Honorary’Degrees’Awarded’18363Present Name Degree...
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Name Degree YearBeal, Graham W.J. Doctor of Humane Letters 2015Cuatrecasas, Pedro Doctor of Science 2015Minow, Martha Doctor of Laws 2015Shirley, George Doctor of Music 2015Dingell, John Doctor of Laws 2015Robertson, Sanford R. Doctor of Laws 2015Saginaw, Paul Doctor of Laws 2015Shiller, Robert J. Doctor of Science 2015Weinzweig, Ari Doctor of Laws 2015Wright, Robin Doctor of Humane Letters 2015Yamada, Tadataka Doctor of Science 2015Baer, Susanne Doctor of Laws 2014Barra, Mary Doctor of Engineering 2014Bolden Jr., Charles F. Doctor of Science 2014Cicerone, Ralph J. Doctor of Science 2014Curtis, James L. Doctor of Science 2014Goldberg, Adele Doctor of Science 2014Okrent, Daniel Doctor of Humane Letters 2014Smith, Hamilton O. Doctor of Science 2014Weinberg, Marshall Doctor of Laws 2014Boyd, Willard L. (Sandy) Doctor of Laws 2013Brehm, William Doctor of Laws 2013Costolo, Richard (Dick) Doctor of Laws 2013Farrell, Suzanne Doctor of Fine Arts 2013Higuchi, William I. Doctor of Science 2013Kanter, Rosabeth Doctor of Humane Letters 2013Kildee, Dale Doctor of Laws 2013McCullough, David Doctor of Humane Letters 2013Sachs, Jeffrey Doctor of Science 2013Satcher, David Doctor of Science 2013Simon, Lou Anna K. Doctor of Laws 2013Zell-‐Herzog, Helen Doctor of Humane Letters 2013Boyd, Michael Doctor of Humane Letters 2012Bridgewater, Dee Dee Doctor of Fine Arts 2012Dobson, Molly Doctor of Laws 2012Fischer, Joschka Doctor of Fine Arts 2012Gupta, Sanjay Doctor of Humane Letters 2012Harris, J. Ira Doctor of Laws 2012Kennedy, Cornelia G. Doctor of Laws 2012Kington, Raynard Doctor of Laws 2012Orlean, Susan Doctor of Humane Letters 2012Sarns, Richard N. Doctor of Engineering 2012
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VanAllsburg, Chris Doctor of Humane Letters 2012Abramson, Jill Doctor of Humane Letters 2011Benet, Leslie Doctor of Science 2011Cantor, Nancy Doctor of Laws 2011Ehlers, Vernon Doctor of Laws 2011Ford, William Clay Doctor of Laws 2011Lee, Shelton (Spike) Doctor of Fine Arts 2011Putnam, Robert Doctor of Science 2011Robinson, Eugene Doctor of Humane Letters 2011Ross, Stephen M. Doctor of Laws 2011Snyder, Richard (Rick) D. Doctor of Laws 2011Campbell, Jean W. Doctor of Laws 2010Coleman, Ornette Doctor of Music 2010Faber, Sandra Doctor of Science 2010Kahneman, Daniel Doctor of Science 2010Munger, Charles T. Doctor of Laws 2010Obama, Barack Doctor of Laws 2010Ovshinsky, Stanford Doctor of Science 2010Stamberg, Susan Doctor of Humane Letters 2010Vest, Charles M. Doctor of Laws 2010Ahmed, Ishmael Doctor of Laws 2009Boggs, Grace Lee Doctor of Humane Letters 2009Crim, Bobby Doctor of Laws 2009Daniels, Jeff Doctor of Fine Arts 2009Graham, Donald Doctor of Engineering 2009Hrabowski III, Freeman A. Doctor of Humane Letters 2009Kochoff, Arthur Doctor of Laws 2009Page, Lawrence Doctor of Engineering 2009Posner, Michael Doctor of Science 2009Rogel, Richard H. Doctor of Laws 2009Thomas, Helen Doctor of Humane Letters 2009Tisch, Joan H. Doctor of Laws 2009Wilson, Edward O. Doctor of Science 2009Abbott, James Doctor of Laws 2008Allen, Frances Doctor of Science 2008Burnell, Jocelyn Bell Doctor of Science 2008Harwell, William (Ernie) E. Doctor of Humane Letters 2008Ndebele, Njabulo Doctor of Laws 2008O'Brien, Jack Doctor of Fine Arts 2008Penske, Roger Doctor of Laws 2008Ringgold, Faith Doctor of Fine Arts 2008Stevenson, Anne Doctor of Humane Letters 2008Woodruff, Robert Doctor of Laws 2008
