1990
Graduate School - Franklin Chang-Diaz
Chang-Diaz was an astronaut and UConn alumnus, '73 (CLAS).
School of Law - Christopher J. Dodd
Dodd was a U.S. Senator (D-Conn.)
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Robert U. Massey
Massey was former dean of the UConn School of Medicine and professor of community medicine and health care.
1991
Graduate School - Árpád Göncz
Göncz was president of The Republic of Hungary.
School of Law - Jon O. Newman
Newman was a judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Robert L. Volle
Volle was president of the National Board of Medical Examiners.
1992
Graduate School - Ellen A. Peters
Peters was chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
School of Law - Floyd Abrams
Abrams was a communications ;aw attorney with Cahill, Gordon & Reindel.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Bernadine P. Healy
Healy was director of the National Institutes of Health.
1993
Graduate School - Torsten N. Wiesel
Wiesel was a Nobel laureate and president of The Rockefeller University.
School of Law - Thomas J. Meskill
Meskill was chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. former governor of Connecticut (1971-1975), and a member of the UConn School of Law Class of 1956.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Geraldine T. Morrow
Morrow immediate past president of the American Dental Association.
1994
Graduate School - Chang-Lin Tien
Tien was chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley.
School of Law - Morton J. Horwitz
Horowitiz was the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Anthony S. Fauci
Fauci was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
1995
Graduate School - Thomas M. Sutherland
Sutherland was former dean of agriculture and food sciences at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon.
School of Law - A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
Higginbotham was chief judge emeritus of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Perri E. Klass
Klass was a pediatrician at Dorchester House Health Center.
1996
Graduate School - Carol A. Fowler
Fowler was president and director of Research at Haskins Laboratories.
School of Law - Martha L. Minow
Minow was a professor of law at Harvard Law School.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Margaret C. Heagarty
Heagarty was director of pediatrics at Columbia University-Harlem Hospital Center
1997
Graduate School - David M. Lee
Lee was a Nobel Laureate in physics and a member of the UConn Class of 1955.
School of Law - Joette Katz
Katz was an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court and a member fo the UConn Law Class of 1977.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Sherwin B. Nuland
Nuland was clinical professor of surgery at Yale School of Medicine.
1998
Graduate School - Varro E. Tyler
Tyler was dean and distinguished professor emeritus of pharamacognosy at Purdue University.
School of Law - José Cabranes
Cabranes was a judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - David A. Kessler
Kessler was dean of the Yale School of Medicine.
1999
Graduate School - Noam Chomsky
Chomsky was professor of linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
School of Law - Harry T. Edwards
Edwards was chief judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.
Schools of Medicine & Dental Medicine - Abraham Verghese
Verghese was professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Texas University Health Science Center, El Paso
Information on the History of Commencement pages was researched and compiled by Mark J. Roy