Honorary Degrees Awarded by Year
Ellen O. Tauscher
East Bay, 2012
Bert Forbes and
Candace Forbes
San Luis Obispo, 2012
Barbro Osher
San Francisco, 2012
Ronald R. Simons
Pomona, 2012
2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent P. Barabba | Doctor of Laws | Northridge | 5/24/2012 |
| Bert E. Forbes | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/10/2012 |
| Candace M. Forbes | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/10/2012 |
| Kathleen Marie Ireland | Doctor of Humane Letters | Channel Islands | 5/19/2012 |
| Robert N. Klein | Doctor of Laws | Humboldt | 5/12/2012 |
| Henry L. "Hank" Lacayo | Doctor of Humane Letters | Channel Islands | 5/19/2012 |
| Leonard H. Lavin | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/18/2012 |
| Sandra Lerner | Doctor of Science | Chico | 5/19/2012 |
| Donald Lucas | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 4/20/2012 |
| Sally Lucas | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 4/20/2012 |
| Jenny J. Ming | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/26/2012 |
| Peter Oppenheimer | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/9/2012 |
| Barbro Osher | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/19/2012 |
| L. Robert Payne | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/19/2012 |
| Roy M. Pérez | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 4/4/2012 |
| Cruz Reynoso | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 5/18/2012 |
| Alice Mitchell Rivlin | Doctor of Laws | Monterey Bay | 5/19/2012 |
| Edward Rollins | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/18/2012 |
| Richard H. Sherratt | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/16/2012 |
| Ronald R. Simons | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/10/2012 |
| Dave Stockton | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/17/2012 |
| Ellen O. Tauscher | Doctor of Laws | East Bay | 6/17/2012 |
| Joan Weill | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sonoma | 5/16/2012 |
| Sanford I. Weill | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/16/2012 |
| Leonard "Lenny" Williams | Doctor of Fine Arts | East Bay | 6/16/2012 |
2011 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenda M. Bayless | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 12/10/2011 |
| Robert Nathan Danziger | Doctor of Fine Arts | Monterey Bay | 9/14/2011 |
| Bruce D. Varner | Doctor of Laws | San Bernardino | 6/18/2011 |
| Alex Mehran | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/12/2011 |
| Kim Polese | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/11/2011 |
| Bernard A. Osher | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/11/2011 |
| John Mack | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/11/2011 |
| Anthony L. Jackson | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/28/2011 |
| Robert A. Johnson | Doctor of Science | Sonoma | 5/28/2011 |
| James Berk | Doctor of Fine Arts | Northridge | 5/24/2011 |
| Regina E. Dugan | Doctor of Science | Fullerton | 5/22/2011 |
| J. Douglas Pardee | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Marcos | 5/21/2011 |
| Jose Yenque | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Marcos | 5/21/2011 |
| Jeffrey L. Bleich | Doctor of Laws | San Francisco | 5/21/2011 |
| George M. Marcus | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/21/2011 |
| A. Jerrold Perenchio | Doctor of Fine Arts | Fresno | 5/21/2011 |
| Jack T. O'Connell | Doctor of Humane Letters | Channel Islands | 5/21/2011 |
| Hugo Morales | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sacramento | 5/20/2011 |
| John J. Tracy | Doctor of Science | Dominguez Hills | 5/20/2011 |
| Janet Murguía | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/20/2011 |
| Steven M. Lopez | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 4/29/2011 |
| Kazuo Inamori | Doctor of Science | San Diego | 4/5/2011 |
| Sil Garaventa Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 2/25/2011 |
2010 | |||
| Plácido Domingo | Doctor of Fine Arts | Stanislaus | 10/25/2010 |
| James R. Watson | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/19/2010 |
| Betty M. Barker | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/17/2010 |
| Jack Acosta | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/12/2010 |
