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These degrees are intended to honor individuals whose significant community service, scholarly or artistic achievements are worthy of Drexel University's highest honor. The awarding of honorary degrees is intended to encourage a standard of excellence which is exemplary to students and to society.

 

 

 

 

 


2007

 

 

 

 

Edmund D. Bossone, who, with his wife, Kay, is among the leading philanthropists in Drexel's history, will receive a doctor of engineering, honoris causa. Drexel's Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center, designed by I.M. Pei, is named in honor of the Bossones. He retired as an engineer from the Philadelphia Electric Company and is a successful real estate developer and investor. He is a graduate of the Drexel Class of 1953.

 

 

 

 

 

Walter D'Alessio, vice chairman of NorthMarq Capital, a real estate investment banking firm based in Minneapolis with offices in Philadelphia, will receive a doctor of science, honoris causa. D'Alessio has more than 40 years of experience in planning, developing, financing and managing major real estate projects in Philadelphia, including 12 years as executive director of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and 10 years as executive vice president of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation. He serves on several boards of corporations, professional associations and civic groups.

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Isdell, director of aviation in Philadelphia since 2000, will receive a doctor of engineering, honoris causa. Isdell oversees Philadelphia International Airport, the nation's ninth-busiest airport. His commitment to passenger comfort and convenience has been the PIA's hallmark in the post-9/11 era. Isdell was named Airport Director of the Year by Airport Revenue News magazine in 2003. He received the March of Dimes Service to Humanity Award in 2003 and the Multicultural Affairs Congress' Industry Appreciation Award in 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

Solomon “Kal” Rudman, a music and show business pioneer and legend, will receive a doctor of humane letters, honoris causa. Rudman is the founder and publisher of six radio and music industry publications such as Friday Morning Quarterback. The Kal and Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies in Drexel's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is named in their honor. Rudman is a member of the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in Philadelphia.

 

 

 

 

 

Donna E. Shalala, the longest-serving U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, from 1993 to 2001, will receive a doctor of humane letters, honoris causa. Shalala is professor of political science and president of the University of Miami and has more than 25 years of experience as a scholar, teacher and administrator. She is a leading scholar on the political economy of state and local governments and has held tenured professorships at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin and City University of New York.

 

 
2007 Health Sciences
 

 

 

 

 

Heinz Drexel, M.D., Doctor of Letters, honoris causa.
Professor of medicine and chairman of the Department of Medicine of the General Hospital of Feldkirch, the leading hospital of the most western province of Austria , Vorarlberg. He is also a professor at the University of Liechtenstein. He is also a professor at the University of Liechtenstein. Throughout his career, the main topic of Dr. Drexel's research has been clinical medicine, with a focus on lipoprotein physiology and pathology, diabetes, obesity and coronary heart disease.

 

 

 

 

 

Steven A. Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., Doctor of Letters, honoris causa.
General internist and sociologist with more than 25 years of experience in academic medicine. In 2005 he was named the third president of the Association of Academic Health Centers, which seeks to improve the nation's healthcare system by mobilizing and enhancing the strengths and resources of academic health centers. He remains Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

 
2006

Norman R. Augustine, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
Retired president and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin and chairman and chief operating officer of its predecessor, Martin Marietta Corporation
Commencement Remarks

 

Earle I. Mack, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
Former ambassador to Finland
Commencement Remarks

 

Sharon Pinkenson, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office
Commencement Remarks

 

William T. Schleyer, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa
Served as chairman and chief executive officer of Adelphia Communications Corporation, recently acquired by Time Warner and Comcast
Commencement Remarks

 

Paul J. Stonely, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Advocate for a Unique Educational Model
President of the National Commission for Cooperative Education
Commencement Remarks

 

2006 Health Sciences


Dr. Lori Alvord, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Associate dean of student and multicultural affairs and assistant professor of surgery and psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, and a board-certified practicing general surgeon. She is also the first Navajo woman to become a surgeon.

 

Dr. Wilma Bulkin Spiegel, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Pioneered the hospice movement in the United States and is the leading authority on the healing powers of art and its importance in educating physicians and health professionals.
 

2005


Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
Founder of one of the leading economics journals, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
 

John Roberts '67, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
Director for Vonage
 

Dr. Alan G. MacDiarmid, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry
 

John A. Nyheim, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Investment counsel for Nyheim & Associates
 

Manuel Stamatakis, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
PHEC chairman
 

James Lipton, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Archivist for the Craft of Acting
 

2005 Health Sciences

 

Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis, Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa
Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), editor-in-chief of Scientific Publications and Multimedia Applications and professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Dr. David C. Leach, Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa
Executive director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

     


2004

 

 


Lynn Fritz,Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Founder, director general of the Fritz Institute
   


Joseph Jacovini, Esq., Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Chairman of Dilworth Paxson LLP and chairman of the Drexel University Board of Trustees

   


Victoria Principal, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Entrepreneur, businessperson, author, film and television producer and a star of the highly successful CBS series Dallas

