American former comedian Bill Cosby has received 72 honorary degrees in recognition of his career in acting and comedy. 62 of these have since been revoked due to his now-overturned conviction on sexual assault charges. These include (listed in order of original awarding of degree):
Location | Date | School | Degree | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rhode Island | 1985 | Brown University | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) | Rescinded 28 September 2015 [1] |
South Carolina | 1986 | University of South Carolina | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [2] | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [3] |
Georgia | 1986 | Spelman College | Doctorate [4] | Not rescinded |
Connecticut | 1987 | Wesleyan University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [5] | Rescinded 25 May 2018 [6] |
Pennsylvania | May 1987 | Lehigh University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) | Rescinded 14 October 2015 [7] |
District of Columbia | 1989 | Howard University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [8] | Not rescinded |
Indiana | 20 May 1990 | University of Notre Dame | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [9] | Rescinded 26 April 2018 [10] |
Pennsylvania | 1990 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [11] [12] | Rescinded 1 February 2018 [13] |
Missouri | 1990 | University of Missouri- Columbia | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 23 June 2017 [14] [15] [16] |
Mississippi | 20 November 1990 | Rust College | Doctorate [17] | Not rescinded |
Pennsylvania | 1991 | Temple University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) | Rescinded 27 April 2018 [18] |
Pennsylvania | 1992 | Drexel University | Doctorate | Rescinded 12 November 2015 [19] |
California | 1992 | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) | Rescinded 18 November 2015 [20] |
California | 1992 | Occidental College | Doctorate | Rescinded 12 December 2015 [21] |
Maine | 1992 | Colby College | Doctor of Performing Arts | Rescinded 2 May 2018 [22] |
Maryland | Spring 1992 | University of Maryland, College Park | Doctorate | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [23] [24] |
Virginia | 1993 | College of William & Mary | Master of Arts (MA) | Rescinded 8 August 2018 [25] |
Rhode Island | May 1994 | Bryant University | Doctorate | Rescinded 12 November 2015 [26] |
Pennsylvania | 1995 | Muhlenberg College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 23 October 2015 [27] |
Pennsylvania | 1995 | Swarthmore College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 20 November 2015 [28] [29] |
Texas | 20 May 1995 | Southern Methodist University | Doctor of Arts (D.Arts) | Rescinded 31 May 2018 [30] |
New York | 1 June 1995 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Doctorate [31] | Rescinded 23 November 2015 [32] |
Massachusetts | 1996 | Boston College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [33] | Rescinded 27 April 2018 [34] |
Pennsylvania | May 1996 | Lafayette College | Doctorate | Rescinded 28 April 2018 [35] |
Connecticut | 18 May 1996 | University of Connecticut | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) [36] [37] | Rescinded 29 June 2016 [38] |
Pennsylvania | May 1996 | Lafayette College | Doctorate | Rescinded 28 April 2018 [35] |
Pennsylvania | 1997 | Gettysburg College | Doctorate | Rescinded 4 May 2018 [39] |
District of Columbia | 1997 | George Washington University | Doctor of Humanities [40] | Rescinded 11 January 2016 [41] [42] |
Illinois | 1997 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [43] | Rescinded 18 June 2018 [44] |
New York | 1997 | New York University | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) | Rescinded 21 June 2018 [45] |
California | 8 May 1998 | University of Southern California | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) [46] | Rescinded 1 May 2018 [47] |
Virginia | 9 May 1998 | Old Dominion University | Doctorate [48] | Not rescinded |
Maryland | 17 May 1998 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [49] | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [24] |
California | 1998 | Pepperdine University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) | Rescinded (unannounced date) [50] |
South Carolina | May 1999 | Claflin University | Doctorate [51] | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [52] |
New York | 22 May 1999 | Colgate University | Doctorate [53] | Rescinded 1 October 2016 [54] |
Massachusetts | 1999 | Amherst College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 17 October 2015 [55] [56] |
Massachusetts | 2000 | Tufts University | Doctor of Arts (D.Arts) | Rescinded 15 October 2015 [57] |
Pennsylvania | May 2000 | Franklin & Marshall College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 19 October 2015 [58] |
New York | 2000 | Fashion Institute of Technology | Doctorate [59] | Rescinded 2 May 2018 [60] |
South Carolina | 2000 | Medical University of South Carolina | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 18 May 2018 [61] |
New York | 2001 | Fordham University | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) | Rescinded 24 September 2015 [62] [63] |
Maryland | 2001 | Goucher College | Doctorate | Rescinded 15 October 2015 [64] |
Ohio | 2001 | Ohio State University | Doctor of Education (D.Ed.) | Rescinded 6 April 2018 [65] |
Ohio | 2001 | University of Cincinnati | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [66] | Rescinded 8 May 2018 [67] |
Delaware | 2001 | Delaware State University | Doctorate [68] | Not rescinded |
New York | 12 May 2001 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Doctorate [69] | Rescinded 18 May 2018 [70] |
New Jersey | May 2002 | Drew University | Doctorate [71] | Rescinded 23 October 2015 [72] |
Massachusetts | 2002 | Springfield College | Doctorate [73] | Rescinded 25 October 2015 [74] |
