SUNY Honorary Degrees
Awarded and Pending
| NAME | DEGREE | YEAR | CAMPUS |
| Abish, Walter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Oneonta |
| Acar, Ahmet C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Binghamton |
| Achebe, Chinua | Doctor of Letters | 1996 | Binghamton |
| Aiken, Linda H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Allegrante, John P. (Alum) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Cortland |
| Allen-Meares, Paula | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Alpern, Mathew | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Optometry |
| Anderson, Ann C. | Doctor of Science | 2011 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Andrews, Julie | Doctor of Letters | 2012 | Stony Brook |
| Antin, Robert L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Cortland |
| Arima, Akito | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Stony Brook |
| Aschenbrener, Carol | Doctor of Science | 2015 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Ashe Jr., Arthur R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Brockport |
| Auchincloss, Louis S. | Doctor of Letters | 2003 | Geneseo |
| Auletta, Ken | Doctor of Letters | 1990 | Oswego |
| Austrian, Robert | Doctor of Science | 1996 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Avery, Byllye Y. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Binghamton |
| Ayers, George E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Empire |
| Bahr, Morton | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Empire |
| Bailey, Ian L. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Optometry |
| Bailey, S. David | Doctor of Music | 1993 | Empire |
| Baird, William C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1984 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Baker, Ellen Shulman | Doctor of Science | 2002 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Baker, Jay H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | FIT |
| Baldwin, James | Doctor of Letters | 1985 | Faculty Senate |
| Ball, Lucille (Posthumously) | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1991 | Jamestown |
| Balmori, Diana | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1991 | Oswego |
| Bandura, Albert | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Stony Brook |
| Banks, Russell E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Plattsburgh |
| Barclay, (Hon.) H. Douglas | Doctor of Laws | 1990 | Oswego |
| Baritz, Loren | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Empire |
| Barlow, Horace Basil | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Optometry |
| Barnwell, Ysaye Maria | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Geneseo |
| Baron, Salo Wittmayer | Doctor of Letters | 1985 | Stony Brook |
| Barron, Kenny | Doctor of Music (In Absentia) | 2013 | Empire |
| Bartlett, Jimmy D. | Doctor of Science | 2002 | Optometry |
| Bashaw, Barbara (Alum) | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2015 | Brockport |
| Bassett, Charles Andrew Loockerman | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | New Paltz |
| Basso, Dennis | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2013 | FIT |
| Batty, Michael | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Beal, Jack | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2007 | Oneonta |
| Beck, Jacqueline | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Becker, Gary S. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Stony Brook |
| Bednash, Geraldine | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Belafonte, Harry | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1987 | Purchase |
| Belle, John | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2000 | Stony Brook |
| Bennis, Warren | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Bergin, Thomas G. | Doctor of Letters | 1984 | Binghamton |
| Bergman, Andrew | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | Binghamton |
| Berry, Mary Frances | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Binghamton |
| Bers, Lipman | Doctor of Science | 1984 | Stony Brook |
| Bertini, Catherine | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Cortland |
| Bertino, Joseph R. | Doctor of Science | 1995 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Betts, Virginia Trotter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Biederman, Daniel A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Optometry |
| Bierwirth, John C. | Doctor of Science | 1986 | Farmingdale |
| Billings, Josephine S. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Bissonnette, Lise | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Plattsburgh |
| Black, Theodore M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Farmingdale |
| Blackburn, Robert | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1995 | Stony Brook |
| Blake, Rockwell | Doctor of Music | 1988 | Plattsburgh |
| Blinken, Donald | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | System Admin. |
| Blitzer, Wolf | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Bloch, Erich | Doctor of Science | 1985 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Blodgett, Leslie A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | FIT |
| Bloom, Steven H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Binghamton |
| Bloomfield, Morton W. | Doctor of Letters | 1986 | Binghamton |
| Bluemle, Louis Jr. | Doctor of Science | 1992 | HSC Syracuse |
| Blumenthal, David | Doctor of Science | 2012 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Blythe, Stephanie | Doctor of Music | 2006 | Potsdam |
| Bocklet Jr., Charles J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Cortland |
| Bolton, Linda Burnes, DrPh, RN, FAAN | Doctor of Science | 2015 | HSC Syracuse |
| Booth, George | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2003 | Stony Brook |
| Booth, Wayne Clayson | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Stony Brook |
| Borish, Irvin M. | Doctor of Science | 1984 | Optometry |
| Borrelli, Louis A. Jr. "Lou" (Alum) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Oswego |
| Bosco, Philip | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2010 | Purchase |
| Botstein, David | Doctor of Science | 2011 | HSC Syracuse |
| Boufford, Jo Ivey | Doctor of Science | 1992 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Boulding, Kenneth E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Potsdam |
| Boyer, Ernest L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1984 | Faculty Senate |
| Boyle, T. Coraghessan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Potsdam |
| Branscomb, Lewis M. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Binghamton |
| Brennan, Anthony B. | Doctor of Science | 2012 | Potsdam |
| Briloff, Abraham J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1984 | Binghamton |
| Brody, Jane E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Bronfman, Edgar M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Binghamton |
| Brooks, Avery | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | SUC Buffalo |
| Brooks, Chandler McCuskey | Doctor of Science | 1986 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Brooten, Dorothy | Doctor of Science | 1997 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Brown, Bobbi | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | FIT |
| Brown, Lee P. | Doctor of Laws | 1995 | Brockport |
| Brown, Roscoe C., Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Oswego |
| Bruchac, Joseph | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | Potsdam |
| Bruckner, Saul | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Oneonta |
| Buchanan, Tom | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Cortland |
| Buergenthal, Thomas | Doctor of Laws | 2000 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Bulger, Paul G. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | SUC Buffalo |
| Bullough, Vern L. | Doctor of Science | 2004 | SUC Buffalo |
| Burbidge, E. Margaret | Doctor of Science | 1985 | Stony Brook |
| *Burns, Edward | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2010 | Oneonta |
| Burns, R. Nicholas | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Binghamton |
| Cadmus, Paul | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1994 | Oswego |
| Cahan, Cora | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Purchase |
| Cairns, John, Jr. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Binghamton |
| Calderone, Tom | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | SUC Buffalo |
| Caldicott, Helen Mary | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1984 | Binghamton |
| Califano, Joseph A. | Doctor of Laws | 1988 | System Admin. |
| Callaghan, Barry | Doctor of Letters | 1999 | SUC Buffalo |
| Callahan, Daniel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | HSC Syracuse |
| Caparella, John P. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Delhi |
| Caras, Roger A. | Doctor of Science | 1987 | Farmingdale |
| Carazo, Rodrigo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Binghamton |
| Carey-Butler, Sylvia | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Oneonta |
| Carmona, Richard H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Carnegie, M. Elizabeth | Doctor of Science | 1989 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Carrigg, James A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Binghamton |
| Carroll, Hugh J. MD | Doctor of Science | 2009 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Carter, Elliott | Doctor of Music | 1985 | Purchase |
| Case, Larry D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Cobleskill |
| Casilio, Pat | Doctor of Science | 2006 | Erie |
| Castle, Wendell | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1997 | Brockport |
| Catell, Robert B. | Doctor of Laws | 2003 | Farmingdale |
| Chandler, Colby H. | Doctor of Science | 1986 | Geneseo |
| Charman, W. Neil | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Optometry |
| Chater, Shirley Sears | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Binghamton |
| Chenault, Kenneth I. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Stony Brook |
| Chern, Shiing-shen | Doctor of Science | 1985 | Stony Brook |
| Chickering, Arthur | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Empire |
| Childress, Alice | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1990 | Oneonta |
| Chisholm, Shirley | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | Brockport |
| Chretien, Raymond | Doctor of Laws | 2002 | Plattsburgh |
| Christie, William | Doctor of Music | 1997 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Chu, Paul C.W. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Farmingdale |
| Chuanwei, Yang | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Cortland |
| Church, Alonzo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Ciechanover, Aaron | Doctor of Science | 2013 | HSC Syracuse |
| Ciminelli, Frank L. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Erie |
| Cirker, Hayward | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Stony Brook |
| Cisneros, Henry G. | Doctor of Laws | 1987 | Oneonta |
| Cisneros, Sandra | Doctor of Letters | 1993 | Purchase |
| Clark, B. Scott | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Delhi |
| Clark, Duncan W. | Doctor of Science | 2000 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Clark, Florence | Doctor of Science | 2011 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Clark, Jane E. | Doctor of Science | 2013 | Brockport |
| Clark, Kenneth B. | Doctor of Laws | 1985 | Binghamton |
| Clark, Rhea E. (Posthumously) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1985 | Potsdam |
| Clark-Hine, Darlene | Doctor of Letters | 2002 | SUC Buffalo |
| Clark-Johnson, Susan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Binghamton |
| Clarkson, Max. B. E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Clayton, David A. | Doctor of Science | 2013 | HSC Syracuse |
| Cleary, Edward J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Empire |
| Clement, Peter | Doctor of Science | 2013 | Oswego |
| Clifton, Lucille | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Clinton, William Jefferson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Westchester |
| Close, Charles Thomas | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1998 | Purchase |
| Close, Chuck | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2006 | FIT |
| Coase, Ronald | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Cody, Matthew J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Stony Brook |
| Coetzee, John M. | Doctor of Letters | 1989 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Coffin, William Sloane | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Geneseo |
