Frederick Barton, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2001Winston R. Hindle, Jr., Honorary Degree Recipient
Winston R. Hindle, Jr., former vice-president of Digital Equipment Corporation and Wheaton trustee, is awarded an honorary degree.
2001John F. Mars, Honorary Degree Recipient
John F. Mars, President and CEO of Mars, Inc., is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2002David McCullough Speaks at Commencement
Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough speaks at Commencement.
2002Howard Gardner, Honorary Degree Recipient
Howard Gardner, theorist of multiple human intelligences and researcher of human cognition, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2002Trish Karter, Honorary Degree Recipient
Trish Karter, Co-founder of Dancing Deer Baking Company, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2002Andrew Wyeth, Honorary Degree Recipient
Andrew Wyeth, artist and realist painter, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2003David Levering Lewis Speaks at Commencement
David Levering Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, speaks at Commencement.
2003Esther R. Newberg, Honorary Degree Recipient
Esther R. Newberg, literary agent and aide to Senator Robert Kennedy during his 1968 Presidential campaign, is awarded an honorary degree.
2003Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Honorary Degree Recipient
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros 1969, chairperson and co-founder of Fundación Cisneros, is awarded an honorary degree.
2003Catherine A. Keener, Honorary Degree Recipient
Catherine A. Keener, Academy Award-nominated Actor, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2004Mary Robinson Speaks at Commencement
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree.
2005Charlayne Hunter-Gault Speaks at Commencement
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a journalist, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree.
2005Jean Jones Beard, Honorary Degree Recipient
Jean Hones Beard, Clinical social worker and Author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2005Alexandra Marshall, Honorary Degree Recipient
Alexandra Marshall 1965, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2006Cokie Roberts Speaks at Commencement
Cokie Roberts, a journalist, speaks at Commencement.
2006Kathleen M. Dennehy, Honorary Degree Recipient
Kathleen M. Dennehy 1976, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, is awarded an honorary degree.
2006Patricia Higgins Arnold, Honorary Degree Recipient
Patricia Higgins Arnold, philanthropist and Wheaton trustee, is awarded an honorary degree.
2006Elspeth Davies Rostow, Honorary Degree Recipient
Elspeth Davies Rostow, Stiles Professor Emerita in American Studies at the LBJ school of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Emerita, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
2007Freeman Hrabowski III Speaks at Commencement
Freeman Hrabowski III, President of the University of Massachusetts, speaks at Commencement.