Honorary Degree Recipients
Honorary Degrees are conferred at the University’s annual Commencement ceremonies. A full list of previous Commencement speakers is maintained by the University Archives.
1951 through 2012:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
| Abrams, Meyer Howard |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1981 |
| Ackermann, William Carl |
Doctor of Science |
1970 |
| Adamkus, Valdas V. |
Doctor of Laws |
1994 |
| Adams, John |
Doctor of Arts |
2008 |
| Alexander, Margaret Walker |
Doctor of Literature |
1974 |
| Allen, Robert E. |
Doctor of Laws |
1995 |
| Amundson, Neal R. |
Doctor of Science |
1997 |
| Anderson, Elijah |
Doctor of Science |
2006 |
| Anderson, Judith |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1953 |
| Anderson, Marian |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1959 |
| Anderson, Robert Bernard |
Doctor of Laws |
1954 |
| Anderson, T. J. |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
2002 |
| Anderson, Theodore Wilbur |
Doctor of Science |
1989 |
| Annan, Kofi A. |
Doctor of Laws |
2002 |
| Annenberg, Walter Hubert |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1988 |
| Arnold, Richard Thomas |
Doctor of Science |
1979 |
| Ayala, Francisco |
Doctor of Literature |
1977 |
| Ayers, Thomas G. |
Doctor of Laws |
1986 |
B
| Babbitt, Milton Byron |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1988 |
| Bader, Alfred Robert |
Doctor of Science |
1990 |
| Baker, William Oliver |
Doctor of Science |
1976 |
| Bakke, E. Wight |
Doctor of Laws |
1964 |
| Balanchine, George |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1967 |
| Baldwin, John W. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2007 |
| Baldwin, Roger Nash |
Doctor of Laws |
1974 |
| Ball, George W. |
Doctor of Laws |
1964 |
| Balluffi, Robert W. |
Doctor of Science |
1999 |
| Banner, Bob |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1981 |
| Bartoletti, Bruno |
Doctor of Arts |
1993 |
| Bateson, Gregory |
Doctor of Science |
1971 |
| Baumhart, Raymond, Rev. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1993 |
| Bazelon, David Lionel |
Doctor of Laws |
1974 |
| Beadle, Dr. George W. |
Doctor of Science |
1952 |
| Begin, Menachem |
Doctor of Laws |
1978 |
| Bell, Dr. George Kennedy |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1954 |
| Bellow, Saul |
Doctor of Literature |
1962 |
| Benton, Marjorie Craig |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1983 |
| Bere, James Frederick |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1985 |
| Berger, Raoul |
Doctor of Laws |
1988 |
| Bergrav, Bishop Eivind Jose |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1954 |
| Berlin, Isaiah |
Doctor of Literature |
1981 |
| Bernard, Jessie |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1977 |
| Bernardin, Joseph Cardinal |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1983 |
| Bernstein, Leonard |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1957 |
| Berry, Edwin Carlos |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
| Beslagic, Selim |
Doctor of Laws |
2000 |
| Best, Charles Herbert |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Bienen, Henry S. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2009 |
| Billington, Ray Allen |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1971 |
| Birren, James Emmett |
Doctor of Science |
1986 |
| Blair, William McCormick |
Doctor of Laws |
1964 |
| Block, Joseph L. |
Doctor of Laws |
1968 |
| Beogner, Rev. Dr. Marc |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1954 |
| Bollay, William |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Bonbright, James Cummins |
Doctor of Laws |
1956 |
| Bonica, John Joseph |
Doctor of Science |
1989 |
| Braceland, Francis James |
Doctor of Science |
1957 |
| Branemark, Per-Ingvar |
Doctor of Science |
1990 |
| Branscomb, Bennett Harvie |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Breed, Allen K. |
Doctor of Laws |
1997 |
| Breed, Johnnie Cordell |
Doctor of Laws |
1997 |
| Brokaw, Thomas J. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2004 |
| Bromley, David Allan |
Doctor of Science |
1991 |
| Brooks, Gwendolyn |