| Cohen, Harvey Jay | Doctor of Science | 2011 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Cohen, Jordan J. | Doctor of Science | 1996 | HSC Syracuse |
| Cohen, Malcolm M. | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Oneonta |
| Cohen, Maxwell T. | Doctor of Laws | 1985 | Empire |
| Cohen, Sidney | Doctor of Science | 2011 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Cole, Barry L. | Doctor of Science | 2006 | Optometry |
| Cole, Johnnetta B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Binghamton |
| Coleman, John H. | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Stony Brook |
| Coller, Barry Spencer | Doctor of Science | 2003 | Stony Brook |
| Collins, Billy | Doctor of Letters | 2004 | Purchase |
| Collins, Eileen Marie | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Corning |
| Collins, Marva N. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Potsdam |
| Colvin, Ruth Johnson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Onondaga |
| Comer, James P. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Conable Jr., Barber B. | Doctor of Laws | 1985 | Brockport/Geneseo |
| Conable Jr., Barber B. | Doctor of Laws | 1985 | Geneseo/Brockport |
| Conable, Charlotte | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Genesee |
| Conway, E. Virgil | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Stony Brook |
| Conway, Elaine Wingate | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | SUC Buffalo |
| Conway, Jill Kerr | Doctor of Letters | 1986 | Potsdam |
| Cooper, Ann | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Cobleskill |
| Cooper, Kenneth | Doctor of Science | 1992 | HSC Syracuse |
| Cooper, Max Dale | Doctor of Science | 1991 | HSC Syracuse |
| Cooper, Walter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | Geneseo |
| Copland, Aaron | Doctor of Music | 1982 | New Paltz |
| Cosby, Bill | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | FIT |
| Coughlin, Joseph | Doctor of Science | 2012 | Oswego |
| Coville, Bruce | Doctor of Letters | 2003 | Oswego |
| Crisara, Raymond | Doctor of Music | 1996 | Cortland |
| Crist, Judith | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | New Paltz |
| Cross, K. Patricia | Doctor of Letters | 1988 | Empire |
| Cruickshank, William M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1985 | SUC Buffalo |
| Cummings, Milton C. | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | Plattsburgh |
| Curtin, Leah | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Utica/Rome |
| Curto, Ernest | Doctor of Laws | 1991 | Niagara |
| Cussler, Clive | Doctor of Letters | 1997 | Maritime |
| Cyr, Frank W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Oneonta |
| DaBramo, Emilio | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Cortland |
| Damadian, Raymond | Doctor of Science | 1995 | HSC Brooklyn |
| D'Ambra, Thomas | Doctor of Science | 2014 | Albany |
| Dangermond, Jack | Doctor of Science | 2005 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Daniel, John | Doctor of Letters | 2011 | Empire |
| Daughtry, Herbert | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Old Westbury |
| Davidson, Ralph P. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | System Admin. |
| Davis Jr., Benjamin O. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Old Westbury |
| Davis, William | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Oswego |
| de Cardona, Ligia Amada Melo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Farmingdale |
| de la Renta, Oscar | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2001 | FIT |
| de Lavallade, Carmen | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2006 | Purchase |
| de Shields, Andre | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2004 | SUC Buffalo |
| de Wied, David | Doctor of Science | 1981 | Binghamton |
| DeCrow, Karen | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Oswego |
| Dee, Ruby | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Old Westbury |
| Deets, Horace B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Empire |
| DeGaetani, Jan | Doctor of Music | 1988 | Geneseo |
| Dejours, Pierre | Doctor of Science | 1985 | SUNY Buffalo |
| DeLoatch, Eugene M. | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Binghamton |
| DeLucas, Lawrence J. | Doctor of Science | 1997 | Optometry |
| Demby, William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Cortland |
| Dennard, Robert H. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Farmingdale |
| Dennis, Clarence | Doctor of Science | 1988 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Dergham, Raghida | Doctor of Letters | 2003 | Plattsburgh |
| Des Forges, Alison | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Devi, Mata Amritanandamayi | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | SUNY Buffalo |
| DiChiara, Kathleen | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Oneonta |
| Diekelmann, Nancy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Farmingdale |
| DiPierro, Peter | Doctor of Science | 2002 | Utica/Rome |
| Dobrof, Rose | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Optometry |
| Doll, Sir Richard | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Stony Brook |
| Dollard, Patrick H. | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2013 | Sullivan |
| Donahue, Thomas R. | Doctor of Laws | 1988 | Empire |
| Donlon, William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Oswego |
| Doust, Richard W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | HSC Syracuse |
| Dove, Rita | Doctor of Letters | 1999 | Brockport |
| Dowling, John E. | Doctor of Science | 2015 | Optometry |
| Dozoretz, Ronald I. | Doctor of Science | 2011 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Driskell, David C. | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1989 | Old Westbury |
| D'Rivera, Paquito | Doctor of Music | 2012 | Old Westbury |
| Druker, Brian | Doctor of Science | 2004 | HSC Syracuse |
| Dubal, David | Doctor of Music | 2006 | Oneonta |
| Dubin, Glenn Russell | Doctor of Letters | 2012 | Stony Brook |
| Dunham, Katherine | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1987 | SUC Buffalo |
| Earle, Sylvia A. | Doctor of Science | 2007 | Cortland |
| Ebert, Robert Higgins | Doctor of Science | 1984 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Eco, Umberto | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Stony Brook |
| Edelman, Marian Wright | Doctor of Laws | 1981 | Old Westbury |
| Edmonds, Mary McKinney | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Edwards, Harry T. | Doctor of Laws | 1989 | Empire |
| Edwards, Raymond | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1981 | Fredonia |
| Eggers, Melvin Arnold | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1985 | System Admin. |
| Ehrenberg, Ronald G. | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Binghamton |
| Ehrenreich, Barbara | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Old Westbury |
| Eichna, Ludwig W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Elders, M. Joycelyn | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Stony Brook |
| Elion, Gertrude | Doctor of Science | 1992 | Stony Brook |
| Elliot, Judy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | SUC Buffalo |
| Elting, Karen | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2005 | Oneonta |
| Enarson, Harold L. | Doctor of Laws | 1987 | System Admin. |
| Ench, Robert | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Farmingdale |
| English, Diane | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | SUC Buffalo |
| Enoch, Jay M. | Doctor of Science | 1993 | Optometry |
| Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L. | Doctor of Science | 1997 | Purchase |
| Escobar, Marisol | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1992 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Eshleman, Clayton | Doctor of Letters | 2000 | Oneonta |
| Etelson, Doris C. | Doctor of Letters | 1989 | Empire |
| Eugster, J. Glenn | Doctor of Science | 2007 | Cobleskill |
| Eve, Arthur O. | Doctor of Laws | 2003 | System Admin. |
| Fagan, Garth | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2007 | Brockport |
| Farb, Nathan | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1999 | Plattsburgh |
| Farmer, James | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Farmingdale |
| Fauci, Anthony S. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Farmingdale |
| Faye, Eleanor E. | Doctor of Science | 1991 | Optometry |
| Fein, Rashi | Doctor of Letters | 1996 | Optometry |
| Feinbloom, William (Posthumously) | Doctor of Science | 1985 | Optometry |
| Felder, Richard | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Binghamton |
| Feldman, Lillian M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Onondaga |
| Femina, Jerry Della | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | FIT |
| Fernandes, Donna M. | Doctor of Science | 2013 | SUC Buffalo |
| Fernea, Elizabeth W. | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | Plattsburgh |
| Ferragamo, Wanda | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2007 | FIT |
| Ferrer, Jose | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1991 | Old Westbury |
| Ferriola, John J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Maritime |
| Festa, Alfred | Doctor of Science | 2012 | Oswego |
| Fichtner, William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Farmingdale |
| Figgie, Harry E. Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Utica/Rome |
| Fine, Peter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | Cortland |
| Fink, Stanley | Doctor of Laws | 1992 | Empire |
| Fisher, Eileen | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2006 | FIT |
| Fitzpatrick, Robert | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Cortland |
| Flatow, Ira | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Fleming, Renee | Doctor of Music | 2000 | Potsdam |
| Flickinger, Burt P., Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Flom, Merton C. | Doctor of Science | 1995 | Optometry |
| Florence, Leonard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | FIT |
| Focarino, Margaret A. "Peggy" (Alum) | Doctor of Science | 2015 | Oswego |
| Fogel, Robert W. | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Binghamton |
| Foley, James B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | Fredonia |
| Foner, Eric | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Purchase |
| Fontana, Micol | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2004 | FIT |
| Fontana, Thomas Michael | Doctor of Letters | 1997 | SUC Buffalo |
| Ford, Loretta C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Binghamton |
| Fordham, Monroe | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | SUC Buffalo |
| Foster, Frances Smith | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Geneseo |
| Fowler, Charles B. | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1995 | Potsdam |
| Frank, Jerome David | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Binghamton |
| Franklin, John Hope | Doctor of Letters | 1988 | Binghamton |
| Fraser, F. Clarke | Doctor of Science | 1995 | Potsdam |
| Freckelton, Sondra | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2007 | Oneonta |
| Freddo, Thomas F. | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Optometry |
| Freidus, Elizabeth | Doctor of Letters | 1990 | Optometry |
| Friedan, Betty | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1985 | Stony Brook |
| Friery, Kathleen | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Potsdam |
| Fry, Glenn Anselm | Doctor of Science | 1981 | Optometry |
| Fulton, Alice | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | Empire |
| Furchgott, Robert F. | Doctor of Science | 2006 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Furman, Seymour | Doctor of Science | 2001 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Futrell, Mary Hatwood | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | SUC Buffalo |
| Gallagher, Brian A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Empire |
| Gallucci, Robert | Doctor of Letters | 2002 | Stony Brook |
| Gambino, Richard J. | Doctor of Science | 2012 | Stony Brook |
| Garan, Ronald J. | Doctor of Science | 2010 | Oneonta |
| Garba, Joseph Nanven | Doctor of Laws | 1991 | Purchase |
| Gardner, Arnold B. | Doctor of Laws | 2010 | Oswego |
| Gardner, John W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Gargano, Charles A. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Stony Brook |
| Garwin, Richard L. | Doctor of Science | 1986 | Stony Brook |
| Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. | Doctor of Letters | 1995 | Purchase |
