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| Year Awarded | Honoree | Degree Awarded |
| 2022 | Br. Michael A. Perry, O.F.M. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Kenneth M. Raymond, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Martin Luther King III | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2021 | Condoleezza Rice, Ph.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Susan Law Dake | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2020 | Br. F. Edward Coughlin | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Dr. Carolyn Woo | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2019 | Kate (Strang) Gutmann '90 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2018 | Gerald M. DeFrancisco '68 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2017 | ||
| 2016 | Douglas T. Hickey '77 | Doctor of Humanities |
| 2015 | Sr. Mary Beth Ingham, CSJ, Ph.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Jeffrey R. Immelt | Doctor of Humanities | |
| 2014 | ||
| 2013 | The Honorable Mae A. D'Agostino '77 | Doctor of Laws |
| Walter T. Kicinski '62 | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| John J. Nigro | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2012 | Derek S. Jeter | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Virginia Kraft Payson | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Joseph M. Pastore, Jr., Ph.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2011 | Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ralph F. Perez | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Diane Ravitch, Ph.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2010 | Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ambassador Andrew J. Young | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2009 | Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Father John M. Felice, O.F.M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| The Honorable Victoria A. Graffeo | Doctor of Laws | |
| Reverend Robert C. Lamar, D.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robert J. Paeglow, M.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2008 | James J. Barba, Esq. '66 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Immaculѐe Ilibagiza | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2007 | Robert A. McCormick |
Doctor of Commercial Science |
| Dan Rather |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Helen Thomas |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2006 | Frank DeFord | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Soledad O'Brien |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Reverend Peter G. Young '53 |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2005 | The Honorable Jack Quinn '73 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Timothy Russert |
Doctor of Letters | |
| Barbara Taylor Bradford |
Doctor of Letters | |
| Gino Turchi |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2004 | Joyce F. Brown, Ph.D. |
Doctor of Letters |
| J. Spencer Standish |
Doctor of Science | |
| Patricia Hunter Standish |
Doctor of Letters | |
| 2003 | Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
| Robert J. & Anne L. Higgins |
Doctor of Musical Arts | |
| Karen J. Mathis, Esq. | Doctor of Laws | |
| Kenneth T. Lally |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Thelma P. Lally |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2002 | John J. Breyo, Jr. '68 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Jean Bethke Elshtain | Doctor of Letters | |
| Fr. Mychal Judge, O.F.M. |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2001 | Steve Forbes |
Doctor of Laws |
| Carmela G. Lacayo |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robert Lanier |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robert L. Nardelli |
Doctor of Letters | |
| 2000 | Mary Higgins Clark |
Doctor of Letters |
| Archbishop Roberto O. Gonzalez, O.F.M. '72 |
Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| Kenneth F. Hackett |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Kenneth L. Woodward | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1999 | Most Reverend Giacomo Bini |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
| The Honorable Joseph L. Bruno |
Doctor of Laws | |
| Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D. |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Jerome R. McDougal, Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1998 | Beverly A. Carroll |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J. |
Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| Governor George E. Pataki |
Doctor of Laws | |
| General John W. Pauly |
Doctor of Civil Laws | |
| 1997 | Mary d’Ablemont |
Doctor of Letters |
| Robert J. Danzig, Litt.D. '62 |
Doctor of Letters | |
| Louis Dupre |
Doctor of Laws | |
| Irena A. Dyrcz-Freeman |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Theodore Forstmann |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Mary Gordon |
Doctor of Laws | |
| 1996 | Sister Janet Carroll |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Frederick G. Field, Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. |
Doctor of Laws | |
| 1995 | Amb. Thomas J. Dodd | |
| 1994 | Harolyn Blackwell |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Neva Mahoney |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1993 | The Honorable Michael R. McNulty (U.S. House of Representatives) | Doctor of Laws |
| 1992 | The Honorable Judith S. Kaye (Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals) | Doctor of Laws |