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Bond, Max Doctor of Fine Arts 2007Bynum Walker, Caroline Doctor of Humane Letters 2007Clinton, William Jefferson Doctor of Laws 2007Collins, Francis Doctor of Science 2007Converse, Philip Doctor of Laws 2007Tilly, Charles Doctor of Humane Letters 2007Wege, Peter Doctor of Laws 2007Wyman, Irma Doctor of Engineering 2007Amanpour, Christiane Doctor of Humane Letters 2006Bing, David Doctor of Laws 2006Huxtable, Ada Louise Doctor of Humane Letters 2006Ostrom, Elinor Doctor of Humane Letters 2006Richardson, William Doctor of Laws 2006Sen, Amartya Doctor of Science 2006Steele, Claude M. Doctor of Humane Letters 2006White, William Doctor of Laws 2006Bloch, Henry Doctor of Laws 2005Brown, John Seely Doctor of Engineering 2005Carlett, Elizabeth Doctor of Fine Arts 2005Dresselhaus, Mildred Doctor of Science 2005Dyson, Freeman Doctor of Science 2005McEwen, Bruce Doctor of Science 2005Riecker, Margaret Doctor of Laws 2005Schembechler, Glenn E. Doctor of Laws 2005Zell, Samuel Doctor of Laws 2005Aaron, Daniel Doctor of Humane Letters 2004Chambers, Julius Doctor of Laws 2004Davis, David E. Doctor of Humane Letters 2004Eisenstein, Elizabeth Doctor of Humane Letters 2004Joy, William Doctor of Engineering 2004Moses, Robert Doctor of Laws 2004Stern, Helmut Doctor of Laws 2004Uhlenbeck, Karen Doctor of Science 2004Grabar, Oleg Doctor of Humane Letters 2003Granholm, Jennifer M. Doctor of Laws 2003Jamison, Judith Doctor of Fine Arts 2003Lurie, Ann Doctor of Laws 2003Miller, Thomas J. Doctor of Laws 2003Schwarz, John J. H. Doctor of Laws 2003Shuval, Hillel Doctor of Science 2003Taylor, Billy Doctor of Music 2003Glaser, Donald Doctor of Science 2002Gray, William H. Doctor of Laws 2002
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Hamp, Steven K. Doctor of Laws 2002Johnson, Roy Hamlin Doctor of Music 2002Levine, Philip Doctor of Humane Letters 2002McClain, William Doctor of Laws 2002McKay, Nellie Doctor of Humane Letters 2002Rich, John Doctor of Humane Letters 2002Shalala, Donna Doctor of Laws 2002Baxter, Charles Speaker (No Degree) 2001Davidson, William M. Doctor of Laws 2001Ginsburg, Ruth Bader Doctor of Laws 2001Gourneau, Dwight Doctor of Laws 2001Ivey, William Doctor of Humane Letters 2001Michnik, Adam Doctor of Laws 2001Pinsky, Robert Doctor of Humane Letters 2001Sahlins, Marshall Doctor of Humane Letters 2001Vatsyayan, Kapila Doctor of Fine Arts 2001Ferris, William Doctor of Humane Letters 2000Halberstam, David Doctor of Humane Letters 2000Havel, Vaclav Doctor of Laws 2000Hermelin, David Doctor of Laws 2000Kasdan, Lawrence Doctor of Humane Letters 2000Leonard, Elmore Doctor of Humane Letters 2000Lin, Ju Ying Doctor of Science 2000Reagon, Bernice Johnson Doctor of Music 2000Tishman, John Doctor of Engineering 2000Veltman, Martinus J. G. Doctor of Science 2000Annan, Kofi Doctor of Laws 1999Barak, Aharon Doctor of Laws 1999Jarvi, Neeme Doctor of Music 1999Malcom, Shirley Doctor of Science 1999Payley, Grace Doctor of Humane Letters 1999Prodi, Romano Doctor of Laws 1999Toer, Pramoedya Ananta Doctor of Humane Letters 1999DiChiera, David Doctor of Music 1998Ford, Richard Doctor of Humane Letters 1998Good, Mary Lowe Doctor of Engineering 1998Jemison, Mac Doctor of Science 1998Ramphele, Mamphela Doctor of Laws 1998Said, Edward Doctor of Humane Letters 1998Yang, Chen Ning Doctor of Science 1998Baker, Gwendolyn Calvert Doctor of Laws 1997Berry, Marry Frances Doctor of Laws 1997Bollinger, Lee Honored (no degree) 1997