| Geiger, H. Jack | Doctor of Science | 1992 | Purchase |
| Gelfand, Michael C. | Doctor of Science | 2007 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Gelfond, Richard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Stony Brook |
| Gellhorn, Alfred | Doctor of Science | 1985 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Genest, Jacques | Doctor of Science | 1984 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Genrich, Willard A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | SUC Buffalo/SUNY Buffalo |
| Genrich, Willard A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | SUNY Buffalo/SUC Buffalo |
| Georgiopoulos, Constantine P. | Doctor of Letters | 2006 | Maritime |
| Gergen, David | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | Geneseo |
| Gergiev, Valery | Doctor of Music | 1999 | Oneonta |
| Germain, Mary Masterson | Doctor of Science | 2013 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Gerry, Alan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Sullivan |
| Gerry, Sandra | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Sullivan |
| Gerson, Joe R. | Doctor of Letters | 1999 | Maritime |
| Gerstman, Louis J. | Doctor of Science | 1988 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Getman, Gerald Nathan | Doctor of Science | 1986 | Optometry |
| Giaever, Ivar | Doctor of Science | 1985 | Schenectady |
| Gibbs, Linda | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Potsdam |
| Gibbs, Lois | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Cortland |
| Gibson, Eric (Alum) | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2015 | Plattsburgh |
| Gibson, Horace | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Binghamton |
| Gibson, Leigh (Alum) | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2015 | Plattsburgh |
| Giles-Gee, Helen F. MD | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Cortland |
| Ginsberg, Mark | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | Cortland |
| Ginzberg, Eli | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Optometry |
| Gispen, Willem H. | Doctor of Science | 1996 | Binghamton |
| Glaser, Milton | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1987 | SUC Buffalo |
| Glass, Philip | Doctor of Music | 1989 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Glennie, Evelyn | Doctor of Music | 2006 | Binghamton |
| Glick, Barry | Doctor of Science | 2010 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Godbey, Geoffrey C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Cortland |
| Goddard, Colin | Doctor of Science | 2002 | Farmingdale |
| Godwin, Gail | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | New Paltz |
| Gold, Larry | Doctor of Science | 2015 | Albany |
| Gold, Robert S. | Doctor of Science | 2012 | Brockport |
| Goldberg, Erwin | Doctor of Science | 2006 | Binghamton |
| Goldhaber, Maurice | Doctor of Science | 1983 | Stony Brook |
| Goldsmith, Cornelia | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1982 | Dutchess |
| Goldstein, Marc | Doctor of Science | 2008 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Golub, Lewis | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Empire |
| Gomes, Peter J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Geneseo |
| Gongxin, Wang | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2014 | Cortland |
| Good, Mary Lowe | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Binghamton |
| Goodale, Thomas L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Cortland |
| Goodall, Jane | Doctor of Science | 2001 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Goodlad, John I. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Brockport |
| Goodman, Allan E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | Purchase |
| Goodrich, William H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Alfred State |
| Gordon, James E. EdD, PT, FAPTA (Alum) | Doctor of Science | 2015 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Gordon, Linda | Doctor of Letters | 1997 | Binghamton |
| Gordon, Mary | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | New Paltz |
| Gostin, Lawrence O. | Doctor of Laws | 1994 | Brockport |
| Gotlieb, Alan E. | Doctor of Laws | 1983 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Gottlieb, Paul | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Purchase |
| Gould, Samuel Brookner | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1985 | System Admin. |
| Gould, Stephen J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Binghamton |
| Grace, J. Peter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Utica/Rome |
| Grady, Patricia A. | Doctor of Science | 2008 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Graham, Saxon | Doctor of Sciene | 1996 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Grant, John A. III | Doctor of Science | 2006 | Plattsburgh |
| Graves, Earl G. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Purchase |
| Gray White, Deborah | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Binghamton |
| Greatbatch, Wilson | Doctor of Science | 1984 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Green, Howard | Doctor of Science | 1993 | Stony Brook |
| Greene, Maxine | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Binghamton |
| Greenhouse, Bernard | Doctor of Music | 1988 | Stony Brook |
| Greenhouse, Linda | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | Binghamton |
| Grefe, Mary A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Farmingdale |
| Gregorian, Vartan | Doctor of Letters | 1985 | Potsdam |
| Gregory, Cynthia | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1995 | Purchase |
| Grey, Brad A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Griffin, Gordon D. | Doctor of Laws | 1999 | Potsdam |
| Griffith, Emlyn I. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Utica/Rome |
| Groopman, Jerome | Doctor of Science | 2004 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Gross, Herbert I. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Corning |
| Gross, Terry | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Grover, Frances | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Cortland |
| Gruber, Ruth | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Oswego |
| Grulich, Robert E. | Doctor of Science | 1996 | Oswego |
| Guaspari, Roberta | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Fredonia |
| Gund, Gordon | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Optometry |
| Gurney, A.R. | Doctor of Letters | 1992 | SUC Buffalo |
| Guruz, Kemal | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Binghamton |
| Gwaltney, John L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Empire |
| Gyatso, Tenzin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Stony Brook |
| Gyatso, Venerable Palden | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | New Paltz |
| Haberman, Martin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Cortland |
| Haig S.J., Frank R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Onondaga |
| Halbritter, Ray | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Utica/Rome |
| Hale, Clara | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Potsdam |
| Hall, Donald | Doctor of Letters | 1992 | Oneonta |
| Hall, James W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | Empire |
| Hallgren, Richard E. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Brockport |
| Hamburg, Margaret A. | Doctor of Science | 1999 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Hamm, Mariel Margret | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | Oneonta |
| Hampton, Lionel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | FIT |
| Handel, Bernard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Dutchess |
| Hanshaw, James Barry | Doctor of Science | 1991 | HSC Syracuse |
| Harding, Walter R. | Doctor of Letters | 1984 | Geneseo |
| Harker, David | Doctor of Science | 1981 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Harmel, Merel H. | Doctor of Science | 2010 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Harris, Bernard | Doctor of Science | 2006 | Stony Brook |
| Hart, Kitty Carlisle | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1988 | Empire |
| Harter, Carol | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Binghamton |
| Harwerth, Ronald S. | Doctor of Science | 2000 | Optometry |
| Hasegawa, Noriko | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2014 | Plattsburgh |
| Hassenfeld, Alan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | FIT |
| Hassmiller, Susan PhD, RN, FAAN | Doctor of Science | 2014 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Hatcher, Brower | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1997 | Plattsburgh |
| Hatem, George | Doctor of Science | 1987 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Hayes, Maxine | Doctor of Science | 2008 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Hayward, James A. | Doctor of Science | 2000 | Stony Brook |
| Hazeltine, Barrett | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Stony Brook |
| Hearn, George | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2011 | Plattsburgh |
| Heath, Gordon G. | Doctor of Science | 1997 | Optometry |
| Hechinger, Fred M. | Doctor of Letters | 1986 | Faculty Senate |
| Heffering, R. Peter | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Canton |
| Heffner, Richard D. | Doctor of Letters | 1997 | Brockport |
| Heilbroner, Robert L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Purchase |
| Held, Richard | Doctor of Science | 2010 | Optometry |
| Hellman, Samuel D. | Doctor of Science | 1993 | HSC Syracuse |
| Helstosky, Anthony (Alum) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Delhi |
| Henderson, Donald Ainslie | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1981 | Cortland |
| Henderson, Henry F., Jr. | Doctor of Science | 1995 | Alfred |
| Henion, Jack | Doctor of Science | 2013 | Albany |
| Hennessy, John | Doctor of Science | 2001 | Stony Brook |
| Herbert, Bob | Doctor of Letters | 1995 | Empire |
| Herrera, Carolina | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2012 | FIT |
| Herzenberg, Caroline | Doctor of Science | 1991 | Plattsburgh |
| Hesburgh, Theodore | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Utica/Rome |
| Hewitt, Nancy A. | Doctor of Letters | 2010 | Brockport |
| Heyen, William H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Brockport |
| Heyman, Ira Michael | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Higgins, Robin L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Oneonta |
| Hill, Charlotte Bishop | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | Delhi |
| Hill, Martha | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1993 | Purchase |
| Hill, Martha N. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Hill, Richard M. | Doctor of Science | 1996 | Optometry |
| Hinchey, Maurice D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | New Paltz |
| Hinshaw, Ada Sue | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Binghamton |
| Hirsch, Charles | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Hirsch, Jules | Doctor of Science | 1988 | HSC Syracuse |
| His Holiness the Dalai Lama | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Ho, David D. | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Utica/Rome |
| Hockenberry, John | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Empire |
| Hoffman, Brian F. | Doctor of Science | 1997 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Hoffman, Roald | Doctor of Science | 1985 | Binghamton |
| Hofstetter, Henry W. | Doctor of Science | 1991 | Optometry |
| Holden, Brien A. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Optometry |
| Holder, Wesley McDonald | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Holland, James | Doctor of Science | 1997 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Holloman, John L.S., Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | System Admin. |
| Hopping, Richard L. | Doctor of Science | 1995 | Optometry |
| Horowitz, James Arnold | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2012 | Stony Brook |
| Hosmer, Helen M. | Doctor of Music | 1985 | Potsdam |
| Houghton, Amory Jr. | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Alfred |
| Houle, Cyril O. | Doctor of Letters | 1985 | Empire |
| Houston, Cissy | Doctor of Music | 1998 | Old Westbury |
| Howarth, John L. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Plattsburgh |
| Howe, Florence | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Old Westbury |
| Howse, Jennifer L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Hrabowski, III, Freeman A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Binghamton |