| 1991 | Pat Carroll (Actress) | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Sister Ellen Lawlor, R.S.M. (Community Leader) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Hugh N. Maclean, Ph.D. (Distinguished Professor) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Reverend John Vaughn, O.F.M. (Minister General of the Franciscan Order) | Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| 1990 | Betty B. Crummey (Community Leader) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Robert Macauley (Director, AmeriCares) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Dr. G. Dennis O'Brien (President, University of Rochester) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1989 | Simone Estes (Bass-Baritone, International Opera Singer) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn '56 (Bishop of Lafayette) | Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| Fr. Hugh F. Hines, O.F.M. (President, Siena College) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1988 | Sister Brigid Driscoll, R.S.H.M. (President, Marymount College) | Doctor of Education |
| Raymond C. Kennedy (Trustee Emeritus & Chairman, Kendall Holdings, Inc.) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1987 | Charles & Thelma Buchman (Founders of Siena College Jewish/Christian Institute) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sister Nancy Chiarello, O.S.F. (Founder of The Dwelling Place) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Most Reverend Matthew H. Clark (Bishop of Rochester) | Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| Reverend Stephen Hardegen | Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| Peter M. Pryor, Esq. '52 | Doctor of Laws | |
| Nikos Psacharopoulos (Founder and Director, Williamstown Playhouse) | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| 1986 | The Honorable Alphones M. D'Amato (United States Senator) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Coretta Scott King |
Doctor of Laws | |
| Peter F. McCarthy (President of McCarthy Foundation and Civic Leader) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Norman S. Rice (Director, Albany Institute of History and Art) | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| 1985 | Kathryn L. Foy (Attorney at Law, DeGraff, Foy, Conway, Holt-Harris & Mealey) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Harry R. Horvitz (President and Publisher, Horvitz Newspapers, Inc.) | Doctor of Letters | |
| Reverend Richard McCormick, S.J. (Professor of Christian Ethics, Georgetown University) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1984 | Matilda R. Cuomo (First Lady of the State of New York) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William J. Kennedy, Jr. '49 (Distinguished Author) | Doctor of Literature | |
| Bishop Graham D. Leonard | Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| Dr. Louis L. Martz (Serling Professor of English, Yale University) | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1983 | The Honorable C. George Deukmejian '49 (Governor of the State of California) | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. Mary Beth Norton (American History Scholar, Cornell University) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Maureen O'Sullivan (Stage and Film Actress) | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| 1982 | Bobby Orr (Distinguished Athlete) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Lillemor T. Robb (Chairwoman of Student Affairs Committee of the Siena College Board of Trustees, and Distinguished Civic Leader) | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1981 | Matthew T. Conlin, O.F.M. | Doctor of Laws |
| Paulo Evaristo, Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. (Roman Catholic Archbishop, Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| Arlo Guthrie | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Margaret Brainard Hamilton (Internationally known Stage, Screen and Television Actress) | Doctor of Arts | |
| Bernard F. Picotte (Founder and Chairman of the Boards, Picotte Companies, and Distinguished Civic Leader) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Joseph A. Reagan, Jr. '50 (President, Reagan/Compar Inc., and Distinguished Alumnus and Civic Leader) | Doctor of Science | |
| 1980 | The Honorable Charles D. Breitel (Retired Chief Judge, New York State Court of Appeals) | Doctor of Laws |
| Rev. Msgr. George Higgins |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Jeanne Jugan (Foundress, Little Sisters of the Poor) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Oliver A. Laakso (Chairman of the board, Kamyr, Inc. (retired) and Civic Leader) | Doctor of Letters | |
| Richard P. Lindstrom |
Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Woods McCahill |
Doctor of Laws | |
| 1979 | The Honorable James T. Foley (Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York) | Doctor of Laws |
| Helen Hayes MacArthur (First Lady of the Theater and Humanitarian) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Benedict M. Taylor, O.F.M. (Franciscan Friar and Founder of the Project Create) | Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| 1978 | Sister Maureen Joyce, R.S.M. (Director, Community Maternity Services, Diocese of Albany) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Everett C. Reed (Chairman of the Board, Albany International) | Doctor of Science | |
| Gene Sarazen (Professional Golfer) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1977 | The Honorable Hugh L. Carey (Governor, New York State) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Erastus Corning, II (Mayor, City of Albany) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Most Reverend Howard J. Hubbard (Bishop of Albany) | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Father Benjamin Kuhn | Doctor of Sacred Theology | |
