|
Recipients |
Degree
Granted |
Date |
|
Hon. Madame Justice
Dr. Rosalie Silberman ABELLA |
Doctor of Laws
(employment equity) |
Spring 1991 |
| Dr.
Anni ALBERS |
Doctor of Laws (artist) |
Fall
1973 |
| Dr. Josef ALBERS |
Doctor of Laws (artist) |
Fall
1973 |
| Dr.
Edgar Tilden ALBERTS |
Doctor
of Laws (York founder) |
Spring
1981 |
| Hon.
Dr. Lincoln MacCauley ALEXANDER |
Doctor
of Laws (former Lieutenant Governor) |
Fall
1990 |
| Dr. Andrew ALLAN |
Doctor
of Letters (radio actor & writer) |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
Helen Katherine Stacey (nee ALLEN) |
Doctor
of Laws ("Today's Child" magazine) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Sidney ALTMAN |
Doctor
of Science (Nobel Prize Biology) |
Spring
1990 |
| Dr.
Doris ANDERSON |
Doctor
of Letters (Former Governor) |
Fall 1997 |
| Baron
Noël Gilroy ANNAN |
Doctor
of Letters (university official) |
Spring
1966 |
| Dr.
Louis APPLEBAUM |
Doctor
of Letters (composer) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Mortimer Herbert APPLEY |
Doctor
of Science (psychologist) |
Fall
1975 |
| Dr.
C.J. S. APPS |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1976 |
| Madame
Justice Dr. Louise ARBOUR |
Doctor
of Laws (judge, scholar) |
Spring
1995 |
| Dr. Hannah ARENDT |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1968 |
| Dr.
Angela M. ARMITT |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1975 |
|
Dr. H. Anthony ARRELL |
Doctor
of Laws (business leader) |
Fall 2008 |
| Hon.
Dr. John Douglas ARNUP |
Doctor
of Laws (retired judge) |
Spring
1969 |
| Dr.
Harry W. Arthurs |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Professor
Nesta Mary ASHWORTH |
Doctor
of Laws (scholar and teacher) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr.
Phoebe ASIYO |
Doctor
of Laws (Kenyan parliamentarian, activist, goodwill
ambassador) |
Spring
2003 |
| Dr.
Frank Joseph AUGUSTYN |
Doctor
of Letters (dancer) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Margaret AVISON |
Doctor
of Literature (poet) |
Fall
1985 |
| Dr.
Yvonne Tempe AZIZ |
Doctor
of Laws (university administrator) |
Spring
1985 |
| Lord
Thomas BALOGH OF HAMPSTEAD |
Doctor
of Laws (economist) |
Fall
1981 |
| Dr.
Aharon BARAK |
Doctor
of Laws (President, Supreme Court of Israel) |
Spring
2000 |
| Dr.
Ernesto BARBINI |
Doctor
of Letters (music) |
Spring
1980 |
| Dr.
Matthew W. BARRETT |
Doctor
of Laws (banking) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dame Ruth Nita BARROW |
Doctor
of Laws (former Governor-General of Barbados) |
Spring
1990 |
| Hon. Dr. James Bartleman |
Doctor of Laws (Lieutenant Governor-General of Ontario) |
Fall
2003 |
| Dr.
Sheela Basrur |
Doctor of Laws (Chief
Medical Officer of Health) |
Fall 2007 |
| Dr.
Isabel BASSETT |
Doctor
of Laws (former MPP and Minister of Citizenship, Culture and
Recreation; journalist) |
Fall
2001 |
| Dr.
Sonja Ingrid BATA |
Doctor
of Laws (business) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr.
Thomas J. BATA |
Doctor
of Laws (business) |
Spring
1998 |
| Sir David Robert
BATES |
Doctor
of Science (physics) |
Spring
1983 |
| Dr.
Philippe de Gaspé BEAUBIEN |
Doctor
of Laws (broadcasting & publishing exec.) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Laurent BEAUDOIN |
Doctor
of Laws (business) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr.
Norma Marian BEECROFT |
Doctorate
of Letters (composer) |
Spring
1996 |
| Hon.
Dr. Just. Jean-Marie Philémon Joseph BEETZ |
Doctor
of Laws (retired judge) |
Spring
1983 |
| Dr.
Monique BÉGIN |
Doctor
of Letters (former Minister of Health; university dean) |
Spring
1995 |
| Dr.
Robert Gordon BELL |
Doctor
of Laws (physician) |
Fall
1986 |
| Dr.
George J. BENJAMIN |
Doctor
of Laws (photography) |
Spring
1980 |
| Dr. Avie BENNETT |
Doctors of Letters
(Chancellor Emeritus and philanthropist) |
Spring
2004 |
| Dr.
Roy Frederick BENNETT |
Doctor
of Laws (business) |
Fall
1989 |
| Dr.
Jacques BENSIMON |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1998 |
| Hon.
J. Thomas Rodney BERGER |
Doctor
of Laws (judge) |
Spring
1977 |
| Dr.
Hakan BERGGREN |
Doctor
of Letters (academic links with Sweden) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr.
Pierre BERTON |
Doctor
of Letters (author) |
Spring
1974 |
| Air
Commodore Leonard J. BIRCHALL |
Doctor
of Laws (Saviour of Ceylon; university administrator) |
Spring
1982 |
| Hon. Florence Bayard
BIRD |
Doctor
of Laws (senator, journalist, broadcaster & author) |
Fall
1971 |
| Dr. Claude Thomas
BISSELL |
Doctor
of Laws (Former University of Toronto President) |
Spring
1967 |
| Dr.
Neil BISSOONDATH |
Doctor
of Letters (novelist, essayist & short story writer; York
alumnus) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
Barbara Aronstein BLACK |
Doctor
of Laws (legal history) |
Spring
1990 |
| Dr.
C. Reginald BLACKSTOCK |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1974 |
| Dr. Richard BLACKWELL |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1971 |
| Dr. Vincent Wheeler
BLADEN |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
Marie-Claire BLAIS |
Doctor
of Letters (author) |
Spring
1975 |
| Hon.
Allan Emrys BLAKENEY |
Doctor
of Laws (former Premier of Saskatchewan) |
Spring
1991 |
| Prof.
Ronald Langley BLOORE |
Doctor
of Letters (artist) |
Fall
1993 |
| Dr.
Jean Sutherland BOGGS |
Doctor
of Letters (museum leader) |
Fall
1976 |
| Dr.
Roberta Lynn BONDAR |
Doctor
of Science (astronaut, scientist, physician) |
Fall
1992 |
| Dr.
A. Alan BOROVOY |
Doctor
of Laws (civil liberties advocate) |
Fall
1988 |
| Lord Bertram Vivian
BOWDEN |
Doctor
of Science (physicist) |
Spring
1979 |
| Baron
Asa BRIGGS |
Doctor
of Laws (British historian) |
Spring
1968 |
| Dr.
Donald BRITTAIN |
Doctor
of Letters (Canadian documentary films) |
Spring
1987 |
| Hon.
John Edward BROADBENT |
Doctor
of Laws (Parliamentarian) |
Fall
1991 |
| Dr. David BROADFOOT |
Doctor
of Letters (Actor, comedian, comic writer) |
Fall 2008 |
| Dr. Rosemary BROWN |
Doctor
of Laws (human rights activist) |
Spring
1989 |
| Dr. Dave BRUBECK |
Doctors of Letters
(jazz pianist) |
Spring
2004 |
| Dr. Thomas BRZUSTOWSKI |
Doctor of Science |
Fall 2005 |
| Dr. Ralph Johnson
BUNCHE |
Doctor
of Laws (U.N. Under Secretary-General) |
Spring
1970 |
| Dr.