| Hsia, Lily | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Hubel, David H. | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Optometry |
| Huerta, Dolores | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | New Paltz |
| Hughson, Thomas M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Oneonta |
| Hunter-Gault, Charlayne | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Faculty Senate |
| Hurd, T. Norman | Doctor of Laws | 1986 | System Admin. |
| Hurvich, Leo M. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Optometry |
| Huth, Paul C. | Doctor of Science | 2014 | New Paltz |
| Hwang, David Henry | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2015 | Purchase |
| Illanes, Juan Pablo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Plattsburgh |
| Imperatore, Arthur E. | Doctor of Letters | 1985 | Empire |
| Inouye, Daniel | Doctor of Laws | 1992 | Brockport |
| Isard, Walter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Binghamton |
| Isherwood, Jon | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2003 | Plattsburgh |
| Ive, Jonathan | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2012 | FIT |
| Jaar, Alfredo | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2011 | Purchase |
| Jackson, Kenneth T. | Doctor of Letters | 2003 | Maritime |
| Jackson, Shirley Ann | Doctor of Science | 2000 | Farmingdale |
| Jacobi, Derek | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1988 | New Paltz |
| Jacobs, Jeremy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Jacobs, Joseph J. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Potsdam |
| Jacobson, Florence S. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Jacobson, Gaynor I. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Jacobson, John H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Empire |
| Jacoby, Florence Greenhouse | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Brockport |
| Jaeckle, Edwin F. | Doctor of Laws | 1985 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Jaeckle, Erma Hallett | Doctor of Laws | 2002 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Jameson, Dorothea | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Optometry |
| Jamison, Judith | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2001 | Purchase |
| Jarvis, Gregory (Posthumously) | Doctor of Science | 1986 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Javits, Jacob K. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1982 | Faculty Senate |
| Jay-Alexander, Richard | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1993 | Oswego |
| Jemison, Peter | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2003 | SUC Buffalo |
| Jobson, Gary | Doctor of Letters | 2005 | Maritime |
| Joel, Billy | Doctor of Music | 2015 | Stony Brook |
| Johnson IV, Robert Wood | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Cortland |
| Johnson, Charles | Doctor of Letters | 1999 | Stony Brook |
| Johnson, Chris A. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Optometry |
| Johnson, Claudia A. "Lady Bird" | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Farmingdale |
| Johnson, John H. | Doctor of Laws | 1992 | New Paltz |
| Johnson, Katherine G. | Doctor of Laws | 1998 | Farmingdale |
| Johnson, Sr., John Brayton | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | HSC Syracuse |
| Johnson, Timothy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Jones, Bill T. | Doctor of Fine Arts (Pending) | 2013 | Potsdam |
| Jones, George | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Cortland |
| Jones, James Earl | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2001 | Purchase |
| Jones, Louis C. | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Oneonta |
| Jones, Marshall G. | Doctor of Science | 1985 | Mohawk Valley |
| Jordan, Barbara C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Fredonia |
| Jose Antonio Alonzo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Plattsburgh |
| Joseph, Wayne MD, MPH, MBA | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2009 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Julesz, Bela | Doctor of Science | 2000 | Optometry |
| Junger, Sebastian | Doctor of Letters | 2001 | Maritime |
| Kadokawa, Haruki | Doctor of Letters | 1992 | Sullivan |
| Kailbourne, Erland E. | Doctor of Science | 1987 | Alfred |
| Kaku, Michio | Doctor of Science | 1997 | Old Westbury |
| Kamali, Norma | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2010 | FIT |
| Kamen, Dean | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Binghamton |
| Kamer, Pearl M. (posthumously) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Farmingdale |
| Kandel, Eric R. | Doctor of Science | 1986 | Stony Brook |
| Kanter, Rosabeth Moss | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Utica/Rome |
| Kantrowitz, Adrian | Doctor of Science | 2007 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Kapoor, John N. | Doctor of Science | 2000 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Karmen,Steve | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2012 | Binghamton |
| Karpeles, David | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | SUC Buffalo |
| Karpinski Sr., Joseph F. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Cayuga |
| Karpinsky, Rose Marie | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Albany |
| Kassirer, Jerome P. | Doctor of Science | 1995 | HSC Syracuse |
| Kaufman, Lloyd | Doctor of Science | 1993 | Optometry |
| Kavaler, Florence MD | Doctor of Science | 2014 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Kaye, Judith Smith | Doctor of Laws | 2007 | Albany |
| Kazin, Alfred | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Albany |
| Kean, Thomas | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | New Paltz |
| Keane, Terrence M. | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Binghamton |
| Keeshan, Bob | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Farmingdale |
| Keeton, Morris T. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | Empire |
| Kegan, Robert | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Empire |
| Keller, Evelyn Fox | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Purchase |
| Kelly, Lucie S. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Kelly, Raymond W. | Doctor of Laws | 1999 | Farmingdale |
| Kelly, Robert | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | Oneonta |
| Kelly, Scott J. | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Maritime |
| Kelly, Thomas Joseph | Doctor of Science | 1983 | Farmingdale |
| Kendall, Donald M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Purchase |
| Kenzie, Ross B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | SUC Buffalo |
| Kessler, David A. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | HSC Syracuse |
| Khadduri, Majid | Doctor of Laws | 1989 | Binghamton |
| Kheel, Theodore W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Empire |
| Kilby, Jack S. | Doctor of Science | 1992 | Binghamton |
| Killens, John Oliver | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Old Westbury |
| Kilmer-Purcell, Joshua | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Cobleskill |
| King, Gary | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | New Paltz |
| King, Mary-Claire | Doctor of Science | 2003 | HSC Syracuse |
| King, Reatha Clark | Doctor of Letters | 1985 | Empire |
| Kirkwood, Robert | Doctor of Letters | 1989 | System Admin. |
| Kizer, Kenneth W. | Doctor of Science | 2006 | Optometry |
| Klein, Calvin | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2003 | FIT |
| Klein, Donald F. | Doctor of Science | 1998 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Knapp, Robert C. | Doctor of Science | 2003 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Knowles, Malcolm S. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Empire |
| Knox , Seymour H., Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1984 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Knox, Franklyn G. | Doctor of Science | 1997 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Knox, Northrup | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Knox, Seymour III (posthumously) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Knuth, Donald Ervin | Doctor of Science | 1987 | Stony Brook |
| Kolakowski, Leszek | Doctor of Letters | 1990 | Binghamton |
| Kolb, David Allen | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Empire |
| Kolff, Willem | Doctor of Science | 2006 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Koller, James | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Alfred |
| Komansky, David H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Binghamton |
| Kooser, Theodore J. | Doctor of Letters | 2008 | Binghamton |
| Kosinski, Jerzy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Potsdam |
| Kozlowski, Theodore T. | Doctor of Science | 1988 | ESF |
| Kramer, Charlene Kahlor | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Binghamton |
| Krasner, Lee | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1984 | Stony Brook |
| Krens, Thomas | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Albany |
| Kress, Nancy Koningisor | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Plattsburgh |
| Kresse, Robert J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | SUC Buffalo |
| Krieger, Stuart | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Brockport |
| Krim, Mathilde | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Stony Brook |
| Kristeller, Paul Oscar | Doctor of Letters | 1982 | Binghamton |
| Kroft, Steven | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Binghamton |
| Kuhn, Margaret E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1982 | Fredonia |
| Kumanyika, Shiriki K. PhD, MPH | Doctor of Science | 2015 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Kumin, Maxine | Doctor of Letters | 2003 | Brockport |
| Kunin, (Hon.) Madeleine M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Plattsburgh |
| Kunis, Gary P. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Binghamton |
| Kunitz, Stanley | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Brockport |
| Kunsela, William R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Utica/Rome |
| Kupfer, Carl | Doctor of Science | 1992 | Optometry |
| Kushner, Tony | Doctor of Letters | 2008 | Purchase |
| Kutsher, Helen W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Delhi |
| Kwoh-ting Li | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Stony Brook |
| LaBastille, Anne | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Plattsburgh |
| Lachs, Manfred | Doctor of Laws | 1987 | Binghamton |
| Laderman, Ezra | Doctor of Music | 2004 | Binghamton |
| Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Albany |
| Lai, Raymond W.C. | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Fredonia |
| Lambert, Leo M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Geneseo |
| Lamm, Carolyn B. | Doctor of Laws | 2012 | SUC Buffalo |
| Lamond, Joseph | Doctor of Music | 2009 | Potsdam |
| Lancaster, Jeannette | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Landry, Margaret Ann | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Stony Brook |
| Lane, Neal F. | Doctor of Science | 2002 | Albany |
| Lang, Eugene M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Faculty Senate |
| Lang, Norma M. | Doctor of Science | 1996 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Langenberg, Donald N. | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Albany |
| Lansky, Aaron | Doctor of Letters | 2000 | Brockport |
| Larsen, Jack Lenor | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2006 | FIT |
| Lauder, William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | FIT |
| Laufer, Henry | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Stony Brook |
| Laufer, Marsha | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Stony Brook |
| Lauterbur, Paul C. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Stony Brook |
| Lawrence, Jacob | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1990 | Binghamton |
| Lay, Kenneth L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Oswego |
| Leach, Richard Porter | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1986 | Empire |
| Leakey, Meave | Doctor of Science | 2002 | Stony Brook |
| Leakey, Richard E.F. | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Stony Brook |
| Lederman, Leon | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Geneseo |
| Lee, Hyun-Soon | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Stony Brook |
| Lee, Li Young | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Brockport |
| Leeds, Gerard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Stony Brook |
| Leeds, Liselotte | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Stony Brook |