Doctor of Literature |
1970 |
| Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne |
Doctor of Science |
2009 |
| Brown, Charles Lee |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1985 |
| Brown, Raymond E. |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1995 |
| Brown, Roger William |
Doctor of Science |
1983 |
| Brown, Sterling Allan |
Doctor of Letters |
1973 |
| Browning, Christopher R. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2008 |
| Brugge, Joan S. |
Doctor of Science |
2007 |
| Bruner, Jerome |
Doctor of Science |
1965 |
| Bryan, John H. |
Doctor of Laws |
1996 |
| Budiansky, Bernard |
Doctor of Science |
1986 |
| Bumpers, Dale Leon |
Doctor of Laws |
1982 |
| Burgess, Kenneth Farwell |
Doctor of Laws |
1959 |
| Burke, Kenneth Duva |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1972 |
| Buttrick, George Arthur |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1963 |
| Bynum, Caroline Walker |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1996 |
C
| Cahn, John Werner |
Doctor of Science |
1990 |
| Calabresi, Guido |
Doctor of Laws |
2004 |
| Callaway, John D. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1995 |
| Calvin, Dr. Melvin |
Doctor of Science |
1961 |
| Campbell, Donald Thomas |
Doctor of Science |
1983 |
| Carlsson, Ingvar |
Doctor of Laws |
1991 |
| Carter, Elliott Cook, Jr. |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1977 |
| Carter, Gwendolyn Margaret |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1977 |
| Caswell, Dr. Hollis |
Doctor of Laws |
1956 |
| Catton, Bruce |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1959 |
| Cavadas, Athenagoras (Archbishop) |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1954 |
| Chamberlin, Wendy J. |
Doctor of Laws |
2003 |
| Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan |
Doctor of Science |
1963 |
| Choppin, Purnell W. |
Doctor of Science |
1999 |
| Christo |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1998 |
| Chu, Ching-Wu |
Doctor of Science |
1988 |
| Church, Marguerite Stitt |
Doctor of Laws |
1962 |
| Cixous, Helene |
Doctor of Literature |
1996 |
| Clark, Thomas Campbell |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Colbert, Stephen |
Doctor of Arts |
2011 |
| Cole, Johnetta B. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1992 |
| Collins, Francis S. |
Doctor of Science |
2005 |
| Comer, James P. |
Doctor of Science |
1991 |
| Considine, Frank W. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1987 |
| Cook, Alice Hanson |
Doctor of Science |
1987 |
| Cook, Stanton Rufus |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1985 |
| Cook, William A. |
Doctor of Science |
2003 |
| Coon, Minor Jesser |
Doctor of Science |
1983 |
| Cooney, Joan Ganz |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2012 |
| Cooper, John Allen Dicks |
Doctor of Science |
1972 |
| Cosby, William H. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1997 |
| Cotton, Frank Albert |
Doctor of Science |
1981 |
| Cowan, W. Maxwell |
Doctor of Science |
1995 |
| Cowley, John M. |
Doctor of Science |
1995 |
| Craig, Lyman Creighton |
Doctor of Science |
1973 |
| Crane, Ronald Salmon |
Doctor of Literature |
1963 |
| Cronkite, Walter Leland |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
| Crown, Henry |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1988 |
D
| Dailey, Ulysses Grant |
Doctor of Laws |
1955 |
| Daley, Richard M. |
Doctor of Laws |
2008 |
| Darley, Ward |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
| Dart, Justin Whitlock |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1979 |
| Davidson, Cathy N. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2005 |
| Davis, Allison |
Doctor of Laws |
1978 |
| Davis, Hallowell |
Doctor of Science |
1962 |
| Davis, Natalie Zemon |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1983 |
| Debreu, Gerard |
Doctor of Science |
1981 |
| deButts, John Dulany |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
| DeKiewiet, C.W. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Demsetz, Harold |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1994 |
| DeMille, Agnes George |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1960 |
