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| Recipient | Date | Doctorate Type | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dowling, Joe | March 11, 2010 | Humane Letters | Artistic Director of the Guthrie Theater |
| Jobson, Marjorie | March 11, 2010 | Humane Letters | South African human rights activist |
| Shakhnazarov, Karen | November 11, 2010 | Humane Letters | Russian cinema; president and general director of Mosfilm; academy award winner. |
| Agre, Peter | March 31, 2011 | Science | MD; discovered the elusive channels that regulate and facilitate water molecule transport through cell membranes; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; President of the American Assoc. for Advancement of Science |
| Toomas, Ilves | May 23, 2014 | Letters | President of Estonia |
| Brakstad, Knut | November 7, 2014 | Humane Letters | Private Secretary to King Harald V of Norway |
| Sukumar, Raman | May 1, 2015 | Science | Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science |
| Maslanka, David | February 12, 2017 | Fine Arts | Composer |
| Phillips, Percival Bertrand (Bert) | May 5, 2017 | Humane Letters | Civil Rights Activist; Educator; Humanitarian |
| Smith, Anna Deavere | April 4, 2019 | Arts & Humane Letters | Playwright; Actor; Educator |