| Leeman, Susan | Doctor of Science | 1992 | Utica/Rome |
| Legge, Gordon E. | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Optometry |
| Lehmann, Winfred P. | Doctor of Letters | 1985 | Binghamton |
| Leibovitz, Annie | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2008 | FIT |
| Leibowitz, Herschel W. | Doctor of Science | 1991 | Optometry |
| Lenfant, Claude | Doctor of Science | 1988 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Leon, Tania J. | Doctor of Music | 2007 | Purchase |
| Lerman, Miles | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Albany |
| L'Esperance, Francis A. Jr. | Doctor of Science | 2003 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Levine, Arnold Jay | Doctor of Science | 1997 | Binghamton |
| Levine, Arthur | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Levine, James | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1996 | Optometry/Potsdam |
| Levine, James | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1996 | Potsdam/Optometry |
| Levine, Lawrence W. | Doctor of Letters | 2000 | Old Westbury |
| Levy, David H. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Plattsburgh |
| Lewis, Bernard | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Binghamton |
| Lewis, John | Doctor of Laws | 2001 | Albany |
| Liberman, Alvin M. | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Binghamton |
| Libeskind, Daniel | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2015 | FIT |
| Lichtenberger, William H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Lichtenstein, Dorothy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Stony Brook |
| Lickers, Henry | Doctor of Science | 2014 | ESF |
| Lieberman, Evelyn | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | SUC Buffalo |
| Liebich, Richard C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Empire |
| Lifton, Robert Jay | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | New Paltz |
| Lightfoot, Sara Lawrence | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Lightstone, Jack N. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Lindberg, Donald A.B. | Doctor of Science | 1987 | HSC Syracuse |
| Lindblom, Charles E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Albany |
| Lindsay, John V. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Old Westbury |
| Link, Edwin Albert | Doctor of Science | 1981 | Binghamton |
| Link, Marilyn C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Binghamton |
| Lish, Gordon | Doctor of Letters | 1993 | Oneonta |
| Locklear, Arlinda F. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Oneonta |
| Lombardi, Tarky | Doctor of Laws | 1994 | Onondaga |
| Loquasto, Santo | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2005 | Purchase |
| Lorre, Chuck | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2009 | Potsdam |
| Louboutin, Christian | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2014 | FIT |
| Love, Susan M. | Doctor of Science | 1998 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Lowe, Josiah L. | Doctor of Science | 1988 | ESF |
| Lowi, Theodore | Doctor of Letters | 1988 | Stony Brook |
| Lown, Bernard | Doctor of Science | 1988 | HSC Syracuse |
| Loy, James M. | Doctor of Science | 2006 | Cobleskill |
| Lubcheno, Jane | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Stony Brook |
| Lubic, Ruth Watson | Doctor of Science | 1993 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Lue, Tom F. MD | Doctor of Science | 2009 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Lugar, Richard G. | Doctor of Laws | 1997 | Albany |
| Lundberg, George D. | Doctor of Science | 1988 | HSC Syracuse |
| Lyons, Allan R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Binghamton |
| Ma, Lin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Stony Brook |
| MacDiarmid, Alan G. | Doctor of Science | 2003 | Binghamton |
| MacDonald, Flora | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Potsdam |
| MacDougall, Hugh C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Oneonta |
| MacLean, Paul D. | Doctor of Science | 1986 | Binghamton |
| MacMahon, Brian | Doctor of Science | 1986 | SUNY Buffalo |
| MacVittie, Robert W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Geneseo |
| Madden, Chris | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2007 | FIT |
| Magrath, C. Peter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Binghamton |
| Maguire, Gregory | Doctor of Letters | 2011 | Albany |
| Mahler, Halfdan | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Albany |
| Mahoney, Margaret E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Maines, David J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Delhi |
| Maitland, Guy E.C. | Doctor of Letters | 2007 | Maritime |
| Malaurie, Jean | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Malone, Beverly L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Mancino, Joseph L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | Empire |
| Mandela, Nelson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Brockport |
| Mandelbrot, Benoit B. | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Albany |
| Mangione, Jerre | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Brockport |
| Mann, Horace | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | SUC Buffalo |
| Marable, Manning | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | New Paltz |
| Marburger III, John H. | Doctor of Science | 2002 | Stony Brook |
| Marchi, Loraine | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Optometry |
| Markovich, Voya R. | Doctor of Science | 2013 | Binghamton |
| Markuson, Thomas | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2014 | Brockport |
| Marler, Peter R. | Doctor of Science | 1983 | Purchase |
| Marsalis, Wynton | Doctor of Music | 2010 | Potsdam |
| Marsalis, Wynton | Doctor of Music | 1990 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Marschilok, Edward S. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Potsdam |
| Martin, David O'Brien | Doctor of Laws | 2006 | Canton |
| Martin, Keith | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1984 | Empire |
| Massey, T. Benjamin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Empire |
| Massry, Morris | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Albany |
| Mastrangelo, Angelo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Hudson Valley |
| Masur, Kurt | Doctor of Music | 1999 | Binghamton |
| Mayberry-Lewis, David Henry Peter | Doctor of Science | 1993 | SUC Buffalo |
| Mayer, James W. | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Albany |
| Mays, Benjamin Elijah | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1981 | Old Westbury |
| Mays, Luberta F. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Oswego |
| Maytum, Robert | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Fredonia |
| McAnarney, Elizabeth R. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | HSC Syracuse |
| McClatchy, J.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Geneseo |
| McClintock, Barbara | Doctor of Science | 1983 | Stony Brook |
| McCombs, Norman | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | SUNY Buffalo |
| McCullough, David | Doctor of Letters | 1999 | Albany |
| McDermott, Alice | Doctor of Letters | 1993 | Oswego |
| McDonald, Forrest | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Geneseo |
| McElheran, N. Brock | Doctor of Music | 1993 | Potsdam |
| McHugh, Matthew F. | Doctor of Laws | 1994 | Binghamton |
| McKee, Theodore A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | Cortland |
| McKibben, William E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Plattsburgh |
| McLaughlin, Robert | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Herkimer |
| McLernon, James W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | SUNY Buffalo |
| McMullen, John J. | Doctor of Letters | 2004 | Maritime |
| McTarnaghan, Roy E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Geneseo |
| Mehta, Zubin | Doctor of Music | 1986 | Potsdam |
| Meier, Deborah Willen | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Albany |
| Menkes, Suzy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | FIT |
| Meno, Lionel R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Oswego |
| Mensah, Christian Korshie | Doctor of Laws | 2006 | Oswego |
| Mercer, Norman J. | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1997 | Stony Brook |
| Merrill, Charles | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Cobleskill |
| Merson, Michael H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Merton, Robert K. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Albany |
| Mesick, John | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1986 | Albany |
| Miaoulis, Loannis (Yannis) N. | Doctor of Science | 2015 | SUNY Poly |
| Miles, Frederick A. | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Optometry |
| Milliken, Peter | Doctor of Laws | 2001 | Potsdam |
| Milnes, Sherrill | Doctor of Music | 1986 | Potsdam |
| Mitchell, Arthur | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Potsdam |
| Mitchell, Bert N. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Old Westbury |
| Mitchem, Arthur | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | SUC Buffalo |
| Mittermeier, Russell | Doctor of Science | 2007 | Stony Brook |
| Mittlefehldt, David Wayne | Doctor of Science | 2007 | Fredonia |
| *Mitropoulos, Efthimios E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Maritime |
| Moe, Gordon K. | Doctor of Science | 1988 | HSC Syracuse |
| Moffatt, Henry Keith | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Utica/Rome |
| Moffett, William A. | Doctor of Letters | 1993 | Potsdam |
| Mohr, Nicholasa | Doctor of Letters | 1989 | Albany |
| Molly, Theresa | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Delhi |
| Monette, Paul | Doctor of Letters | 1992 | Oswego |
| Montag, Mildred L. | Doctor of Laws | 1981 | Nassau |
| Montagnier, Luc | Doctor of Science | 1998 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Montague, John Patrick | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | SUC Buffalo |
| Moore, Elisabeth Luce | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1981 | Faculty Senate/System Admin |
| Moore, Elisabeth Luce | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1981 | System Admin./Fac. Sen. |
| Moore, Joseph B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Empire |
| Moore, Kathleen Dean | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | ESF |
| Mora, Pat | Doctor of Letters | 2006 | SUC Buffalo |
| Morales, Tomas D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | New Paltz |
| Moreno, Rita | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2001 | SUC Buffalo |
| Morgan, Frederick | Doctor of Letters | 1988 | Stony Brook |
| Morgan, Meredith W. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Optometry |
| Morris, Philip | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2014 | Albany |
| Morrison, Robert B. | Doctor of Humanities | 2002 | Potsdam |
| Morrison, Toni | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | Purchase |
| Morse, Carl A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Morse, Harold E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Oswego |
| Moser, Marvin MD | Doctor of Science | 2014 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Movshon, Joseph Anthony | Doctor of Science | 2012 | Optometry |
| Moyers, Judith Davidson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Old Westbury |
| Mueller, C. Barber | Doctor of Science | 2002 | HSC Syracuse |
| Mueller, Justus F. | Doctor of Science | 1991 | HSC Syracuse |
| Mullet, Marian | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Oneonta |
| Mulroy, John H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Onondaga |
| Munoz, Heraldo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Oswego |
| Munro, J. Richard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Potsdam |
| Murashige, Toshio | Doctor of Science | 1984 | Plattsburgh |
| Murphy, Emmett | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Potsdam |
| Murphy, Maureen O'Rourke | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Cortland |
| Murphy, Thomas, P. | Doctor of Science | 2001 | SUC Buffalo |
| Murray, Albert | Doctor of Letters | 2000 | Stony Brook |
| Murray, David G. | Doctor of Science | 2006 | HSC Syracuse |
| Murray, Joseph | Doctor of Science | 2008 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Muscatine, Charles | Doctor of Letters | 1988 | Empire |
| Musgrave, Franklin Story | Doctor of Science | 1998 | HSC Syracuse |
| Mutombo, Dikembe | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Cortland |
| Nachmias, Jacob | Doctor of Science | 2014 | Optometry |
| Nagrin, Daniel | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1991 | Brockport |