| Deng, Francis M. |
Doctor of Laws |
1991 |
| Deutsch, Karl Wolfgang |
Doctor of Laws |
1980 |
| Dickerson, Earl Burrus |
Doctor of Laws |
1977 |
| Dickey, James Lafayette, III |
Doctor of Literature |
1975 |
| Dike, K.O. |
Doctor of Laws |
1962 |
| Dixon, Russell Alexander |
Doctor of Laws |
1964 |
| Dixon, Wesley Moon |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
| Dobzhansky, Theodosius |
Doctor of Science |
1968 |
| Donahoe, Patricia |
Doctor of Science |
2004 |
| Doniger, Wendy |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1999 |
| Dorn, John Emil |
Doctor of Science |
1971 |
| Dos Passos, John |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1951 |
| Dresselhaus, Mildred S. |
Doctor of Science |
2003 |
| Drucker, Daniel Charles |
Doctor of Science |
1985 |
| Dryden, Hugh Latimer |
Doctor of Science |
1963 |
| DuBridge, Lee A. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Dummett, Clifton Orrin |
Doctor of Science |
1976 |
| Duster, Troy |
Doctor of Science |
2005 |
E
| Earls, Felton James |
Doctor of Science |
1997 |
| Edelman Marian Wright |
Doctor of Laws |
1988 |
| Edens, Arthur Hollis |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Egeberg, Roger Olaf |
Doctor of Laws |
1970 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight David |
Doctor of Laws |
1954 |
| Elkin, Dr. Daniel C. |
Doctor of Science |
1952 |
| Ellmann, Richard |
Doctor of Literature |
1980 |
| Elvehjem, Conrad Arnold |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Emmott, Bill |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2008 |
| Enders, Dr. John F. |
Doctor of Science |
1956 |
| Eschenbach, Christoph |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1997 |
| Esaki, Leo |
Doctor of Science |
1998 |
| Evers, John |
Doctor of Laws |
1967 |
| Eyring, Henry |
Doctor of Science |
1953 |
F
| Fairbank, John King |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1978 |
| Fallows, James |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2006 |
| Farmer, Paul E. |
Doctor of Science |
2012 |
| Fauci, Anthony S. |
Doctor of Science |
1997 |
| Feinberg, Reuben |
Doctor of Laws |
1996 |
| Field, Stanley |
Doctor of Laws |
1959 |
| Finley, Murray Howard |
Doctor of Laws |
1988 |
| Fisher, Geoffrey Francis |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1954 |
| Fogel, Henry |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
2004 |
| Folkman, Moses Judah |
Doctor of Science |
1998 |
| Folsom, Richard Gilman |
Doctor of Science |
1962 |
| Foster, Henry W., Jr. |
Doctor of Science |
2000 |
| Fox, Carol (Flanagan) |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1965 |
| Frank, Joseph Nathaniel |
Doctor of Literature |
1998 |
| Franklin, John Hope |
Doctor of Laws |
1972 |
| Freeman, Earl Lavon |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
2003 |
| Freund, Lambert Ben |
Doctor of Science |
2007 |
| Friedman, Thomas L. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2005 |
| Friendly, Henry Jacob |
Doctor of Laws |
1973 |
| Fuller, Jack William |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1998 |
| Fuller, Lon Luvois |
Doctor of Laws |
1970 |
| Fung, Yuan-Cheng B. |
Doctor of Science |
2004 |
| Furchgott, Robert Francis |
Doctor of Science |
1998 |
G
| Gaffney, Matthew Page |
Doctor of Laws |
1951 |
| Galvin, Robert W. |
Doctor of Science |
1992 |
| Gephardt, Richard A. |
Doctor of Laws |
1992 |
| Geschwind, Norman |
Doctor of Science |
1981 |
| Geyer, Georgie Anne |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1993 |
| Gilliam, Sam |
Doctor of Arts |
1990 |
| Ginsburg, Ruth Bader |
Doctor of Laws |
1998 |
| Goldberg, Arthur J. |
Doctor of Laws |
1963 |
| Goldovsky, Boris |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1972 |
| Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham |
Doctor of Science |
1975 |
| Graff, Everett D. |
Doctor of Laws |
1959 |
| Graham, Donald M. |
Doctor of Laws |
1970 |
| Gray, Harry Barkus |
Doctor of Science |
1984 |
| Gray, John Delbert |
Doctor of Laws |
1972 |
| Green, Leon |
Doctor of Laws |
1971 |
| Greenberg, Joseph H. |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Grene, David |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1983 |