Jean Robertson BURNET |
Doctor
of Letters (minorities educator) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr. George Allan
BURTON |
Doctor
of Laws (former Governor) |
Spring
1973 |
| Dr. David
BUTLER-JONES |
Doctor
of Laws (Public Health Leader) |
Spring
2007 |
| Dr.
June CALLWOOD |
Doctor
of Laws (writer and activist) |
Spring
1988 |
| Dr.
Maria CAMPBELL |
Doctor
of Letters (women's & native rights advocate) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr.
Peter CAMPBELL |
Doctor
of Letters (diplomat, public broadcaster) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr. Herbert CARNEGIE |
Doctor of Laws (Community
leader) |
Spring 2006 |
| Sir
Anthony Alfred CARO |
Doctor
of Letters (sculptor) |
Spring
1976 |
| M.
Roch CARRIER |
Doctor
of Letters (Canadian literature) |
Spring
1993 |
|
Dr. Robert CARSEN
|
Doctor of Laws (opera director) |
Spring 2005 |
|
Dr. Walter CARSEN |
Doctor of Laws (arts
philanthropist) |
Spring 2005 |
| Dr.
John Jarvis CARSON |
Doctor
of Laws (educator) |
Fall
1972 |
| Hon. John Robert
CARTWRIGHT |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1969 |
| Dr. Rubin CARTER |
Doctor of Laws |
Fall 2005 |
| Dr.
Thérèse CASGRAIN |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1977 |
| Dr.
Claude CASTONGUAY |
Doctor
of Laws (public servant, corporate leader, politician) |
Spring
2000 |
| Dr. Maria Livanos CATTAUI |
Doctor of Laws (Distinguished
international corporate leader) |
Fall 2006 |
| Dr.
Ruth Grace CAWKER |
Doctor
of Letters (architect) |
Spring
1996 |
| Dr. Floyd Sherman
CHALMERS |
B.F.A.
(Hon) (publisher; past Chancellor) |
Fall
1973 |
| Dr.
Joan CHALMERS |
Doctor
of Letters (philanthropist, arts and culture) |
Spring
2000 |
| Dr.
Alfred D. CHANDLER, Jr. |
Doctor
of Laws (development of business theory) |
Spring
1988 |
| Dr.
Denise Chong |
Doctor of Laws
(Writer, journalist) |
Fall 2007 |
|
Hon. Dr. Jean CHRÉTIEN |
Doctor
of Laws (political leader, Prime Minister of Canada) |
Spring
1986 |
| Rt. Hon. Joe CLARK |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr.
Alan Martin CLARKE |
Doctor
of Laws (educator) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr.
Larry Denman CLARKE |
Doctor
of Laws (Canadian space industry) |
Spring
1985 |
| Her
Excellency the Rt.
Hon. Dr. Adrienne CLARKSON |
Doctor
of Laws (Governor-General of Canada) |
Spring
2003 |
| Dr.
Michael "Pinball" CLEMONS |
Doctor
of Laws (athlete, community service) |
Fall
2000 |
| Professor
Robert CLUETT |
Doctor
of Letters (English Professor, founder of Canadian Merit Scholarship
Fund) |
Spring
1996 |
| Dr.
Bruce COCKBURN |
Doctor
of Letters (singer, songwriter & environmentalist) |
Spring
1989 |
| Dr.
Jack COCKWELL |
Doctor of Laws (business leader) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr.
Marshall A. (Mickey) COHEN |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1986 |
| Dr.
Maxwell COHEN |
Doctor
of Laws (judge) |
Spring
1969 |
| Major James Wm.
COLDWELL |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
John Robert COLOMBO |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr.
Martin Philip CONNELL |
Doctor
of Laws (philanthropist) |
Fall
1992 |
| Dr. John James CONWAY |
Doctor
of Laws (First Master of Founders College) |
Fall
1977 |
| Dr.
Jill Kathryn Ker CONWAY |
Doctor
of Laws (University President) |
Fall
1977 |
| Dr.
Ramsay COOK |
Doctor
of Letters (scholar, historian) |
Fall
2000 |
| Dr.
Gail COOK-BENNETT |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr. James Alexander
CORRY |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1980 |
| Dr.
Peter deCarteret CORY |
Doctor
of Laws |
October
1997 |
| Dr.
Gerald P. COSGRAVE |
Doctor
of Laws (career counseling) |
Spring
1973 |
| Dr.
Francesco COSSIGA |
Doctor
of Laws (President of Italy) |
June
1986 |
| Professor
Irwin COTLER |
Doctor
of Laws (human rights advocate) |
Fall
1987 |
| Dr. John COULTER |
Doctor
of Letters (Canadian playwright) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr.
Joseph Robert COULTER |
Doctor
of Letters (athlete & teacher) |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
Donald COUSENS |
Doctor
of Laws (Retired Mayor of Markham) |
Spring
2007 |
| Dr.
Louise Bennett-COVERLEY |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr.
Rita COX |
Doctor
of Letters (public librarian, storyteller & writer) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr.
Harold Scott MacDonald COXETER |
Doctor
of Science (mathematician) |
Spring
1994 |
| Prof.
Paul-André CRÊPEAU |
Doctor
of Laws (civil law) |
Spring
1984 |
| Dr.
Paul Josef CRUTZEN |
Doctor
of Science (atmospheric chemistry) |
Spring
1986 |
| Dr.
David Michael CULVER |
Doctor
of Laws (international business) |
Spring
1989 |
| Dr. Balfour Watson
CURRIE |
Doctor
of Science (space research) |
Spring
1977 |
| Air Marshall Wilfred
A. CURTIS |
Doctor
of Laws (York founder) |
Fall
1968 |
| Sir
Ralf Gustav DAHRENDORF |
Doctor
of Laws (university administrator, sociologist & politician) |
Fall
1979 |
| Dr. Dominic D'ALESSANDRO |
Doctor of Laws (corporate and community leader) |
Spring 2006 |
| Dr.
Alexander DALGARNO |
Doctor
of Science (physicist, astronomer) |
Spring
2000 |
| Lieutenant-General
Dr. Roméo DALLAIRE (Ret.) |
Doctor
of Laws (soldier; humanitarian) |
Spring
2002 |
| Barnett J. DANSON |
Doctor of Laws (statesman and human rights advocate) |
Spring 2006 |
| Dr. True DAVIDSON |
Doctor
of Laws (Mayor of East York) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr. Frank T. DAVIES |
Doctor
of Science (space research) |
Spring
1977 |
| Dr. Robertson DAVIES |
Doctor
of Letters (editor, playwright, novelist & scholar) |
Spring
1973 |
| Dr.
Andrew DAVIS |
Doctor
of Letters (musician, conductor & composer) |
Spring
1984 |
| Hon.
William Grenville DAVIS |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Premier of Ontario) |
Spring
1989 |
| Dr.
Stanley Harold DEEKS |
Doctor
of Laws (York founder) |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
Lloyd Arthur DENNIS |
Doctor
of Letters (educational policy) |
Spring
1990 |
| Dr.
Dora DE PÊDERY-HUNT |
Doctor
of Letters (sculptor - medals) |
Fall
1983 |
| Dr.
Herbet DE SOUZA |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1996 |
| Dr.
Horatio Henry Lovat DICKSON |
Doctor
of Letters (author & publisher) |
Spring
1981 |
| Rt.
Hon. Robert George Brian DICKSON |
Doctor
of Laws (Chief Justice of Canada) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Ricardo DÍEZ-HOCHLEITNER |
Doctor
of Letters (research & education) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr.