| Nancy Wackstein | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Binghamton |
| Nason, John William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Plattsburgh |
| Nathan, Joe | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Stony Brook |
| Neier, Aryeh | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Binghamton |
| Nelson, Gaylord | Doctor of Science | 2005 | ESF |
| Netter, Terence | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2013 | Stony Brook |
| Nettleford, Rex | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2005 | Brockport |
| Neuberger, Roy R. | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1982 | Purchase |
| Neureiter, Norman P. | Doctor of Science | 2014 | Geneseo |
| Newell, Allan P. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Potsdam |
| Newhall, Beaumont | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1986 | Brockport |
| Newman, Albert | Doctor of Science | 1984 | Fredonia |
| Newman, Frank | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Empire |
| Newsome III, William Thomas | Doctor of Science | 2012 | Optometry |
| Newton, Christopher | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | SUC Buffalo |
| Nirenberg, Marshall W. | Doctor of Science | 1986 | Albany |
| Nisbett, Richard E. | Doctor of Science | 2012 | Geneseo |
| Nolan, Donald J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Empire |
| Nongxa, Loyiso | Doctor of Letters | 2012 | Old Westbury |
| Nooyi, Indra | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Purchase |
| Nordwall, Adam | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | New Paltz |
| North, Robert | Doctor of Science | 1992 | Utica/Rome |
| Novello, Antonia Coello | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Farmingdale |
| Numann, Patricia Joy | Doctor of Science | 2012 | HSC Syracuse |
| Nussbaum, Martha | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Brockport |
| Nuwer, Hank | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | SUC Buffalo |
| Oates, Joyce Carol | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | Brockport |
| Oblinger, Diane G. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Empire |
| O'Connell, Gregory M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Geneseo |
| Odak, Perry D. | Doctor of Science | 2001 | Cobleskill |
| Oh, Myung | Doctor of Science | 1997 | Stony Brook |
| Ohlin, Lloyd Edgard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Albany |
| Okun, Douglas | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Delhi |
| Olah, George A. | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Binghamton |
| O'Leary, Vincent | Doctor of Laws | 2006 | Albany |
| Oleszek, Walter J. | Doctor of Laws | 2010 | Brockport |
| Oliveira, Elmar | Doctor of Music | 2002 | Binghamton |
| O'Mara, John F. | Doctor of Laws | 2000 | Oswego |
| Oppenheimer, Deborah | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2005 | SUC Buffalo |
| Orbach, Susie | Doctor of Science | 1997 | Stony Brook |
| O'Reilly, John S. (Alum) | Doctor of Music | 2014 | Potsdam |
| Orr, David W. | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Binghamton |
| Osborn, June E. | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Stony Brook |
| Oski, Frank A. | Doctor of Science | 1991 | HSC Syracuse |
| Ostar, Allan W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | New Paltz |
| Osterhout, Raymond | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Binghamton |
| Oti Boateng, Daasebre Emmanuel | Doctor of Laws | 2015 | Geneseo |
| Owens, William "Billy" L. | Doctor of Laws | 2015 | Canton |
| Ozal, Turgut | Doctor of Laws | 1992 | System Admin. |
| Ozick, Cynthia | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Purchase |
| Painter, Nell Irvin | Doctor of Letters | 1998 | New Paltz |
| Paley, Albert | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1997 | Brockport |
| Paley, Vivian Gussin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | New Paltz |
| Palmatier, Thomas H. | Doctor of Music | 2013 | Potsdam |
| Panasci, Henry A. Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Paolantonio, Salvatore A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Oneonta |
| Paperin, Stewart Jules | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Binghamton |
| Papp, Joseph | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1986 | Purchase |
| Pardes, Herbert | Doctor of Science | 1990 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Park, Seung | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Albany |
| Parker, Betsee | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Morrisville |
| Parkman, Paul D. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | HSC Syracuse |
| Parks, Gordon | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2004 | FIT |
| Parks, Gordon | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1990 | Old Westbury |
| Parnell, Dale | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Onondaga |
| Passannante, William F. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | FIT |
| Patterson, Floyd | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | New Paltz |
| Paul, William E. | Doctor of Science | 1991 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Paxton, Robert O. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Stony Brook |
| Pearce, William Alan | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Brockport |
| Peck, Russell A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Geneseo |
| Peli, Eli | Doctor of Science | 2006 | Optometry |
| Pelikan, Jaroslav | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Albany |
| Pell, Owen C. | Doctor of Laws | 2011 | Binghamton |
| Pellegrino, Edmund D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | HSC Syracuse |
| Pendergast, Christopher | Doctor of Science | 2007 | Stony Brook |
| Penney, Charles Rand | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1995 | SUC Buffalo |
| Pepper, Claude (Posthumously) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Optometry |
| Peretti, Elsa | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2001 | FIT |
| Perez, Antonio | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Oneonta |
| Perna, Janet | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Oneonta |
| Perry, Sir Walter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1982 | Empire |
| Perry, Thomas | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | SUC Buffalo |
| Persico, Joseph E. | Doctor of Letters | 1996 | Albany |
| Peters, Henry B. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Optometry |
| Peters, Michael A. | Doctor of Letters | 2012 | Empire |
| Peters, Otto | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Empire |
| Petersdorf, Robert G. | Doctor of Science | 1987 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Peterson, Roger Tory | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1986 | Jamestown |
| Peterson, Russell W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | ESF |
| Petronio, Carl V. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Delhi |
| Pettis, Bre | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | New Paltz |
| Peyre, Henri Maurice | Doctor of Letters | 1984 | Stony Brook |
| Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Binghamton |
| Phillips, Dorothy Buehring | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | System Admin. |
| Pinsky, Robert | Doctor of Letters | 2001 | Binghamton |
| Pippins, Shirley Robinson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Empire |
| Pogue, Frank | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Oswego |
| Pokelwaldt, Robert N. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | SUC Buffalo |
| Pokorny, Joel | Doctor of Science | 2001 | Optometry |
| Pollack, Sydney | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Binghamton |
| Pond, T. Alexander | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Stony Brook |
| Poon, Joseph K. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | Oneonta |
| Poordry, Clifton A. | Doctor of Science | 1999 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Potempa, Kathleen | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Pound, Robert V. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Poussaint, Alvin F. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Albany |
| Powell, Colin L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | SUC Buffalo |
| Press, Frank | Doctor of Science | 1992 | Oneonta |
| Price, Hugh B. | Doctor of Law | 2014 | Geneseo |
| Price, Hugh B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Empire |
| Prigogine, Ilya | Doctor of Science | 1995 | Binghamton |
| Proctor, Samuel D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Plattsburgh |
| Pruitt, George A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Empire |
| Puente, Ernest Anthony "Tito" | Doctor of Music | 1987 | Old Westbury |
| Puleston, Dennis | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Stony Brook |
| Purce, Thomas | Doctor of Laws | 2014 | Geneseo |
| Qu, Jia | Doctor of Science | 2013 | Optometry |
| Quinn, Aidan | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2005 | New Paltz |
| Ralbovsky, Stephen T. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | SUC Buffalo |
| Ramsey, Norman | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Stony Brook |
| Rand, A. Barry | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Geneseo |
| Randolph, Joyce | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2007 | Purchase |
| Ranney, Austin | Doctor of Laws | 1986 | Cortland |
| Ranney, Helen M. | Doctor of Science | 1996 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Rao, Calyampudi | Doctor of Science | 2013 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Rappleyea, Clarence D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Oneonta |
| Rath, Frederick Louis Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Oneonta |
| Ratner, Sarah | Doctor of Science | 1984 | Stony Brook |
| Raven, Abbe | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Ravitch, Diane | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Plattsburgh |
| Ray, Rachael | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Albany |
| Read, (Sister) Joel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Empire |
| Reed, Ishmael Scott | Doctor of Letters | 1995 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Rees, Mina | Doctor of Science | 1987 | Faculty Senate |
| Reeve, Christopher (Posthumously) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | Stony Brook |
| Reich, Steve | Doctor of Music | 2010 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Reicher, Dan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | ESF |
| Reinhardt, Uwe E. | Doctor of Letters | 1997 | Optometry |
| Reiser, Paul | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Binghamton |
| Reiser, Stanley J | Doctor of Science | 2012 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Relman, Arnold S. | Doctor of Science | 1983 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Renz, Frederick | Doctor of Music | 2002 | Fredonia |
| Resnick, Barbara M. | Doctor of Science | 2014 | HSC Syracuse |
| Resnick, Louis and Mildred | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Delhi |
| Reynolds, Richard C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Rhodes, Frank H.T. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | System Admin. |
| Rich, Robert E. | Doctor of Laws | 1987 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Richardson, M. Catherine | Doctor of Laws | 2005 | Oswego |
| Richmond, Julius Benjamin | Doctor of Science | 1986 | HSC Syracuse |
| Rickey, George | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1986 | Purchase |
| Ridge, Brent, MD | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Cobleskill |
| Riker, William H. | Doctor of Letters | 1986 | Stony Brook |
| Riley, Matilda White | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Albany |
| Ringgold, Faith | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1992 | Brockport |
| Rink, Judith E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Cortland |
| Ritch, Robert | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Optometry |
| Rivlin, Alice M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | Albany |
| Robbins, Carol M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Potsdam |
| Robbins, Clive | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Potsdam |
| Robinson, Randall | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Plattsburgh |
| Robson, John | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Optometry |
| Roemer, Spencer J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Geneseo |
| Rogers, William P. | Doctor of Laws | 1986 | Potsdam |
