Honorary Degree Recipients

• Bernie Sanders (speaker), U.S. Senator from Vermont, Doctor of Laws
• Arthur “Art” P. Girard, Business Leader and Philanthropist, Doctor of Laws

• Ronald A. Crutcher, D.M.A., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Elizabeth A. McLellan, M.S.N, M.P.H., D.M.S. ‘19, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
• David Evans Shaw, M.B.A., Doctor of Science

• Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D., director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Judy Glickman Lauder, Internationally Recognized Photographer, Humanitarian, and Philanthropist, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
• Janet T. Mills, J.D., Governor of Maine, Honorary Doctor of Laws

• Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D., Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences (Psychology), Amherst College, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

• Freeman A. Hrabowski III, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

• Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, Jr., Professor, Emory University and Director of the Religion Department, Chautauqua Institution, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

• Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, President/CEO, Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
• Michael McCarthy, Principal, King Middle School, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

• Gregory W. Powell, J.D., CEO/President of Dexter Enterprises, Inc, and Chairman of the Harold Alfond Foundation, Honorary Doctor of Laws

• Wesley McNair, Poet Laureate of Maine, Honorary Doctor of Letters

• Chellie Pingree, U.S. Representative, Honorary Doctor of Laws
• Theodora J. Kalikow, Ph.D., Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

• Michael Michaud, U.S. Representative, Honorary Doctor of Laws

• Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D, Honorary Doctor of Science

• Dr. Rita Colwell, Honorary Doctor of Science

• Former Governor John McKernan, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Victor McKusick, Honorary Doctor of Science
• Vincent McKusick, Honorary Doctor of Laws

• Neil Rolde, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Bernard Osher, Doctor of Laws

• Paul Wescott, Doctor of Laws
• A. Leroy Greason, Ph D, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Claire Van Ummersen, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Ambassador Aziz Mekouar, Doctor of Laws

• Ambassador Christopher R. Thomas, Honorary Doctor of Laws

• Daniel Wathen (speaker), Doctor of Laws
• Bettsanne Holmes, Doctor of Laws
• Wilma Redman, Doctor of Laws

• Congressman Tom Allen (speaker), U.S. Congressman, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. Franklin Littell, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Owen Wells, Doctor of Laws

• Jack S. Ketchum, Doctor of Humane Letters
• William Cotter, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Susan Collins (speaker), U.S. Senator from Maine, Doctor of Laws
• Laurence Ianni, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Si Kahn, Ph.D., Doctor of Health Sciences

• Admiral Jack Hayes, Doctor of Laws

University Campus:

• Marvin Wachman, Ph.D. (speaker), Chancellor, Temple University, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. James Ronan, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters

Westbrook College Campus:

• Patrick Swygert (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• Mary Grefe, Doctor of Laws

• Olympia Snowe (speaker), U.S. Senator from Maine, Doctor of Laws
• Barbara Weisberger, Founder of Pennsylvania Ballet, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Judge Raymond Broderick, Federal Judge, Doctor of Laws

• Judith Isaacson (speaker), Holocaust Survivor, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Mary Sarton, Author/Poet, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Charlene Rydell, State Legislator, Doctor of Laws
• Alexander Theroux, Author, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Sister Priscille Roy, Missonary, Doctor of Laws

• Rev. John Brooks (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• Antonine Maillet, Ph.D., Doctor of Laws

• Thomas Andrews (speaker), Doctor of Laws
• Louis Rabineau, Ed.D. , Doctor of Humane Letters
• Robert Gardiner, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters

• Dorothy Cotton (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• James Williams, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rudolfo Anaya, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Marie Gadsden, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Nancy T. Watts, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Honorable Robert E. White, Doctor of Humane Letters

• George Mitchell (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• Gene Leroy Schwilck, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Wilson Hurley, L.L.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Andrew McGuire (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• A. Poulin, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Gavin Ruotolo, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Dr. David Matthews (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Audrey Cohen, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Marian Wright Edelman Daniel B. Merriam, Master of Humane Letters
• Matina Souretis Horner, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dodge Morgan (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• Anthony Gelardi & Paul Gelardi Doctor of Economics
• James L. Moody Jr., Doctor of Economics

• Wilma Pearl Mankiller (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters

• Associate Justice Caroline D. Glassman, Doctor of Laws
• Ms. Eunice Spooner, Master of Humane Letters