William DIMMA |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Dean of Business & Former Chair of York
University's Board of Governors) |
Fall
1998 |
| Professor
Rene DIONNE |
Doctor
of Letters (professor) |
Spring
1995 |
| Hon. Thomas Clement
DOUGLAS |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Premier of Saskatchewan & Parliamentarian) |
Spring
1974 |
| Dr.
Elizabeth DOWDESWELL |
Doctor
of Laws (public service in environmental management) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
Vincent Roy D'OYLEY |
Doctor
of Letters (educational administrator) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr.
Garth DRABINSKY |
Doctor
of Letters (entrepreneur, author) |
Spring
1995 |
| Dr.
Victereene DRAPER |
Doctor
of Laws (university administrator) |
Spring
1991 |
| Dr.
Ken DRYDEN |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1996 |
| Dr.
Maurice Samuel Roger Charles DRUON |
Doctor
of Letters (Francophone Cultural Co-operation & author) |
Spring
1987 |
| Hon.
Charles Leonard DUBIN |
Doctor
of Laws (former Chief Justice of Ontario) |
Fall
1990 |
|
Dr.
Louis DUDEK |
Doctor
of Letters (poet, literary critic & editor) |
Spring
1983 |
|
Dr.
Dorothy DUNN |
Doctor
of Laws (education) |
Fall
1980 |
| The
Hon. Dr. Justice René DUSSAULT |
Doctor
of Laws (scholar, public servant & judge) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr. Peter M. DWYER |
Doctor
of Letters (artist) |
Fall
1972 |
| Dr.
Mary Two-Axe EARLEY |
Doctor
of Laws (Aboriginal women's rights) |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr. Cyrus EATON |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
Signy H. EATON |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1971 |
| Dr.
John Llewelyn Jones EDWARDS |
Doctor
of Laws (retired law professor) |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Mariano Anthony ELIA |
Doctor
of Laws (benefactor of postsecondary education) |
Spring
1985 |
| Rev. James G.
ENDICOTT |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1983 |
| Dr.
Georges Henry ERASMUS |
Doctor
of Laws (aboriginal leader) |
Fall
1992 |
| Dr.
Manfred ERHARDT |
Doctor
of Laws (former Minister of Higher Education for Berlin) |
Fall
1999 |
| Dr.
John Robert EVANS |
Doctor
of Laws (Former President, University of Toronto) |
Spring
1977 |
| Professor
Barker FAIRLEY |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
Robert Gordon Lee FAIRWEATHER |
Doctor
of Laws (politician & human rights) |
Spring
1993 |
| Professor
Jean-Charles FALARDEAU |
Doctor
of Laws (sociologist) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr. Richard FALK |
Doctor of Laws
(legal scholar) |
Spring
2004 |
| Sir
Brian FALL |
Doctor
of Laws (diplomat) |
Fall
2002 |
| Dr.
William Douglas FARR |
Doctor
of Laws (university administrator) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr.
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan |
Doctor
of Laws (Joint) |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr. Saul
FELDBERG |
Doctor of Laws
(entrepreneur & philanthropist) |
Spring
2004 |
| Dr.
Niv FICHMAN |
Doctor
of Letters (Film & Television) |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr.
Robert Duer Claydon FINCH |
Doctor
of Letters (poet) |
Spring
1976 |
| Dr. Timothy FINDLEY |
Doctor
of Letters (fiction writer) |
Fall
1989 |
| Dr.
Jacob FINKELMAN, Q.C. |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1977 |
| Dr.
Murray M. Fisher |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Professor
John Gunther FLEMING |
Doctor
of Laws (law - torts) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Maureen FORRESTER |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1972 |
| Hon.
Eugene Alfred FORSEY |
Doctor
of Laws (Senator & Constitutional Expert) |
Fall
1972 |
Dr.
Edith Margaret Fulton FOWKE
|
Doctor
of Letters (folklore & York faculty) |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Celia FRANCA |
Doctor
of Laws (dancer & choreographer) |
Spring
1976 |
| Dr.
Ursula Martius FRANKLIN |
Doctor
of Science (geologist) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
John FRASER |
Doctor
of Laws (Journalist and Public Intellectual) |
Winter 2007 |
| Dr.
Rowland Cardwell FRAZEE |
Doctor
of Laws (banker) |
Spring
1984 |
| Hon. Samuel FREEDMAN |
Doctor
of Laws (retired judge) |
Spring
1971 |
| Dr.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr.
Hans FREUDENTHAL |
Doctor
of Science (math research) |
Fall
1974 |
| Dr.
Martin FRIEDLAND |
Doctor
of Laws (legal scholar, university administrator) |
Spring
2003 |
| Dr.
Monique Y. FRIZE |
Doctor
of Science (educational opportunities for women) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr. Herman Northrop
FRYE |
Doctor
of Letters (author & professor) |
Spring
1969 |
| Dr.
Robert Marshall Blount FULFORD |
Doctor
of Letters (journalist) |
Spring
1987 |
| Dr.
Ethel Margaret FULTON |
Doctor
of Letters (women's studies) |
Spring
1986 |
| Dr. John Kenneth
GALBRAITH |
Doctor
of Laws (economist, diplomat & writer) |
Spring
1976 |
| Hon.
George Alexander GALE |
Doctor
of Laws (former Chief Justice of Ontario) |
Spring
1969 |
| Dr.
Mavis GALLANT |
Doctor
of Letters (author) |
Spring
1984 |
| Dr. Frederick G.
GARDINER |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1969 |
| Dr.
George Ryerson GARDINER |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Governor) |
Fall
1982 |
| Dr.
Marc GARNEAU |
Doctor
of Science (astronaut) |
Spring
2002 |
| Dr.
William Reginald Stephen GARTON |
Doctor
of Science (physics & spectroscopy) |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
George E. GATHERCOLE |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1966 |
|
Dr. Michèle
GENDREAU-MASSALOUX |
Doctor of Laws (scholar, university
administrator, public servant) |
Spring 2005 |
| Dr. Bertrand GERSTEIN |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Chair of York University's Board of Governors) |
Fall
1980 |
| Dr.
Reva GERSTEIN |
Doctor
of Laws (psychologist, community & university service) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr.
Valerie GIBBONS |
Doctor
of Laws (former Ontario Deputy Minister, promoted child and
family equity) |
Spring
2000 |
| Dr. Robert C. GIBSON |
Doctor
of Letters (benefactor - library collection) |
Spring
1995 |
| Dr.
James GILLIES |
Doctor
of Laws (pioneering educator, scholar, politician) |
Winter
2006 |
| Dr.
Bernard Arthur GINGRAS |
Doctor
of Science (scientific research) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Edouard GLISSANT |
Doctor
of Letters (novelist, poet & playwright) |
Spring
1989 |
| Dr. Reginald GODDEN |
Doctor
of Letters (pianist) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Anne GOLDEN |
Doctor
of Laws (community leader) |
Spring
2000 |
| Hon. H. Carl
GOLDENBERG |
Doctor
of Laws (Canadian public affairs) |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Joan GOLDFARB |
Doctor
of Laws (volunteer, philanthropist) |
Spring
2003 |
| Dr.
Martin GOLDFARB |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr. Nicholas
GOLDSCHMIDT |
Doctor
of Laws (Canadian conductor, teacher and music festival organizer) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
John Peter George GORDON |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1980 |
| Hon. Walter L. GORDON |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Chancellor & Minister of Finance) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr.
Diane GOUDIE and Dr. Eleanor MOORE, LLD |
Doctor
of Laws (Innovative Educators) |
Spring
2007 |
| Dr.
L.B.C. GOWER |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1969 |
| Hon.