| Yuri Kochiyama | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/12/2010 |
| Bishop Charles E. Blake | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/12/2010 |
| Sarah L. Ludwick | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/12/2010 |
| Gary L. Bloom | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/12/2010 |
| Arthur J. Ludwick | Doctor of Science | Pomona | 6/11/2010 |
| Jose Bernardo | Doctor of Humane Letters | Stanislaus | 6/5/2010 |
| Jennifer A. Webley | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sonoma | 5/29/2010 |
| John W. Webley | Doctor of Science | Sonoma | 5/29/2010 |
| Paul F. Folino | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 5/23/2010 |
| David C. Favor | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/22/2010 |
| Kenny C. Guinn | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/22/2010 |
| Margaret Jensen | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/22/2010 |
| Rodger B. Jensen | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/22/2010 |
| Rudy A. Hanley | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 5/22/2010 |
| Mario G. Obledo | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 5/22/2010 |
| Don Coryell | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/22/2010 |
| Henry G. Cisneros | Doctor of Laws | Dominguez Hills | 5/21/2010 |
| Marcy Friedman | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sacramento | 5/21/2010 |
| Charles W. Hostler | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/21/2010 |
| Michelle DeYoung | Doctor of Fine Arts | Northridge | 5/18/2010 |
| Carol A. Cox | Doctor of Laws | San Marcos | 5/15/2010 |
2009 | |||
| Nicholas J. Coussoulis | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/21/2009 |
| Ernest H. Siva | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Bernardino | 6/20/2009 |
| Khaled Hosseini | Doctor of Fine Arts | East Bay | 6/14/2009 |
| Scott Kriens | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/14/2009 |
| Richard N. Frank | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/14/2009 |
| Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika | Doctor of Laws | San Luis Obispo | 6/14/2009 |
| Tyree Toliver | Doctor of Humane Letters | Bakersfield | 6/13/2009 |
| Leo Fontana | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/13/2009 |
| Don B. Huntley | Doctor of Science | Pomona | 6/13/2009 |
| Robin L. Rossi | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/13/2009 |
| Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi | Doctor of Science | Chico | 5/24/2009 |
| Leslie Bassett | Doctor of Fine Arts | Fresno | 5/23/2009 |
| John L. Woolf | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/23/2009 |
| Malin Burnham | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/23/2009 |
| Pete Wilson | Doctor of Laws | San Diego | 5/23/2009 |
| Morris Dees | Doctor of Laws | San Francisco | 5/23/2009 |
| Willie Howard Mays Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/23/2009 |
| Claude Ganz | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/23/2009 |
| Frederick Teichert | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sacramento | 5/22/2009 |
| David W. Fleming | Doctor of Laws | Northridge | 5/20/2009 |
| Mike Curb | Doctor of Fine Arts | Northridge | 5/19/2009 |
| Rafael A. Suarez | Doctor of Humane Letters | Monterey Bay | 5/16/2009 |
| Robert E. Kramek | Doctor of Science | Maritime Academy | 5/2/2009 |
2008 | Top ^ | ||
| Gary Alan Sinise | Doctor of Fine Arts | Stanislaus | 10/25/2008 |
| Jean Lane | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/15/2008 |
| L. William "Bill" Lane Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/15/2008 |
| George Soares | Doctor of Laws | San Luis Obispo | 6/14/2008 |
| Joe Morgan | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/14/2008 |
| Andrew J. C. Cherng | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/14/2008 |
| Larry Sharp | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/15/2008 |
| Neale Perkins | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/14/2008 |
| William "Bill" Thomas | Doctor of Humane Letters | Bakersfield | 6/7/2008 |
| Dionicio Morales | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/6/2008 |
| Harry Pappas | Doctor of Humane Letters | Stanislaus | 5/31/2008 |
