2026 Honorary Degree Recipients Share Experiences and Wisdom

By Bowdoin News

The College bestowed honorary degrees on longtime Maine island health care provider Sharon Daley, author and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich ’14, and economic policy thought leader Cecilia Elena Rouse

On Friday, May 22, Sharon Daley was in conversation with trustee and journalist Andy Serwer ’81, P’16, P’20. 

Later that afternoon, Cecilia Elena Rouse delivered the keynote address at Baccalaureate.

Evan Gershkovich’s book, This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian-American Story, chronicling his time in prison and Russia’s move toward autocracy, is set to be released this fall.

Read more about the honorands here.