HONORARY DEGREES
1891 - PRESENT
May 17, 2014
George E. AndrewsDoctor of Science
Phillip A. SharpDoctor of Science
May 12, 2013
James “Jamie” ThomsonDoctor of Science
Fred VolkmarDoctor of Science
May 13, 2012
Raymond “Ray” OzzieDoctor of Engineering
May 15, 2011
Gary R. ListDoctor of Science
May 16, 2010
Erich BlochDoctor of Engineering
Richard FelderDoctor of Engineering
Arnold L. MitchemDoctor of Humane Letters
Betty Chan Po-kingDoctor of Humane Letters
May 17, 2009
Suze OrmanDoctor of Humane Letters
Carl Jude SchrammDoctor of Business
May 11, 2008
Jay GatesDoctor of Fine Arts
Mannie L. JacksonDoctor of Humane Letters
James McPhersonDoctor of Letters
Andrew A. SorensenDoctor of University Administration
Peter WalkerDoctor of Fine Arts
May 13, 2007
William D. NixDoctor of Engineering
Genshitsu SenDoctor of Fine Arts
May 14, 2006
Julian BondDoctor of Humane Letters
Elaine FuchsDoctor of Science
Burt RutanDoctor of Engineering
Thomas M. SiebelDoctor of Engineering
May 15, 2005
Archie R. CleminsDoctor of Engineering
Bill GeistDoctor of Letters
Hanke Burghard GratteauDoctor of Letters
John Cornelius HouboltDoctor of Engineering
John W. HutchinsonDoctor of Engineering
Judith Fingeret KrugDoctor of Humane Letter
May 16, 2004
Frances E. AllenDoctor of Science
John Hope FranklinDoctor of Humane Letters
Temple GrandinDoctor of Science
Lani GuinierDoctor of Laws
Freeman A. HrabowskiDoctor of Education
Shirley Ann JacksonDoctor of University Administration
Christine Marion KorsgaardDoctor of Humane Letters
Robert P. MosesDoctor of Science and Letters
May 18, 2003
Irving Lee AzoffDoctor of Music
Barry BearakDoctor of Literature
Louise BourgeoisDoctor of Fine Arts
Rita Rossi ColwellDoctor of Science
Peter GayDoctor of Letters
Hermann ZapfDoctor of Fine Arts
May 12, 2002
Maya AngelouDoctor of Humane Letters
Peter C. DohertyDoctor of Science
Agnes GundeDoctor of Fine Arts
Sheldon HackneyDoctor of Letters
Stanley O. IkenberryDoctor of University Administration
May 13, 2001
Robben FlemingDoctor of University Administration
Lukas FossDoctor of Music
Ekaterina GenievaDoctor of Letters
Vartan GregorianDoctor of Humane Letters
Judith HeumannDoctor of Public Administration
Orion SamuelsonDoctor of Letters
May 14, 2000
James CareyDoctor of Letters
Susan DanielsDoctor of Public Administration
Luis LealDoctor of Literature
Gordon MooreDoctor of Science
Paul SimonDoctor of Public Administration
Karen UhlenbeckDoctor of Science
May 17, 1999
Alfred Y. ChoDoctor of Engineering
Marianne Grunberg-ManagoDoctor of Science
Richard KaplanDoctor of Letters
Leo MelamedDoctor of Letters
Shozo SatoDoctor of Fine Arts
May 17, 1998
Myron EssexDoctor of Science
Donald KuspitDoctor of Humane Letters
Robert D. NovakDoctor of Letters
Clyde W. SummersDoctor of Laws
May 18, 1997
William G. KarnesDoctor of Humane Letters
Rudolph Arthur MarcusDoctor of Science
Robert Lee MetcalfDoctor of Science
Diane SawyerDoctor of Humane Letters
Arnold R. WeberDoctor of Humane Letters
May 12, 1996
George Myles Cordell FisherDoctor of Science
