CLASS OF 2008
IMPORTANT COMMENCEMENT MESSAGE
As a class, we have been asked to nominate individuals to receive honorary degrees at our graduation in May 2008. Please consider this a wonderful opportunity to contribute to our graduation and shape Notre Dame. Please reply promptly with responses by Wednesday, May 2, the last class day. Email with any suggestions. These individuals can also be considered as our commencement speaker as well.
Excerpt from Provost message to the class:
“As you may know, during each commencement the University confers a number of honorary degrees on individuals of high distinction in recognition of their considerable contributions in their respective areas of expertise…
In addition to submitting the list of nominees… Supplementary materials such as articles from magazines, newspapers, or Who’s Who are also helpful. The final selection of honorary degree recipients and of the commencement speaker rests with Father Jenkins, who makes the selection in consultation with the Board of Trustees.
Nominees should be individuals that, in light of their outstanding accomplishments, merit receiving a Notre Dame degree. In order to assist you with selecting appropriate nominees, enclosed is a list of those who have received honorary degrees from Notre Dame in the recent past.
Understandably, persons of the quality Notre Dame seeks are also in demand elsewhere. Consequently, we are not always able to secure the presence of those we would like to honor even when negotiations with them begin a year or more in advance of the commencement date.”
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
1988 - 2007
1988
Erich Bloch - Washington, DC
James E. Burke - Brunswick, N.J.
John D'Arcy - Ft. Wayne, IN
Mary Douglas - Princeton, N.J.
Norman C. Francis - ew Orleans, LA
Bernard J. Hank, Moline, IL
Linus Pauling - Palo Alto, CA
Louis J. Putz - South Bend, IN
Bruce Ritter - New York, NY
Andrew J. Young - Atlanta, GA
1989
David P. Gardner - Berkley, CA
Robert E. Gordon - South Bend, IN
Friedrich E. P. Hirzebruch - Bonn, Germany
John F. Kennedy - Iowa City, IA
Roger M. Mahoney - Los Angeles, CA
Andrew J. McKenna - Chicago, IL
Karen McKibbin - South Bend, IN
Peter V. Ueberroth - Los Angeles, CA
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. - New York, NY
1990
Javier Perez de Cuellar - New York, NY
Kenneth Pye - Dallas, TX
Rev. George H. Clements - Chicago, IL
Ernest L. Eliel - Chapel Hill, NC
Martha R. Seger - Washington, DC
Jill Ker Conway - Milton, MA
Rutherford Aris - Minneapolis, MN
Emil T. Hofman - South Bend, IN
Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. - Newport Beach, CA
J. Richard Munro - New York, NY
Suzanne Farrell - New York, NY
William H. Cosby - Santa Monica, CA
1991
Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson - Beverly Hills, CA
Corinne (Lindy) Boggs - New Orleans, LA
Sidney DeShazo Callahan - Dobbs Ferry, NY
Raymond G. Chambers - Morristown, NJ
Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. - Miami, FL
Marva Collins - Chicago, IL
Charles J. Haughey - Dublin, IRELAND
Sr. Thomas More, C.S.C. - Notre Dame, IN
Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H. - Washington, D.C.