| Griswold, Erwin Nathaniel |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Gurley, Fred G. |
Doctor of Laws |
1957 |
H
| Haas, Mary Rosamond |
Doctor of Literature |
1975 |
| Habermas, Jurgen |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1990 |
| Haensel, Vladimir |
Doctor of Science |
1957 |
| Hamburg, Beatrix A. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1994 |
| Haraszti, Miklos |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1998 |
| Harlan, John Marshall |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Harnwell, Gaylord P. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Harris, Barry D. |
Doctor of Arts |
1996 |
| Harris, Cyril Manton |
Doctor of Science |
1989 |
| Harris, Rufus C. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Harsanyi, John Charles |
Doctor of Science |
1989 |
| Hastings, John S. |
Doctor of Laws |
1961 |
| Hatcher, Harlan |
Doctor of Laws |
1956 |
| Hayes, Helen |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1969 |
| Heineman, Ben Walter |
Doctor of Laws |
1967 |
| Hempel, Carl Gustav |
Doctor of Literature |
1975 |
| Henderson, Loy W. |
Doctor of Laws |
1953 |
| Herter, Christian Archibald |
Doctor of Laws |
1957 |
| Hesburgh, Theodore M. |
Doctor of Laws |
1963 |
| Hicks, John D. |
Doctor of Laws |
1956 |
| Hilgard, Ernest Ropiequet |
Doctor of Science |
1987 |
| Hillenbrand, Harold |
Doctor of Science |
1974 |
| Hinsey, Joseph Clarence |
Doctor of Science |
1951 |
| Hirsch, Peter B. |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Hoffman, Julius Jennings |
Doctor of Laws |
1955 |
| Hoffmann, Roald |
Doctor of Science |
1996 |
| Hollomon, John Herbert |
Doctor of Science |
1967 |
| Holmes, John |
Doctor of Laws |
1954 |
| Holonyak, Nick Jr. |
Doctor of Science |
1992 |
| Hooks, Benjamin Lawson |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1980 |
| Hope, Bob |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
| Hotz, Rudolph |
Doctor of Science |
1971 |
| Hounsfield, Godfrey Newbold |
Doctor of Science |
1979 |
| Hovde, Frederick Lawson |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Hughes, Thomas J. R. |
Doctor of Science |
2010 |
| Hughes, Thomas P. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2001 |
| Hunt, Lynn A. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2006 |
| Hunt, Reed Oliver |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1974 |
| Hunt, Richard |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1984 |
| Hurwicz, Leonid |
Doctor of Science |
1980 |
| Hutchinson, George Evelyn |
Doctor of Science |
1978 |
| Hutchinson, John W. |
Doctor of Science |
2002 |
I
| Ingersoll, Robert Stephen |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
| Isselbacher, Kurt J. |
Doctor of Science |
2001 |
J
| Jackson, Shirley Ann |
Doctor of Science |
2004 |
| James, F. Cyril |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Jeanne-Claude |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1998 |
| Jefferson, Howard B. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Jenner, Albert Ernest, Jr. |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
| Joachim, Harold |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1981 |
| Johnson, Charles Richard |
Doctor of Arts |
1994 |
| Johnson, John Harold |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1974 |
| Johnson, Robert W. |
Doctor of Laws |
1952 |
| Johnson, Thor |
Doctor of Music |
1953 |
| Johnston, Harold |
Doctor of Science |
1998 |
| Jones, Howard Mumford |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1966 |
| Julian, Percy Lavon |
Doctor of Science |
1951 |
K
| Kabat, Elvin A. |
Doctor of Science |
1994 |
| Kahn, Alfred Edward |
Doctor of Laws |
1982 |
| Kakutani, Shizuo |
Doctor of Science |
1980 |
| Kandel, Eric Richard |
Doctor of Science |
1991 |
| Katzir, Ephraim |
Doctor of Science |
1978 |
| Kavli, Fred |
Doctor of Science |
2009 |
| Keeney, Barnaby Conrad |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Keller, Joseph Bishop |
Doctor of Science |
1988 |
| Kemper, James Scott |
Doctor of Laws |
1963 |
| Kennan, Georg Frost |
Doctor of Laws |
1957 |
| Kennedy, David M. |
Doctor of Laws |