| George Deukmejian | Doctor of Laws | Long Beach | 5/29/2008 |
| Janet Spidell | Doctor of Humane Letters | Long Beach | 5/29/2008 |
| Robert Spidell | Doctor of Humane Letters | Long Beach | 5/29/2008 |
| Ken Grossman | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/25/2008 |
| Marilyn Wade Warrens | Doctor of Fine Arts | Chico | 5/25/2008 |
| Darlene Shiley | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Diego | 5/24/2008 |
| Isabel Allende | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/24/2008 |
| Walter Johnson | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/24/2008 |
| Manny Mashouf | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/24/2008 |
| Don Kassing | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/24/2008 |
| John Chen | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/23/2008 |
| Tavis Smiley | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/23/2008 |
| Monica Lozano | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/22/2008 |
| Pete Peters | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/17/2008 |
| Tracy Caldwell | Doctor of Science | Fullerton | 5/17/2008 |
| Michael Fielding | Doctor of Humane Letters | Humboldt | 5/17/2008 |
| Cheryl Seidner | Doctor of Humane Letters | Humboldt | 5/17/2008 |
| Albert Kern | Doctor of Science | San Marcos | 5/17/2008 |
| Jack Raymond | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Marcos | 5/17/2008 |
| Roy Disney | Doctor of Humane Letters | Maritime Academy | 4/26/2008 |
2007 | Top ^ | ||
| Shailesh Mehta | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/17/2007 |
| William E. Leonard | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/16/2007 |
| Sam Maloof | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Bernardino | 6/16/2007 |
| Donald E. Bently | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/16/2007 |
| Paul R. Bonderson Jr. | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/16/2007 |
| Paul J. Orfalea | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/16/2007 |
| Warren Christopher | Doctor of Laws | Los Angeles | 6/9/2007 |
| Stuart Sperber | Doctor of Science | Pomona | 6/9/2007 |
| Rita Moreno | Doctor of Fine Arts | East Bay | 6/1/2007 |
| Charles H. Noski | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 6/1/2007 |
| Winnie Leung | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sacramento | 5/26/2007 |
| Roger Valine | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sacramento | 5/26/2007 |
| Daniel J. Lanahan | Doctor of Laws | Sonoma | 5/26/2007 |
| Dan Black | Doctor of Science | Fullerton | 5/20/2007 |
| Rafael Sanchez | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/19/2007 |
| Malinda Chouinard | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/19/2007 |
| Roy Christopher | Doctor of Fine Arts | Fresno | 5/19/2007 |
| Robert Antle | Doctor of Humane Letters | Monterey Bay | 5/19/2007 |
| Ric Masten | Doctor of Letters | Monterey Bay | 5/19/2007 |
| Martha Longenecker | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Diego | 5/19/2007 |
| Abel Coronado Amaya | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/18/2007 |
| Gil D. Smith | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/18/2007 |
| Deborah Szekely | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/18/2007 |
| Leon Williams | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/18/2007 |
| Sebastian Paul Musco | Doctor of Humane Letters | Stanislaus | 5/12/2007 |
| Jack L. Rawlins | Doctor of Science | Chico | 4/11/2007 |
2006 | Top ^ | ||
| Irwin Jacobs | Doctor of Science | San Diego | 8/26/2006 |
| Charles Obershaw | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/18/2006 |
| Shelby Obershaw | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/18/2006 |
| Richard R. Oliphant | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/16/2006 |
| Stanley T. Wang | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay | 6/10/2006 |
| David C. Lizarraga | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/10/2006 |
| Anthony M. Vitti | Doctor of Humane Letters | Stanislaus | 6/3/2006 |
| James D. Woods | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 5/28/2006 |
| James J. Brosnahan | Doctor of Laws | San Francisco | 5/27/2006 |