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Burns, Ken Doctor of Laws 1997Fiske, Robert B. Doctor of Laws 1997Godunov, Sergei Doctor of Science 1997Roberts, Eugene L. Doctor of Laws 1997Smalley, Richard Doctor of Science 1997Altman, Robert Doctor of Fine Arts 1996Cole, Johnetta B. Doctor of Laws 1996Duderstadt, James Honored (no degree) 1996Gorecki, Henryk Doctor of Music 1996Hill, Jesse Doctor of Laws 1996O'Connor, Sandra Day Doctor of Laws 1996Pickering, John Doctor of Laws 1996Rostropovich, Mstislav Doctor of Music 1996Rubin, Vera Doctor of Science 1996Sadik, Nafis Doctor of Science 1996Smale, Stephen Doctor of Science 1996Amheim, Rudolf Doctor of Humane Letters 1995Bowen, William G. Doctor of Laws 1995Edelman, Neal Doctor of Laws 1995Shine, Neal Doctor of Humane Letters 1995White, Hayden Doctor of Humane Letters 1995Archer, Dennis W. Doctor of Laws 1994Broder, David Doctor of Laws 1994Cunningham, William T. Doctor of Laws 1994Dantzig, George B. Doctor of Science 1994Fisher, Charles T. Doctor of Laws 1994Graber, T. M. Doctor of Science 1994Herbert, Don Doctor of Science 1994Josaitis, Eleanor M. Doctor of Laws 1994Novello, Antonia C. Doctor of Laws 1994Seidman, L. William Doctor of Laws 1994Sheffield, Horace L. Doctor of Laws 1994Clinton, Hilary Rodham Doctor of Laws 1993DuBoisrouvray, Albina Doctor of Humane Letters 1993Engler, John M. Doctor of Laws 1993Gerstacker, Carl Doctor of Laws 1993Hall, Donald Doctor of Humane Letters 1993Ramsey, Norman F. Doctor of Science 1993Salinas de Gortari, Carlos Doctor of Laws 1993Towsley, Margaret Dow Doctor of Humane Letters 1993Wiesel, Elie Doctor of Humane Letters 1993Wilkins, Roger W. Doctor of Humane Letters 1993Brown, J. Carter Doctor of Laws 1992
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Housner, George W. Doctor of Science 1992Moore, Charles W. Doctor of Architecture 1992Morrison, Toni Doctor of Humane Letters 1992Oates, Joyce Carol Doctor of Humane Letters 1992Walgreen, Charles R. Doctor of Humane Letters 1992Wolf, Eric Doctor of Laws 1992Bush, Barbara Doctor of Laws 1991Bush, George H. W. Doctor of Laws 1991Frye, Billy E. Doctor of Laws 1991Kety, Seymour S. Doctor of Science 1991Manoogian, Alex Doctor of Humane Letters 1991Musgrave, Richard A. Doctor of Laws 1991Parks, Rosa Doctor of Laws 1991Pursell, Carl Doctor of Laws 1991Sagdeev, Roald Doctor of Science 1991Taubman, Alfred A. Doctor of Laws 1991Wexler, Nancy Sabin Doctor of Science 1991Wu, Ta-‐You Doctor of Science 1991Batchelor, George K. Doctor of Science 1990Fox, Geraldine Dietz Doctor of Laws 1990Karle, Jerome Doctor of Science 1990Lappe, Frances Moore Doctor of Laws 1990Nederlander, Robert E. Doctor of Laws 1990Rhodes, Frank H. T. Doctor of Letters 1990Smith, Roger B. Doctor of Laws 1990Viravan, Amnuay Doctor of Laws 1990Horner, Matina Souretis Doctor of Laws 1989Raiffa, Howard Doctor of Laws 1989Singer, Isadore M. Doctor of Laws 1989Brodsky, Joseph Alexandro Doctor of Humane Letters 1988Kirkpatrick, Jeane J. Doctor of Laws 1988Parsons, John T. Doctor of Engineering 1988Scott, Nathan A., Jr. Doctor of Humanities 1988Shulman, Marshall D. Doctor of Laws 1988Spurr, Stephen H. Doctor of Laws 1988Kelly, Gene (Eugene C.) Doctor of Fine Arts 1987Mandela, Nelson Doctor of Laws 1987Masur, Kurt Doctor of Music 1987Norman, Jessye Doctor of Music 1987Shapiro, Harold T. Doctor of Laws 1987Stadtman, Earl R. Doctor of Science 1987Wallace, Mike Doctor of Laws 1987Adams, Charles G. Doctor of Humanities 1986