   


Richard C. Goodwin, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Drexel alumnus (‘48) and chairman of Goodwin Enterprises

   


Peter Nero, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Two-time Grammy Award-winning pianist and founder of the world-renowned Philly Pops

   


Suzanne Roberts, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Emmy Award-winning television creator and host of cable TV's Seeking Solutions with Suzanne

   


Eugene Garfield, Ph.D., Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Founder of The Scientist


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2004 HEALTH SCIENCES



William Hardy Hendren III, M.D., Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa
Chief of Surgery Emeritus, Children's Hospital Boston; Robert E. Gross Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

   


Mark Morocco, M.D., Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Medical Supervisor and Staff Writer, ER and Third Watch; Clinical instructor in emergency medicine, UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine

   


Harry J. Aponte, MSW, LCSW, LMFT, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Clinical associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions' couple and family therapy program and internationally acclaimed family therapist


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2003

 


John Bogle, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
Founder and former chairman of The Vanguard Group

   


Chris Matthews, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Broadcast journalist

   


John W. Rowe
, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
President and CEO of Exelon Corporation

   


Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov, Doctor of Engineering Science, honoris causa
President of the Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia

   


Patti LaBelle, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Grammy winning singer, best-selling author and humanitarian


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2003 HEALTH SCIENCES

 


Dr. Uwe Reinhardt, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
James Madison Professor of Political Economy and professor of economics at Princeton University

 

Estelle Richman, Doctor of Public Service, honoris causa
Secretary of the PA Department of Public Welfare


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2002

 


Henry I. Boreen '56, '58, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa, Doctor of Engineering Science, honoris causa
Chairman of the Board, Combex, Inc.
 

Joyce F. Byers '63, D. Business, Doctor of Business, honoris causa
Co-founders of Byers' Choice, LTD

 

Robert L. Byers '65, Doctor of Business, honoris causa
Co-founders of Byers' Choice, LTD

 

Christos M. Cotsakos, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
Chairman and CEO of E*Trade Financial, the global leader in online personal financial services
 

F. Albert Cotton '49, D.Sc., Doctor of Science , honoris causa
Welch Foundation Chair Distinguished Professor and director of the Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding, Texas A&M University
 

Andrew N. Farnese, Esq., Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Philadelphia civic leader and former president of the Philadelphia
Board of Education

 

Antoinette P. Westphal '59, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
Founders of Vertex, Inc.


 

Rainer J. Westphal '59, Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa
Founders of Vertex, Inc.


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2002 HEALTH SCIENCES

 


Dr. Richard Corlin, Doctor of Laws , honoris causa
President, American Medical Association

 

Dr. Lucille Joel, RN, Ed.D. F.A.A.N., Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
International Council of Nurses


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2001

 


Hon. Dimitris L. Avramopoulos, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Mayor of Athens
 

Charles H. “Chuck” Barris, '53, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Television Pioneer
 


Michael D. Capellas, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
CEO of Compaq

 

Yuan-Cheng Fung, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering at University of California-San Diego
 


Brian L. Hawkins, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
President of EDUCAUSE

 

Hon. Sandra Schultz Newman, '59, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice


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2001 HEALTH SCIENCES

 


J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa
President and Chief Scientific Officer of Celera Genomics

 

Robert G. Sharrar, M.D., M.Sc., Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa
Director of the Division for Disease Prevention


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2000

 


Robert W. Bogle, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
President & CEO, The Philadelphia Tribune

 


George W. Campbell, Jr., Doctor of Science, honoris causa
President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

 


Robin Chandler Duke, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Global human rights advocate

 


Michael Graves, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Internationally renowned architect and designer

 


Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.,Doctor of Science, honoris causa
CEO of PECO Energy Co.


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2000 HEALTH SCIENCES

 


Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa
Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

 

Walter Tsou, M.D., M.P.H., Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa
Commissioner of Health for the City of Philadelphia
 

Willard P. Green, Ph.D., Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa
Commissioner of Health for the City of Philadelphia


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1999

 


George M. Ross '55, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Senior director of Sachs and Co.

 


Mary E. Hagerty, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Wife of the late William Walsh Hagerty

 


Joseph M. Segel, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
QVC founder

 


Brian W. Clymer, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa
Vice President of External Affairs for Prudential Insurance Company of America
New Jersey State Treasurer from January 1994 until June 1997

 


Harold A. Sorgenti, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa
Co-founder, Freedom Chemical Company

 


Hon. John D. Goeken, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Telecommunications pioneer

 


Chaka Fattah, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Congressman

 


Bill Blass, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
American fashion designer


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1999 HEALTH SCIENCES

 


C. Everett Koop, M.D., Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Surgeon General
 

Mabel H. Morris, R.N., M.A.,
Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa
Surgeon General


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1998

 


Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Archbishop of Philadelphia

 


John C. Brown, '65, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory

 


James B. Hayes, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
President and Chief Executive Officer Junior Achievement, Inc.

