Notable Honorary Degree Recipients
- William W. Scranton, former Governor of the Commonwealth.
- Wycliffe Gordon, trombonist.
- Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.
- Tim Russert, former anchor of NBC's Meet the Press.
- Avery Dulles, theologian.
- John Joseph O'Connor, Cardinal Archbishop of New York.
- Paul Sorvino, film director.
- Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
- Bob Hope, actor and comedian.
- Wynton Marsalis, trumpet player.
- Mary Higgins Clark, author.
- Joseph Biden, Former Democratic Senator from Delaware and current Vice President of the United States.
- J. William Fulbright, senator and founder of Fulbright Fellowship Program.
- Richard Harris, Irish actor.
- Oscar Arias Sanchez, President of Costa Rica.
- Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of West Germany.
- Dick Thornburgh, former Pennsylvania governor and United States Attorney General
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