1969 |
| Keppel, Francis |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
| Kerner, Otto |
Doctor of Laws |
1961 |
| Kerr, Jean |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1962 |
| Kerr, Walter F. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1962 |
| Kestnbaum, Meyer |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Khan, Fazlur Rahman |
Doctor of Science |
1973 |
| Kimpton, Lawrence A. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Kinzel, Augustus |
Doctor of Science |
1969 |
| Kirk, Grayson |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Klutznick, Philip M. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1984 |
| Knight, Frank Hyman |
Doctor of Laws |
1951 |
| Knowles, Hugh Shaler |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Koop, Charles Everett |
Doctor of Science |
1990 |
| Koopmans, Tjalling Charles |
Doctor of Science |
1975 |
| Krainik, Ardis |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1984 |
| Krock, Arthur |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1967 |
| Krutch, Joseph Wood |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1957 |
| Kushner, Tony |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1998 |
L
| Lamb, Brian P. |
Doctor of Laws |
2000 |
| Lambertsen, Christian James |
Doctor of Science |
1977 |
| Lang, Paul Henry |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1960 |
| Langer, Robert Samuel |
Doctor of Science |
2006 |
| Langham, Michael |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1973 |
| Lansing, Sherry |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1995 |
| Lavey, Martha |
Doctor of Arts |
2010 |
| Lederer, Eppie (Ann Landers) |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1994 |
| Lee, Rensselaer W. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1971 |
| Lehman, Lotte |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1956 |
| Leland, Simeon Elbridge |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
| Lerner, Abba Ptachya |
Doctor of Science |
1978 |
| Lerner, Richard A. |
Doctor of Science |
2002 |
| Levine, James |
Doctor of Arts |
1992 |
| Levine, Rachmiel |
Doctor of Science |
1986 |
| Lewis, Bernard |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2003 |
| Lewis, David Levering |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2010 |
| Lewis, William Arthur |
Doctor of Literature |
1979 |
| Lienchardt, Ronald Godfrey |
Doctor of Literature |
1984 |
| Link, Arthur Stanley |
Doctor of Literature |
1984 |
| Liskov, Barbara H. |
Doctor of Science |
2011 |
| Lohr, Lenox R. |
Doctor of Laws |
1962 |
| Longmire, William Polk, Jr. |
Doctor of Science |
1976 |
| Louis-Dreyfus Hall, Julia |
Doctor of Arts |
2007 |
| Luccock, Halford Edward |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1951 |
| Lumbard, Joseph Edward, Jr. |
Doctor of Laws |
1969 |
| Lutoslawski, Witold |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1974 |
| Lyon, Leverett |
Doctor of Laws |
1951 |
M
| Maccoby, Eleanor E. |
Doctor of Science |
2003 |
| Magoun, Horace Winchell |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Marcus, Rudolph Arthur |
Doctor of Science |
2000 |
| Marland, Sidney Percy |
Doctor of Laws |
1971 |
| Marsalis, Wynton |
Doctor of Arts |
2009 |
| Marschak, Jacob |
Doctor of Science |
1977 |
| Mason, Lowell Blake |
Doctor of Laws |
1954 |
| Massey, Raymond |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1959 |
| Massey, Walter E. |
Doctor of Science |
1999 |
| McBain, Houghston Maynard |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| McCain, John S., III |
Doctor of Laws |
2005 |
| McDonald, Rt. Rev. William J. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| McDougal, Myres Smith |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
| McGaw, Foster Glendale |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1973 |
| McGovern, George Stanley |
Doctor of Laws |
1967 |
| McGowan, Carl |
Doctor of Laws |
1976 |
| McKeachie, Wilbert James |
Doctor of Science |
1973 |
| McNair, Malcolm P. |
Doctor of Laws |
1962 |
| McNeill, William Hardy |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1986 |