| Rogovin, Milton | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1994 | SUC Buffalo/SUNY Buffalo |
| Rogovin, Milton | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1994 | SUNY Buffalo/SUC Buffalo |
| Roker, Al | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Oswego |
| Rooney, Andrew Aikin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | Albany |
| Rose, Charles | Humane Letters | 2014 | Oswego |
| Rose, Jerome | Doctor of Music | 2001 | Oneonta |
| Rosefsky, Israel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Binghamton |
| Rosenthal, Abraham M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1984 | Brockport |
| Rosenthal, Mitchell S. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Ross, Elizabeth Olmsted | Doctor of Science | 2003 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Rossuck, Virginia P. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Oneonta |
| Rostropovich, Mstislav | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Utica/Rome |
| Rothenberg, Jerome | Doctor of Letters | 1997 | Oneonta |
| Rouse, Christopher C. | Doctor of Music | 2000 | Geneseo |
| Rowan, Carl Thomas | Doctor of Letters | 1991 | SUC Buffalo |
| Rubin, Lillian B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Empire |
| Rubin, Robert | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Purchase |
| Russert, Tim | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Purchase |
| Russo, Joseph L. | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Alfred |
| Rustin, Bayard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | Stony Brook |
| Rutherford, Andrew | Doctor of Letters | 1990 | Binghamton |
| Ryan, Barbara J. (Alum) | Doctor of Science | 2014 | Cortland |
| Ryan, John R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Brockport |
| Ryerson, Lisa Marsh | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Cortland |
| Saakashvili, Mikheil | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Delhi |
| Saalbach, Horst K. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Farmingdale |
| Sachs, Jeffrey | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Purchase |
| Safina, Carl | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Purchase |
| Sagan, Carl | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Albany |
| Saillant, Roger B. | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Cobleskill |
| Salerno, Frederic V. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Purchase |
| Sample, Steven B. | Doctor of Science | 2006 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Sanchez, Oscar Arias | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | SUC Buffalo |
| Sanchez, Sonia | Doctor of Letters | 2010 | SUC Buffalo |
| Sandor, Gyorgy | Doctor of Music | 1996 | Oneonta |
| Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | SUC Buffalo |
| Santmann, Theresa Patnode (Alum) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Farmingdale |
| Satcher, David | Doctor of Science | 2008 | HSC Syracuse |
| Sato, Gordon Hisaski | Doctor of Science | 1987 | Plattsburgh |
| Savoia, Stephan | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2005 | Potsdam |
| Scalettar, Raymond | Doctor of Science | 1994 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Scharrer, Berta V. | Doctor of Science | 1985 | Old Westbury |
| Schiffman, Gerald | Doctor of Science | 2010 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Schlesinger Jr., Arthur M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1984 | Albany |
| Schmeer, (Sister) Arline C. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Potsdam |
| Schoer, Allen | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Potsdam |
| Scholes, Robert | Doctor of Letters | 2003 | Purchase |
| Schorske, Carl | Doctor of Letters | 1988 | Stony Brook |
| Schuman, William | Doctor of Music | 1986 | Potsdam |
| Schwartz, Eric P. | Doctor of Law | 2014 | Binghamton |
| Scolese, Christopher J. (Alum) | Doctor of Science | 2015 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Scopelianos, Angelo G. | Doctor of Science | 2008 | Oneonta |
| Scotese, Peter G. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | FIT |
| Scott, Joan Wallach | Doctor of Letters | 1989 | Stony Brook |
| Sedaris, David | Doctor of Letters | 2008 | Binghamton |
| Sedjo, Roger | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | ESF |
| Seeger, Peter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Oswego |
| Seffrin, John R. | Doctor of Science | 2014 | HSC Syracuse |
| Segal, George | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1992 | Purchase |
| Sendak, Maurice | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | SUC Buffalo |
| Sergiovanni, Thomas J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Geneseo |
| Setnor, Jules R. | Doctor of Science | 2008 | HSC Syracuse |
| Shalala, Donna E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Albany |
| Shaler, Robert | Doctor of Science | 2003 | Stony Brook |
| Shanker, Albert | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Farmingdale |
| Shaw, Mary Ann | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | HSC Syracuse |
| Shaw, Robert | Doctor of Music | 1993 | Potsdam |
| Shaw, Sir Run Run | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Stony Brook |
| Shenandoah, Audrey | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Oswego |
| Sherman,Cindy | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2012 | FIT |
| Shire, David | Doctor of Music | 2015 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Shirley, Donna | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Utica/Rome |
| Shneiderman, Ben (Alum) | Doctor of Science | 2015 | Stony Brook |
| Shortliffe, Edward Hance | Doctor of Science | 2013 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Shulman, Lee S. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Oswego |
| Sidel, Victor W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Optometry |
| Siemering, William H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Silveira, Augustine | Doctor of Science | 2011 | Oswego |
| Simmons, F. Peter | Doctor of Science | 1987 | Utica/Rome |
| Simons, Elwyn L. | Doctor of Science | 2010 | Stony Brook |
| Simons, James | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Stony Brook |
| Simons, Marilyn | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Stony Brook |
| Simpson, Joanne | Doctor of Science | 1991 | Albany |
| Singer, Isaac Bashevis | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1981 | Albany |
| Singer, J. David | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Binghamton |
| Singh, Ganga R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Oneonta |
| Singh, Karan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Stony Brook |
| Singleton, Charles Southward | Doctor of Letters | 1981 | Binghamton |
| Sivak, Jacob | Doctor of Science | 2007 | Optometry |
| Sizer, Theodore R. | Doctor of Letters | 1997 | Potsdam |
| Skinner, Burrhus Frederic | Doctor of Science | 1986 | SUC Buffalo |
| Skvorecky, Josef V. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Binghamton |
| Slatkin, Regina Shoolman | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1995 | Plattsburgh |
| Slaughter, John Brooks | Doctor of Science | 1986 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Smith III, Earl Leo | Doctor of Science | 2002 | Optometry |
| Smith, Barbara | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Albany |
| Smith, Gregg | Doctor of Music | 2010 | Stony Brook |
| Smith, Mary Alice | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1999 | Old Westbury |
| Smith, Richard A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Smith, Virginia B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Empire |
| Smith, Vivian | Doctor of Science | 2001 | Optometry |
| Snipes, Wesley | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1998 | Purchase |
| Snyderman, Ralph | Doctor of Science | 1996 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Sobol, Thomas | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Plattsburgh |
| Solomon, Susan | Doctor of Science | 2001 | Stony Brook |
| Solow, Robert M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Albany |
| Sorenson, Theodore C. | Doctor of Laws | 2004 | Oswego |
| Sorkin, Aaron | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2012 | Purchase |
| Sovie, Margaret D. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | HSC Syracuse |
| Soyer, David | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1983 | Binghamton |
| Spafford, Eugene H. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | Brockport |
| Spar, Debra | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Purchase |
| Spiegelman, Arthur | Doctor of Letters | 1995 | Binghamton |
| Sprague, Charles | Doctor of Science | 1992 | HSC Syracuse |
| Squire, Lucy Frank | Doctor of Science | 1993 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Stafford, Ronald B. (Posthumously) | Doctor of Laws | 2006 | Plattsburgh |
| Staller, Erwin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Stony Brook |
| Stamberg, Susan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Brockport |
| Stanford, Peter | Doctor of Letters | 1998 | Maritime |
| Stanley, Jason | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Binghamton |
| Stanley, Joan | Doctor of Science | 2012 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Starer, Robert | Doctor of Music | 1996 | New Paltz |
| Stark, Lawrence | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Optometry |
| Starr, Paul Elliott | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Stecker Neufeld, Peggy PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2009 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Steere, Allen C. | Doctor of Science | 1997 | Farmingdale |
| Steingraber, Sandra | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | ESF |
| Steinhardt, Arnold | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1983 | Binghamton |
| Stemmler, Edward J. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | HSC Syracuse |
| Stephens, Clarence F. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Potsdam |
| Stern, Caryl M. (Alum) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Oneonta |
| Stern, Isaac | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Fredonia |
| Stern, Milton R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Empire |
| Stewart, Leroy Elliott | Doctor of Music | 1984 | Binghamton |
| Stewart, Liliane | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Plattsburgh |
| Stillman, Bruce W. | Doctor of Science | 2002 | Stony Brook |
| Stimpson, Catharine R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 | Albany |
| Stoll, Clifford | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Utica/Rome |
| Stone, Earl L. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | ESF |
| Stone, Ward B. | Doctor of Science | 2003 | Cobleskill |
| Stowell, Vavin | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2012 | FIT |
| Streb, Elizabeth | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2002 | Brockport |
| Stripling, Robert O. (Posthumously) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Plattsburgh |
| Styron, Rose | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Purchase |
| Styron, William | Doctor of Letters | 1994 | Purchase |
| Suarez Jr., Rafael | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Plattsburgh |
| Sudarkasa, Niara | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Binghamton |
| Sullivan, Daniel F. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | Canton |
| Sullivan, Joseph M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Sullivan, Kathryn D. | Doctor of Science | 1991 | Utica/Rome |
| Sullivan, Louis W. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Sulzberger, Arthur O. Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2006 | New Paltz |
| Sung, Betty Lee | Doctor of Letters | 1996 | Old Westbury |
| Suomi, Verner E. | Doctor of Science | 1983 | Albany |
| Sutton, Percy E. | Doctor of Laws | 2001 | Old Westbury |
| Sykes, Lynn Ray | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Potsdam |
| Szasz, Thomas | Doctor of Science | 2001 | HSC Syracuse |
| Tafel, Edgar | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2001 | Geneseo |
| Tallon, James R., Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Tan, Margaret Leng | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2011 | Cortland |
| Tannen, Deborah | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Binghamton |
| Tate, Pamela J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Empire |
| Tatum, Beverly Daniel, PhD. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Geneseo |
| Taube, Henry | Doctor of Science | 1985 | Stony Brook |
| Taylor, Billy | Doctor of Music | 1991 | Fredonia |