| Neil Young | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/27/2006 |
| Pegi Young | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/27/2006 |
| Leslie L. Vadasz | Doctor of Science | Sonoma | 5/27/2006 |
| Sam F. Iacobellis | Doctor of Science | Fresno | 5/20/2006 |
| James McClatchy | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/20/2006 |
| Robert T. Matsui | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 5/20/2006 |
| Craig R. Noel | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Diego | 5/20/2006 |
2005 | Top ^ | ||
| Jack H. Brown | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/19/2005 |
| Bing Sum Wong | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/19/2005 |
| Robert W. Karpe | Doctor of Humane Letters | Bakersfield | 6/11/2005 |
| Raul Yzaguirra | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/11/2005 |
| Jack Dangermond | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/11/2005 |
| Bruce A. McPherson | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/11/2005 |
| William H. Swanson | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/11/2005 |
| Michael D. Eisner | Doctor of Fine Arts | Northridge | 6/3/2005 |
| Steven G. Mihaylo | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 5/29/2005 |
| John Carlos | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/28/2005 |
| Tommie Smith | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/28/2005 |
| Jeffrey Kahane | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sonoma | 5/28/2005 |
| John Stuart Rogers | Doctor of Humane Letters | Stanislaus | 5/28/2005 |
| June Rogers | Doctor of Humane Letters | Stanislaus | 5/28/2005 |
| John Spoor Broome | Doctor of Humane Letters | Channel Islands | 5/21/2005 |
| Robert J. Lagomarsino | Doctor of Laws | Channel Islands | 5/21/2005 |
| Floyd English | Doctor of Science | Chico | 5/21/2005 |
| Richard A. Johanson | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/21/2005 |
| Ruth Marie Nickerson | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/21/2005 |
| Norman Brinker | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/21/2005 |
| Andreas Brown | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Diego | 5/21/2005 |
| Ron L. Fowler | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/21/2005 |
| Ngugi wa Thiong'o | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/20/2005 |
2004 | Top ^ | ||
| Florentino Garza | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/13/2004 |
| Iris Chang | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay* | 6/12/2004 |
| Harry P. Pachon | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/12/2004 |
| Robert L. Gibson | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/12/2004 |
| Alex G. Spanos | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/12/2004 |
| Susan Elizabeth George | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 5/30/2004 |
| Willie Brown | Doctor of Laws | San Francisco | 5/29/2004 |
| Vartan Gregorian | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/29/2004 |
| Robert L. Caret | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/29/2004 |
| Yoshihiro Uchida | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/29/2004 |
| Carol Channing | Doctor of Fine Arts | Stanislaus | 5/29/2004 |
| Marshall Lloyd Ginter | Doctor of Science | Chico | 5/22/2004 |
| Glen Toney | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/22/2004 |
| Mary Carolyn Dobbs | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/22/2004 |
| Belva Davis | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/22/2004 |
| Kathleen Kennedy | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Diego | 5/15/2004 |
| James Husband | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Marcos | 5/15/2004 |
| John Santuccio | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Marcos | 5/15/2004 |
2003 | Top ^ | ||
| Dorothy Inghram | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/14/2003 |
| Osborne Earl Smith | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/14/2003 |
| Bernard Goldstein | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/31/2003 |
| Edward R. Stolman | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/31/2003 |
| Patrick Johnston | Doctor of Humane Letters | Stanislaus | 5/31/2003 |
