2021

• Eliot Engel ’69, ’73, Doctor of Laws
• T.J. English, Doctor of Letters
• Dolores Huerta, Doctor of Humane Letters

2020

• Dr. Oxiris Barbot, Doctor of Science
• Bobby Sanabria, Doctor of Music

2019

• Mildred García, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Whitfield Lovell, Doctor of Fine Arts
• Ivan G. Seidenberg ’72, Doctor of Humane Letters

2018

• Jacob Judd, Doctor of Humane Letters

2017

• Dr. Jeffrey Gilbert ’72, Doctor of Science
• Eddie Palmieri, Doctor of Music
• Betty A. Rosa, Doctor of Humane Letters

2016

• David González, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Sonia Manzano, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Mark Messier, Doctor of Humane Letters

2015

• Tonio Burgos, Doctor of Laws
• Micki Grant ’94, Doctor of Fine Arts
• Jaime Lucero, Doctor of Commercial Science

2014

• William Aguado, Doctor of Arts
• Michael J. Balick, Doctor of Science
• Valerie S. Capers, Doctor of Music

2013

• Frances Beinecke, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Fernando Picó, Doctor of Humane Letters

2012

• Albert P. Carey, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Karen Musalo, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Shirley Rodríguez-Remeneski, Doctor of Humane Letters

2011

• Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Doctor of Laws
• Johnny Pacheco, Doctor of Music
• Erasto Torres, Doctor of Commercial Science

2010

• Mark C. Pigott, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Elena V. Ríos, Doctor of Science
• Nina Sundell, Doctor of Fine Arts

2009

• Steve Mirsky, Doctor of Science
• William M. Wheeler, Doctor of Humane Letters

2008

• Margaret K. Bruce, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Woodie King Jr., ’96, Doctor of Humane Letters

2007

• Judith Ortiz Cofer, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Spencer Foreman, Doctor of Science
• Adam Guettel, Doctor of Music
• Judith Malina, Doctor of Fine Arts
• Peter D. Roos, Doctor of Humane Letters

2006

• Tatsuo Tanaka, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dave Valentín, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Lucius Walker Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Jody Williams, Doctor of Humane Letters

2005

• Elias Karmon, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Olara Otunnu, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Deborah C. Wright, Doctor of Humane Letters

2004

• Willie Colón, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Hugh B. Price, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Sorosh Roshan, Doctor of Science

2003

• Ricardo E. Alegría, Doctor of Arts
• Arnold L. Mitchem, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Louis Sito, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Marta Tienda, Doctor of Humane Letters

2002

• June Bingham Birge, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Fernando Ferrer, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Joseph N. Hankin, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Leonel Fernández Reyna, Doctor of Laws

2001

• Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Doctor of Humane Letters

2000

• Rubén Blades, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Serafin U. Mariel, Doctor of Humane Letters

1999

• Edward D. Miller, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Sonia Sotomayor, Doctor of Laws

1998

• José A. Cárdenas, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Orin Lehman, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Ernest W. Michel, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Ghillean T. Prance
• Bill Richardson

1997

• Glen T. Nygreen, Doctor of Humane Letters

1996

• Leonard Lief, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Samuel Sanders, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Javier Tejada, Doctor of Science
• Graciela Rivera de Zumchak, Doctor of Humane Letters

1995

• David Levering Lewis, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Anne A. Paolucci, Doctor of Humane Letters

1994

• Maryse Condé, Doctor of Humane Letters
• César A. Perales, Doctor of Laws
• Mario G. Salvadori, Doctor of Humane Letters

1993

• Maristella de Panizza Lorch, Doctor of Humane Letters

1992

• Paule Burke Marshall, Doctor of Humane Letters
• John Patterson Jr., Doctor of Laws
• Robert C. Weaver, Doctor of Humane Letters