| 1976 | William J. Boland, M.D. '50 (Pediatrician) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sister Serena Branson, D.C. (Executive Director, Diocesan Office for Health and Social Services) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Colin W. Getz (Vice President - Upstate, New York Telephone Company) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Alfonso J. Marcelle (President, Callanan Industries) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1975 | The Honorable Domenick L. Gabrielli (Associate Justice, New York State Court of Appeals) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Vincent J. Schaefer, Ph.D. (Research Scientist) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Maureen Stapleton (Actress, Former Siena Student) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1974 | Right Reverend Allen Brown | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Most Reverend Edwin B. Broderick, DD |
Doctor of Laws | |
| Dr. Ewert H. Cousins | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Melissa Hayden (Former Principal, New York City Ballet) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Rabbi Herman Kieval | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| The Honorable William K. Sanford (Supervisor, Town of Colonie) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| William H. St. Thomas (President, St. Thomas, Inc.) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Katharine McCloskey Wilson (First Lady of the Empire State) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1973 | Ernest L. Boyer (Chancellor, The State University of New York, Albany) | Doctor of Letters |
| Cornelius W. Owens (Executive Vice President, American Telephone and Telegraph Company) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sister Bernetta Quinn, O.S.F. (Biographer and Literary Critic, Allen University) | Doctor of Letters | |
| William L. Pfeiffer (Chairman of the Board, Albany Savings Bank) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1972 | Madame Licia Albanese (Soprano, Metropolitan Opera Company) | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| The Honorable Perry B. Duryea, Jr. (Speaker, New York State Assembly) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Harry D. Yates (President, Dutch Village) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1971 | Theodore M. Black (Regent of the University of the State of New York) | Doctor of Letters |
| Granville Hicks (Novelist, Essayist and Critic) | Doctor of Letters | |
| Edward Villella (A principal with the New York City Ballet) | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| 1970 | The Honorable Earl W. Brydges (Senate Majority Leader, New York State Senate) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Peter D. Kiernan (President, Rose & Kiernan) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| George E. O'Connor, Sr. (President, Mohawk Fine Paper Mills, Inc.) | Doctor of Law | |
| Mother M. Angeline Teresa, O.Carm. (Superioress General, Carmelite Sisters) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1969 | Most Reverend Edwin B. Broderick, D.D. (Bishop of Albany) | Doctor of Letters |
| George W. Foy (Attorney) | Doctor of Laws | |
| William A. Toomey, Jr. '53 (Attorney) | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1968 | Hollis E. Harrington (President, State Bank of Albany) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Harold C. Martin (President, Union College and University) | Doctor of Letters | |
| Francis W. McGinley (Regent, State of New York) | Doctor of Laws | |
| Eustace Smith, O.F.M., D.D. (Apostolic Vicar) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1967 | The Honorable Dominick V. Cerrito (Justice, Supreme Court, State of New York) | Doctor of Laws |
| The Honorable Arthur Levitt (Comptroller, State of New York) | Doctor of Laws | |
| William H. Mulligan (Dean, School of Law, Fordham University) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1966 | Louis J. DeRusso, M.D. (Physician) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Clifton C. Flather (Administrative Director, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| John J. Meng (President, Hunter College, City University of New York) | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1965 | Ernest F. Barvoets (President, Williams Press, Inc.) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Joseph J. Casey (Attorney) | Doctor of Laws | |
| William R. Consedine (Director, Legal Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference) | Doctor of Laws | |
| Rudolph R. DelGiacco, M.D. (Director of Education, St. Peter's Hospital) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1964 | Lawrence H. Cooke | Doctor of Laws |
| Eugene P. Devine | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph T. Ryan | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1963 | The Honorable Joseph P. Molinari, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Francis J. O'Brien | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1962 | Charles C. MacClosky '40 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John W. Park | Doctor of Laws | |
| James J. Reynolds | Doctor of Laws | |
| John J. Warren | Doctor of Humane Letter | |
| 1961 | The Honorable Walter J. Mahoney (Majority Leader, New York State Senate) | Doctor of Laws |
| The Honorable Leo W. O'Brien (U.S. House of Representatives) | Doctor of Laws | |
| Edward J. O'Neill (Lt. Gen., U.S.A., Commanding First Army) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Eugene S. Robb (Publisher, Times-Union and Knickerbocker News) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1960 | Arthur P. Irving (President & Treasurer, The Glens Falls Post Company) | Doctor of Letters |