• Governor Joseph E. Brennan (speaker), Doctor of Economics
• Francis T. Spencer, Doctor of Economics
• Marguerite Kyte, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Henry W. Aplington, Jr., Ph.D., Doctor of Science
• Arthur Elliott Levine (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• Conrad Grondin, Doctor of Economics

• Geoffrey Peter Faux, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Bruce Hangen, Degree of Fine Arts
• Dr. Kingsley Kay, Doctor of Science
• James Russell Wiggins (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters

• Honorable William S. Cohen (speaker), Doctor of Laws
• Elsa Marie Meder, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Charles W. Sauter, II, D.O., Doctor of Humane Letters

• William J. Caldwell (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• Honorable Elmont S. Tyndale, Doctor of Humane Letters

• F. Stephen Larrabee, Ph.D. (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters

• Benjamin M. Ziegler, Ph.D. (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters

• Mary D. Merrill, Distinguished Service Award, (No Honorary Degree Offered)

• Robert J. Lurtsema, B.S., Doctor of Humane Letters

• Dr. Scott Nearing (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters
• William F. Kearns Jr., Doctor of Public Service

• Robert E. L. Strider, Ph.D., President of Colby College, Doctor of Humane Letters
• The Honorable William B. Hathaway, U.S. Senator from Maine, Doctor of Laws
• Reverend Paul C. Reinert (speaker), President of St. Louis University, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Rev. Robert J. White, Msgr., Doctor of Laws
• The Honorable Edward Thaxter Gignoux, Doctor of Laws
• Dr. Kenneth E. Eble (speaker), Doctor of Humane Letters

• Dr. Richard Weigle(speaker), President of St. John's University, Doctor of Humane Letters

• The Honorable Kenneth M. Curtis (speaker), Doctor of Laws
• The Honorable Thomas J. Paolino, Assoc. Justice of Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Doctor of Laws
• William S. Huber, Professor Emeritus at Rhode Island School of Design, Doctor of Laws

• Dr. Edward Y. Blewett, President of Westbrook Junior College, Doctor of Laws
• Sterling Dow, Ph.D., Professor of Archeology at Harvard College, Doctor of Humane Letters
• The Honorable James L. Farmer (speaker), Asst. Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Doctor of Humane Letters

• The Honorable Frank Licht (speaker), Governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, Doctor of Laws
• Rt. Rev. Frederick Barton Wolf, Episcopal Diocese of Maine, Doctor of Laws
• Mr. Waldemar A. Roebuck, President of North American Federation of the Third Order of St. Francis, Doctor of Humane Letters

• Mr. Edwin D. Canham (speaker), Editor-in-Chief, Christian Science Monitor, Doctor of Laws
• Rt. Rev. Msgr Adrien G. Verrette, Pastor, St. Georgie's Church, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Mr. Carl Burton Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Doctor of Law

• The Most Rev. Peter Leo Gerety, Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Doctor of Laws
• Dr. Donald M. MacKenzie (speaker), President of Park College, Doctor of Laws

• Mr. Lionel B. Kavanagh, President of Standard Tool Company, Doctor of Science
• Rev. Bernard Haring (speaker), Department of Religious Studies, Brown University, Doctor of Laws

• Mr. J. Henri Goguen, President General of L'Union St-Jean-Baptiste d'Amerique, Doctor of Laws
• Most Rev. Ernest Primeau (speaker), Bishop of Manchester, Doctor of Laws
• Rev. Sister M. Carmel Therriault, President of St. Joseph's College, Doctor of Education
• Bro. Cajetan J. B. Baumann, O.F.M., Doctor of ScienceMr. Harold D. Carroll, Esq., Doctor of Laws
• Very Rev. Luke M. Chabot, O.F.M. Minister Provincial, Doctor of Laws

• Rt. Rev. Msgr. Armand E. Cyr, Holy Rosary Rectory, Doctor of Education
• Dr. John W. McDeVitt (speaker), Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Doctor of Laws

• Rev. Georges-Albert Laplante, O.F.M. Doctor of Letters
• Dr. Robert H. McCarn Doctor of Letters
• Dr. Philip Lambert (speaker)

• Most Rev. Daniel J. Feeney, Bishop of Portland, Doctor of Laws
• Rev. Fernand Porter, O.F.M., Doctor of Letters

• Joseph E. Sullivan, Sr., Doctor of Letters
• Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Doctor of Law
• Dr. Joseph R. Larochelle, Doctor of Letters
• Rev. Edward V. Stanford (speaker), Doctor of Education