Honorary Degrees

Elie Horn

Honorary Fellow

Idan Ofer
University of Haifa Alumnus

Honorary Fellow

Inna Braverman
University of Haifa Alumna

Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa

Recipients of a University of Haifa’s honorary degree are recognized for their significant contribution to society, academia and science; and for his or her friendship with the University of Haifa and support in advancing its vision.

Linda & Michael Frieze
(2025)

Justice Esther Hayut
(2024)

Jules & Eddie Trump
(2024)

Batia Shani
(2024)

Morris Kahn
(2024)

President William J. Clinton
(2022)

Elie Horn
(2022)

Marina Abramović
(2022)

Moshe Safdie
(2022)

Honorary Doctorate Conferees of the University of Haifa

Doctorate Conferees by Name, Year and Country

Peter Abeles (1988)

Arnold Aberman (2015)

Marina Abramović (2022)

Hélène Ahrweiler (1997)

Gila Almagor-Agmon (2019)

Eitan Aizenberg (2022)

Shulamit Aloni (2013)

Robert (Uri) Alter (2015)

Herta Amir (2016)

Paul Amir (2010)

Nathan S. Ancell (1984)

Bertil Andersson (2023)

Ruth Arnon (2017)

Shlomo Artzi (2012)

Jacques Attali (1993)

David Ayalon (1995)

Lawrence S. Bacow (2021)

Michael A. Baker (2018)

Aharon Barak (1992)

Moshe Bar-Asher (2005)

José Manuel Durão Barroso (2012)

Wladyslaw Bartoszewski (2008)

Carolyn Baum (2008)

Theodore and Florence Baumrittern (1987)

Yosef Begun (1984)

Avi Benlolo (2017) Tribute Book

Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (2004)

Yehoshua Ben-Arieh (2001)

Yosl Bergner (2013)

Ruth Berman (2013)

Rafael Beyar (2019)

Tony Blair (2002)

David Blunkett (2005)

Walter F. Bodmer (1998)

Irina Bokova (2011)

André Bollag (2006)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali. (1995)

Onno J. Boxma (2009)

Gro Harlem Brundtland (1997)

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (2016)

Guido Calabresi (1988)

Jimmy Carter (1987)

Oscar Ghez de Castelnuovo (1995)

Tzili Charney (2018)

Leon H. Charney (2001) (Bio)

Ilan Chet (2006)

Aaron Ciechanover (2010)

President William J. Clinton (2022)

Irun Cohen (2018)

Nili Cohen (2018)

Saul Bernard Cohen (2004)

Morley M. Cohen (1985)

George A. Cohon (1996)

James S. Coleman (1992)

Tony and Elizabeth Comper (2006)

Victor Conway (1995)

Irwin Cotler (1992)

Isaac M. Dabah (2021)

Ralf Dahrendorf (1994)

Michael Dan (2009)

Ruth Dayan (2010)

Michael W. Davis (2001)

Lorenzo Dellai (2012)

Alan Dershowitz (1993)

Dalia Dorner (2019)

Ruth Dreifuss (1999)

Sylvia A. Earle (2019)

Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (2007)

Arie Lova Eliav (1995)

Yohanan Elihai (2008)

Paul Erdos (1994)

Christian Estrosi (2011)

Meir Ezri (2006)

Dante S. Fascell (1990)

Enrique Feldman (1999)

Avraham Elimelech Firer (2008)

Joschka Fischer (2002)

Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2008)

Steve Forbes (2007)

Ernst Fraenkel (2009)

Sandor Frankel (2017)

Viktor E. Frankl (1988)

Jacob A. Frenkel (1999)

Linda & Michael Frieze (2025)

Alexander Gilady (2007)

Carol Gilligan (2006)

Shafi (Shafrira) Goldwasser (2016)

Jane Goodall (2008)

Susan A. Greenfield (2005)

David Grossman (2018)

Audrey Gruss (2007)

Shmaryahu Guttman (1991)

Francis Gurry (2010)

Angel Gurría (2010)

Steven Haberman (2018)

Hossam Haick (2017)

Alexander Haig (1985)

David Weiss Halivni (1993)

Irene Hatter (2014)

Maurice Hatter (1996)

Vaclav Havel (2006)

Esther Hayut (2024)

Reuben Hecht (1984)

Regine Heim (1988)

Gabor T. Herman (2000)

Avram Hershko (2011)

Chaim Herzog (1984)

Itzhak Hoffi (2008)

Elie Horn (2022)

Richard Charles Horton (2021)

Darko Horvat (2006)

Moshe Idel (2003)

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn (2008)

Jeremy M. Isaacs (2019)

Anthony Jacobs (2004)

Greville E. Janner (1984)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2016)

Salim Joubran (2012)

Anthony Julius (2006)

Gyongyver and Peter Kadas (2016)

