
Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Jaime Lucas Cardinal |
Ortega |
L.H.D. |
Archbishop of Havana |
| Eugene |
Shvidler* |
L.H.D. |
Chairman, Millhouse LLC; Executive Chairman, Highland Gold Mining, Ltd. |
| Mary Anne |
Sullivan* |
L.L.D. |
Partner, Hogan Lovells |
| Dennis |
Walcott* |
L.H.D. |
Former Chancellor, New York Public School System |
2014 Honorary Degree Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Degree |
Occupation |
| Stephen |
Bepler* |
L.H.D. |
Senior Vice President, Capital Research Global Investors, former Fordham Trustee |
| Yvonne |
Cagle |
L.H.D. |
US Air Force Officer; NASA Senior Astronaut Physician and Researcher |
| Denny |
Chin* |
L.L.D. |
Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Mary Alice |
Hannan, OP |
L.H.D. |
Former Executive Director, Part of the Solution |
| Nemir |
Kirdar* |
L.H.D. |
Founder, Executive Chairman and CEO, Investcorp |
| Reynold |
Levy |
L.H.D. |
President, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts |
| Archbishop Diarmuid |
Martin |
L.H.D. |
Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland |
| Constantino |
Martinez |
L.H.D. |
Former Major League Baseball All-Star, New York Yankees |
| Sonia |
Sotomayor |
L.L.D. |
Associate Justice, US Supreme Court; Author |
| Luis Antonio G. Cardinal |
Tagle |
L.H.D. |
Archbishop of Manila |
| Archbishop Rowan |
Williams |
L.H.D. |
104th Archbishop of Canterbury; Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge |
| Archbishop Anastasios |
Yannoulatos |
L.H.D. |
Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and all Albania |
2013 Honorary Degree Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Degree |
Occupation |
| Kaushik |
Basu |
L.H.D. |
Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, World Bank |
| Sally |
Bellet* |
L.L.D. |
President, Stein/Bellet Foundation |
| Preet |
Bharara |
L.L.D. |
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York |
| Dion |
DiMucci |
L.H.D. |
Musician, Dion and the Belmonts |
| Richard |
Engel |
L.H.D. |
Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News |
| Patricia |
Harris |
L.H.D. |
First Deputy Mayor, New York City |
| Paulette |
LoMonaco, RGS |
L.H.D. |
Executive Director, Good Shepherd Services |
| John |
Tognino* |
L.H.D. |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pepper Financial Group; former Merrill Lynch executive; former Executive VP, NASDAQ; Chair, Fordham Board of Trustees |
2012 Honorary Degree Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Degree |
Occupation |
| Nassir Abdulaziz |
Al-Nasser |
L.L.D. |
President, United Nations General Assembly |
| Tony |
Bennett |
L.H.D. |
Singer |
| John |
Brennan* |
L.H.D. |
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor |
| Michelle |
DePass* |
L.H.D. |
Assistant Administrator, Office of International and Tribal Affairs, US Environmental Protection Agency |
| Timothy Cardinal |
Dolan |
L.H.D. |
Archbishop of New York |
| Eugenie |
Doyle* |
L.H.D. |
Professor Emerita of Pediatric Cardiology, NYU Langone Medical Center |
| Jacqueline |
Novogratz |
L.H.D. |
Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund; Author |
| Phylicia |
Rashad |
L.H.D. |
Tony Award Winning Actress, former Denzel Washington Professor of Theatre, Fordham |
| Edolphus |
Towns |
L.H.D. |
Representative, US Congress; Leader of the Social Work Caucus |
2011 Honorary Degree Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Degree |
Occupation |
| Benigno Simeon C. |
Aquino III |
L.L.D. |
President, Republic of the Philippines |
| Glorya |
Kaufman |
L.H.D. |
Philanthropist; Founder, Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation |
| Earle I. |
Mack |
L.L.D. |
Arts advocate; businessman; former US Ambassador to Finland |
| Peter |
Pace |
L.H.D. |
Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| George E. |
Pataki |
L.L.D. |
Former Governor, State of New York |
| Steven E. |
Sanderson |
Sc.D. |
President and Chief Executive Officer, Wildlife Conservation Society; former Fordham Trustee |
| Marian |
Seldes |
L.H.D. |
Tony Award winning actress |
| Sviatoslav |
Shevchuk |
L.H.D. |
Head and Father of the Ukrainian Catholic Church |
| Alex |
Trebek |
L.H.D. |
Host, Jeopardy! |
| Brian |
Williams |
L.H.D. |
Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News |
2010 Honorary Degree Recipients
| First Name |
Last Name |
Degree |
Occupation |
| Francis M. |
Campbell |
L.H.D. |
United Kingdom Ambassador to the Holy See |
| Miguel Humberto |
Diaz |
L.H.D. |
US Ambassador to the Holy See; former professor of Theology |
| Alfonso J. "Alfy" |
Fanjul Jr.* |
L.H.D. |
Chairman and CEO, Fanjul Corporation |
| John K. |
Mara* |
L.L.D. |
President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Giants Football |
| Mary |
McAleese |
L.L.D. |
President of Ireland |
| Robert M. |
Morgenthau |
L.L.D. |
Former District Attorney of New York County |
| Richard |
Ravitch |
L.L.D. |
Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York |
