1990
Franklin Chang-Diaz, astronaut, UConn graduate - Doctor of Science
Constance Baker Motley, chief judge, Retired, U.S. District Court, South District of New York - Doctor of Laws
Thomas F. Melady, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican - Doctor of Laws
Edward H. Budd, chairman, chief executive officer, president, Travelers Corp. - Doctor of Laws
Maurice Sendak, author, illustrator - Doctor of Fine Arts
1991
Árpád Göncz, president, The Republic of Hungary - Doctor of Laws
Fred Rogers, television producer, performer - Doctor of Letters
James Comer, professor, Yale University - Doctor of Laws
Harold Seidman, professor emeritus, UConn - Doctor of Laws
1992
Alice Cook, labor educator, activist, ombudsman, Cornell University - Doctor of Laws
Robin Morgan, journalist, editor - Doctor of Humane Letters
Ellen A. Peters, chief justice, Connecticut Supreme Court - Doctor of Laws
Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, scientist - Doctor of Science
1993
Samuel Birnbaum, businessman, philanthropist - Doctor of Humane Letters
T. Emmet Clarie, judge (retired), U.S. District Court for Connecticut - Doctor of Laws
Harry A. Gampel, real estate developer, philanthropist, UConn graduate - Doctor of Laws
Ronald W. Howard, actor, director, producer - Doctor of Fine Arts
W. Randall Pinkston, news correspondent, journalist - Doctor of Humane Letters
Peter H. Raven, conservation biologist, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden - Doctor of Science
Torsten N. Wiesel, Nobel laureate, president of The Rockefeller University - Doctor of Science
1994
H. E. Abdou Diouf, president, Republic of Senegal - Doctor of Laws
Phillip I. Blumberg, dean, professor of law emeritus, UConn - Doctor of Laws
Ronald E. Compton, chairman, chief executive officer, president, Aetna Life & Casualty Co. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Kevin V. Dowling, surgeon, UConn trustee - Doctor of Humane Letters
Sylvia A. Earle, marine biologist, environmentalist - Doctor of Science
Anthony S. Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH - Doctor of Science
Peter Guber, chairman, chief executive officer, Sony Picture Entertainment - Doctor of Humane Fine Arts
Richard A. Hayward, chairman, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council - Doctor of Humane Letters
Alice Murray Heilig, community steward, philanthropist - Doctor of Humane Letters
Charles Heilig, community steward, philanthropist - Doctor of Humane Letters
Edith W. Martin Doctor of Science, vice president, chief information office, Intelsat
Chang-Lin Tien, chancellor, University of California, Berkeley - Doctor of Science
1995
Betty Allen, educator, opera singer - Doctor of Fine Arts
Michael Bolton, singer, songwriter, philanthropist - Doctor of Fine Arts
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., chief judge emeritus, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit - Doctor of Laws
Julie Harris, stage and screen actress - Doctor of Fine Arts
Thomas M. Sutherland, former Dean, American University, Beirut, Lebanon - Doctor of Science
Edward O. Wilson, educator, biologist - Doctor of Science
William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd president, United States of America - Doctor of Humane Letters
1996
Barbara Chase-Riboud, author, sculptor - Doctor of Letters
Sanford Cloud Jr., president, chief executive officer, The National Conference - Doctor of Humane Letters
Quincy Jones, composer, conductor, producer - Doctor of Fine Arts
Simon Konover, philanthropist, chairman, Konover & Associates - Doctor of Humane Letters
Patrick A. McKeown, professor emeritus, Cranfield University - Doctor of Science
Helen Waichen Rogow, community steward, philanthropist - Doctor of Humane Letters
Laurel T. Ulrich, author, professor, Harvard University - Doctor of Letters
Frances M Visco, president, National Breast Cancer Coalition - Doctor of Humane Letters
1997
Aaron Feuerstein, president, chief executive officer, Malden Mills - Doctor of Humane Letters
Robert W. Fiondella, chair, president, chief executive officer, Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Samuel Goldwyn Jr., producer, director, chief executive officer, The Samuel Goldwyn Co. - Doctor of Fine Arts
Norman Hascoe, president, chief executive officer, Hascoe Associates, Inc. - Doctor of Science
David M. Lee, physicist, UConn graduate - Doctor of Science
Alvin M. Liberman, professor emeritus of psychology, UConn - Doctor of Science
Rex Nettleford, deputy vice chancellor, The University of the West Indies - Doctor of Letters
Antonia Pantoja, executive director, Producir, Inc. - Doctor of Letters
William C. Steere Jr., chairman, chief executive officer, Pfizer, Inc. - Doctor of Science
1998
George H. W. Bush, 41st president, United States of America - Doctor of Laws
José Cabranes, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - Doctor of Laws
Alphonse Chapanis, psychologist, educator, ergonomist - Doctor of Science
Frank McCourt, author, dramatist and teacher - Doctor of Letters
Jack Paar, television host and author - Doctor of Fine Arts
Beverly Sackler, humanitarian and philanthropist - Doctor of Humane Letters
Raymond R. Sackler, humanitarian and philanthropist - Doctor of Humane Letters
Varro E. Tyler, pharmacognocist and educator, UConn graduate - Doctor of Science
1999
Noam Chomsky, professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Doctor of Letters
Tomie dePaola, author and illustrator - Doctor of Fine Arts
Harry T. Edwards, chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia - Doctor of Laws
David McCullough, historian and biographer - Doctor of Letters
Frank D. Rich, philanthropist, business leader, former UConn trustee - Doctor of Laws
Harold C. Slavkin, director, National Institute of Dental Research - Doctor of Science
Information on the History of Commencement pages was researched and compiled by Mark J. Roy