Samuel George McDougall GRANGE |
Doctor
of Laws (Judge) |
Spring
1990 |
| Dr. Charlotte GRAY |
Doctor
of Laws (author & political columnist) |
Fall 2007 |
| Dr. John Morgan GRAY |
Doctor
of Laws (publisher & writer) |
Spring
1976 |
| Dr. Stanley I. GREENSPAN |
Doctor of
Laws (medical clinician, scholar and activist in psychoanalysis) |
Spring 2006 |
| Dr.
Germaine GREER |
Doctor
of Letters (distinguished author and lecturer in feminist
theory) |
Fall
1999 |
| Professor
John A.G. GRIFFITH |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1982 |
| Very
Rev. Father Roger GUINDON |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Rector, University of Ottawa) |
Spring
1983 |
| Dr. Ralph Barker
GUSTAFSON |
Doctor
of Letters (poet) |
Spring
1991 |
| Professor
Bernard Victor GUTSELL |
Doctor
of Laws (cartographer) |
Spring
1988 |
| Dr.
Peter GZOWSKI |
Doctor
of Letters (broadcaster) |
Spring
1991 |
| Dr.
Arthur Robinson HACKETT |
Doctor
of Laws (York founder) |
Spring
1981 |
| Professor
Peter HAGGETT |
Doctor
of Science (geographer) |
Spring
1983 |
| Dr.
Don HAIG |
Doctor
of Letters (contributor to Canadian film) |
Spring
1993 |
| Hon. Emmett M. HALL |
Doctor
of Laws (retired Justice of Supreme Court of Canada) |
Spring
1977 |
| Dr.
Michael Alexander Kirkwood HALLIDAY |
Doctor
of Letters (scholar & author, linguistics) |
Spring
1988 |
| Dr.
Janet Elizabeth HALLIWELL |
Doctor
of Science (Canadian science) |
Spring
1991 |
| Dr.
Francess Georgina HALPENNY |
Doctor
of Letters (editor & professor) |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Herbert Norman HALPERT |
Doctor
of Letters (Canadian folklore) |
Fall
1990 |
| Dr.
Marsha HANEN |
Doctor
of Laws (philosopher, leader in higher education, mentor to
women) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
Charles Harold (Chuck) Hantho |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr.
John Davison HARBRON |
Doctor
of Letters |
November
1997 |
| Dr.
Madeline Isobel HARDY |
Doctor
of Laws (educational leader) |
Spring
1986 |
| Dr.
Frederick Kenneth HARE |
Doctor
of Science (environmentalist) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr. Rex HARRINGTON |
Doctor of Letters (ballet
dancer; artist and actor) |
Spring 2006 |
| Professor
Henry Silton HARRIS |
Doctor
of Letters (scholar) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr.
R. Colebrook HARRIS |
Doctor
of Letters (historical geographer) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr. Grace HARTMAN |
Doctor
of Laws (labour leader & women's rights activist) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr.
Václav HAVEL |
Doctor
of Letters (in absentia - playwright & author) presented
at ceremony |
Spring
1982
Feb. 1990 |
| Dr.
Bohdan (Bob) HAWRYLYSHYN |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1984 |
| Dr.
Arden HAYNES |
Doctor
of Laws (business leader, former Chancellor) |
Spring
2000 |
| Dr.
Wilson Adonijah HEAD |
Doctor
of Laws (York faculty & social worker) |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Seamus HEANEY |
Doctor
of Letters (poet, Nobel Laureate) |
Spring
1996 |
| Dr.
D.O. HEBB |
Doctor
of Science |
Fall
1966 |
| Professor
Karl F. HELLEINER |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1978 |
| Dr.
Jules HELLER |
Doctor
of Letters (former Dean of Fine Arts) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Martha HENRY |
Doctor
of Letters (theatre & arts) |
Spring
1990 |
| Dr.
Marku HENRIKSSON |
Doctor
of Letters (scholar) |
Fall
1995 |
| Dr.
Ben HEPPNER |
Doctor
of Laws (opera singer) |
Spring
2003 |
| Dr.
Peter A. HERRNDORF |
Doctor
of Laws (publisher) |
Fall
1989 |
| Dr.
Naomi Louisa HERSOM |
Doctor
of Laws (educator & feminist) |
Fall
1988 |
| Dr.
Gerhard G. HERZBERG |
Doctor
of Science (physics) |
Fall
1969 |
| General
Chaim HERZOG |
Doctor
of Laws (President of Israel) |
June
1989 |
| Dr.
Ruth Atkinson HINDMARSH |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1966 |
| Dr.
Colin HINES |
Doctor
of Science (atmospheric scientist) |
Fall
2001 |
| Dr.
Eric John Ernest HOBSBAWM |
Doctor
of Letters (art historian) |
Fall
1986 |
| Dr.
Abigail HOFFMAN |
Doctor
of Laws (athlete) |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr. Peter HOGG |
Doctor of Laws (professor emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School, constitutional scholar and educator) |
Spring 2006 |
| Dr.
Richard HOGGART |
Doctor
of Laws (Outreach Education - writer & educator) |
Spring
1988 |
| Professor John
Wendell HOLMES |
Doctor
of Laws (diplomat, scholar & author) |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
Beland Hugh HONDERICH |
Doctor
of Laws (publisher, Toronto Star) |
Fall
1976 |
| Dr.
Chaviva HOSEK |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr. James HOUSTON |
Doctor
of Letters (artist, author, arts administrator) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr. Charles B.
HUGGINS |
Doctor
of Laws (surgeon - cancer research) |
Spring
1968 |
| Dr. John HUNKIN |
Doctor of Laws
(business leader and philanthropist) |
Spring
2004 |
| Dr.
Mel HURTIG |
Doctor
of Laws (book publisher) |
Fall
1980 |
|
Hon. Frank IACOBUCCI |
Doctor of Laws (retired Supreme Court Justice) |
Spring 2005 |
| Professor
George IGNATIEFF |
Doctor
of Laws (international diplomacy) |
Fall
1975 |
| Dr.
Avrom ISAACS |
Doctor
of Laws (Canadian art) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr.
Elmer Walter ISELER |
Doctor
of Letters (Canadian choral music) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr.
Tadao ISHIKAWA |
Doctor
of Laws (Japanese scholar & educator) |
Spring
1990 |
| Dr. Fumiko
ISHIOKA |
Doctor of Laws (educator and curator) |
Spring
2004 |
| Dr.
Kenneth IVERSON |
Doctor
of Science (computer programmer) |
Spring
1998 |
| The
Hon. Henry Newton Rowell JACKMAN |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario & Former
Governor) |
Spring
1996 |
| Dr.
Dean Jacobs |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr.
Donald P. JACOBS |
Doctor
of Laws (management educator) |
Spring
2002 |
| Professor William
JAFFE |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1974 |
| Dr. William Fleming
JAMES |
Doctor
of Laws (geologist) |
Fall
1978 |
| Dr.
Roberta JAMIESON |
Doctor
of Laws (First Nations Chief, lawyer, activist) |
Spring
2003 |
| Hon. Michaële JEAN |
Doctor
of Laws (Governor General of Canada) |
Winter
2007 |
| Dr. Pamela Hansford
JOHNSON (Lady Snow) |
Doctor
of Letters (critic & novelist) |
Fall
1967 |
| Dr.
George Arthur JOHNSTON, Q.C. |
Doctor
of Laws (archivist) |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
Leonard V. JOHNSON |
Doctor
of Laws (Military General) |
Spring
1998 |
| Rev.
Richard Ditzel JONES |
Doctor
of Laws (race relations) |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
Francis Renault JOUBIN |
Doctor
of Laws (mining geologist & peace activist) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Pierre JUNEAU |
Doctor
of Laws (broadcasting policy) |
Spring
1973 |
| Dr.