| Philip S. Magaram | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 5/28/2003 |
| Albert J. McNeil | Doctor of Fine Arts | Northridge | 5/28/2003 |
| Judy Lynn Sitton | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/25/2003 |
| Steve G. Nettleton | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/24/2003 |
| Peter Yarrow | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Francisco | 5/24/2003 |
| James F. Boccardo | Doctor of Laws | San José | 5/24/2003 |
| Timothy J. Leiweke | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/23/2003 |
| Ingrid Moses | Doctor of Letters | Sacramento | 5/23/2003 |
| Hans J.A. Van Ginkel | Doctor of Letters | Sacramento | 5/23/2003 |
| Charles F. Bolden | Doctor of Science | San Diego | 5/18/2003 |
| Sol Price | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/18/2003 |
| Lajpat Rai Munger | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/17/2003 |
| John Baldassari | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Diego | 5/17/2003 |
| Richard E. Hunter | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Marcos | 5/17/2003 |
2002 | Top ^ | ||
| Abel G. Aganbegyan | Doctor of Laws | East Bay* | 6/15/2002 |
| Susan B. Neuman | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay* | 6/15/2002 |
| Rosario Marin | Doctor of Laws | Los Angeles | 6/15/2002 |
| Ali C. Razi | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/15/2002 |
| Joseph W. Cotchett | Doctor of Laws | San Luis Obispo | 6/15/2002 |
| John Brooks Slaughter | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/15/2002 |
| Alan Armer | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 5/31/2002 |
| Dolores C. Huerta | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 5/29/2002 |
| Ernest D. Marquez | Doctor of Science | Fresno | 5/25/2002 |
| Larry A. Shehadey | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/25/2002 |
| Samuel Ruiz Garcia | Doctor of Humane Letters | Monterey Bay | 5/25/2002 |
| Millard Fuller | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/25/2002 |
| Norman Mineta | Doctor of Laws | San José | 5/25/2002 |
| Amy Tan | Doctor of Letters | San José | 5/25/2002 |
| Phillip L. Isenberg | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 5/24/2002 |
| Dwight E. Stanford | Doctor of Laws | San Diego | 5/20/2002 |
| George Walker Smith | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/19/2002 |
| Gwynna M. Morris | Doctor of Humane Letters | Humboldt | 5/18/2002 |
| Claire Van Vliet | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Diego | 5/18/2002 |
| Miguel León-Portilla | Doctor of Letters | San Diego | 5/3/2002 |
| Stephen Jay Gould | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 4/5/2002 |
| Walter E. Massey | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 4/5/2002 |
2001 | Top ^ | ||
| Richard W. Riley | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sacramento | 12/14/2001 |
| David Baltimore | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 9/28/2001 |
| Rita Colwell | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 9/28/2001 |
| Ravi Shankar | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Marcos | 8/22/2001 |
| W. Benson Harer Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Bernardino | 6/16/2001 |
| Ann M. Veneman | Doctor of Laws | San Luis Obispo | 6/16/2001 |
| Brian De Lacy Figaji | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay* | 6/9/2001 |
| Henry Rodriguez | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Marcos | 6/3/2001 |
| William M. Lyles | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/26/2001 |
| Gareth C.C. Chang | Doctor of Science | Fullerton | 5/26/2001 |
| Michael D. Stennis | Doctor of Humane Letters | Monterey Bay | 5/26/2001 |
| Grantland Johnson | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sacramento | 5/26/2001 |
| Richard N. Goldman | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/26/2001 |
| Herbert McGilvray Dwight | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/26/2001 |
| Nicolas Cage | Doctor of Fine Arts | Fullerton | 5/25/2001 |
| Dorothy Stevens Enomoto | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sacramento | 5/25/2001 |
1991-2000 | Top ^ | ||
| Julia Child | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 12/1/2000 |
| Ronald V. Dellums | Doctor of Laws | East Bay* | 6/10/2000 |