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Cassidy, Frederic G. Doctor of Laws 1986de Cuellar, Javier Perez Doctor of Laws 1986Montgomery, Dean Doctor of Science 1986Zevi, Bruno Doctor of Humane Letters 1986Blanchard, James J. Doctor of Laws 1985Dahl, Robert A. Doctor of Laws 1985Dando, Shigemitsu Doctor of Laws 1985Kung, Hans Doctor of Humane Letters 1985Marceau, Marcel Doctor of Humane Letters 1985Caldwell, Philip Doctor of Laws 1984Cronkite, Walter Doctor of Laws 1984DeVries, Peter Doctor of Letters 1984Knox, Bernard M. W. Doctor of Humanities 1984Teeters, Nancy Hays Doctor of Laws 1984Davis, Hallowell Doctor of Science 1983Elion, Gertrude B. Doctor of Science 1983Kundera, Milan Doctor of Letters 1983lacocca, Lee A. Doctor of Laws 1983Mackey, M. Cecil Doctor of Laws 1983Smith, Otis M. Doctor of Laws 1983Fairbank, John King Doctor of Laws 1982Ford, William D. Doctor of Laws 1982Kennedy, Donald Doctor of Laws 1982McGowan, Carl Doctor of Laws 1982Milliken, Helen W. Doctor of Laws 1982Rewald, John Doctor of Fine Arts 1982Schoff, James S. Doctor of Laws 1982Gray, Hanna Holborn Doctor of Laws 1981Hesburgh, Theodore M. Doctor of Laws 1981LeRoy, Ladurie Emmanuel Doctor of Laws 1981Noguchi, lsamu Doctor of Fine Arts 1981Wever, Ernest Glen Doctor of Science 1981Correa, Charles M. Doctor of Architecture 1980Fraser, Douglas A. Doctor of Laws 1980Garrels, Robert M. Doctor of Science 1980Hayaishi, Osamu Doctor of Science 1980McHenry, Donald F. Doctor of Laws 1980Rochberg, George Doctor of Music 1980Wilder, Raymond L. Doctor of Laws 1980Wyngaarden, James B. Doctor of Science 1980Young, Coleman A. Doctor of Laws 1980Bonner, Thomas F. Doctor of Laws 1979Brimmer, Andrew F. Doctor of Laws 1979
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deLarrocha, Alica Doctor of Music 1979Dike, Kenneth Onwuka Doctor of Laws 1979Friedman, Herbert Doctor of Science 1979Hufstedler, Shirley Mount Doctor of Laws 1979Jackson, Jesse L. Doctor of Humane Letters 1979Jones, Virginia Lacy Doctor of Letters 1979Smith, Allan F. Doctor of Laws 1979Berger, Raoul Doctor of Laws 1978Blumenthal, W. Michael Doctor of Laws 1978Boulding, Kenneth Ewart Doctor of Laws 1978Burbidge, E. Margaret Doctor of Science 1978Freire, Paulo Doctor of Laws 1978Jenkins, Roy Harris Doctor of Laws 1978Mondale, Walter F. Doctor of Laws 1978Osborn, Stella Brunt Doctor of Letters 1978Simon, Herbert A. Doctor of Laws 1978Ting, Samuel C. C. Doctor of Science 1978Califano, Joseph, Jr. Doctor of Laws 1977Clark, Kenneth B. Doctor of Laws 1977Clark, Peter B. Doctor of Laws 1977Franklin, John Hope Doctor of Humane Letters 1977Fredrickson, Donald S. Doctor of Science 1977Hunt, Richard Howard Doctor of Fine Arts 1977Lawrence, Robert Klein Doctor of Laws 1977Milosz, Czeslaw Doctor of Letters 1977Okita, Saburo Doctor of Laws 1977Woodcock, Leonard Doctor of Laws 1977Boorstin, Daniel Joseph Doctor of Letters 1976Ford, Elizabeth Bloomer Doctor of Laws 1976Giroud, Francoise Doctor of Humane Letters 1976Jenner, Albert Ernest Doctor of Laws 