| 2004 | Wole
Soyinka
Dramatist, poet, director, novelist, essayist | In
recognition of his contributions to world literature and human society as recipient
of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 2002 | Arlen
Specter
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania | In
recognition of his distinguished career in public service and of his efforts to
increase funding for biomedical research at the federal level |
| 2002 | William
A. Wulf
President
National Academy of Engineering | Sesquicentennial
celebration of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at the University
of Pennsylvania |
| 2001 | Alan
MacDiarmid
and Hideki Shirakawa
two Penn chemists | In
recognition of their achievement as recipients of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry |
| 2000 | Sandra
Day O'Connor
Associate Justice
U.S. Supreme Court | Sesquicentennial
celebration of the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania |
| 1999 | Freeman
J. Dyson
and Cathleen Synge Morawetz
two distinguished
mathematicians | Centennial celebration
of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 1996 | John
Christian
John Goodenough
and Robert Maddin
three
distinguished material scientists | 50th
anniversary celebration of materials science and engineering at the University
of Pennsylvania |
| 1996 | Albert
Gore
Vice President of the United States | 50th
anniversary celebration of the invention of the Electronic Numerical Integrator
and Computer (ENIAC) |
| 1994 | Leonore
Annenberg
and Walter H. Annenberg
Trustees Emeriti | Closing
ceremonies of the Campaign for Penn |
| 1994 | American
Philosophical Society | 250th anniversary
of its founding by Benjamin Franklin |
| 1993 | Neil
Amundson
Stuart W. Churchill
and Arthur Humphrey
three
distinguished chemical engineers | Centennial
celebration of chemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 1993 | Janet
Reno
Attorney General of the United States | Dedication
ceremony of the Nicole E. Tanenbaum Hall of the Law School |