Pennsylvania | 2002 | University of Pittsburgh | Doctorate | Rescinded 13 November 2015 [75] |
Pennsylvania | May 2002 | Haverford College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [76] | Rescinded 6 February 2016 [77] [78] |
New York | 2002 | Cooper Union | Doctorate | Rescinded 28 April 2018 [79] |
New York | 2002 | Juilliard School | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [80] | Rescinded 28 April 2018[ citation needed] |
North Carolina | 19 May 2003 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [81] [82] | Rescinded 30 May 2018 [83] |
Connecticut | 26 May 2003 | Yale University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [84] [85] | Rescinded 1 May 2018 [86] |
Georgia | 2003 | Paine College | Doctorate [87] | Not rescinded |
South Dakota | 2003 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | Doctorate [88] | Not rescinded |
Virginia | 2003 | Hampton University | Doctorate [89] | Not rescinded |
Texas | 4 September 2003 | Baylor University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [90] | Rescinded 8 October 2015 [91] |
Pennsylvania | 2003 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | Doctorate [92] | Rescinded 30 April 2018 [93] |
Massachusetts | 8 May 2004 | Berklee College of Music | Doctor of Music (D.Mus.) [94] [95] | Rescinded 24 March 2016 [96] [97] |
Maryland | 2004 | Johns Hopkins University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [98] | Rescinded 26 April 2018 [99] |
Pennsylvania | May 2004 | Wilkes University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 2 October 2015 [100] |
Pennsylvania | 20 May 2007 | Carnegie Mellon University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [101] | Rescinded 26 April 2018 [102] |
North Carolina | 2008 | North Carolina A&T State University | Doctor of Humanities | Rescinded 27 April 2018 [103] |
Virginia | 5 December 2008 | Virginia Commonwealth University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [104] | Rescinded 7 December 2018 [105] |
Ohio | 1 May 2010 | Oberlin College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [106] | Rescinded 4 December 2015 [107] |
Alabama | 7 May 2011 | Miles College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [108] | Not rescinded |
California | 18 May 2012 | University of San Francisco | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) | Rescinded 25 September 2015 [109] [110] |
Texas | 5 May 2013 | Paul Quinn College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [111] | Not rescinded |
Wisconsin | 19 May 2013 | Marquette University | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) | Rescinded 24 September 2015 [112] [113] |
Maryland | 21 May 2013 | University of Baltimore | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [114] | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [24] |
Massachusetts | 18 May 2014 | Boston University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 10 December 2015 [115] |
American former comedian Bill Cosby has received 72 honorary degrees in recognition of his career in acting and comedy. 62 of these have since been revoked due to his now-overturned conviction on sexual assault charges. These include (listed in order of original awarding of degree):
Location | Date | School | Degree | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rhode Island | 1985 | Brown University | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) | Rescinded 28 September 2015 [1] |
South Carolina | 1986 | University of South Carolina | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [2] | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [3] |
Georgia | 1986 | Spelman College | Doctorate [4] | Not rescinded |
Connecticut | 1987 | Wesleyan University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [5] | Rescinded 25 May 2018 [6] |
Pennsylvania | May 1987 | Lehigh University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) | Rescinded 14 October 2015 [7] |
District of Columbia | 1989 | Howard University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [8] | Not rescinded |
Indiana | 20 May 1990 | University of Notre Dame | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [9] | Rescinded 26 April 2018 [10] |
Pennsylvania | 1990 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [11] [12] | Rescinded 1 February 2018 [13] |
Missouri | 1990 | University of Missouri- Columbia | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 23 June 2017 [14] [15] [16] |
Mississippi | 20 November 1990 | Rust College | Doctorate [17] | Not rescinded |
Pennsylvania | 1991 | Temple University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) | Rescinded 27 April 2018 [18] |
Pennsylvania | 1992 | Drexel University | Doctorate | Rescinded 12 November 2015 [19] |
California | 1992 | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) | Rescinded 18 November 2015 [20] |
California | 1992 | Occidental College | Doctorate | Rescinded 12 December 2015 [21] |
Maine | 1992 | Colby College | Doctor of Performing Arts | Rescinded 2 May 2018 [22] |
Maryland | Spring 1992 | University of Maryland, College Park | Doctorate | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [23] [24] |
Virginia | 1993 | College of William & Mary | Master of Arts (MA) | Rescinded 8 August 2018 [25] |
Rhode Island | May 1994 | Bryant University | Doctorate | Rescinded 12 November 2015 [26] |
Pennsylvania | 1995 | Muhlenberg College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 23 October 2015 [27] |
Pennsylvania | 1995 | Swarthmore College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 20 November 2015 [28] [29] |
Texas | 20 May 1995 | Southern Methodist University | Doctor of Arts (D.Arts) | Rescinded 31 May 2018 [30] |
New York | 1 June 1995 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Doctorate [31] | Rescinded 23 November 2015 [32] |
Massachusetts | 1996 | Boston College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [33] | Rescinded 27 April 2018 [34] |