Sybil Collins MobleyDoctor of Science
Bruno NettlDoctor of Humane Letters
Jeanne Hurley SimonDoctor of Humane Letters
May 14, 1995
John ChancellorDoctor of Humane Letters
Hachiro "Buddy" Koyama*Doctor of Humane Letters
Edwin G. KrebsDoctor of Science
William J. RutterDoctor of Science
May 15, 1994
Barbara Everitt BryantDoctor of Humane Letters
Hillary Rodham ClintonDoctor of Humane Letters
Katherine DunhamDoctor of Humane Letters
Miroslav MarchovicDoctor of Humane Letters
Billy TaylorDoctor of Musical Arts
May 16, 1993
Henriette D. AvramDoctor of Science
Justin DartDoctor of Humane Letters
Marian Wright EdelmanDoctor of Social Service
Paul ErdösDoctor of Social Science
Akio MoritaDoctor of Engineering
Allen Stuart WellerDoctor of Humane Letters
May 17, 1992
David Herbert DonaldDoctor of Humane Letters
Daniel Charles DruckerDoctor of Science
Lev P. Gor'kovDoctor of Science
Isaac SternDoctor of Music
May 12, 1991
Paul A. BeckDoctor of Science
Gene H. GolubDoctor of Science
Mostafa KhalilDoctor of Laws
Oscar Arias SanchezDoctor of Laws
May 13, 1990
Andrew BarrDoctor of Laws
Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Jr.Doctor of Music
Franco ModiglianiDoctor of Science
Ernest John Christopher PolgeDoctor of Science
Carl SaganDoctor of Science
May 21, 1989
Norman Dion LevineDoctor of Science
Katherine Tuach KendallDoctor of Social Service
Salvador E. LuriaDoctor of Science
Jack Walter PeltasonDoctor of University Administration
Lewis ThomasDoctor of Science
May 22, 1988
Nakamura Kanzaburo XVII*Doctor of Fine Arts
Jack St. Clair KilbyDoctor of Science
Nelson J. LeonardDoctor of Science
George F. WillDoctor of Letters
Ruth Maslow LewisDoctor of Humane Letters
May 24, 1987
Charles MerieuxDoctor of Science
Chester G. StarrDoctor of Humane Letters
Donald William KerstDoctor of Science
May 25, 1986
Richard C. AtkinsonDoctor of Science
Stanley L. ElkinDoctor of Humane Letters
Frank H. T. RhodesDoctor of Science
Dongsheng YanDoctor of Science
May 19, 1985
E. J. CoreyDoctor of Science
Norman J. LatkerDoctor of Laws
Alwin NikolaisDoctor of Fine Arts
Manfred MayrhoferDoctor of Letters
May 13, 1984
Ralph Early GrimDoctor of Science
Loo-Keng HuaDoctor of Science
May 15, 1983
Shih-Liang ChienDoctor of Science
Einar HaugenDoctor of Letters
Samuel A. KirkDoctor of Letters
May 16, 1982
Arnold O. BeckmanDoctor of Science
Lee J. CronbachDoctor of Humane Letters
Walter IsardDoctor of Science
Hideo SasakiDoctor of Fine Arts
May 17, 1981
Joseph L. DoobDoctor of Science
Albert E. Jenner, Jr.Doctor of Laws
John Henry SinfeltDoctor of Science
May 18, 1980
Willibald K. JentschkeDoctor of Science
Rene KoenigDoctor of Humane Letters
Folke SkoogDoctor of Science
May 20, 1979
Philip HandlerDoctor of Science
Hamilton Othanel SmithDoctor of Science
Eudora WeltyDoctor of Letters
May 21, 1978
Philip W. AndersonDoctor of Science
Hans J. MorgenthauDoctor of Laws
Nathan M. NewmarkDoctor of Science
May 15, 1977
Hendrik W. BodeDoctor of Science
Reneé T. KahaneDoctor of Letters
Lyle H. LanierDoctor of Letters
Deane MontgomeryDoctor of Science
May 16, 1976
Karl W. DeutschDoctor of Laws
David Dodds HenryDoctor of Laws
Yakov MalkielDoctor of Letters
Dragan PlamenacDoctor of Music
May 18, 1975
Howard R. BowenDoctor of Letters
Sol SpiegelmanDoctor of Science
May 19, 1974
John BardeenDoctor of Science
Herbert E. CarterDoctor of Science
Leon CooperDoctor of Science
Robert B. DownsDoctor of Letters
J. Robert SchriefferDoctor of Science
June 9, 1973
Karl A. FolkersDoctor of Science
William MaxwellDoctor of Science
Thomas ParkDoctor of Science
June 10, 1972
Merce CunninghamDoctor of Letters
Mina S. ReesDoctor of Science
Frederick SeitzDoctor of Science
June 19, 1971
Don Cameron AllenDoctor of Letters
Paul J. CohenDoctor of Science
Kinglsey C. DunhamDoctor of Science
D. P. SinghDoctor of Laws
June 20, 1970
Max AbramovitzDoctor of Fine Arts
Robert W. HolleyDoctor of Science
S. McNeil LowryDoctor of Letters
June 14, 1969
William Littell EverittDoctor of Science
Francis Wheeler LoomisDoctor of Science
Jay Laurence LushDoctor of Science
James TobinDoctor of Laws
June 15, 1968
Murray Gell-ManDoctor of Science
Gunther SchullerDoctor of Music
John G. ThompsonDoctor of Science
June 17, 1967
David E. LilienthalDoctor of Public Administration
Allan SandageDoctor of Science
Emmanuel C. AmorosoDoctor of Science
Quincy WrightLL.D.
June 18, 1966
David Harold BlackwellDoctor of Science
Kenneth John ConantDoctor of Literature
Reynold Clayton FusonDoctor of Science
Rev. Theodore M. HesburghC.S.C., LL.D.
June 19, 1965
Leland John HaworthDoctor of Science
Herman Charles KrannertLL.D.
Harold Dwight LasswellLL.D.
Joseph Tykocinski TykocinerDoctor of Engineering
June 13, 1964
Marian AndersonD.Mus.
W. Albert Noyes, Jr.Doctor of Science
Ludwig Mies van der RoheD.F.A.
June 15, 1963
George Wells BeadleDoctor of Science
Henry Townley HealdLL.D.
Carl Shipp MarvelDoctor of Science
Clarence Samuel RossDoctor of Science
June 20, 1962
Albert James MarnoLL.D.
James Barrett RetonLL.D.
William Cumming RoseDoctor of Science
June 17, 1961
Martin Paul CatherwoodLL.D.
Harris Francis FletcherD.Litt.
Lawrence A. KimptonLL.D.
Polykarp Kusch, M.S., Ph.D.Doctor of Science
Sewall Wright, M.S.Ph.D.
June 18, 1960
Edward Adelbert Doisy, Ph.D.Doctor of Science, Docteur Honoris Causa, LL.D.
Vincent Du Vigneaud, Ph.D.Doctor of Science
James Rayne Killian, Jr., B.S.Doctor of Science, LL.D., Doctor of Applied Science, Doctor of Engineering
June 13, 1959
Thomas Whitfield BaldwinD. Litt.
Arthur Sherwood FlemmingLL.D.
John Ira ParcelD.Eng.
Wendell Meredith StanleyDoctor of Science
June 19, 1958
Agnes ChaseDoctor of Science
June 20, 1957
Roger AdamsDoctor of Science
June 21, 1953
Allan NevinsLL.D.
June 16, 1946
Raymond Bernard AllenLL.D.
Arthur Cutts WillardLL.D.
June 12, 1929
William Lamont AbbottLL.D.
Robert Franklin CarrLL.D.
Lorado TaftLL.D.
1912
Thomas Jonathan BurrillLL.D.
Samuel Walker SahttuckLL.D.
1911
William Eleroy CurtisLL.D.
Ralph ModjeskiD.Eng.
1910
Lester Paige BreckenridgeD.Eng.
