GRADUATION

Each year, Northwestern awards Honorary Degrees to a select group of individuals of exceptional accomplishment. Past recipients include exemplary scholars, artists, actors, writers, musicians, politicians, and social leaders. Learn more about the selection process and how to submit a nomination.

The recipients of the 2022 Honorary Degrees are:
•Isabel A. Wilkerson – Doctor of Humane Letters
•Eva Jefferson Paterson – Doctor of Laws
•Judith S. Olson - Doctor of Science
•J. Landis Martin – Doctor of Humane Letters

In the fall, President Morton Schapiro asks the graduating seniors to nominate teachers who have had a transforming impact on students. A selection committee chaired by Eugene Lowe, Assistant to the President and Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, with support from the Associated Student Government, reviews the nominations and requests teaching portfolios from nominated teachers for finalist consideration.

A small group of finalists are interviewed and the committee recommends five outstanding teachers to President Schapiro for this recognition.

Click here for more information about the Distinguished Secondary School Teacher Award.

The recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Secondary School Teaching Award are:
•Chris Buckner
•Lidia Ortiz
•Shanté Reed
•David Ross
•Nilda Villalta del Valle

• Marcia L. Bosits, Associate Professor Emerita of Music Performance, Bienen School of Music; 41 years of service.
• Steven Cohen, Associate Professor Emeritus of Music Performance, Bienen School of Music; 17 years of service.
• Gail Williams, Professor Emerita of Music Performance, Bienen School of Music; 33 years of service.
• Victor Yampolsky, Carol F. and Arthur L. Rice, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Music Performance, Bienen School of Music; 38 years of service.

• Melissa Ann Brown, Professor Emerita of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 20 years of service.
• Richard Carroll, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine; 29 years of service.
• Andre DeWolf, Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 25 years of service.
• John F. Disterhoft, Ernest J. And Hattie H. Magerstadt Memorial Research Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience, Feinberg School of Medicine; 49 years of service.
• Robert Goldman, Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine; 41 years of service.
• Paul A. Greenberger, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine; 46 years of service.
• Tom Krejcie, Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 39 years of service.
• Hau Kwaan, Dr. Marjorie C. Barnett Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine; 56 years of service.
• Craig Langman, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine; 37 years of service.
• Marilyn Mets, Professor Emerita of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 32 years of service.
• Stephen Miller, Judy Gugenheim Research Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 41 years of service.
• Jacqueline A. Pongracic, Professor Emerita of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine; 30 years of service.
• Eva E. Redei, Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neuroscience, Feinberg School of Medicine; 26 years of service.
• Robert Schleimer, Patterson Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine; 19 years of service.
• Babette Seligman Sanders, Professor Emerita of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine; 41 years of service.
• Steven John Stryker, Clinical Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine; 39 years of service.
• John Wasserstrom, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine; 36 years of service.

• David Austen-Smith, Peter G. Peterson Chair in Corporate Ethics and Professor Emeritus of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management; 26 years of service.

• Artur Raviv, Alan E. Peterson Chair in Finance Professor Emeritus, Kellogg School of Management; 41 years of service.
• Linda Vincent, Associate Professor Emerita of Accounting Information and Management, Kellogg School of Management; 23 years of service.

• Kornel Ehmann, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; 37 years of service.
• Raymond J. Krizek, Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; 59 years of service.
• William M. Miller, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; 35 years of service.
• David N. Seidman, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; 37 years of service.
• Ajit Tamhane, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering; 47 years of service.
• John B. Troy, Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; 40 years of service.

• Martin Block, Professor Emeritus of Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; 37 years of service.
• Clarke Caywood, Professor Emeritus of Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; 33 years of service.
• Mary Dedinsky, Associate Professor Emerita in Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; 22 years of service.
• Everette Dennis, Professor Emeritus in Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; 10 years of service.
• Susan Mango Curtis, Clinical Professor Emerita in Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; 24 years of service.
• Ellen Shearer, William F. Thomas Professor Emerita in Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; 28 years of service.

• Locke E. Bowman, Clinical Professor Emeritus of Law, 16 years of service.
• Robert P. Burns, William W. Gurley Memorial Professor Emeritus of Law, 42 years of service.
• David L. Cameron, Professor of Practice Emeritus of Law, 21 years of service.
• Thomas F. Geraghty, Class of 1967 James B. Haddad Professor Emeritus of Law, 53 years of service.
• James T. Lindgren, Professor Emeritus of Law, 26 years of service.
• Nancy C. Loeb, Clinical Professor Emerita of Law, 13 years of service.
• Steven Lubet, Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Professor Emeritus of Law, 47 years of service.
• Stephen P. Sawyer, Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus of Law, 17 years of service.
• Carole Silver, Professor of Global Law and Practice Emerita, 19 years of service.
• Matthew L. Spitzer, Howard and Elizabeth Chapman Professor Emeritus, 11 years of service.
• Maureen Stratton, Clinical Assistant Professor Emerita of Law, 20 years of service.

• Frances K. Block, Associate Clinical Professor Emerita of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Communication; 48 years of service.
• Susan A. Lee, Professor Emerita of Theatre, School of Communication; 43 years of service.
  Barbara O’Keefe, Professor Emerita of Communication Studies, School of Communication; 22 years of service.
• Daniel O’Keefe, Owen L. Coon Professor of Argumentation and Debate and Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies, School of Communication; 18 years of service.
• Janice Radway, Walter Dill Scott Professor Emerita of Communication Studies, School of Communication; 14 years of service.
• Michael Roloff, Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies, School of Communication; 44 years of service.
• Cynthia K. Thompson, Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor Emerita in Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Communication; 30 years of service.

• Dan A. Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Education and Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy; 47 years of service.

• Cunera Buys, Librarian Emerita, University Libraries; 19 years of service.
• Roberto Sarmiento, Librarian Emeritus, University Libraries; 24 years of service.

• Henry C. Binford, Professor Emeritus of History, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 50 years of service.
• Jane Bradley Winston, Associate Professor Emerita of French and Italian, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 29 years of service.
• Charles Camic, Lorraine H. Morton Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 17 years of service.
• Mary G. Dietz, John Evans Professor Emerita of Political Science, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 15 years of service.
• Betsy Erkkila, Henry S. Noyes Professor Emerita of English, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 28 years of service.
• James Farr, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 15 years of service.
• Wendy Griswold, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 25 years of service.
• Robert Gundlach, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 45 years of service.
• Carol Heimer, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 39 years of service.
• Albert Hunter, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 46 years of service.
• Mark Iris, Lecturer Emeritus of Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 37 years of service.
• Robert Lamb, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biosciences, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 39 years of service.
• Christopher Lane, Professor Emeritus of English, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 21 years of service.
• Robert Linrothe, Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 13 years of service.
• David M. Meyer, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 35 years of service.
• Aldon Morris, Leon Forrest Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 34 years of service.
• Marcus Moseley, Associate Professor Emeritus of Jewish and Israel Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 17 years of service.
• Patricia Ellen Nichols, Associate Professor of Instruction Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 39 years of service.
• Benjamin I. Page, Gordon Scott Fulcher Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 34 years of service.
• John Paluch, Professor of Instruction Emeritus, German, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 32 years of service.
• Susan Pechter, Associate Professor of Instruction Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 23 years of service.
• Peter C. Stair, John G. Searle Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 44 years of service.
• Eric Weitz, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 48 years of service.