Union Institute & University recognizes excellence with the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
Union Institute & University is proud to bestow the university’s highest level of recognition and honor to individuals
Union Institute & University is proud to bestow the university’s highest level of recognition and honor to individuals who demonstrate an exemplary contribution to the field of higher education or have evidenced extraordinary scholarship and leadership in a field or discipline reflected in the university’s mission and community.
Recipients of our Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters:
2016
- Dr. Joseph G. Bock, Director of the Ph.D. Program in International Conflict Management in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University, Georgia.
2015
- La June Montgomery Tabron, CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- General (ret) Jeff Foley
2014
- Major General Sharon Dunbar, US Airforce (ret)
2013
- Edward O’Neil, MD, founder/president OMNIMED, ER physician
2012
- Lee Baca, sheriff, LA County (10/2015)
- Larraine Matusak, Ph.D., scholar, leadership expert, educator, advocate for adult education
2011
- Cheryl M. Foley, past trustee, past Board chair, attorney, activist (Sacramento)
- George Pruitt, past trustee, past Board chair, president of Thomas Edison State College, New Jersey (Florida)
- Lisa Q. Lorimer Donahue, past trustee, past Board chair, founder and former CEO Vermont Bread Company (National)
2009
- Juana Bordas, President, Mestiza Leadership International, Author, Activist
2008
- David Gergen, Advisor to U.S. Presidents, Political Analyst
2006
- Nancy Rudolph, UI&U alumna; photographer
2005
National Commencement
- Eugene Reuhlmann, UI&U trustee; former mayor of Cincinnati
2004
April Vermont College-Montpelier ADP Commencement
- Richard Hathaway, Professor of Liberal Studies, Adult Degree Program since 1965
National Commencement
- George Korey, UI&U Trustee since 1980; Founding President and Chancellor Emeritus, Canadian School of Management
2003
National Commencement
- Frances Hesselbein, founder and chair, board of governors, Leader to Leader Institute (formerly Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management); former executive director, Girls Scouts of the USA
2001
Miami Regional Commencement:
- Portia Simpson Miller, B.A. 1997
National Commencement
Marcellette G. Williams, Interim Chancellor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst