Honorary Degrees

2006

Eddie L. Davis, Doctor of Humanitarian Services; Danbury Public Schools, Danbury, Connecticut

David H. Larson, Doctor of Humanitarian Services; Connecticut Association of Public School, Superintendents, West Hartford, Connecticut

Alice V. Meyer, Doctor of Humanitarian Services; Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education, Hartford, Connecticut

2005

Dr. Sandra Cavanaugh Holley, Southern CT State University, New Haven, CT

Dr. Donald Slater, West Hartford, CT

Reverend Ralph Lord Roy, Plantsville, CT

2004

Dr. Adrianne Baughns-Wallace, Bloomfield, CT

Lt. Governor Kevin B. Sullivan, State Capitol, Hartford, CT

Dr. Sanford Cloud, Jr., Farmington, CT

2003

Donald F. Blake, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Connecticut Campus Compact, Hartford, Connecticut.

Harold R. Burke, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Professor Emeritus, Western Connecticut State University.

Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., Doctor of Humanitarian Service; The John Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, Maryland.

Brad Davis, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Radio Station WDRC, Bloomfield, Connecticut.

James R. Roach, Doctor of Laws; Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut.

2002

Wallace Barnes, Doctor of Laws; President and CEO and General Counsel of the Barnes Group, Bristol, Connecticut.

Donald Cassin, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Commissioner of Public Works, Bristol, Connecticut.

Rocco C. Orlando, Doctor of Laws; Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy; U.S. Army (ret.), Doctor of Laws, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army.

Russell J. Quaglia, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; National Center for Student Aspirations, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. 2001

James M. Burt, Doctor of Humane Letters; Recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

David G. Carter, Sr., Doctor of Letters; Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut.

The Honorable William A. Cugno, Doctor of Laws; The Adjutant General, Connecticut Army and Air National Guard, Hartford, Connecticut.

Frank R. Salamon, Doctor of Letters; Alternate Route to Certification, West Hartford, Connecticut.

Booker T. DeVaughn, Jr., Doctor of Laws; Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, Connecticut.

2001

*James M. Burt, Doctor of Humane Letters; Recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

David G. Carter, Sr., Doctor of Letters; Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut

The Honorable William A. Cugno, Doctor of Laws; the Adjutant General, Connecticut Army and Air National Guard, Hartford, Connecticut

Frank R. Salamon, Doctor of Letters; Alternate Route to Certification, West Hartford, Connecticut

Booker T. DeVaughn, Jr., Doctor of Laws; Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, Connecticut.

2000

Richard L. Judd, Doctor of Laws; Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut.

John N. Leach, Doctor of Humane Letters; University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

Darla H. Shaw, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut.

*Frank R. Yulo, Doctor of Laws; Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, West Hartford, Connecticut.

1999

Father William M. Mulcair, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Intensive Education Academy, West Hartford, Connecticut.

Jan L. Paschal, Doctor of Humanities; Regional Representative of the Deputy Secretary of Education, Boston, Massachusetts.

Jefferson Wiggins, Doctor of Humane Letters; Educator and Author, New Fairfield, Connecticut.

1998

John J. Allison, Jr., Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), Hartford, Connecticut.

Polly A. Fitz, R.D., Doctor of Science; 71st President of the American Dietetic Association, Branford, Connecticut.

Samuel R. Hyman, Doctor of Humanities; Civil Rights Activist, Danbury, Connecticut.

Roland H. Lange, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; American Red Cross Volunteer and Spokesman, West Hartford, Connecticut.

Gary Sihler, Doctor of Science; President, Index Corporation, Shelton, Connecticut.

John J. Toland, Doctor of Letters; Pulitzer Prize Author, Danbury, Connecticut.

1997

Herbert Barker, Doctor of Humane Letters. Founder, Barker's Specialty Company, Cheshire, Connecticut.

Katherine H. Brophy, Doctor of Humanities; Director of Career, Vocational and Adult Education, Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Richard E. Mandeville, Doctor of Laws; New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts.

Donald P. Tutson, Doctor of Humanities; Dropout Prevention Counselor, Danbury, Connecticut.

1996

Robert M. Conrad, Doctor of Political Science; Freelance Political Writer, Bristol, Connecticut.

The Honorable Barbara Hackman Franklin, Doctor of Laws; Barbara Franklin Enterprises, Bristol, Connecticut.

Margaret J. Gibbs, Doctor of Humane Letters; Municipal Historian, Ansonia, Connecticut.

Theodore S. Sergi, Doctor of Laws; Commissioner of Education, Hartford, Connecticut.