Jane Pauley - New York, NY
Jane C. Pfeiffer - Greenwich, CT
Rev. John R. Quinn, D.D. - San Francisco, CA
Margaret O'Brien Steinfels - New York, NY
1992
Patricio Aylwin - Santiago, Chile
His Eminence Cahal Cardinal Daly - Armaugh, IRELAND
The Honorable Wilhelmina Delco - Austin, TX
Rev. Carl F. Ebey, C.S.C. - South Bend, IN
Sister Alice Gallin, O.S.U. - Washington, DC
Dr. Maurice Goldhaber - Upton, NY
Dr. Juanita Morris Kreps - Durham, NC
Mr. William W. Pfaff - Paris, FRANCE
Dr. Chang-Lin Tien - Berkeley, CA
President George W. Bush - Washington, DC
1993
Justice Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson - Madison, WI
Mr. Thomas Brokaw - New York, NY
Governor Robert Casey - Harrisburg, PA
Mr. Thomas A. Coleman - New York, NY
Mr. Benjamin A. Cosgrove - Seattle, WA
Cahal Cardinal Daly - Armagh, IRELAND
The Honorable Carla Hills - Washington, DC
Rev. Henryk Jankowski - Gdansk, POLAND
Justice Alan Page - St. Paul, MN
Dr. Albert J. Raboteau - Princeton, NJ
Dr. Blandina Cardenas Ramirez - San Marcos, TX
Dr. John D. Roberts - Pasadena, CA
Dr. Arnold W. Weber - Evanston, IL
1994
Mrs. Erma Bombeck - Paradise Valley, AZ
Professor S.S. Chern - Berkeley, CA
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole - Atlanta, GA
Dr. James S. Coleman - Chicago, IL
Mrs. Marian Wright Edelman - Washington, DC
Mr. Shelby Foote - Memphis, TN
Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., - Urbana, IL
Mr. Newton N. Minow - Chicago, IL
The Honorable Albert Reynolds, T.D. - Dublin, IRELAND
Mr. John F. Welch - Fairfield, CT
1995
Dr. Eleanor Baum - New York, NY
Dr. James H. Billington - Washington, DC
Sister Maura Brannick, C.S.C. - South Bend, IN
His Eminence Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy - Vatican City State, EUROPE
Dr. Desire Collen, M.D. - Leuven, BELGIUM
Mr. Roberto Goizueta - Atlanta, GA
The Honorable Alan Greenspan - Washington, DC
Dr. William A. Hickey - Notre Dame, IN
Mrs. Dolores R. Leckey - Washington, DC
Dr. Condoleezza Rice - Stanford, CA
The Honorable Pedro Rossello - San Juan, PR
Mr. Ray H. Siegfried, II - Tulsa, OK
Dr. Jose Zalaquett - Santiago, CHILE
1996
Dr. William K. Blake - Bethesda, MD
Dr. Ruben A. Carriedo - San Diego, CA
Dr. Stephen L. Carter - New Haven, CT
Dr. Claire L. Gaudiani - New London, CT
Prof. Mary Ann Glendon - Cambridge, MA
Justice Richard Goldstone - The Netherlands
Mr. Jon Hassler - Minneapolis, MN
Mr. John A. Kaneb - Chelesa, MA
C.N.R. Rao - Bangalore, INDIA
Katherine Schipper - Chicago, IL
Sir John Templeton - Nassau, Bahamas
1997
Dr. David P. Billington - Princeton, NJ
Dr. Rita Frances Dove - Charlottesville, VA
The Honorable Roman Herzog - Bonn Germany
Dr. Leon M. Lederman - Batavia, IL
Adam Cardinal Maida - Detroit, MI
Mr. Arthur Martinez - Hoffman Estates, IL
Chancellor Barry Muniz - Long Beach, CA
Mr. Ara Parseghian - Granger, IN
Justice Antonin Scalia, Washington, DC
Mr. Mark Shields, Chevy Chase, MD
The Honorable Ann C. Williams - Chicago, IL
1998
Dr. William H. Beaver - Stanford, CA
Mrs. Elaine Chao - Washington, DC
Mr. Kennith I. Chenault - New York, NY
Mr. Charkes K. Fischer - Fort Worth, TX
Dr. Juliet V. Garcia - Brownsville, TX
Rev. J. Bryan Hehir - Cambridge, MA 02138
His Eminence William Cardinal Keeler - Baltimore, MD
The Honorable Joseph E. Kernan - Indianapolis, IN
Professor Saunders MacLane - Chicago, IL
Mrs. Kathleen Norris - Lemmon, SD
Dr. Charles M. Vest - Cambridge, MA
1999
Ms. Elizabeth Dole - Washington, D.C.