| Taylor, Errol B. | Doctor of Laws | 2006 | Oswego |
| Taylor, Gardner C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Taylor, Kenneth D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1981 | Plattsburgh |
| Taylor, Paul | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1988 | Purchase |
| Tector, Alfred J. (Alum) | Doctor of Science | 2015 | Morrisville |
| Teller, Davida Y. | Doctor of Science | 1992 | Optometry |
| Tepperman, Helen | Doctor of Science | 1987 | HSC Syracuse |
| Tepperman, Jay | Doctor of Science | 1987 | HSC Syracuse |
| Ter-Minasova, Svetlana Grigor'Yevna | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Geneseo |
| Terry, Clark | Doctor of Music | 2004 | Purchase |
| Thaw, Eugene V. | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2010 | Stony Brook |
| Thering, Rose Elizabeth | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Farmingdale |
| Thibos, Larry N. | Doctor of Science | 2003 | Optometry |
| Thier, Samuel O. | Doctor of Science | 1987 | HSC Syracuse |
| Thomas, Helen A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Potsdam |
| Thomas, Lewis | Doctor of Letters | 1983 | Stony Brook |
| Thomas, William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | Cortland |
| Thompson, Dorothy Burr | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | New Paltz |
| Thompson, Joyce E. | Doctor of Science | 1995 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Thorn, George Widmer | Doctor of Science | 1995 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Thrasher, Robert J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Empire |
| Tien, Chang-Lin | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Stony Brook |
| Tinney, Allen | Doctor of Music | 1999 | SUC Buffalo |
| Titus Putnam, Elizabeth C. | Doctor of Science | 2006 | ESF |
| Tobias, Sheila | Doctor of Letters | 1996 | Potsdam |
| Toles, Thomas G. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Toll, John S. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Stony Brook |
| Tomasi, Thomas B. | Doctor of Science | 1997 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Tomson, Louis | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Albany |
| Toner, Michael W. | Doctor of Letters | 2004 | Maritime |
| Tong, Rosemarie | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Oneonta |
| Toradze, Alexander | Doctor of Music | 1999 | Oneonta |
| Totenberg, Nina | Doctor of Letters | 1992 | Stony Brook |
| Trammer, Monte I. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Empire |
| Tree, Michael | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1983 | Binghamton |
| Trillin, Calvin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Plattsburgh |
| Trindade, Armando Rocha | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Empire |
| Troutman, Richard C. | Doctor of Science | 2002 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Trudeau, Garretson Beekman | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Potsdam |
| Tubby, Roger (Posthumously) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Plattsburgh |
| Tuchman, Barbara | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1985 | New Paltz |
| Tucker, Anne Wilkes | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2011 | Brockport |
| Tuckson, Reed Vaughn | Doctor of Science | 1992 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Turben, Susan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | Empire |
| Turekian, Karl K. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Stony Brook |
| Turner, W. Burghardt | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Stony Brook |
| Turovsky, Paul R. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | Binghamton |
| Turturro, John M. | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1999 | New Paltz |
| Tversky, Amos | Doctor of Science | 1987 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Tyabji, Hatim A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Tyler, Gus | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 | Empire |
| Ulukaya, Hamdi | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | Albany |
| Urbanski, Adam | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Oswego |
| Urquhart, Brian E. | Doctor of Laws | 1986 | Binghamton |
| Vagelos, P. Roy | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Stony Brook |
| van Boven, Theodore | Doctor of Laws | 1991 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Van Zandt, Clinton R. | Doctor of Letters | 2003 | Brockport |
| VanArsdale, Charles | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Geneseo |
| Varmus, Harold | Doctor of Science | 2005 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Veltman, Martinus J.G. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Stony Brook |
| Venter, J. Craig, | Doctor of Science | 2012 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Verghese, Abraham C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 | HSC Syracuse |
| Villella, Edward | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1998 | Maritime |
| Vince, Robert | Doctor of Science | 2010 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Viscardi, Henry | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 | Farmingdale |
| Vladeck, Bruce C. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Volkow, Nora D. | Doctor of Science | 2013 | Stony Brook |
| Volpe, Joseph | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 | Purchase |
| Vroman, Lisa A. | Doctor of Music | 2011 | Potsdam |
| Wadsworth, Frank H. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | ESF |
| Wadsworth, James J. | Doctor of Laws | 1982 | Geneseo |
| Wagner, Karen Dineen | Doctor of Science | 2004 | Oneonta |
| Wagner, Wayne W. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Alfred |
| Wait, Charles V. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Empire |
| Wales, Darwin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 | Broome |
| Wallis, Norman | Doctor of Science | 2001 | Optometry |
| Walsh, James T. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | HSC Syracuse |
| Walsh, John | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Walsh, John J. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Walt, David | Doctor of Science | 2014 | Stony Brook |
| Wang, Charles | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Stony Brook |
| Warren, James J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | Faculty Senate |
| Wartman, Steven A. | Doctor of Science | 2010 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Washington, Allyn J. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Dutchess |
| Waters, Sylvia | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1997 | Oswego |
| Watson, James Dewey | Doctor of Science | 1983 | Farmingdale |
| Watson, Spann | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Farmingdale |
| Webb, Robert H. | Doctor of Science | 2003 | Optometry |
| Wegman, Robert B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Geneseo |
| Weil, Max H. | Doctor of Science | 2004 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Weil, Thomas | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Oswego |
| Weill, Joan M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | Purchase |
| Weinberg, Gerhard L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 | Albany |
| Weinberg, Robert | Doctor of Science | 1988 | Stony Brook |
| Weiner, Irwin M. | Doctor of Science | 2003 | HSC Syracuse |
| Weiner, Marilyn | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2004 | Potsdam |
| Weinig, Sheldon | Doctor of Science | 1996 | Stony Brook |
| Weinstein, Harvey | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Wellek, Rene | Doctor of Letters | 1983 | Binghamton |
| Welliver, Neil | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1990 | Cortland |
| Wentworth, Timothy C. (Alum) | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 | Monroe |
| Wesley, Richard C. | Doctor of Laws | 2006 | Albany |
| West, Cornel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 | Plattsburgh/Buffalo College |
| West, Cornel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | Buffalo College/Plattsburgh |
| Westerfeld, Wilfred W. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | HSC Syracuse |
| Westheimer, Gerald | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Optometry |
| Westlake, Donald E. | Doctor of Letters | 1996 | Binghamton |
| Whalen, Joseph P. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | HSC Syracuse |
| Wharton, Clifton | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Faculty Senate |
| Wharton, Dolores | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Faculty Senate |
| Whitaker, Jan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2011 | Cortland |
| White, Edmund | Doctor of Letters | 2000 | Oneonta |
| Whitesides, George McClelland | Doctor of Science | 2013 | Binghamon |
| Wicker, Tom | Doctor of Letters | 1989 | SUC Buffalo |
| *Wideman, John Edgar | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2010 | New Paltz |
| Wiesel, Eliezer | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1985 | Binghamton |
| Wiesel, Torsten N. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Optometry |
| Wigner, Eugene P. | Doctor of Science | 1982 | Plattsburgh |
| Wilbur, Richard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 | Potsdam |
| Wild, Bradford W. | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Optometry |
| Wilke, Gunther | Doctor of Science | 1990 | Binghamton |
| Wilkens, Carl | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2013 | SUC Buffalo |
| Wilkens, Roger | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1998 | Albany |
| Willcox, Newell "Spiegle" | Doctor of Music | 1988 | Cortland |
| Willey, James | Doctor of Music | 2004 | Geneseo |
| Williams, David R. | Doctor of Science | 2007 | Optometry |
| Williams, George | Doctor of Science | 2000 | Stony Brook |
| Williams, H. Kirk | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2001 | Fredonia |
| Williams, John A. | Doctor of Letters | 2001 | Old Westbury |
| Williams, Juan | Doctor of Letters | 1991 | Geneseo |
| Wilmers, Robert G. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Wilson, August | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | Old Westbury |
| Wilson, C. Malcolm | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 | Utica/Rome |
| Wilson, Donald E. MD, MACP | Doctor of Science | 2014 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Wilson, Edward O. | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Albany |
| Wilson, Lord Harold | Doctor of Laws | 1986 | Potsdam |
| Wilson, Reginald | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | Plattsburgh |
| Wilson, William Julius | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | Binghamton |
| Winawer, Sidney J. | Doctor of Science | 2005 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Winkel, Nina | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1985 | Plattsburgh |
| Wolf, Philip A. | Doctor of Science | 2007 | HSC Syracuse |
| Wolfensohn, James | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2008 | Stony Brook |
| Woodside, William | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | Purchase |
| Worby, Rachael | Doctor of Music | 1994 | Potsdam |
| Wright, Sewall | Doctor of Science | 1984 | Stony Brook |
| Wu, Chien-Shiung | Doctor of Science | 1982 | Albany |
| Wu, Tien | Doctor of Science | 2015 | Binghamton |
| Wuorinen, Charles | Doctor of Music | 2013 | SUNY Buffalo |
| Xide, Xie | Doctor of Science | 1987 | Albany |
| Yang, Chen Ning | Doctor of Science | 1999 | Stony Brook |
| Yeager, Jeana | Doctor of Science | 1991 | Farmingdale |
| Ylvisaker, Paul N. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 | New Paltz |
| Young, Frank E. | Doctor of Science | 1986 | HSC Syracuse |
| Young, Marian F. | Doctor of Science | 1998 | Oneonta |
| Youngblood, Johnny Ray | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | HSC Brooklyn |
| Zadeh, Lotfi A. | Doctor of Science | 1989 | Binghamton |
| Zhou, Shaoshen | Doctor of Science | 1994 | Utica/Rome |
| Zimble, James A. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | HSC Syracuse |
| Zobel, Bruce J. | Doctor of Science | 1986 | ESF |
| Zogby, John | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 | Utica/Rome |
| Zraly, Kevin C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2014 | Delhi |
| Zurack, Mark A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 | Binghamton |
Last updated: August 20, 2015
- Office of the Provost
- Provost Office Staff
- Information for Faculty and Staff
- Procedures for Promotion and Tenure Review
- Procedures for Sabbatical Leave Proposal
- Reports
Students participate in more than 200 student clubs and honor societies, and enjoy a busy calendar of campus events.
