DECEMBER 2012
Mario Joseph
Managing Attorney, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux
College of Arts and Sciences
Jetsun Pema
Former President, Tibetan Children's Villages
School of Education and School of Nursing and Health Professions
SEPTEMBER 2012
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
1991 Nobel Peace Laureate
Chairperson of the National League for Democracy Bureau, Burma
Honorary Degree Ceremony
MAY 2012
William H. Cosby, Jr.
Comedian and Educator
Undergraduate Students for Arts and Social Sciences
Kenneth Francis Hackett
Past President, Catholic Relief Services
Undergraduate Students, McLaren School of Management
Ralf David Hotchkiss
Co-Founder and Chief Engineer, Whirlwind Wheelchair International
School of Nursing and Health Professions
The Honorable Goodwin Hon Liu
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
School of Law
Hollister K. Petraeus
Assistant Director for Servicemember Affairs, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
Graduate Students, College of Arts and Sciences
Rev. Michael J. Sheeran, S.J., Ph.D.
President, Regis University
Masagung Graduate School of Management
DECEMBER 2011
Clarence Benjamin Jones, Sr.
Scholar/Writer in Residence, The Martin Luther King, Jr.
Research and Education institute, Stanford University
College of Arts and Sciences
Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.
Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal
School of Education and School of Nursing and Health Professions
Dominic A. Tarantino
Chairman Emeritus, Board of Trustees, University of San Francisco
Chairman (retired), Price Waterhouse World Firm Ltd.
School of Management
MAY 2011
Marjorie Balazs
Founder & CEO, Balazs Analytical
Graduate Students, College of Arts and Sciences
Isabel Castillo
DREAM Act Advocate
Undergraduate Students for Arts, Architecture, Performing Arts and Social Sciences
Carmen Maria Cervantes
Director, Instituto Fe y Vida
School of Education
Joseph W. Cotchett
Attorney, Cotchett Pitre Simon & McCarthy, LLP
Undergraduate Bachelors of Science in Business Administration
Honorable Ming W. Chin
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California
School of Law
Rev. Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J.
President, Ateneo de Manila University
Undergraduate Students for Humanities and Sciences
Youth of Egypt who Participated in the January 25, 2011 Revolution
Accepted by: Mahmoud Salem
School of Nursing
December 2010
Catholic Women Religious in the United States
College of Arts and Sciences
Sr. Cathryn deBack, O.P.
Founder of the Family School and Resident Manager of Rose Court
School of Education and School of Nursing
May 2010
Lloyd H. Dean
President & CEO, Catholic Healthcare West
School of Education and School of Nursing
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
President, University of Notre Dame
Graduate Students, College of Arts and Sciences
Dale Minami
Partner, Minami Tamaki LLP and Co-Founder, Asian Law Caucus
School of Law
Rev. Joseph B. Philippe, C.S.Sp.
Founder, Fonkoze
Undergraduate Students, College of Business and Professional Studies
Jane M. Wales
President & CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California
Undergraduate Students, Humanities and Sciences
James L. Wiser
Provost and Academic Vice President, University of San Francisco
Undergraduate Students, Visual & Performing Arts and Social Sciences
December 2009
Francisco Jiménez
Author and Fay Boyle Professor
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Santa Clara University
College of Arts and Sciences
Sr. Janet Vera Harris, P.B.V.M.
Juvenile Justice Advocate
School of Education and School of Nursing
Craig Newmark
Founder, Craigslist
School of Business and Professional Studies
September 2009
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Founding President, Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights
Former Prime Minister of Norway
Mass of the Holy Spirit
May 2009
Robert A. Corrigan
President, San Francisco State University
School of Education and School of Nursing
Bishop Kevin Dowling, C.S.s.R.
Diocese of Rustenburg, South Africa
Undergraduate Students, Humanities and Sciences
Marian Wright Edelman
Founder and President, Children’s Defense Fund
School of Law
Heather Fong
San Francisco Chief of Police
College of Professional Studies
Daniel L. Schutte
Liturgical Musician and Composer
Undergraduate Students, Visual & Performing Arts and Social Sciences
James D. Sinegal
President and Chief Executive Officer, Costco
McLaren College of Business
December 2008
The Very Reverend Alan Jones
Dean, Grace Cathedral
Undergraduate Students of College of Arts and Sciences,
School of Nursing, and McLaren College of Business
General Antonio Mario Taguba
Major General, United States Army (Ret.)
Graduate Students of College of Arts and Sciences,
Masagung Graduate School of Management,
School of Nursing, and School of Education
Dr. Joseph E. Marshall, Jr.
Executive Director, Omega Boys Club
College of Professional Studies
Mary McAlesse
President of Ireland
Honorary Degree Ceremony
September 2008
Greg Mortenson
Executive Director, Central Asia Institute
Author, Three Cups of Tea
Mass of the Holy Spirit
May 2008
Mark R. Dybul, M.D.
Ambassador, United States Global AIDS Coordinator
Undergraduate Students, Humanities and Sciences
Paul L. Locatelli, S.J.