Danielle JUTEAU, LLD |
Doctor
of Laws (Scholar) |
Spring
2007 |
| Professor Otto
KAHN-FREUND |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
Karen KAIN |
Doctor
of Letters (dancer - ballet) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr. Alice KANE |
Doctor
of Letters (story-teller) |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr.
Udo KASEMETS |
Doctor
of Letters (musician) |
Fall
1991 |
| Professor Morris KATZ |
Doctor
of Science |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
John George KEMENY |
Doctor
of Laws (mathematician & computer scientist) |
Spring
1984 |
| Dr.
Betty KENNEDY |
Doctor
of Laws (broadcaster & writer) |
Fall
1982 |
| Dr. James Roby KIDD |
Doctor
of Laws (York founder) |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
Kyung-Won KIM |
Doctor
of Laws (Korean educator) |
Fall
1994 |
| Dr.
Michael KIRBY |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Hon.
Marie Claire KIRKLAND |
Doctor
of Laws (politician) |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
Arthur KLEINMAN |
Doctor
of Science (medical anthropologist) |
Spring
1996 |
| Hon. Stanley Howard
KNOWLES |
Doctor
of Laws (parliamentarian) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Golda KOSCHITZKY |
Doctor
of Laws (on behalf of her family; benefactors) |
Fall
1999 |
| Dr.
Robert KREMBIL |
Doctor
of Laws (business leader) |
Spring
2000 |
| Dr.
Rosemarie KUPTANA |
Doctor
of Laws (Inuit Leader) |
Spring
1995 |
| Dr.
Anton Emil KUERTI |
Doctor
of Letters (pianist & composer) |
Fall
1985 |
| Dr.
Huguette LABELLE |
Doctor
of Laws (public & health services) |
Spring
1990 |
| Professor
Emmanuel LeRoy LADURIE |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1986 |
| Justice Harry S. LaFORME |
Doctor
of Laws (Judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal) |
Fall 2008 |
|
Dr. Hassanali LAKHANI |
Doctor of Laws (business leader and philanthropist)
|
Spring 2005 |
| Dr.
Gilles LALANDE |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
William Kaye LAMB |
Doctor
of Laws (retired librarian & archivist) |
Spring
1968 |
| Dr. Allen Thomas
LAMBERT |
Doctor
of Laws (retired banker) |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Wallace E. LAMBERT |
Doctor
of Laws (social psychologist) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Jeanne LAMON |
Doctor
of Letters (Tafelmusik) |
Fall
1994 |
| Dr. Claude R. LAMOUREUX |
Doctor of Laws (corporate and community leader) |
Spring 2006 |
| Dr.
Vibert LAMPKIN |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr.
Rosemarie LANDRY |
Doctor
of Letters (soprano) |
Spring
1991 |
| Dr. Michele LANDSBERG |
Doctor of Laws (journalist, author and social activist) |
Spring 2006 |
| Dr.
Philip A. LAPP |
Doctor
of Science (Former Governor) |
Fall
1994 |
| Hon.
Bora LASKIN |
Doctor
of Laws (Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Canada) |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
Melvin J. LASKY |
Doctor
of Letters (political writer, journalist & publisher) |
Spring
1990 |
| Dr.
Melvin D. LASTMAN |
Doctor
of Laws (Mayor of Toronto) |
October
1997 |
| Dr. Margaret LAURENCE |
Doctor
of Letters (novelist) |
Spring
1980 |
| Dr.
Frank G. LAWSON |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1968 |
| Dr. Irving LAYTON |
Doctor
of Letters (poet & York faculty) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Herbert Allan Borden LEAL, Q.C. |
Doctor
of Laws (former Deputy Attorney-General of Ontario) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr.
Charles Philippe LEBLOND |
Doctor
of Science (biologist) |
Fall
1986 |
| Hon.
Gerald Eric LE DAIN |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Dean of Law and Supreme Court justice) |
Spring
1976 |
| Sister
Mary Jo LEDDY |
Doctor
of Letters (peace, status of women & human rights activist) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr. William Ralph
LEDERMAN |
Doctor
of Laws (legal scholar) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Michael LEE-CHIN |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr.
John Daniel LEITCH |
Doctor
of Laws (former Governor) |
Spring
1980 |
| Father
Germain LEMIEUX |
Doctor
of Laws (historian) |
Spring
1977 |
| Dr.
Douglas V. LePAN |
Doctor
of Laws (scholar, poet, novelist & diplomat) |
Fall
1976 |
| Dr.
Sheldon LEVY |
Doctor
of Laws (President of Sheridan College, innovative leader,
York alumnus) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
Stephen LEWIS |
Doctor
of Laws (former Canadian Ambassador to the UN) |
Fall
1984 |
| Sir
William Arthur LEWIS |
Doctor
of Laws (economist) |
Spring
1981 |
| Hon.
Madame Justice Dr. Claire L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ |
Doctor
of Laws (Justice, Supreme Court of Canada) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr. Jutta LIMBACH |
Doctor of Laws (President of the German Goethe-Institut, legal
scholar, jurist, civil rights activist, former Chief Justice
of German Supreme Court |
Fall
2003 |
| Dr. Victor LING |
Doctor of Science (scientist and leader in cancer research) |
Spring 2006 |
| Dr.
Jean LITTLE |
Doctor
of Letters (children's author) |
Spring
2002 |
| Professor John A.
LIVINGSTON |
Doctor
of Letters (biological conservation) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr.
Lee A. LORCH |
Doctor
of Laws (York faculty, mathematician, civil rights activist)
|
Spring
1993 |
| Dr.
George Ross LORD |
Doctor
of Science |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
Helen LUCAS |
Doctor
of Letters (artist) |
Fall
1991 |
| Dr.
George LUSCOMBE |
Doctor
of Letters (actor & director) |
Fall
1978 |
| Dr.
Donald Cameron MacDONALD |
Doctor
of Laws (politician) |
Fall
1983 |
| Hon.
Flora Isabel MacDONALD |
Doctor
of Laws (politician) |
Spring
1989 |
|
Dr. George E.C. Macdonald |
Doctor
of Laws (Canadian public servant, Lieutenant General Ret'd) |
Winter
2006 |
| Dr.
H. Ian MacDONALD, DLitt |
Doctor
of Laws (Scholar and Public Servant) |
Spring
2007 |
| Dr.
Sheena MacDONALD |
Doctor
of Letters (film & television) |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr.
Elsie Gregory MacGILL |
Doctor
of Science |
Spring
1978 |
| Hon.
Justice Mark R. MacGUIGAN |
Doctor
of Laws (Federal Court of Appeal Judge) |
Spring
1996 |
| Dr.
Robert M. MacINTOSH |
Doctor
of Laws (Banker and former Chair of York Board) |
Spring
1976 |
| Dr.
John Price Sinclair MACKENZIE |
Doctor
of Laws (performing arts & conservation) |
Spring
1990 |
| Dr.
Steven Glenwood MacLEAN |
Doctor
of Science (astronaut & gymnast) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr.
Archibald MacLEISH |
Doctor
of Letters |
Fall
1971 |
| Professor
Alistair MACLEOD |
Doctor
of Letters (author) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr.
Earle Douglas MacPHEE |
Doctor
of Laws (administrator in business & education) |
Fall
1972 |
| Dr. Kay MACPHERSON |
Doctor
of Laws (feminist) |
Spring
1987 |
| Dr. Tak Wah MAK |
Doctor of Science
(research scientist) |
Spring
2004 |
| Dr. Elias Wolf MANDEL |
Doctor
of Letters (poet, York faculty) |
Spring
1989 |
| Dr.
Nelson Rolihlahia MANDELA |
Doctor
of Laws (in absentia - human rights activist, former
President of South Africa)
presented at ceremony |
Spring
1989
June 1990 |
| Dr.
