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)