| McQuarrie, Irvine |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Meigs, Joe Vincent |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Meselson, Matthew Stanley |
Doctor of Science |
2003 |
| Michael, Lloyd |
Doctor of Laws |
1953 |
| Mies, Ludwig Van Der Rohe |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1963 |
| Mikva, Abner Joseph |
Doctor of Laws |
1991 |
| Miller, Bernice Johannesen |
Doctor of Laws |
1974 |
| Mindlin, Raymond David |
Doctor of Science |
1975 |
| Minow, Martha L. |
Doctor of Laws |
2012 |
| Minow, Newton |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
| Mintz, Beatrice |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Moe, Henry Allen |
Doctor of Laws |
1961 |
| Morrill, James Lewis |
Doctor of Laws |
1952 |
| Morrisett, Lloyd N. |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
| Morrow, Richard Martin |
Doctor of Science |
1989 |
| Morton, Lorraine H. |
Doctor of Laws |
2008 |
| Moses, Robert P. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1996 |
| Mosonyi, Emil Francis |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Mountcastle, Vernon Benjamin, Jr. |
Doctor of Science |
1985 |
| Muto, Takeshi |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1956 |
N
| Nabrit, James Madison |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
| Nader, Ralph |
Doctor of Laws |
1970 |
| Nagle, Raymond J. |
Doctor of Science |
1963 |
| Nambu, Yoichiro |
Doctor of Science |
1987 |
| Neal, Patricia |
Doctor of Arts |
1994 |
| Netsch, Walter Andrew |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1980 |
| Newsom, Carroll V. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Nishizuka, Yasutomi |
Doctor of Science |
1994 |
| Nix, William D. |
Doctor of Science |
2012 |
| Noble, Charles Casper |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1957 |
| Norman, Jessye |
Doctor of Arts |
2011 |
| Norstad, General Lauris |
Doctor of Laws |
1963 |
| Northcott, Henry Clifford |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1952 |
| Notestein, Frank |
Doctor of Science |
1953 |
O
| O'Brien, Morrough Parker |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Oakley, Francis Christopher |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1990 |
| Oates, Joyce Carol |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2000 |
| Obama, Barack |
Doctor of Laws |
2006 |
| Oldberg, Eric |
Doctor of Laws |
1991 |
| Osborn, Elburt Franklin |
Doctor of Science |
1972 |
| Oxnam, Garfield Bromley |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1954 |
P
| Papp, Joseph |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1972 |
| Pargellis, Stanley |
Doctor of Laws |
1956 |
| Parker, Judge John Johnson |
Doctor of Laws |
1956 |
| Paz, Alberto Gainza |
Doctor of Journalism |
1951 |
| Pearce, Harry J. |
Doctor of Laws |
1998 |
| Percy, Charles Harting |
Doctor of Laws |
1967 |
| Perkins, James A. |
Doctor of Laws |
1964 |
| Peterson, Oscar Emmanuel |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1983 |
| Peterson, Peter G. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1980 |
| Pick, Albert, Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1976 |
| Pierce, Bessie Louise |
Doctor of Letters |
1954 |
| Pierce, John Robinson |
Doctor of Science |
1961 |
| Pinsky, Robert |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2000 |
| Porter, John E. |
Doctor of Laws |
1999 |
| Posner, Richard |
Doctor of Laws |
2001 |
| Potter, Audrey |
Doctor of Science |
1953 |
| Pottle, Frederick Albert |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1967 |
| Pride, Armistead A. |
Doctor of Humane Lettes |
1976 |
| Prochnow, Herbert V. |
Doctor of Fine Laws |
1963 |
| Pusey, Nathan M. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
Q
R
| Radcliffe, Lord Cyril J. |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Rahula, Walpola Sri |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1985 |
| Raiffa, Howard |
Doctor of Science |
1996 |
| Rammelkamp, Charles Henry, Jr. |
Doctor of Science |
1975 |
| Randall, Clarence Belden |
Doctor of Laws |
1955 |
| Randall, Tony |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
2002 |
| Ranney, Austin |
Doctor of Laws |
1995 |
| Rao, C. N. R. |
Doctor of Science |
2008 |
| Rathmann, George B. |
