Honorary Degrees
This group of visionary architects, designers, educators, artists, and civic leaders are recipients of the honorary doctorate degree from Boston Architectural College. Their contributions embody the creativity, innovation, leadership, and commitment to social impact that continue to shape the built environment and design professions. Past recipients represent a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, reflecting the diversity of interests, talents, and aspirations of The BAC’s students, faculty, staff, alumni, and broader community.
Honorary Degree Recipients
2026
Mario Schjetnan*
Taniya Nayak, MSIA'03
Judy Nitsch
Lee Pelton
2025
Benedetta Tagliabue*
James Ansara
Frank Vitiello, '68
2024
Tatiana Bilbao*
Richard Snyder
2023
Daniel Libeskind*
Richard L. Martini, B.Arch'84
2022
Billie Tsien*
2021
Balkrishna Doshi*
Francesco “Chip” Piatti
2019
William J. Bates*
Harry Milton Falconer
Susan Lewis
Marion Pressley
2018
Martha Schwartz*
Susan Rodgerson
Renata von Tscharner
2017
Robert J. Vila*
Howard F. Elkus
Kathleen Cown Rood
2016
Moshe Safdie*
G. Neil Harper
Marc Pelletier
2015
Gianfranco Zaccai, B.Arch’78*
Arthur J. Hurley III
Jeanne Pinado
2014
Polly Flansburgh
Antonia Pollak
Malcolm Rogers
2013
Stephen Ayers*
H. Morse Payne
Carl Sapers
2012
Alan Webber*
Ada Huxtable
Diane Kostial McGuire
Henry Moss
Vicente Wolf
2011
M. David Lee*
Wilson Pollock
Donald Stull
Jane Thompson
2010
Robert Campbell
Ruth Ganong, ’54
William Houseman
Thomas Menino
2009
William Hodgin
Carol Johnson
Marshall Purnell
Frederick Stahl
2008
Richard Fitzgerald
Sarah Harkness
Melvin King
Charles Redmon
Robert Scagliotti, ’69
Hugh Shepley
2007
Maurice Finegold
Bernard Goba, ’69
Paul Grogan
Elsie Hurst
Frederick Noyes
Peter Steffian
2006
Lisa Bonneville
Don Brown
Carole Wedge, B.Arch’90
Jane Weinzapfel
2005
Edward Allen
George Terrien
Lee Pelton
David Wexler
*Denotes honorees who gave the featured Commencement Address.