| Barry Munitz | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/10/2000 |
| Peter Hemmings | Doctor of Fine Arts | Northridge | 6/1/2000 |
| John P. Schlegal | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/27/2000 |
| David F. Selvin | Doctor of Laws | San Francisco | 5/27/2000 |
| Richard Smothers | Dcotor of Fine Arts | San José | 5/27/2000 |
| Thomas Smothers | Doctor of Fine Arts | San José | 5/27/2000 |
| Bob L. Mangrum | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Marcos | 5/27/2000 |
| Richard Carpenter | Doctor of Fine Arts | Long Beach | 5/26/2000 |
| James H. Gray | Doctor of Laws | Long Beach | 5/24/2000 |
| Coralein Hallowell | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/20/2000 |
| James Hallowell | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/20/2000 |
| George F. Martin | Doctor of Humane Letters | Bakersfield | 6/12/1999 |
| Milton M. Younger | Doctor of Humane Letters | Bakersfield | 6/12/1999 |
| R. J. Considine Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Luis Obispo | 6/12/1999 |
| James David Power III | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 6/3/1999 |
| August Wilson | Doctor of Fine Arts | Northridge | 6/2/1999 |
| James Cameron | Doctor of Fine Arts | Fullerton | 5/29/1999 |
| Clarence Iwao Nishizu | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 5/29/1999 |
| Steven Lee Yamshon | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sacramento | 5/29/1999 |
| Irene Dalis | Doctor of Fine Arts | San José | 5/29/1999 |
| Janet R. Kellogg | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Marcos | 5/29/1999 |
| Norman Epstein | Doctor of Laws | Dominguez Hills | 5/28/1999 |
| Katherine B. Loker | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/28/1999 |
| Paul H. O'Neill | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/22/1999 |
| Hugo Morales Rosas | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/22/1999 |
| Julian Bond | Doctor of Humane Letters | Monterey Bay | 5/22/1999 |
| Shirley Chisholm | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/22/1999 |
| James Sinegal | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/22/1999 |
| Corrick Brown | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sonoma | 5/22/1999 |
| William Keith Kellogg | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 11/12/1998 |
| Jean Ablin | Doctor of Humane Letters | Bakersfield | 6/13/1998 |
| Sunne Wright McPeak | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay* | 6/13/1998 |
| Edward R. Roybal | Doctor of Laws | Los Angeles | 6/13/1998 |
| Ruth Asawa | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Francisco | 5/30/1998 |
| John Hope Franklin | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/30/1998 |
| Harold M. Williams | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 5/28/1998 |
| Tommy Lasorda | Doctor of Humane Letters | Long Beach | 5/27/1998 |
| Abraham Polonsky | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 5/27/1998 |
| Arthur Barron | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/24/1998 |
| Arthur G. Linkletter | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/24/1998 |
| L. Y. Woo | Doctor of Science | Chico | 5/23/1998 |
| Norman Neuerburg | Doctor of Fine Arts | Dominguez Hills | 5/23/1998 |
| Elmer Richter | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/23/1998 |
| Evelyn Cisneros | Doctor of Fine Arts | Monterey Bay | 5/23/1998 |
| Wayne Thiebaud | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sacramento | 5/23/1998 |
| Angelo K. Tsakopoulos | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sacramento | 5/23/1998 |
| Vahac Mardirosian | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/23/1998 |
| Donald Green | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sonoma | 5/23/1998 |
| Maureen Green | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sonoma | 5/23/1998 |
| Monica P. Hadley | Doctor of Humane Letters | Humboldt | 5/16/1998 |
| Carol Vaness | Doctor of Fine Arts | Northridge | 4/4/1998 |
| D. Bruce Johnstone | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 8/20/1997 |
| Shimon Peres | Doctor of Laws | San Diego | 8/20/1997 |
| James L. Burke | Doctor of Humane Letters | Bakersfield | 6/14/1997 |
| Franz Fischler | Doctor of Laws | East Bay* | 6/14/1997 |
