Honorary Degrees

Five people were honored for contributions in higher education, the humanities, architecture, and public service:

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The Rev. GREGORY BOYLE, founder of Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program.

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LONNIE BUNCH III, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, who played a leading role in developing the museum’s mission and collections.

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ROBERT GEDDES, Princeton professor emeritus and first dean of the School of Architecture, who deepened the school’s connections with the humanities and social sciences.

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R. BARBARA GITENSTEIN, the first female president of The College of New Jersey and a scholar of American and Jewish literature.

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Librarian of Congress CARLA DIANE HAYDEN, the first woman and first African American to lead the institution; she has been called a “librarian freedom fighter” who champions open access.