Jean Kahn (1996)

Morris Kahn (2024)

Daniel Kahneman (2016)

Dani Karavan (1997)

Ian H. Karten (2000)

Kalle Kasemaa (1996)

Elihu Katz (2000)

Benjamin Z. Kedar (2007)

Jason Kenney (scroll) (speech) (2012)

Lane Kirkland (1989)

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (2017)

Frederik Willem de Klerk (2014)

Noah Klieger (2015)

Henry Kissinger (1984)

Philip Klutznik (1987)

Lee Kohrman (2016)

Emil (Eddie) Mendel Kornhauser (1996)

Hans Koschnick (1997)

Myra Hiatt Kraft (2005)

Saul A. Kripke (1998)

Julia Kristeva (2014)

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1993)

Celso Lafer (2014)

Manfred Lahnstein (2007)

Sonja Lahnstein-Kandel (2017)

Benny (Benzion) Landa (2012)

Robert Lantos (2016) Tribute Book

Richard S. Lazarus (1995)

Keren Leibovitch (2017)

Bernard Lewis (1991)

Deborah E. Lipstadt (2017)

Albert Lincoln (2010)

Sol Linowitz (1985)

Doron Livnat (2016)

Elizabeth F. Loftus (2005)

Lorry I. Lokey (2019)

Uri Lubrani (2014)

Karl-Göran Mäler (1999)

Mari Main (2011)

Maurice I. May (1998)

Benjamin Mazar (1984)

Angela Merkel (2018)

Patrick D. McGorry (2012)

Sami Michael (2009)

Charles Milgrom (2016)

Barney David Miller (1995)

Avinoam Naor (Aharonovich) (2012)

Younes Nazarian (2007)

Shoshana Netanyahu (1997)

David Nirenberg (2016)

Nel Noddings (2018)

Dov Noy (1999)

Amos Nur (2013)

Martha C. Nussbaum (2002)

Sammy Ofer (2004)

Carol Padden (2015)

Anthony S. Papadomitriou (2012)

Deval Patrick (2009)

Shimon Peres (1985)

Giani Pittella (2013)

Orna Porat (2015)

Felix Posen (2015)

Michael O. Rabin (1996)

Yitzhak Rabin (1995)

Bob Rae (2010)

Eliezer Rafaeli (2003)

Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2008)

Johannes Rau (1996)

Dalia Ravikovitch (2000)

Yaacov Recanati (1995)

Stefan Reif (2014)

Peretz Revesz (2002)

Karl Ribstein (1994)

Mstislav Rostropovich (2000)

Nathan Rotenstreich (1996)

Ariane de Rothschild (2011)

Shira and Jay Ruderman (2015)

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardόn (2012)

Mikheil Saakashvili (2006)

Carol Padden (2015)

Jonathan Sacks (1996)

Lily Safra (2009)

Sami Sagol (2011)

Davide Sala (1987)

Peter Salovey (2018)

Moshe Safdie (2022)

Harvey Scher (2017)

Joseph Schlessinger (2002)

Helmut Schmidt (2000)

Klaus Schütz (1992)

Klaus M. Schwab (2017)

Harry Sessler (2009)

John E. Sexton (2022)

Donna E. Shalala (1998)

Alice Shalvi (2021)

Batia Shani (2024)

Daniel B. Shapiro (2017)

Dan Shechtman (2012)

Barry Shrage (1998)

Lee Shulman (2018)

Nathan Royce Silverstein (2023)

Alan B. Slifka (2008)

Yizhar Smilansky (1994)

Isaac Stern (1996)

Ora Etrog Stibbe (2021)

Ernest Strauss (2014)

Sigmund Strochlitz (1985)

Oliviero Stock (2019)

Frank Stronach (1994)

Alfred Tauber (2011)

Prince El Hassan bin Tala (2000)

Mowafak Tarif (2010)

Chaim Topol (2014)

Jules & Eddie Trump (2024)

Endel Tulving (2003)

Ted Turner (2000)

Liv Ullmann (1987)

Ephraim Urbach (1987)

Cyrus Vance (1996)

Rudolf Vrba (1998)

June Walker (2008)

Elie Wiesel (1996)

George S. Wise (1996)

Ray D. Wolfe (1987)

Nancy F. Woods (2006)

Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1997)

Shelemyahu Zacks (2005)

Itzhak Zamir (2003)

Philip Zinman (1984)

Abd El-Rahman Baker Zu’bi (1996)

Outstanding Leadership Award

As of 2010, the University of Haifa confers the Outstanding Leadership Award upon leaders who have made a notable impact on the development and strength of the State of Israel.

The Outstanding Leadership Award is conferred upon individuals who have maintained longstanding, diverse and high-achieving service for their country; made a considerable contribution to the development of Israel’s security, economy and society; and made a considerable contribution to cultivating Israel’s international standing.