President, Santa Clara University
Undergraduate Students, Visual & Performing Arts and Social Sciences
John Wood
Founder and CEO, Room to Read
McLaren College of Business
Kevin Starr
University Professor and Professor of History, University of Southern California
California State Librarian Emeritus
Graduate Students of College of Arts and Sciences
and Masagung Graduate School of Management
Charlotte Mailliard Shultz
Chief of Protocol, State of California
College of Professional Studies
Bryan A. Stevenson
Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama
School of Law
December 2007
Rev. Gerald McKevitt, S.J.
Professor of History, Santa Clara University
Undergraduate Students of College of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, and McLaren College of Business
Burmese Buddhist Monks, Burma
Graduate Students of College of Arts and Sciences,
Masagung Graduate School of Management, School of Nursing,
and School of Education
Reverend Glenda Hope
Executive Director, San Francisco Network Ministries
College of Professional Studies
May 2007
Most Rev. George Niederauer
Archbishop of San Francisco
Undergraduate Students of Humanities and Sciences
Tommie Lindsey
Forensics Coach, James Logan High School
Undergraduate Students of Visual & Performing Arts and Social Sciences
George Sarlo
Venture Capitalist/Philanthropist
Graduate Students, College of Arts & Sciences
and Masagung Graduate School of Management
Msgr. Gregory T. Schaffer
San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala
School of Education and School of Nursing
Leo T. McCarthy, Posthumously
McLaren College of Business
Rita Semel
Executive Vice Chair, San Francisco Interfaith Council
College of Professional Studies
Mary Kerry Kennedy
International Human Rights Activist and Author
School of Law
December 2006
Roselyn Chorman Swig
Fine Arts Consultant, Philantropist and Civic Leader
Undergraduate Students of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing and McLaren College of Business
September 2006
Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste
Pastor, St. Claire’s Catholic Parish, Haiti
Mass of the Holy Spirit
May 2006
Class of 1951 Football Team
Undergraduate Students of Humanities and Sciences
Michael Tilson Thomas
Music Director, San Francisco Symphony
Undergraduate Students of Visual & Performing Arts and Social Sciences
Richard C. Blum
Chairman of the Board, The American Himalayan Foundation
McLaren College of Business
Gloria Duffy
CEO, The Commonwealth Club of California
Graduate Students of College of Arts & Sciences
and Masagung Graduate School of Management
Alice B. Hayes
Educator and Former President, University of San Diego
School of Education and School of Nursing
Claudia Smith
Executive Director, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
School of Law
December 2005
The Right Reverend William E. Swing
Episcopal Bishop, Diocese of California
Undergraduate Students of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing,
McLaren College of Business
May 2005
Terry L. Karl
Professor of Political Sciences, Stanford University
Undergraduate Students of Humanities and Sciences
Harry S. Parker, III
Director of Museums, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Undergraduate Students of Performing Arts and Social Sciences
Alfonso Yuchengco
Chairman, Yuchengco Group of Companies
Undergraduate Students of McLaren College of Business
BJ Cassin
Chairman and President, Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation
College of Professional Studies
Bernard and Barbro Osher
Bernard Osher Foundation
School of Education and School of Nursing
Shirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Human Rights Activist
Justice Peace Lecture
April 2005
Kim Dae-Jung
Former President of South Korea
Center for the Pacific Rim
November 2004
Gloria M. Arroyo
President, Republic of the Philippines
University Convocation
May 2004
The Honorable George S. McGovern
United States Senator, 1963 - 1981
College of Professional Studies
Oral Lee Brown
CEO, Oral Lee Brown Foundation
School of Education
Rev. Monsignor Richard Albert
Catholic Priest
Undergraduate Students of Performing Arts and Social Sciences
Robert M. Holstein, Posthumously
Attorney at Law
Undergraduate Students of Humanities and Sciences
September 2003
His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama
Tibet Religious Leader
Interfaith Prayer Service
May 2003
Stephen Bantu Biko, Posthumously
Steve Biko Foundation, South Africa
Undergraduate Students of College of Arts & Sciences
December 2002
Herman Gallegos
Author, activist, consultant, and a community organizer
College of Professional Studies
Ann Marie Mongoven, O.P.
Professor Emerita, Religious Studies, Santa Clara University
School of Business & Management and School of Education
May 2002
Andrew Greeley
A priest, a sociologist, a novelist, and a journalist
Graduate Students of College of Arts & Sciences
and School of Business & Management
Pedro Noguera
Dimon Professor of Urban Education, Harvard University
School of Education
Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J.
Director, Jobs for a Future and Homeboy Industries
Undergraduate Students of School of Business and Management
Deborah Tannen
University Professor, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University
Undergraduate Students of College of Arts and Sciences
December 2001
Rev. Anthony Sauer, S.J.
President, St. Ignatius High School
School of Business and Management
May 2001
Fred Korematsu
Civil Rights Activist
School of Law
Sr. Patrick Curran, R.S.M.
Executive Director, St. Anthony’s Foundation
School of Nursing
Most Reverend Macram Max Gassis
Bishop, Diocese of El Obeid
Graduate Students of College of Arts & Sciences
and School of Business & Management
Tim Russert
Moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press”
Undergraduate Students College of Arts & Sciences
Cloé Madanes
Director, Family Therapy Institute, Washington, DC
School of Education
December 2000
Hazel Henderson
Independent futurist, syndicated columnist
School of Business & Management
See the list of Past Recipients (1905-2000)