1995

Dimples L. Armstrong, Doctor of Humanities; Connecticut Education Association, Danbury, Connecticut.

Jacqueline G. Dooley, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Advocate for Vocational-Technical Education, Roxbury, Connecticut.

Joseph F. Engelberger, Doctor of Humanities; "Father of Robotics," Danbury, Connecticut.

John J. LeConche, Doctor of Humanities; President Emeritus, Briarwood College, Southington, Connecticut. The Honorable C

harles D. Gill, Doctor of Laws; Superior Court, Litchfield, Connecticut.

1994

James P. Comer, Doctor of Humane Letters; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Wanda S. Lloyd, Doctor of Laws; Senior Editor, USA Today, Arlington, Virginia.

Ann W. Seigel, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Advocate for Learning Disabled, West Hartford, Connecticut.

1993

Sister Helen E. Dowd, Doctor of Humane Letters; Intensive Education Center, West Hartford, Connecticut.

Vincent L. Ferrandino, Doctor of Laws; Commissioner of Education, Hartford, Connecticut.

John E. Saunders, III, Doctor of Laws; Deputy Commissioner of Labor, Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Adeline (Adge) Solomon, Doctor of Humane Letters; Advocate for Vocational-Technical Education, West Hartford, Connecticut.

1992

Nicholas DePaola, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Southington, Connecticut.

Andrew G. DeRocco, Doctor of Laws; Commissioner of Higher Education, Hartford, Connecticut.

Edwin L. Naamon, Sr., Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Meriden, Connecticut.

John W. Springer, Doctor of Laws; Connecticut Health Systems, Inc., West Hartford, Connecticut.

1991

Edmund J. Gubbins, Doctor of Laws; Educator, East Haddam, Connecticut.

Don W. Shirley, Doctor of Fine Arts; Concert Artist and Composer, New York City, New York.

1990

James Keyes, Sr., Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Organized Labor Leader, Milford, Connecticut.

M. Kathleen McGrory, Doctor of Laws; Hartford College for Women, Hartford, Connecticut.

1989

The Honorable Gerald A. Lamb, Doctor of Laws; Connecticut Bank and Trust Co., Hartford, Connecticut.

John W. Shumaker, Doctor of Laws; Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut.

1988

Michael J. Adanti, Doctor of Laws; Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Robert DeNiro, Sr., Doctor of Fine Arts; New York, New York.

David Pinsky, Doctor of Humanities; Advocate for Vocational-Technical Education, West Hartford, Connecticut.

1987

Frederick G. Adams, Doctor of Laws; Connecticut Department of Health Services, Hartford, Connecticut.

Edward A. Sillari, Doctor of Humanities; Educator, Bethel, Connecticut.

Robert A. Skiff, Doctor of Laws; Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont.

1986

The Honorable Sidney P. Marland, Jr., Doctor of Laws; Assistant Secretary of Education, Washington, D.C.

The Honorable William A. O'Neill, Doctor of Laws; Governor, Hartford, Connecticut.

Frederica K. Gray, Doctor of Humanities; Advocate for Women, Hartford, Connecticut.

Richard G. Rausch, Doctor of Humanities; Connecticut Council on Vocational/Career Education, Danbury, Connecticut.

1985

Angela Glick, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Heal the Children, New Milford, Connecticut.

Lewis N. Hutchison, Doctor of Humanities; Advocate for Vocational Education and Youth Organizations, Waterbury, Connecticut.

The Honorable Thomas P. Melady, Doctor of Laws; Ambassador, The Vatican.

William Savitt, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Hartford, Connecticut.

1984

James A Dorsey, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Educator, West Hartford, Connecticut.

The Honorable Dorothy Goodwin, Doctor of Laws, Legislator, Storrs, Connecticut.

Sister Julia McNamara, Doctor of Laws; Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut.

1983

William J. Brown, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Advocate for Equality, Bloomfield, Connecticut.

Margit Benson Hoerle, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Plainville, Connecticut.

F. Don James, Doctor of Laws; Central Connecticut State Unversity, New Britain, Connecticut. Joseph Francis Murphy, Doctor of Laws; State Department of Education, Hartford, Connecticut.

1982

The Honorable Joseph J. Fauliso, Doctor of Laws; Lieutenant Governor, Hartford, Connecticut.

Anthony A. Pupillo, Doctor of Letters; Educator, Plainville, Connecticut.

A. Todd Sagraves, Doctor of Humanitarian Service; Educator and Advocate for Youth Organizations, New Britain, Connecticut.

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