Doctor of Science |
2002 |
| Ratner, Sarah |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Ravdin, Isidor Schwaner |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Ray, Grodon Norton |
Doctor of Literature |
1974 |
| Redford, Robert |
Doctor of Arts |
1996 |
| Redmond, James Francis |
Doctor of Laws |
1969 |
| Reed, Marshall Russell |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1953 |
| Reese, Gustave |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1976 |
| Reiner, Fritz |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1959 |
| Ribble, Frederick D.G. |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Rice, James R. |
Doctor of Science |
1996 |
| Richards, Lloyd G. |
Doctor of Arts |
1995 |
| Richart, Frank E., Jr. |
Doctor of Science |
1987 |
| Robertson, Nan |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1992 |
| Rogers, Carl Ransom |
Doctor of Science |
1978 |
| Rorem, Ned |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1977 |
| Rorty, Richard |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1992 |
| Rosenberg, Nathan |
Doctor of Science |
2006 |
| Rossi, Alice S. |
Doctor of Science |
1984 |
| Rothschild, Miriam Louisa |
Doctor of Science |
1986 |
| Rubbia, Carlo |
Doctor of Science |
1985 |
| Rubloff, Arthur |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1983 |
| Ryan, Patrick G. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2009 |
S
| Sarett, Lewis Hastings |
Doctor of Science |
1972 |
| Satcher, David |
Doctor of Science |
2010 |
| Schabas, William A. |
Doctor of Laws |
2011 |
| Scarry, Elaine |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2010 |
| Schachman, Howard Kapnek |
Doctor of Science |
1974 |
| Schaefer, Walter Vincent |
Doctor of Laws |
1953 |
| Scharrer, Berta Vogel |
Doctor of Science |
1977 |
| Schroeder, Werner William |
Doctor of Laws |
1957 |
| Schuman, William H. |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1963 |
| Scott, Anne Firor |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1989 |
| Scott, Mrs. Walter Dill |
Doctor of Laws |
1952 |
| Scott, Nathan Alexander, Jr. |
Doctor of Literature |
1982 |
| Seaborg, Glen Theodore |
Doctor of Science |
1954 |
| Searle, John Gideon |
Doctor of Laws |
1970 |
| Seitz, Frederick |
Doctor of Science |
1965 |
| Sellars, Peter |
Doctor of Arts |
1992 |
| Sessions, Roger |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1954 |
| Shannon, Claude Elwood |
Doctor of Science |
1970 |
| Shepley, Ethan A.H. |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Short, Emile Francis |
Doctor of Laws |
2005 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry Dmitryevich |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1973 |
| Shultz, George Pratt |
Doctor of Laws |
1986 |
| Simmons, Ernest J. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1968 |
| Simon, Jack Aaron |
Doctor of Science |
1981 |
| Simon, Paul |
Doctor of Laws |
1983 |
| Simon, Seymour F. |
Doctor of Laws |
1987 |
| Singer, J. David |
Doctor of Laws |
1983 |
| Sinsheimer, Robert Louis |
Doctor of Science |
1976 |
| Siskind, Aaron |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1980 |
| Skocpol, Theda |
Doctor of Laws |
2002 |
| Sloimsky, Nicholas |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1980 |
| Smith, Anna Deavere |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1997 |
| Smith, Hermon Dunlap |
Doctor of Laws |
1971 |
| Smith, Margaret Chase |
Doctor of Laws |
1971 |
| Snyder, Solomon Halbert |
Doctor of Science |
1981 |
| Solomon, Susan |
Doctor of Science |
2006 |
| Somorjai, Gabor A. |
Doctor of Science |
2010 |
| Sonneborn, Tracy Morton |
Doctor of Science |
1975 |
| Spacek, Leonard Paul |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1978 |
| Spiegelman, Sol |
Doctor of Science |
1966 |
| Spofford, Charles M. |
Doctor of Laws |
1959 |
| Sprecher, Robert Arthur |
Doctor of Laws |
1981 |
| St. Laurent, Louis Stephen |
Doctor of Laws |
1951 |
| Stahr, Elvis Jacob |
Doctor of Laws |
1968 |
| Stanley, H. Eugene |
Doctor of Science |
2009 |
| Stans, Maurice Hubert |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Starzl, Thomas Earl |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Steele, Claude M. |