Lata MANGESHKAR |
Doctor
of Letters (vocalist) |
September
1995 |
| Dr.
Preston MANNING |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr. James MARCH |
Doctor
of Laws, Distinguished Scholar |
Winter 2007 |
| Dr.
Arthur Donald MARGISON |
Doctor
of Laws (York founder) |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
M. Maurice MAROIS |
Doctor
of Science (establishment of L'Institut de la Vie) |
Spring
1987 |
| Dr. Adelaide MARRIOTT |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1973 |
| Dr. Leonard C. MARSH |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1977 |
| Sir
Harrie S.W. MASSEY |
Doctor
of Science |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
Marguerite MATHIEU |
Doctor
of Laws (development of social work education) |
Fall
1987 |
| Dr.
Judith MAXWELL |
Doctor
of Letters (public policy) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr.
Margaret Norrie McCain |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr.
Lynn McDonald |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr.
Myres Smith McDOUGAL |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1970 |
|
Professor
Robert R. McEWEN |
Doctor
of Laws (entrepreneur and
philanthropist) |
Winter 2005 |
| Professor
Edgar W. McINNIS |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1972 |
| Rt.
Hon. Mme.
Justice Dr. Beverley McLACHLIN |
Doctor
of Laws (jurist, educator and author) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
Norman McLAREN |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1972 |
| Colonel
R.S. McLAUGHLIN |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1966 |
| Dr.
Robert McMICHAEL |
Doctor
of Letters (founder of McMichael Canadian Art Collection) |
Spring
1970 |
| Hon.
Roland Roy McMURTRY |
Doctor
of Laws (Chief Justice & former Attorney-General, Ontario)
|
Spring
1991 |
| Dr.
Alan G. McNALLY |
Doctor
of Laws (banker, alumnus, former member of York Board of Governors) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
Janet McPHEE |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1986 |
| Dr.
Deborah MEIER |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr. Norah MICHENER |
Doctor
of Letters |
Fall
1970 |
| Hon. Daniel Roland
MICHENER |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Governor-General) |
Fall
1970 |
| Dr.
Eleanor MILNE |
Doctor
of Letters (artist) |
Spring
1995 |
| Dr.
David MIRVISH |
Doctor
of Letters (theatre producer; art dealer) |
Spring
2002 |
| Dr.
Edwin MIRVISH |
Doctor
of Laws (community contributions) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr.
Rohinton MISTRY |
Doctor
of Letters (novelist) |
Spring
2003 |
| Dr. François
MITTERRAND |
Doctor
of Laws (President of France) |
May
1987 |
| Dr.
Lorraine Althea Constance MONK |
Doctor
of Letters (author) |
Fall
1982 |
| Dr. Eleanor MOORE, LLD and
Dr. Diane GOUDIE |
Doctor
of Laws (Innovative Educators) |
Spring
2007 |
| Dr. Henry MOORE |
Doctor
of Letters |
Fall
1971 |
| Dr.
James Mavor MOORE |
Doctor
of Letters (playwright, actor, producer & critic) |
1969 |
| Sister
Angeline MOREAU |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1976 |
| Dr.
Raymond MORIYAMA |
Doctor
of Laws (architect & planner) |
Fall
1973 |
| Dr.
Lawrence Whitaker MORLEY |
Doctor
of Science |
Spring
1974 |
| Dr.
Harris Mutio MULE |
Doctor
of Laws (former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic
Planning & Development, Kenya) |
Spring
1980 |
| Sister
Janet MURRAY |
Doctor
of Laws (health care executive) |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
James Fraser MUSTARD |
Doctor
of Science (medical research) |
Spring
1996 |
|
Dr. Knowlton NASH |
Doctor of Laws (journalist and
broadcaster) |
Spring 2005 |
| Dr.
Mark NATHANSON |
Doctor
of Laws (businessman and philanthropist) |
Winter 2008 |
| Dr.
Philip NDEGWA |
Doctor
of Laws (economist) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr.
Peter Charles NEWMAN |
Doctor
of Letters (political journalist) |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
William T. NEWNHAM |
Doctor
of Laws (post-secondary education) |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
Margaret NORQUAY |
Doctor
of Laws (Open Radio - Ryerson) |
Fall
1985 |
| Dr.
Alanis OBOMSAWIN |
Doctor
of Letters (advocate for native rights, producer, director,
songwriter & singer) |
Spring
1994 |
| Hon.
Dennis O'CONNOR, LLD |
Doctor
of Laws (Associate Chief Justice of Ontario) |
Spring
2007 |
| Dr.
Louis L. ODETTE |
Doctor
of Letters (philanthropist in art and education) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
David (Dan) OFFORD |
Doctor
of Science (child psychiatrist) |
Spring
2002 |
| Dr. Betty OLIPHANT |
Doctor
of Letters (ballet) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr. Geoffrey OLDHAM |
Doctor of Laws (scientist and international development expert) |
Spring 2006 |
| Dr.
David Onley |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr.
Wladyslaw ORLICZ |
Doctor
of Science (mathematician) |
Fall
1974 |
| Dr.
Yuri Fyodorovich ORLOV |
Doctor
of Laws (dissident & human rights advocate) |
Fall
1987 |
| Dr.
Gordon Francis Joseph OSBALDESTON |
Doctor
of Laws (public servant) |
Spring
1984 |
| Dr.
Bernard OSTRY |
Doctor
of Laws (public servant) |
Spring
2002 |
| Dr.
Sylvia OSTRY |
Doctor
of Laws (public servant & economist) |
Spring
1971 |
| Dr.
Andreas George PAPANDREOU |
Doctor
of Laws (politician & educator) |
March
1983 |
| Dr.
Jean-Guy PAQUET |
Doctor
of Laws (educator) |
Spring
1983 |
| Madame
Madeleine PARENT |
Docotor
of Letters (feminist) |
Spring
1996 |
| Professor
Gérard PARIZEAU |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Roderic B. PARK |
Doctor
of Science |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
Manuel Elkin PATARROYO |
Doctor
of Science (doctor, developer of malaria vaccine) |
Spring
1995 |
| Dr.
Linus Carl PAULING |
Doctor of Science (Nobel Prize Chemistry and Peace) |
Fall
1966 |
| Hon.
Gérard PELLETIER |
Doctor
of Laws (journalist & politician) |
Fall
1971 |
| Dr.
Lewis PERINBAM |
Doctor
of Laws (world development executive) |
Spring
1984 |
| Dr. Vera PETERS |
Doctor
of Science |
Spring
1975 |
| Dr.
Oscar Emmanuel PETERSON |
Doctor
of Letters (concert pianist) |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Jean K. PETRIE |
Doctor
of Science |
Fall
1969 |
| Dr.
Kim PHUC |
Doctor
of Laws (UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Culture of Peace) |
Fall
2004 |
| Dr.
Walter George PITMAN |
Doctor
of Laws (Director, O.I.S.E.) |
Spring
1989 |
| Rabbi
W. Gunther PLAUT |
Doctor
of Laws (scholar & social activist) |
Spring
1987 |
| Dr.
Beryl Alyce PLUMPTRE |
Doctor
of Laws (retired economist) |
Fall
1981 |
| Dr.
John Charles POLANYI |
Doctor
of Science (advancement of science) |
Spring
1988 |
| Dr.
Harry POLLOCK |
Doctor
Letters (novelist, poet, lecturer) |
Spring
1995 |
| Professor
Irvine Rudsdale POUNDER |
Doctor
of Laws (mathematician) |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
Gerald A. PRATLEY |
Doctor
of Letters (film) |
Spring
1991 |
| Dr.
Raul PREBISCH |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1978 |
| Dr.