Mr. Aaron Feuerstein - Lawrence, MA
His Excellency Eduardo Frei Ruiz Taagle - Santiago, Chile
Mr. J. Roberto Guitierrez - San Antonio, TX
Mr. Patrick F. McCartan - Cleveland, OH
The Hon. Gabriella Kirk McDonald - The Netherlands
Mr. Regis Philbin - New York, NY
Dr. Cornelius J. Pings - Pasadena, CA
Dr. Kathleen Ross, SNJM - Toppenish, WA
Prof. John P. Schiffer - Argonne, IL
His Eminence Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka - The Vatican
2000
Secretary General Kofi Annan - New York, New York
Mrs. Connie Binsfeld - Maple City, MI
Dr. James D. Bjorken - Stanford, CA
The Most Reverend Agostino Cacciavillan - Vatican City State, Europe
Presidenta Violeta B. Chamorro - Managua, Nicaragua
Mr. Robert Goodwin - Washington, DC
Dr. Eleanor M. Josaitis - Detroit, MI
William D. Manly - Oak Ridge, TN
Mr. George Rickey - East Chatham, NY
Mr. Robert J. Welsh - Merrillville, IN
2001
Dr. John N. Bahcall - Princeton, NJ
President George W. Bush - Washington, DC
Rev. Cyprian David, OSB - Saint Meinrad, IN
Dr. Marilou Eldred - Notre Dame, IN
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. - Armonk, New York
Mr. John W. Jordan, II - Chicago, IL
William Joseph Kennedy - Averill Park, New York
The Most Reverend Guisseppe Pittau,S.J. - Vatican City State, Europe
Ms. Sara Martinez Tucker - San Francisco, CA
Dr. Andrew Viterbi - San Diego, CA
2002
Professor Margaret Bent - Oxford, United Kingdom
The Lord Browne of Madingley - London, United Kingdom
Mr. Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr. - Greenwich, CT
His Eminence Walter Cardinal Kasper - Rome, Italy
Ms. Helen Lieberman - Cape Town, South Africa
The Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain - Portland, Oregon
Mr. Sydney Pollack - Beverly Hills, California
Dr. Helen R. Quinn - Menlo Park, California
Mr. Timothy Russert - Washington, D.C.
Professor William P. Sexton - South Bend, Indiana
Mr. Patrick A. Toole - West Port, Connecticut
Ms. Cicely Tyson - New York, New York
2003
Mrs. Kathleen W. Andrews - Kansas City, Missouri
Margaret Corbett Broad (Molly) - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Roland W. Chamblee, M.D. - South Bend, Indiana
Professor Evelyn Hu-DeHart - Providence, Rhode Island
The Honorable Richard Lugar - Washington, D.C.
Professor Allen Mandelbaum - Winston Salem, North Carolina
Dr. Leslie E. Robertson - New York, New York
His Eminence Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga - Teguicigalpa, Honduras
Judge Anthony Scirica - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mr. Raúl Yzaguirre - Washington, D.C.
2004
The Honorable José A. Cabranes - New Haven, CT
Sister Anita de Luna, MCDP - San Antonio, TX
Dr. John L. Hennessy - Stanford, CA
Professor Elaine H. Kim - Oakland, CA
Mr. Terrence J. McGlinn - Wyomissing, PA
Professor Homer A. Neal - Ann Arbor, MI
Reverend Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, O.P. - Jerusalem Israel
The Honorable Alan C. Page - St. Paul, MN
Mr. James D. Sinegal - Issaquah, WA
Ms. Roxanne Spillett - Atlanta, GA
Dr. Peter Tannock - Fremantle, WA
2005
Henry Louis Aaron - Atlanta, GA
Francis Cardinal Arinze - Vatican City
Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr. - Baltimore, MD
Robert L. Carter - New York, NY
Robert Michael Conway - London, England
Jack Greenberg - New York, NY
Vartan Gregorian - New York, NY
Nathan O. Hatch - South Bend, IN
Joseph Bishop Keller - Palo Alto, CA
Reverend Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C. - Notre Dame, IN
Sonia Manzano - New York, NY
James Thomas Morris - Rome, Italy
Anne Marie Mulcahy - Rochester, NY
Steven Browning Sample - Los Angeles, CA
Carol Lally Shields - Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Edward Walther - Indianapolis, IN
2006
Landrum R. Bolling - Richmond, IN
Kevin Cahill - New York, NY
Anthony F. Earley, Jr. - Detroit, MI
Norman C. Francis - New Orleans, LA
Harper Lee - Monroeville, AL
Gil Loescher - Oxford, England
Mary McAleese - Ireland
Francis C. Oakley - Williamstown, MA
Karen Rauenhorst - Long Lake, MN
John F. “Jack” Sandner - Chicago, IL
Michael J. Sheehan - Santa Fe, NM
Matthew V. Storin - South Bend, IN
Thomas P. Sullivan - Chicago, IL
2007
Valdas Adamkus – Lithuania
Rev. P. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap. - Italy
Archbishop Elias Chacour – Israel
Mary Sue Coleman – Ann Arbor, MI
Paul Farmer – Boston, MA
Kenneth Hackett – Columbia, MD
Richard Hunt – Chicago, IL
Immaculée Ilibagiza – Long Island, NY
Jeffrey Immelt – New York, NY
Robert Kiley – New York, NY