| Michael Feinstein | Doctor of Fine Arts | Los Angeles | 6/14/1997 |
| Billy Jean King | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/14/1997 |
| Danny Glover | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Francisco | 5/31/1997 |
| Nelson Mandela | Doctor of Laws | San Francisco | 5/31/1997 |
| Bella Lewitzky | Doctor of Fine Arts | Long Beach | 5/30/1997 |
| Ann Lieberman | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 5/30/1997 |
| Scott Horowitz | Doctor of Science | Northridge | 5/29/1997 |
| David Barclay | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/24/1997 |
| Leon S. Peters | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/24/1997 |
| Herbie Hancock | Doctor of Fine Arts | Fresno | 5/24/1997 |
| Jose Burciaga | Doctor of Humane Letters | Monterey Bay | 5/24/1997 |
| Leon Panetta | Doctor of Humane Letters | Monterey Bay | 5/24/1997 |
| Alfred E. Alquist | Doctor of Laws | San José | 5/24/1997 |
| Henry F. Trione | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/24/1997 |
| Yehudi Menuhin | Doctor of Fine Arts | San Francisco | 5/9/1997 |
| M. E. Bengu | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 7/17/1996 |
| Heitor Gurgulino de Souza | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 7/17/1996 |
| Federico Mayor | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 7/15/1996 |
| Rayburn S. Dezember | Doctor of Humane Letters | Bakersfield | 6/8/1996 |
| Fred Korematsu | Doctor of Laws | East Bay* | 6/8/1996 |
| Charles R. Oliver | Doctor of Science | Pomona | 6/6/1996 |
| Bernard Lipinsky | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/26/1996 |
| Alvena Storm | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Diego | 5/26/1996 |
| Alan Simpkins | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/26/1996 |
| Phyllis Forward Simpkins | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/26/1996 |
| Anita L. DeFrantz | Doctor of Laws | Dominguez Hills | 5/25/1996 |
| Robert E. Duncan | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/25/1996 |
| Edward James Olmos | Doctor of Fine Arts | Fresno | 5/25/1996 |
| George Perle | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sacramento | 5/25/1996 |
| Anna Deavere Smith | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sacramento | 5/25/1996 |
| Mervin Field | Doctor of Laws | Sonoma | 5/18/1996 |
| Andrew McGuire | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/18/1996 |
| Helen B. Rudee | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/18/1996 |
| I. King Jordan | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay* | 6/10/1995 |
| Claudia H. Hampton | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/10/1995 |
| Billy Barty | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/10/1995 |
| Charles Brown Voorhis | Doctor of Laws | Pomona | 6/10/1995 |
| Norman Williamson Jr. | Doctor of Letters | Pomona | 6/10/1995 |
| Isabel Patterson | Doctor of Humane Letters | Long Beach | 5/31/1995 |
| Jun-Boo Cha | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/27/1995 |
| Earl S. Smittcamp | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/27/1995 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Doctor of Laws | San Francisco | 5/27/1995 |
| Cecil Williams | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/27/1995 |
| Fred B. Galbreath | Doctor of Science | Humboldt | 5/20/1995 |
| Gene M. Benedetti | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/20/1995 |
| Gaye LeBaron | Doctor of Letters | Sonoma | 5/20/1995 |
| Lodwrick M. Cook | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 2/21/1995 |
| Peter J. Pitchess | Doctor of Laws | Office of the Chancellor | 7/20/1994 |
| W. Keith Kellogg II | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/12/1994 |
| King Farris | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay* | 6/11/1994 |
| Vincent E. Petrucci | Doctor of Science | Fresno | 5/28/1994 |
| Lee Patrick Brown | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/27/1994 |
| Joseph A. Rattigan | Doctor of Laws | Sonoma | 5/27/1994 |
| Jean Forsyth Schulz | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/27/1994 |
| Louis W. Schatz | Doctor of Science | Humboldt | 5/21/1994 |
| Arturo Madrid | Doctor of Humane Letters | East Bay* | 6/12/1993 |