Francis E.L. PRIESTLEY |
Doctor
of Literature (scholar & author) |
Spring
1988 |
| Dr. John S. PROCTOR |
Doctor
of Laws (former York Chancellor & Board Chair) |
Spring
1977 |
| Dr. Donald Fulton
PUTNAM |
Doctor
of Laws (geographer) |
Spring
1974 |
| Dr.
Robert RABINOVITCH |
Doctor
of Laws (President & CEO, CBC) |
Spring
2003 |
| Sir
Shridath Surendranath RAMPHAL |
Doctor
of Laws (world peace & changes in South Africa) |
Fall
1988 |
| Dr.
Calvin Gordon RAND |
Doctor
of Laws (humanist, theatre & film producer & educator) |
Spring
1984 |
| Dr.
Albert REICHMANN |
Doctor
of Laws (business) |
Spring
1991 |
| Dr.
Escott Meredith REID |
Doctor
of Laws (1st Glendon principal & retired diplomat)
|
Spring
1972 |
| Dr. Kate REID |
Doctor
of Letters (actress) |
Spring
1970 |
| Dr.
William R. REID |
Doctor
of Letters (sculptor, author, broadcaster & animateur)
|
Spring
1978 |
| Dr. Alison RICHARD |
Doctor of Laws (University
administrator and scholar) |
Fall 2006 |
| Dr. Mordecai RICHLER |
Doctor
of Letters (novelist, essayist, journalist) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
George W. RICKEY |
Doctor
of Letters (sculptor) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr.
Charles Stewart Almon RITCHIE |
Doctor
of Letters (diplomat, diarist) |
Fall
1992 |
| Rt. Hon. Lord
RITCHIE-CALDER |
Doctor
of Science (journalist, communicator & internationalist)
|
Spring
1976 |
| Dr.
John Josiah ROBINETTE, Q.C. |
Doctor
of Laws (law - criminal) |
Spring
1987 |
|
Dr. Robbie ROBERTSON |
Doctor of Laws (musician
and aboriginal activist) |
Spring 2005 |
| Senator
Dr. Douglas ROCHE (IND - AB) |
Doctor
of Laws (author; parliamentarian; diplomat) |
Spring
2002 |
| La
Duchesse Edmée de la ROCHEFOUCAULD |
Doctor
of Letters (scholar, author & feminist) |
Spring
1988 |
| Professor
Virginia J. ROCK |
Doctor
of Letters (contributions to Stong College) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr.
Edward (Ted) Samuel ROGERS |
Doctor
of Laws (Canadian Telecommunication) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr.
Roy ROMANOW |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr. Murray George
ROSS |
Doctor
of Letters (1st President of York University)
University Professor |
Spring
1971
1973 |
| Dr.
Roger James ROSSITER |
Doctor
of Laws (academic, biochemist, physician, teacher & university
administrator) |
Spring
1971 |
| Dr.
Samuel ROTHSTEIN |
Doctor
of Letters (librarian & educator) |
Fall
1971 |
| Dr.
Paul ROULEAU |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Rt.
Hon. Lord James of RUSHOLME |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1970 |
| Dr.
Nancy RUTH (JACKMAN) |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1994 |
| Dr.
Albie SACHS |
Doctor
of Laws (lawyer, scholar, civil rights activist & author) |
Spring
1994 |
| Dr. Albert Martin
SACKS |
Doctor
of Laws (constitutional law) |
Spring
1969 |
| Dr.
Peggie SAMPSON |
Doctor
of Letters (cellist) |
Spring
1988 |
| Dr.
Peter SANDOR |
Doctor
of Laws (patron of the arts, alumnus) |
Spring
1999 |
| Dr.
Jukka-Pekka SARASTE |
Doctor
of Letters (conductor) |
Spring
1995 |
| Dr.
Peter SATO, LLD |
Doctor
of Laws (Diplomat, friend of Canada) |
Spring
2007 |
| Professor
Samuel Berrick SAUL |
Doctor
of Laws (academic & author) |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
Arthur R.A. SCACE |
Doctor
of Laws (lawyer) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr. Vincent Joseph
SCHAEFER |
Doctor
of Science (chemist) |
Spring
1983 |
| Dr.
Anatoly SCHARANSKY |
Doctor
of Laws (human rights activist) |
Spring
1982 |
|
Dr. Daphne SCHIFF |
Doctor of Laws (lecturer, humanitarian, pilot, adventurer)
|
Spring 2005 |
| Dr.
William George SCHNEIDER |
Doctor
of Science (physical chemist) |
Fall
1966 |
| Dr.
Seymour SCHULICH |
Doctor
of Laws (philanthropist, entrepreneur, business leader) |
Spring
2003 |
| Archbishop Edward
Walter SCOTT |
Doctor
of Laws (advocate of social justice) |
Spring
1987 |
| Professor Francis
Reginald SCOTT |
Doctor
of Laws (law, language & civil liberties) |
Spring
1976 |
| Dr.
Ian Gilmour SCOTT |
Doctor
of Laws |
October
1997 |
| Dr.
Marianne Florence SCOTT |
Doctor
of Laws (librarian) |
Fall
1985 |
| Dr. Wm. Pearson SCOTT |
Doctor
of Laws (Former Chair, York Board) |
Fall
1971 |
| Dr. Amartya SEN |
Doctor of Laws
(Nobel Laureate in economics) |
Spring
2004 |
| Dr.
Richard Burton SETLOW |
Doctor
of Science (biophysicist) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Kathleen SHANNON |
Doctor
of Letters |
Spring
1996 |
| Dr.
Isadore SHARPE |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Professor A.G.
SHENSTONE |
Doctor
of Science |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
Howard SHORE, DLitt |
Doctor
of Laws (Film Composer) |
Spring
2007 |
| Dr.
Haroon SIDDIQUI |
Doctor
of Letters (journalist) |
Fall
2001 |
| Dr. George Gaylord
SIMPSON |
Doctor
of Science |
Fall
1966 |
| Dr.
Lister S. SINCLAIR |
Doctor
of Letters (broadcaster) |
Spring
1991 |
| Dr.
Walter Max Ulyate SISULU |
Doctor
of Laws (racial equality) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Michael SMITH |
Doctor
of Science (educator & public awareness of science) |
Spring
1994 |
| Rt. Hon. Lord SNOW |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1967 |
| Dr. Harry S. SOMERS |
Doctor
of Letters (composer) |
Spring
1977 |
| Hon.
Wishart Flett SPENCE |
Doctor
of Laws (judge) |
Spring
1974 |
| Dr.
Keith SPICER |
Doctor
of Laws (broadcasting policy) |
Spring
1974 |
| Sir
Hugh Worrell SPRINGER |
Doctor
of Laws (educator & barrister) |
Spring
1980 |
| Dr. Graham SPRY |
Doctor
of Laws (author & journalist) |
Spring
1976 |
| Colonel Charles Perry
STACEY |
Doctor
of Laws (military historian) |
Spring
1973 |
| Dr.
Helen Katherine STACEY |
(See
ALLEN, Helen) |
|
| Dr.
Mark STAROWICZ |
Doctor
of Letters (television producer, journalist) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr.
Steven S. STARYK |
Doctor
of Letters (concert violinist) |
Spring
1980 |
| Dr. Catherine Irene
STEELE |
Doctor
of Letters (educator) |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr.
Gunther Siegmund STENT |
Doctor
of Science (molecular biologist) |
Spring
1984 |
| Dr.
Boris Peter STOICHEFF |
Doctor
of Science (physicist) |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Teresa STRATAS |
Doctor
of Letters (opera singer) |
Spring
2000 |
| Dr.
Maurice F. STRONG |
Doctor
of Laws (environmentalist, international official & business
executive) |
Spring
1973 |
| Dr.
