2025 Honorary Degree Recipients
2025 Commencement Speaker Michelle Johnson, M.A., U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the ceremony.
David L. Anderson, Ph.D., former 杏吧视频 Chairman of the Board of Trustees, will also receive a honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the ceremony.
Previous Honorary Degree Recipients
2024
- Bernie Sanders (speaker), U.S. Senator from Vermont, Doctor of Laws
- Arthur 鈥淎rt鈥 P. Girard, Business Leader and Philanthropist, Doctor of Laws
2023
- Ronald A. Crutcher, D.M.A., Doctor of Humane Letters
- Elizabeth A. McLellan, M.S.N, M.P.H., D.M.S. 鈥19, Doctor of Humane Letters
2022
- Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
- David Evans Shaw, M.B.A., Doctor of Science
2021
- Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D., director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2019
- Judy Glickman Lauder, Internationally Recognized Photographer, Humanitarian, and Philanthropist, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
- Janet T. Mills, J.D., Governor of Maine, Honorary Doctor of Laws
2018
- Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D., Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences (Psychology), Amherst College, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
2017
- Freeman A. Hrabowski III, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
2016
- Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, Jr., Professor, Emory University and Director of the Religion Department, Chautauqua Institution, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
2015
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, President/CEO, Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
- Michael McCarthy, Principal, King Middle School, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
2014
- Gregory W. Powell, J.D., CEO/President of Dexter Enterprises, Inc, and Chairman of the Harold Alfond Foundation, Honorary Doctor of Laws
2013
- Wesley McNair, Poet Laureate of Maine, Honorary Doctor of Letters
2012
- Chellie Pingree, U.S. Representative, Honorary Doctor of Laws
- Theodora J. Kalikow, Ph.D., Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
2011
- Michael Michaud, U.S. Representative, Honorary Doctor of Laws
2010
- Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D, Honorary Doctor of Science
2009
- Dr. Rita Colwell, Honorary Doctor of Science
2008
- Former Governor John McKernan, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Dr. Victor McKusick, Honorary Doctor of Science
- Vincent McKusick, Honorary Doctor of Laws
2007
- Neil Rolde, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Bernard Osher, Doctor of Laws
2006
- Paul Wescott, Doctor of Laws
- A. Leroy Greason, Ph D, Doctor of Humane Letters
2005
- Claire Van Ummersen, Doctor of Humane Letters
2004
- Ambassador Aziz Mekouar, Doctor of Laws
2003
- Ambassador Christopher R. Thomas, Honorary Doctor of Laws
2002
- Daniel Wathen (speaker), Doctor of Laws
- Bettsanne Holmes, Doctor of Laws
- Wilma Redman, Doctor of Laws
2001
- Congressman Tom Allen (speaker), U.S. Congressman, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Rev. Franklin Littell, Doctor of Humane Letters
- Owen Wells, Doctor of Laws
2000
- Jack S. Ketchum, Doctor of Humane Letters
- William Cotter, Doctor of Humane Letters
1999
- Susan Collins (speaker), U.S. Senator from Maine, Doctor of Laws
- Laurence Ianni, Ph.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
- Si Kahn, Ph.D., Doctor of Health Sciences
1998
- Admiral Jack Hayes, Doctor of Laws