| Michi Nishiura Weglyn | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/12/1993 |
| Wright Edelman | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/29/1993 |
| Halper Silbert | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/29/1993 |
| Morton I. Abramowitz | Doctor of Laws | Stanislaus | 5/29/1993 |
| Harrison | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sacramento | 5/28/1993 |
| Burr | Doctor of Fine Arts | Sonoma | 5/28/1993 |
| Evert B. Person | Doctor of Humane Letters | Sonoma | 5/28/1993 |
| Richards | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 5/22/1993 |
| Sidney Harvey Craig | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fresno | 5/22/1993 |
| Donald F. Karcher | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 9/25/1992 |
| Yukiyasu Togo | Doctor of Humane Letters | Dominguez Hills | 9/17/1992 |
| James A. Collins | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/13/1992 |
| David Jenkins | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/30/1992 |
| William Clark | Doctor of Letters | San José | 5/23/1992 |
| Bill Cosby | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 4/29/1992 |
| Walter J. Turnbull | Doctor of Fine Arts | Dominguez Hills | 5/24/1991 |
1981-1990 | Top ^ | ||
| Yung Fa Chang | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 9/13/1990 |
| Jaime A. Escalante | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 6/9/1990 |
| Otto E. Meyer | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/26/1990 |
| Steve Martin | Doctor of Humane Letters | Long Beach | 8/25/1989 |
| Russell G. Mawby | Doctor of Science | Pomona | 6/10/1989 |
| Jose Quintero | Doctor of Fine Arts | Fullerton | 5/28/1989 |
| Ramon C. Cortines | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/27/1989 |
| Rosalyn S. Yalow | Doctor of Science | San Francisco | 5/27/1989 |
| Louis H. Heilbron | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 5/28/1988 |
| Luis Valdez | Doctor of Fine Arts | San José | 5/28/1988 |
| Ernest L. Boyer | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/22/1988 |
| Nathaniel S. Colley Sr. | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 5/21/1988 |
| Burt Rutan | Doctor of Science | San Luis Obispo | 6/30/1987 |
| Albert S. Rodda | Doctor of Laws | Sacramento | 5/23/1987 |
| Roy T. Brophy | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/23/1987 |
| Walter W. Stiern | Doctor of Laws | Bakersfield | 6/14/1986 |
| Peter V. Ueberroth | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 5/24/1986 |
| Homer P. Balabanis | Doctor of Fine Arts | Humboldt | 6/15/1985 |
| Augustus F. Hawkins | Doctor of Laws | Los Angeles | 6/15/1985 |
| John F. O'Connell | Doctor of Humane Letters | Chico | 5/26/1985 |
| Arnold O. Beckman | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 5/26/1984 |
| Andres Segovia | Doctor of Humane Letters | Northridge | 2/18/1983 |
| Edmund G. "Pat" Brown | Doctor of Laws | Los Angeles | 6/11/1982 |
| Glenn S. Dumke | Doctor of Laws | San Francisco | 5/29/1982 |
1971-1980 | Top ^ | ||
| C. Alden Dunham | Doctor of Humane Letters | Office of the Chancellor | 9/20/1976 |
| Margaret Chase Smith | Doctor of Laws | Northridge | 5/31/1974 |
| Irving Stone | Doctor of Literature | Office of the Chancellor | 3/22/1971 |
1963-1970 | Top ^ | ||
| John W. Gardner | Doctor of Laws | San José | 6/13/1969 |
| Emory W. Morris | Doctor of Humane Letters | Pomona | 6/7/1969 |
| Donald M. Hart | Master of Public Service | San Luis Obispo | 6/7/1969 |
| Edwin O. Reischauer | Doctor of Laws | San Diego | 4/1/1968 |
| Ralph Winfred Tyler | Doctor of Laws | East Bay* | 6/10/1967 |
| Louis Booker Wright | Doctor of Humane Letters | Fullerton | 11/30/1966 |
| Glenn Theodore Seaborg | Doctor of Laws | San Diego | 6/10/1966 |
| R. Buckminster Fuller | Doctor of Humane Letters | San José | 6/10/1966 |
| Frank V. de Bellis | Doctor of Humane Letters | San Francisco | 6/11/1965 |
| Monroe E. Spaght | Doctor of Laws | Humboldt | 6/4/1965 |
| Arnold J. Toynbee | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 11/16/1964 |
| Francis Keppel | Doctor of Humane Letters | Los Angeles | 5/15/1964 |
| John F. Kennedy | Doctor of Laws | San Diego | 6/6/1963 |
*Degrees awarded when the campus was named California State University, Hayward.