Doctor of Science |
2010 |
| Sterling, J.E. Wallace |
Doctor of Laws |
1958 |
| Stevens, John Pual |
Doctor of Laws |
1977 |
| Stever, Horton Guyford |
Doctor of Science |
1966 |
| Stewart, William Huffman |
Doctor of Science |
1967 |
| Stigler, George Joseph |
Doctor of Science |
1979 |
| Stiglitz, Joseph Eugene |
Doctor of Laws |
2000 |
| Stokey, Nancy L. |
Doctor of Science |
2005 |
| Storms, Harrison Allen, Jr. |
Doctor of Science |
1960 |
| Strotz, Robert Henry |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1985 |
| Stuart, Robert Douglas |
Doctor of Laws |
1955 |
| Stumm, Werner |
Doctor of Science |
1989 |
| Sudler, Louis Courtenay |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1973 |
T
| Tallchief, Maria |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1982 |
| Tatum, Edward Lawrite |
Doctor of Science |
1971 |
| Taube, Henry |
Doctor of Science |
1990 |
| Taussig, Helen Brooke |
Doctor of Science |
1951 |
| Tead, Ordway |
Doctor of Laws |
1952 |
| Tenenbaum, Michael |
Doctor of Science |
1974 |
| Terkel, Louis "Studs" |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2001 |
| Thomas, Benjamin Platt |
Doctor of Letters |
1953 |
| Thompson, James Robert |
Doctor of Laws |
1979 |
| Thompson, Lonnie G. |
Doctor of Science |
2009 |
| Thorndike, Lynn |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1955 |
| Thornton, Henry Moser |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
| Tillett, William S. |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Tonegawa, Susumu |
Doctor of Science |
1987 |
| Towner, Lawrence William |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1965 |
Tracy, Louise Treadwell
(Mrs. Spencer) |
Doctor of Science |
1951 |
| Trienens, Howard J. |
Doctor of Laws |
1995 |
| Trilling, Lionel |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1964 |
| Turow, Scott |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
2001 |
| Tyler, Ralph Winfred |
Doctor of Laws |
1972 |
U
V
| Vance, Cyrus Roberts |
Doctor of Laws |
1993 |
| Vaughan, Sarah |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1978 |
| Volcker, Paul A. |
Doctor of Laws |
2004 |
| Von Karman, Theodore |
Doctor of Science |
1956 |
W
| Walker, Harold Blake |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
1970 |
| Waller, Judith Gary |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1955 |
| Wallis, Hal Brent |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1979 |
| Warren, Earl |
Doctor of Laws |
1960 |
| Warren, Shields |
Doctor of Science |
1959 |
| Weber, Arnold R. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1995 |
| Weeks, Edward A. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1961 |
| Weese, Harry Mohr |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
1979 |
| Weinberg, Robert A. |
Doctor of Science |
1984 |
| White, Lynn Townsend, Jr. |
Doctor of Literature |
1983 |
| Widnall, Sheila E. |
Doctor of Science |
2008 |
| Wiesner, Jerome Bert |
Doctor of Science |
1966 |
| Wild, Payson Sibley |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1973 |
| Wilkins, Roy |
Doctor of Laws |
1972 |
| Wille, Lois |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1990 |
| Willis, Benjamin Coppage |
Doctor of Laws |
1955 |
| Wilson, Fred |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
2007 |
| Wilson, Orlando Winfield |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
| Wilson, William Julius |
Doctor of Laws |
1993 |
| Wirtz, W. Willard |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
| Vood, Harland Goff |
Doctor of Science |
1972 |
| Wood, James N. |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
2005 |
| Wood, Robert E. |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
| Woodward, Comer Vann |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
1977 |
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Y
| Young, Whitney Moore, Jr. |
Doctor of Laws
(posthumous award) |
1971 |
Z
| Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach |
Doctor of Humane Science |
1973 |
| Zare, Richard Neil |
Doctor of Science |
1993 |
| Zienkiewicz, O.C. |
Doctor of Science |
1984 |
| Zwiener, Kenneth Vernon |
Doctor of Humane Laws |
1976 |
