Six people received honorary degrees at Commencement for contributions in academia, law, economics, journalism, and public service:
BEN BERNANKE, former economics professor at Princeton and chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014.
Columbia professor and Civil War and Reconstruction scholar ERIC FONER, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011.
SHULI HU, journalist and founder of Caixin Media, which focuses on business and financial news in China. She has pushed for free expression in China through her reporting.
Retired surgeon ROBERT RIVERS JR. ’53, one of only three African American students in his class and the University’s first African American trustee.
BRYAN STEVENSON, lawyer and founder of the Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative, which advocates for social justice and human rights.
FROMA ZEITLIN, scholar of ancient Greek literature and founder of Princeton’s Program in Judaic Studies.