Pennsylvania | May 1996 | Lafayette College | Doctorate | Rescinded 28 April 2018 [35] |
Connecticut | 18 May 1996 | University of Connecticut | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) [36] [37] | Rescinded 29 June 2016 [38] |
Pennsylvania | May 1996 | Lafayette College | Doctorate | Rescinded 28 April 2018 [35] |
Pennsylvania | 1997 | Gettysburg College | Doctorate | Rescinded 4 May 2018 [39] |
District of Columbia | 1997 | George Washington University | Doctor of Humanities [40] | Rescinded 11 January 2016 [41] [42] |
Illinois | 1997 | Northwestern University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [43] | Rescinded 18 June 2018 [44] |
New York | 1997 | New York University | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) | Rescinded 21 June 2018 [45] |
California | 8 May 1998 | University of Southern California | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) [46] | Rescinded 1 May 2018 [47] |
Virginia | 9 May 1998 | Old Dominion University | Doctorate [48] | Not rescinded |
Maryland | 17 May 1998 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [49] | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [24] |
California | 1998 | Pepperdine University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) | Rescinded (unannounced date) [50] |
South Carolina | May 1999 | Claflin University | Doctorate [51] | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [52] |
New York | 22 May 1999 | Colgate University | Doctorate [53] | Rescinded 1 October 2016 [54] |
Massachusetts | 1999 | Amherst College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 17 October 2015 [55] [56] |
Massachusetts | 2000 | Tufts University | Doctor of Arts (D.Arts) | Rescinded 15 October 2015 [57] |
Pennsylvania | May 2000 | Franklin & Marshall College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 19 October 2015 [58] |
New York | 2000 | Fashion Institute of Technology | Doctorate [59] | Rescinded 2 May 2018 [60] |
South Carolina | 2000 | Medical University of South Carolina | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 18 May 2018 [61] |
New York | 2001 | Fordham University | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) | Rescinded 24 September 2015 [62] [63] |
Maryland | 2001 | Goucher College | Doctorate | Rescinded 15 October 2015 [64] |
Ohio | 2001 | Ohio State University | Doctor of Education (D.Ed.) | Rescinded 6 April 2018 [65] |
Ohio | 2001 | University of Cincinnati | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [66] | Rescinded 8 May 2018 [67] |
Delaware | 2001 | Delaware State University | Doctorate [68] | Not rescinded |
New York | 12 May 2001 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Doctorate [69] | Rescinded 18 May 2018 [70] |
New Jersey | May 2002 | Drew University | Doctorate [71] | Rescinded 23 October 2015 [72] |
Massachusetts | 2002 | Springfield College | Doctorate [73] | Rescinded 25 October 2015 [74] |
Pennsylvania | 2002 | University of Pittsburgh | Doctorate | Rescinded 13 November 2015 [75] |
Pennsylvania | May 2002 | Haverford College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [76] | Rescinded 6 February 2016 [77] [78] |
New York | 2002 | Cooper Union | Doctorate | Rescinded 28 April 2018 [79] |
New York | 2002 | Juilliard School | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [80] | Rescinded 28 April 2018[ citation needed] |
North Carolina | 19 May 2003 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [81] [82] | Rescinded 30 May 2018 [83] |
Connecticut | 26 May 2003 | Yale University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [84] [85] | Rescinded 1 May 2018 [86] |
Georgia | 2003 | Paine College | Doctorate [87] | Not rescinded |
South Dakota | 2003 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | Doctorate [88] | Not rescinded |
Virginia | 2003 | Hampton University | Doctorate [89] | Not rescinded |
Texas | 4 September 2003 | Baylor University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [90] | Rescinded 8 October 2015 [91] |
Pennsylvania | 2003 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | Doctorate [92] | Rescinded 30 April 2018 [93] |
Massachusetts | 8 May 2004 | Berklee College of Music | Doctor of Music (D.Mus.) [94] [95] | Rescinded 24 March 2016 [96] [97] |
Maryland | 2004 | Johns Hopkins University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [98] | Rescinded 26 April 2018 [99] |
Pennsylvania | May 2004 | Wilkes University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 2 October 2015 [100] |
Pennsylvania | 20 May 2007 | Carnegie Mellon University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [101] | Rescinded 26 April 2018 [102] |
North Carolina | 2008 | North Carolina A&T State University | Doctor of Humanities | Rescinded 27 April 2018 [103] |
Virginia | 5 December 2008 | Virginia Commonwealth University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [104] | Rescinded 7 December 2018 [105] |
Ohio | 1 May 2010 | Oberlin College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [106] | Rescinded 4 December 2015 [107] |
Alabama | 7 May 2011 | Miles College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [108] | Not rescinded |
California | 18 May 2012 | University of San Francisco | Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) | Rescinded 25 September 2015 [109] [110] |
Texas | 5 May 2013 | Paul Quinn College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [111] | Not rescinded |
Wisconsin | 19 May 2013 | Marquette University | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) | Rescinded 24 September 2015 [112] [113] |
Maryland | 21 May 2013 | University of Baltimore | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [114] | Rescinded 22 June 2018 [24] |
Massachusetts | 18 May 2014 | Boston University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Rescinded 10 December 2015 [115] |