 


John A. Kroll, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company

 


Bennett S. LeBow '60, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brooke Group, Ltd.

 


N. Joseph Woodland '47, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa
Inventor Product Code Technology


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1997

 


Paul Baran '49, Doctor of Science in Engineering, honoris causa
Chairman of the Board COM21 Incorporated
 

David L. Cohen, Esq., Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Partner and Chairman-Elect Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
 

Lewis L. Coriell, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
President Emeritus Coriell Institute for Medical Research
 

Francis K. Davis, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Dean Emeritus, College of Science Drexel University
 

Mae Cadwalder Hollenback, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Trustee Emerita Drexel University
 

Hon. Curt Weldon, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Congressman
 


Kyle W. Will '52, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
President and Chief Executive Officer Delaware Valley Liebert Incorporated


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1996

 

 


Christine James-Brown, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
President and Chief Professional Officer, United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania

 

Edward G. Rendell, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Mayor, City of Philadelphia
 

Joseph F. Rocereto '31, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Senior Partner, retired, Joseph F. Rocereto and Company
 

Milton C. Shaw '38, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa
Professor of Engineering Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University
 

Richard L. Smoot
, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa
Chairman, Academy of Music
 

Michael McCary, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Nate Morris
, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Wanya Morris
, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Shawn Stockman
, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Vocalists for the Grammy Award winning group Boyz II Men

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1995
James E. Marley '63, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa
Chairman of the Board, AMP Incorporated
 
James A. Unruh, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Unisys Corporation
 

Robert Whiting, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Educator and Musician

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1994
Jean Burhardt Kelfeler, Doctor of Pedagogy, honoris causa
Independent Management Consultant
 

Warren V. Musser, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Safeguard Scientifics. Inc.
 
Joyce Carol Oates, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Author and Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor, Princeton University
 
Raymond W. Smith, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bell Atlantic Corporation
 

Miles Willard, Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Founder, Owner, and President, Miles Willard Company

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1993
James S. Brady, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Handgun Control, Inc. and the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
Sarah Kemp Brady, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Handgun Control, Inc. and the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
Albert Carnesale, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy
Mary Scullion, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
President of Project H.O.M.E.

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1992

Elaine L. Chiao, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Elaine M. Garzarelli, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Doctor of Science, honoris causa

John Sculley, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Bernard C. Watson, Doctor of Pedagogy, honoris causa

Issac L. Auerbach, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

D. Alan Bromley, Doctor of Science, honoris causa

William H. Cosby, Jr., Doctor of Pedagogy, honoris causa

Ernestine Jackson Rouse, Doctor of Pedagogy, honoris causa

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1991

Col. Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Doctor of Science, honoris causa

Angier Biddle Duke, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Anthony Drexel Duke, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Joseph F. Ford, Doctor of Pedagogy, honoris causa

Georges Perrier, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

Susan Seidelman, D.F.A., honoris causa

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1990

Norman C. Francis, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Barbara Hackman Frankin, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

Alice Schumacher Hill, Doctor of Pedagogy, honoris causa

George Hill, Doctor of Pedagogy, honoris causa

Margaret E. Kuhn, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Richard D. Lamm, Doctor of Public Administration, honoris causa

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1989 - 1980

1989

Robert P. Casey, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Vartan Gregorian, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Ernset L. Boyer, Ed.D.

James DePreist, D.F.A.

Terry Gross, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Thomas G. Labrecque, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

G. William Zuspan, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

1988

Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Judith S. Eaton, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Michael K. Hooker, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

John D. Rittenhouse, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

1987

Hugh Rodney Sharp, Jr., Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

James P. Bagian, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

Nicholas DeBenedictis, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

Grace Murray Hooper, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

John Archibald Wheeler, Doctor of Science, honoris causa

Hobart G. Cawood, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

1986

Carl Elliot Dranoff, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

William Herbert Gray III, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Tsung-Dao Lee, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Carole Stein Hochman, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

1985

Augusta Alexander Clark, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Marjorie Eunice Rankin, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Robert Mayer White, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

Edward Graham Jefferson, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

1984

William Walsh Haggerty, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

Joseph L. Carley, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

Peter J. Liacouras, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Samuel J. Korman, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

Edward Donley, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

1983

Constance Elaine Clayton, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Harold Mathews Myers, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

Joseph George Sikora, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Richard Thornburgh, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

1982

Herman R. Branson, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Cynthia S. Calhoun, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Joseph S. Mozino, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

M. Russell Wehr, Doctor of Science, honoris causa

Robert E. Turner, Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

1981

Sadie T.M. Alexander, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Mrs. Harold G. Scheie, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

Andrew L. Lewis, Jr., Doctor of Science in Commerce, honoris causa

S. Herbert Raynes, Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa

1980

Livingston Ludlow Biddle, Jr. Doctor of Letters, honoris causa

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