No. |
Date |
Commencment Speaker |
Honorary Degree Recipients |
|---|---|---|---|
185 |
May 17, 1991 |
Peter V. Ueberroth, Investor and Entrepreneur |
Myles N. Brand ’64; D.H.L. |
Elias J. Corey; D.Sc. |
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Hanna H. Gray; LL.D. |
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Paul C. Lauterbur; D.Eng. |
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Peter V. Ueberroth; D.H.L. |
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186 |
May 15, 1992 |
Thomas L. Clancy, Jr., Author |
Thomas L. Clancy, Jr.; D.H.L. |
Gordon E. Moore; D.Eng. |
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Arno A. Penzias; D.Sc. |
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187 |
May 14, 1993 |
Robert Resnick, Professor Physics |
Ralph A. Alpher; D.Sc. |
Max E. Bleck ’50; D.Eng. |
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Arthur Eisenkraft; D.Sc. |
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Richard Selzer; D.A. |
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188 |
May 20, 1994 |
Dr. William C. W. Mow ’59, Chairman & CEO, Bugle Boy Industries |
Jewel Plummer Cobb; D.Sc. |
Mary L. Good; D.Sc. |
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David T. Kearns; D.H.L. |
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Guy W. Numan ’53; D.Eng. |
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honors convocation |
Nov. 4, 1994 |
Arthur E. Williams, ’62; D.Eng. |
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189 |
May 19, 1995 |
G. David Low, Astronaut, NASA |
Evelyn Fox Keller; D.H.L. |
G. David Low; D.Eng. |
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James W. Mitchell; D.Sc. |
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Arati Prabhakar; D.Eng. |
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190 |
May 17, 1996 |
Peter Eio, President, Lego Systems, Inc. |
Philip M. Condit; D.Eng. |
Peter Eio; LL.D. |
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Gertrude B. Elion; D.Sc. |
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Dean Kamen; D.Eng. |
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Wynton Marsalis; D.F.A. |
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191 |
May 16, 1997 |
Roland Schmidt, former president of RPI |
Cindy J. Boyd; D.Sc. |
James H. Clark; D.Eng. |
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Marcel J. Crochet; D.Eng. |
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Roland W. Schmitt; D.Eng. |
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Merritt Roe Smith; D.H.L. |
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192 |
May 15, 1998 |
Michael E. Herman ’62, President, Kansas City Royals |
Michael E. Herman; D.H.L. |
William J. LeMessurier; D.Eng. |
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Nam June Paik; D.F.A. |
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Paul A. Samuelson; D.Sc. |
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193 |
May 14, 1999 |
William S. Nye aka Bill Nye the Science Guy, Scientist/Inventor/Comedian/Author |
Robert W. Galvin; D.Eng. |
William S. Nye; D.Sc. |
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194 |
May 13, 2000 |
Rodney E. Slater, Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Transportation |
Don L. Anderson ’55; D.Sc. |
Daniel S. Goldin; D.Eng. |
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195 |
May 12, 2001 |
William H. Cosby Jr., Actor/Comedian/Educator |
Vinton G. Cerf; D.Eng. |
William H. Cosby Jr.; D.A.&H.L. |
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William J. Wilson; LL.D. |
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196 |
May 18, 2002 |
Dennis A. Tito ’64, Civilian Space Traveller |
Robert T. Farrelly ’81; D.A.&H.L. |
Claire M. Fraser ’77; D.Sc. |
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Ruth J. Simmons; D.Eng. |
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Dennis A. Tito ’64; D.Eng. |
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197 |
May 17, 2003 |
Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Director of Pediatric
Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions |
Benjamin S. Carson Sr.; D.Sc. |
Donna E. Shalala; LL.D. |
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Morris Silverman; LL.D. |
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Richard E. Smalley; D.Sc. |
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Robert M. Solow, Ph.D. |
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honors convocation |
Oct. 26, 2003 |
Joseph L. Bruno; LL.D. |
|
198 |
May 15, 2004 |
Robert Metcalfe, Internet Pioneer, Polaris Venture Partners |
George Bugliarello; D.A.&H.L. |
Donald B. Keck; D.Sc. |
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Robert M. Metcalfe; D.Eng. |
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Charles H. Thornton; D.Eng. |
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199 |
May 20, 2005 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator, New York;
former First Lady of the U.S. |
Hillary R. Clinton; LL.D. |
Robert T. Coonrod; LL.D.Joe |
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Joé Juneau; D.H.L. |
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Samuel J. Malmisano; D.H.L. |
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Paul A. Volcker; LL.D. |
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200 |
May 21, 2006 |
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, CEO, Wesley K. Clark & Associates |
Peter Q. Boblin ’58: D.A. |
Santiago Calatrava; D.A. |
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Wesley K. Clark; LL.D. |
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Frederick W. Smith; LL.D. |
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201 |
May 19, 2007 |
Thomas Friedman, Best-selling Author;
Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, New York Times |
Thomas L. Friedman; D.H.L. |
Don Hewitt; D.H.L. |
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Mae C. Jemison; D.Eng. |
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202 |
May 17, 2008 |
David Gergen, Political Analyst, Editor, Best-selling Author, and Harvard Professor |
Charles F. Bolden Jr.; D.Eng. |
David R. Gergen; LL.D. |
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Shirley M. Tilghman; D.Sc. |
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203 |
May 16, 2009 |
Peter Schwartz '68, Futurist, Business Strategist, Author and Co-founder of Global Business Network |
Kenneth I. Chenault; LL.D. |
Samuel Josefowitz ’42; D.Eng. |
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Robert C. Richardson; D.Sc. |
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Peter Schwartz; D.H.L. |
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204 |
May 29, 2010 |
Peter R. Orszag, noted economist and director of the Office of Mangagement and Budget |
Robert S. Langer; D.Eng. |
Peter R. Orszag; LL.D. |
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Neil deGrasse Tyson; D.Sc. |
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Harold E. Varmus; D.Sc. |
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205 |
May 28, 2011 |
Regina M. Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General and Vice Admiral |
Regina M. Benjamin; D.H.L. |
G. Wayne Clough; D.Eng. |
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Samuel F. Heffner Jr ’56; D.H.L. |
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206 |
May 26, 2012 |
Barton J. Gordon, Former U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee Chairman |
Stephen Chu; D.Sc. |
Edward A. Feigenbaum; D.Eng. |
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Bart J. Gordon; LL.D. |
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Steven J. Sasson ’77; D.Eng. |
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Hon. Antonin Scalia;LL.D. |