Louella Margaret STURDY |
Doctor
of Laws (university administrator) |
Spring
1991 |
| Dr.
Theodore Morris SUGDEN |
Doctor
of Science (chemist & physician) |
Fall
1973 |
| Dr.
Francoise SULLIVAN |
Doctor
of Letters (dancer & artist) |
Fall
1998 |
|
Dr. David SUZUKI |
Doctor of Science (renowned scientist and environmentalist)
|
Spring 2005 |
| Dr.
Felicitas SVEJDA |
Doctor
of Science (plant breeder) |
Spring
2000 |
| Dr.
Barbara Willis SWEETE |
Doctor
of Letters (film and television) |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr.
Pol SWINGS |
Doctor
of Science |
Fall
1969 |
| Dr.
Thomas H.B. SYMONS |
Doctor
of Laws (1st President of Trent University) |
Spring
1973 |
| Dr.
Emöke SZATHMÁRY |
Doctor
of Laws (University President) |
Winter 2008 |
|
Doctor
of Laws (Aboriginal Chief) |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr.
Jiazhen TAN |
Doctor
of Science (geneticist) |
Spring
1984 |
| Hon.
Mr. Justice Walter Surma TARNOPOLSKY |
Doctor
of Laws (Justice of the Court of Appeal) |
Spring
1989 |
| Professor
George TATHAM |
Doctor
of Laws (geographer) |
Spring
1978 |
| Dr.
Brainerd BLYDEN-TAYLOR |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr.
Malcom Gordon TAYLOR |
Doctor
of Laws (teacher; scholar; academic administrator in
health policy) |
Spring
1987 |
| Dr. Nathan A. TAYLOR |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1982 |
| Dr.
Veronica TENNANT |
Doctor
of Letters (dance; ballet) |
Spring
1987 |
| Dr.
Menaka THAKKAR |
Doctor
of Letters (Indian dance - dancer; teacher; choreographer) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr.
Henry George THODE |
Doctor
of Science (chemist) |
Fall
1972 |
| Dr. Stuart Douglas
THOM |
Doctor
of Laws (tax lawyer) |
Spring
1980 |
| Dr.
Clara McCandless THOMAS |
Doctor
of Letters (author) |
Spring
1986 |
| Dr.
Walter A. THOMPSON |
Doctor
of Laws (scholar; teacher) |
Fall
1972 |
| Dr.
Shirley L. THOMSON |
Doctor
of Laws (arts administrator) |
Spring
2002 |
| Dr.
David Lloyd TOUGH |
Doctor
of Laws (scholar; teacher) |
Spring
1972 |
| Dr. Alain TOURAINE |
Doctor
of Laws (eminent scholar; Sociologist) |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr.
Harold Barling TOWN
|
Doctor
of Letters (painter; sculptor; muralist; print maker) |
Spring
1966 |
| Hon.
Arthur TREMBLAY |
Doctor
of Laws (senator) |
Spring
1978 |
| Professor
Eric Lansdown TRIST |
Doctor
of Laws (educator) |
Fall
1983 |
| Dr.
Lap-Chee TSUI |
Doctor
of Science (scientist) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr. Alice Willard
TURNER |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1977 |
| Rt.
Hon. John Napier TURNER, P.C. |
Doctor
of Laws (political leader) |
Spring
1969 |
| Professor
William TWINING |
Doctor
of Laws (legal scholar) |
Spring
2002 |
| Dr.
Anne Barbara UNDERHILL |
Doctor
of Science (astronomer) |
Fall
1969 |
| Dr. Frank Hawkins
UNDERHILL |
Doctor
of Letters (historian; journalist; political activist) |
Fall
1970 |
| Lt.
Col. Lyndall F. URWICK |
Doctor
of Laws (author) |
Fall
1972 |
| Dr.
Francesca VALENTE |
Doctor
of Letters (former director of the Italian Cultural Institute
in Toronto) |
Fall
1999 |
| Dr. Guy VANDERHAEGHE |
Doctor of Letters (author and playwright) |
Fall
2003 |
| Dr.
George VARI |
Doctor
of Laws (business) |
September
1992 |
| Dr.
Helen VARI |
Doctor
of Laws (philanthropist) |
Spring
2003 |
|
Dr. M.G. VASSANJI |
Doctor of Letters (author
and novelist) |
Spring 2005 |
| Dr.
Roy Henry VICKERS, DLitt |
Doctor
of Laws (Artist) |
Spring
2007 |
| Professor
Jean-Pierre VIGIER |
Doctor
of Science (scholar; physicist) |
August
1995 |
| M.
Josephe Jean-Marie Gilles VIGNEAULT |
Doctor
of Letters (singer) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Paul VOLCKER |
Doctor of Laws (civil servant; banker) |
Spring
2001 |
| Dr.
Robert Carsten VON BORSTEL |
Doctor
of Science (scientific research) |
Fall
1987 |
| Dr.
Miriam WADDINGTON |
Doctor
of Letters (critic & poet) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Immanuel WALLERSTEIN |
Doctor
of Letters (scholar) |
Fall
1995 |
| Dr. Edwin Hodges
WALKER |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1979 |
| Dr.
Maxwell William WARD |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
James "Wreford" WATSON |
Doctor
of Letters (geologist; poet; novelist) |
Spring
1985 |
| Dr.
Whipper Billy WATSON |
Doctor
of Laws (wrestler) |
Fall
1984 |
| Dr.
Richard Earl WAUGH, LLD |
Doctor
of Laws (Banker, Business Leader) |
Spring
2007 |
| Dr.
Robert WEAVER |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1977 |
| Dr.
Larry WEINSTEIN |
Doctor
of Letters (film and television) |
Spring
1998 |
| Dr.
Paul WELLER |
Doctor of Laws |
Spring 2009 |
| Dr.
Hilary M. WESTON |
Doctor
of Laws (former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario) |
Fall
2002 |
| Dr.
Robert WHITE |
Doctor
of Laws (Canadian labour movement) |
Fall
1988 |
| Dr.
Herbert William WHITTAKER |
Doctor
of Letters (columnist; drama critic) |
Spring
1971 |
| Dr.
John Mark Willinsky |
Doctor
of Laws |
Spring
2008 |
| Dr.
Lee WILLIAMS |
Doctor
of Laws (railway porter; civil rights activist) |
Spring
2002 |
| Professor
John WILLIS |
Doctor
of Laws (scholar; teacher) |
Spring
1973 |
| Hon.
Madame Justice Dr. Bertha WILSON |
Doctor
of Laws (Justice, Supreme Court of Canada) |
Spring
1986 |
| Dr.
Ian E. WILSON |
Doctor
of Letters (National Archivist of Canada) |
Fall
2001 |
|
Hon. Michael WILSON |
Doctor of Laws (business
leader, mental health advocate and statesman) |
Spring 2005 |
| Dr. Henry S. WINGATE |
Doctor
of Laws |
Fall
1967 |
| Dr.
Rose WOLFE |
Doctor
of Laws (volunteer, Chancellor Emerita, University of
Toronto) |
Spring
2003 |
| Rt.
Hon. Sir Arthur Owen WOODHOUSE |
Doctor
of Laws (judge) |
Spring
1981 |
| Dr.
John YOLTON |
Doctor
of Laws (former President of York University) |
Spring
1974 |
|
Dr.
Eberhard Heinrich ZEIDLER |
Doctor
of Laws (architect) |
Spring
1992 |
| Dr. Li
Zhi FANG |
Doctor
of Science (scientist & Chinese democracy advocate) |
Spring
1993 |
| Dr. Moses ZNAIMER |
Doctor of Letters
(broadcast executive; producer) |
Spring
2001 |