| Frank W. McCabe (President, The National Commercial Bank and Trust Company) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| The Honorable Keith S. McHugh (Commissioner of Commerce, State of New York) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Frank L. York (President & Publisher, The Record Newspapers) | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1959 | Pierre Rizzi Bretey (Partner, Hayden Stone and Company) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Bishop Thomas Manning, DD |
Doctor of Laws | |
| Edward S. Rooney (President, First Trust Company) | Doctor of Laws | |
| Sister Catherine Francis Soulier, C.S.J. (President, The College of St. Rose) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| The Honorable Malcolm Wilson (Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York) | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1958 | James E. Cushing | Doctor of Laws |
| William S. Ginn | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| John J. Mackrell | Doctor of Laws | |
| Charles A. Simmons, Sr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1957 | John English, Sr. | Doctor of Laws |
| Vincent J. Malone, Esq. | Doctor of Laws | |
| Reverend Dominic J. Ottaviano | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Frank M. Sulzman, M.D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1956 | The Honorable Daniel Gutman, LL.B. (Counsel to the Governor of the State of New York) | Doctor of Laws |
| The Honorable Charles J. Tobin, Jr., LL.B. (Secretary to the New York State Catholic Welfare Committee) | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1955 | Very Reverend Victor G. Bucher, O.F.M. (Visitor General of the Order of Friars Minor Holy Name Province, Pastor of Saint Mary's Parish and Superintendent of Saint Mary's High and Elementary Schools) | Doctor of Letters |
| John L. Madden, M.D., F.A.C.S. (Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery in the New York Medical College, Director, Department of Surgery, St. Clare's Hospital) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Right Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Maginn (Vicar General of the Diocese of Albany, Pastor of the Church of St. Vincent DePaul and Principal of Vincentian Institute) | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1954 | Mark F. Hughes, A.B., LL.B, K.M. (Attorney at Law) | Doctor of Laws |
| Reverend Thomas G. Mulqeen, A.B., S.T.D. (Principal of Catholic Central High School) | Doctor of Letters | |
| Laura Moriarty Whitfield, A.B., A.M. (Member of the New York State Board of Social Welfare) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Reverend Brother Alexius Victor, F.S.C., Ph.D. (Provincial of the New York-New England Province of the Institute of the Brother of the Christian Schools) | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1953 | The Honorable Alexander J. Allan, Jr. (Regent of the University of the State of New York) | Doctor of Letters |
| The Honorable Edward N. Scheiberling (Member of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York) | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1952 | Reverend Mansueto Kohnen, O.F.M. (Professor of Germanic Literature, Pontifical Catholic University) | Doctor of Letters |
| Reverend Brother Jerome Roese, O.S.F. (Dean, St. Francis College) | Doctor of Laws | |
| Arthur J. Wallingford, M.D. (Professor & Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albany Medical College) | Doctor of Laws | |
| Reverend Bernard Voght, O.F.M., Ph.D. (Prefect of Studies, Holy Name Province) | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1951 | Reverend Alvin Hughes, O.F.M. (Professor of Mathematics, St. Joseph's Seraphic Seminary) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Very Reverend Cassian Kirk, O.F.M. (Rector, St. Joseph's Seraphic Seminary) | Doctor of Letters | |
| The Honorable Daniel B. Lynch (Consultant Physician, Siena College) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Reverend Adrian McGonnell, O.F.M. (Professor of the Sciences, and past Prefect, St. Joseph's Seraphic Seminary) | Doctor of Laws | |
| The Honorable J. Howard McGrath (Member of the Presidential Cabinet, Attorney General) | Doctor of Laws | |
| The Honorable Lewis A. Wilson (Commissioner of Education of the State of New York and President of the University of the State of New York) | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1950 | Horace Field | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| The Honorable Patrick F. Scanlon, K.S.G. (Managing Editor, The Tablet) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Reverend Valentine Long, O.F.M. (Professor of English, Siena College, Member of the Board of Trustees) | Doctor of Letters | |
| Reverend Callistus Smith, O.F.M. (Professor of Canon Law, Christ the King Seminary, St. Bonaventure, Member of the Board of Trustees) | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1949 | The Honorable Francis Bergan '46 (Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division) | Doctor of Laws |
| Very Reverend Bertrand J. Campbell, O.F.M. (Minister Provincial, Province of the Most Holy Name, Order of Friars Minor) | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1948 | Very Reverend Mathias Faust, O.F.M. (Procurator General of the Order of Friars Minor) | Doctor of Laws |
| The Honorable John T. Loughran (Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York) | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1947 | Major General Thomas F. Farrell (Chief Engineer, Department of Public Works of the State of New York) | Doctor of Laws |