Ella Flagg-YounfLL.D.
Isham RandolphD.Eng.
1908
Henry Churchill KingLL.D.
Wu Ting-FangLL.D.
Frederick Jackson TurnerLL.D.
1907
Rt. Hon. Viscount James BryceLL.D.
George Cary ComstockLL.D.
Katherine Lucinda SharpA.M.
1906
Baron Herman von SpecksternburgLL.D.
Daniel Atkinson KingSteeleLL.D.
1905
James Elder ArmstrongA.M.
Henry Mahan BeardsleyA.M.
Daniel Hudson BurnhamLL.D.
McKendree Hypes ChamberlinLL.D.
Thomas Chrowder ChamberlinDoctor of Science
Octave ChanuteD.Eng.
Norman Jay ColmanD.Agr.
Edwin Gilbert CooleyLL.D.
George Bruce CortelyouLL.D.
Charles Henry DennisA.M.
Jacob McGavock DickinsonLL.D.
Andrew Sloan DraperLL.D.
David FelmleyLL.D.
Stephen Alfred ForbesLL.D.
Alfred T. GregoryA.M.
Thomas Franklin HolgateLL.D.
Abbott Lawrence LowellLL.D.
Thomas McClellandLL.D.
John Benjamin MurphyLL.D.
Simon Nelson PattenLL.D.
Alvin Howard SandersD.Agr.
John Victor Emanuel SchaeferM.E.
Avis Alyda SmithA.M.
Frederick Eugene TurneaureD.Eng.
Frank Arthur VanderlipA.M.
Henry Clay WhiteLL.D.
August ZiesingC.E.
1904
Willis J. BaileyLL.D.
Lincoln BushD.Eng.
John Williston CookLL.D.
William Freeman Myrick GossD.Eng.
William Arnon HenryD.Agr.
Livingston Chester LordLL.D.
Simon Newton Dexter NorthLL.D.
William E. QuineLL.D.
Frank WhiteLL.D.
1903
Ira Osborn BakerD.Eng.
Joseph Gurney CannonLL.D.
Shelby Moore CullomLL.D.
Mary Tracy Earne (Horne)A.M.
Thomas Forsythe HuntD.Agr.
James Robert MannLL.D.
Richard Price MorganD.Eng.
John Augustus OckersonD.Eng.
Herbert PutnamLL.D.
Samuel Wesley StrattonD.Eng.
John Edwards WrightA.M.
1900
Nathan Clifford RickerD.Arch.
1895
Isaac Stuart RaymondM.L.
1894
Ralph AllenM.S.
Ebenezer Lewis DruryM.L.
Charles Perry JeffersM.S.
Parley Agrippa PhillipsM.L.
Elijah Newton PorterfieldC.E.
Willis Albert ReissM.S.
Howard SilverM.L.
George StoryC.E.
Alonzo Lyons WhitcombM.L.
1893
John P. CampbellM.L.
Harvey C. EstepC.E.
Charles Peyton GrahamM.L.
Louise Catherine Allen GregoryM.S.
Miles Fayette HatchM.S.
Walter Elliott KnibleeM.L.
Henry Weston MahanM.L.
Amanda Campbell (Moore)M.L.
Franklin Carpenter PlattM.L.
Thomas Edwin RickardM.S.
Elna Alphonso RobinsonM.E.
1892
Dillon Sidney BrownM.S.
Alice Cheever (Bryan)M.L.
James Edward BumsteadM.S.
Charles Wright ClarkC.E.
William C. EllsC.E.
Henry MackayM.L.
Andrew T. MorrowC.E.
Watson PickrellM.S.
1891
Roland Ray ConklinM.L.
Henry M. DunlapM.L.
Charles Gleason ElliottC.E.
Winfield Scott EverhartM.L.
Frederic Lewis HatchM.S.
James Newton MatthewsM.L.
Henry Edwin RobbinsM.S.
Clarence Orlando ScudderM.L.
Frank August Ellis StarrM.L.
*Posthumous