Honorary Degree Recipients May 2016 Graduation Marin Alsop Music Director Baltimore Symphony Orchestra December 2015 Graduation Francis S. Soistman, Jr. Executive Vice President Aetna May 2014 Graduation Mary Ellen Barbera Chief Judge Court of Appeals of Maryland May 22, 2013 Graduation Dr. P. M. Forni Co -Founder, The Johns-Hopkins Civility Project Professor Johns Hopkins University May 25, 2012 Graduation Mr. William Owens Executive Director CBS News, 60 Minutes Honorary Bachelor of Arts Ms. Vivienne Shub *Deceased January 8, 2012 Graduation Ms. Judith Jamison Artistic Director Emerita The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Mr. Frank Bramble, Sr. Retired Banking Executive May 26, 2011 Graduation Mr. Taylor Branch Author May 19, 2010 Graduation Mr. David H. Nevins President Nevins & Associates May 22, 2009 Graduation Dr. Charles Reed Retired Chancellor The California State University December 15, 2009 (Private Ceremony) Mr. Willard Hackerman President and CEO Whiting-Turner Contracting Company *Deceased May 21, 2008 Graduation Mr. Edward V. Badolato President & CEO Integrated Infrastructure Analytics, Inc. *Deceased May 23, 24, 25, 2007 Graduation Mr. Edwin F. Hale, Sr. Retired Chairman and CEO 1st Mariner Bancorps Mr. John B. Schuerholz President Atlanta Braves Ms. Phyllis B. Brotman Former President Image Dynamics, Inc. *Deceased May 22, 2006 Graduation Mr. Sae Joo Chang Chairman and CEO Dongkuk Steel Mill Co.’s May 22, 2005 Graduation The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta Former Secretary of Transportation U. S. Department of Transportation Mr. Steve Burch Chairman of the Board University of Maryland Medical System June 5, 2004 – The First World Guitar Congress Mr. Les Paul Musician and Composer *Deceased May 21,2003 Graduation Ms. Molly Smith Artistic Director Arena Stage January 6, 2002 for December 2001 Graduates Dr. Charles Moskos Professor, Department of Sociology
Northwestern University *Deceased May 23/24, 2001 Graduation Mr. Gordon Parks *Deceased Dr. Constantine W. Curris Retired President American Association of State Colleges & Universities The Honorable Nancy K. Kopp State Treasurer State of Maryland Treasurer's Office Goldstein Treasury Building Mr. Barry Rascovar Deputy Editorial Page Editor The Sun January 7, 2001/December 2000 Graduation George D. Nelson, Ph.D. Professor, Physics and Astronomy Western Washington University Dr. John Kim Niparko, MD Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology University of Southern California May 24/25, 2000 The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Former Lt. Governor of the State of Lloyd J. Kolbe, Ph.D. Former Director, Division of Adolescent and School Health National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Carol Geary Schneider President, Association of and Universities Susan C. Keating President and CEO Nat'l Foundation for Credit Counseling, Inc. January 9, 2000 for December 1999 Graduates The Honorable Howard P. Rawlings Maryland House of Delegates *Deceased Dr. Richard P. Chait Professor of Higher Education, of Education May 23/24 1999 Admiral Charles R. Larson, USN (Ret.) *Deceased May 23/24 1999 Continued The Honorable Parris N. Glendening Former Governor of the State of Maryland Dr. Thomas Szasz Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse *Deceased December 20, 1998 Dr. Robert W. Deutsch Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Director RWD Applied Technology Laboratory Dr. Robert Zemsky Chair, Learning Alliance for Higher Education Graduate School of Education University of Pennsylvania May 27/28, 1998 Mr. Douglas L. Becker Chairman and CEO Laureate Education, Inc. Mr. A. B. Krongard Mr. Arthur B. Modell Owner and President Ravens *Deceased January 4, 1998 for December 1997 Graduates Mr. George Jochum Mr. John Erickson Founder, Erickson Living May 22, 1997 Rear Admiral P. Michael Ratliff Director for Intelligence of the Office of Naval Intelligence May 22, 1997 continued Professor Shozo Sato Professor Emeritus University of Illinois
May, 1990 Dr. Joseph Cox Former President Southern Oregon State College January, 1990 Dr. Michael Daxner President University of Oldenburg (Germany) May, 1989 I(rving) King Jordan Former President, Galluadet University January, 1989 Mr. Park She-Jik, President Olympic Organizing Committee Mr. Robert Ward Author, Screenwriter and Former Co-Producer of Miami Vice May, 1988 Dr. Patricia Plante, Former President of Southern Maine January, 1988 The Honorable Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Former United States Senator *Deceased May, 1987 Dr. Rhoda M. Dorsey President College *Deceased January 1987 Dr. Harold Delaney Associate Executive Director American Association of & Universities *Deceased May, 1986 Dr. Phoebe Stanton Art Historian Critic, Writer and Professor Emeritus The University *Deceased January, 1986 Dr. Timothy Healy President, Georgetown University *Deceased May, 1985 Mr. Robert S. Duvall Actor Dr. Mark Curtis President Association of American Colleges *Deceased January, 1985 Mr. Louis L. Goldstein Comptroller of the Treasury for the State of Maryland *Deceased Dr. Monroe Lerner Research Consultant & Professor Emeritus Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public Health May, 1984 Mr. John H. Murphy President of Afro-American Newspapers *Deceased Mr. Benjamin R. Civiletti Attorney at Law and former Attorney General of the U.S. Senior Partner & Past Chair Venable, LLP January, 1984 Mr. Thomas Hunter Lowe Judge Court of Special Appeals *Deceased Mr. Reginald Murphy Former President and Publisher Sunpapers May, 1983 Ms. Grace Hartigon Artist *Deceased Mr. Jacob Rabinow Engineer, Inventor *Deceased Dr. Martha Church