1976Karle, Isabella Lugoski Doctor of Science 1976Lisagor, Peter Irvin Doctor of Laws 1976Avery, Mary Ellen Doctor of Science 1975Baldwin, Ralph Belknap Doctor of Laws 1975Brewster, Kingman, Jr. Doctor of Laws 1975Darling, George Bapst, Jr. Doctor of Laws 1975Deutsch, Karl Wolfgang Doctor of Laws 1975Fontana, Mars Guy Doctor of Engineering 1975Griffiths, Martha Wright Doctor of Laws 1975Katzir, Ephraim Doctor of Laws 1975Kreshover, Seymour Jacob Doctor of Science 1975Rivilin, Alice Mitchell Doctor of Laws 1975
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Bardeen, John Doctor of Science 1974Bentley, Helen Delich Doctor of Laws 1974Campbell, Donald Thomas Doctor of Laws 1974Catton, Bruce Doctor of Letters 1974Ford, Gerald R. Doctor of Laws 1974Goldberg, Leo Doctor of Science 1974James, Preston Everett Doctor of Laws 1974Keith, Damon Jerome Doctor of Laws 1974Mott, Charles Stewart H. Doctor of Laws 1974Newsom, Carroll Vincent Doctor of Laws 1974Dunham, Kingsley Charles Doctor of Science 1973Feinsinger, Nathan Paul Doctor of Laws 1973Gerstenberg, Richard C. Doctor of Laws 1973Goebel, Paul Gordon Doctor of Laws 1973Goldman, Jerome Lee Doctor of Science 1973Griffin, Robert Paul Doctor of Laws 1973Harris, Patricia Roberts Doctor of Laws 1973Kerr, Clark Doctor of Laws 1973Lousma, Jack Robert Doctor of Astronautical Science 1973Palade, George Emil Doctor of Science 1973Arnstein, Margaret Gene Doctor of Science 1972Bixby, Harold Glenn Doctor of Laws 1972Chipman, John Doctor of Science 1972Drachler, Norman Doctor of Laws 1972Gullen, Jr. George Edgar Doctor of Laws 1972Li, Fang Kuei Doctor of Letters 1972McGill, William James Doctor of Laws 1972Wellek, Rene Doctor of Letters 1972David, Edward E. Jr. Doctor of Science 1971Hanks, Nancy Doctor of Fine Arts 1971Hayes, Helen Doctor of Humane Letters 1971Hitchings, George Herbert Doctor of Science 1971Irwin, James B. Doctor of Astronautical Science 1971Jones, James Earl Doctor of Humane Letters 1971Judd, Dorothy Leonard Doctor of Humanities 1971Kerr, Walter Francis Doctor of Letters 1971Long, Thomas George Doctor of Laws 1971Mccree, Jr. Wade Hampton Doctor of Laws 1971Mielziner, Jo Doctor of Fine Arts 1971Monro, John Usher Doctor of Laws 1971Power, Eugene Barnum Doctor of Humane Letters 1971Rudel, Julius Doctor of Music 1971Schutz, Klaus Doctor of Civil Law 1971
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Scott, David R. Doctor of Astronautical Science 1971Sitterly, Charlotte Moore Doctor of Science 1971Todd, Alexander Robertus Doctor of Science 1971Wittman, Otto Doctor of Fine Arts 1971Woodward, C(omer) Vann. Doctor of Laws 1971Worden, Alfred M. Doctor of Astronautical Science 1971Young, Whitney Moore Doctor of Laws 1971Baker, William Oliver Doctor of Science 1970Bree, Germaine Doctor of Humane Letters 1970Bronson, Bertrand Harris Doctor of Humane Letters 1970Brownell, Roy Edmund Doctor of Humanities 1970Crosby, Elizabeth Caroline Doctor of Science 1970Linowitz, Sol Myron Doctor of Laws 1970Martin, William Mcchesney Doctor of Laws 1970Munford, Lawrence Quincy Doctor of Letters 1970Peterson, Esther Doctor of Laws 1970Rees, Mina Doctor of Science 1970Stanson, Edwin Blythe Doctor of Laws 1970Wharton, Jr. Clifton Doctor of Laws 1970Beadle, George Wells Doctor of Laws 1969Briggs, Robert P. Doctor of Laws 1969Hart, Philip A. Doctor of Laws 1969Honigman, Jason Lester Doctor of Laws 1969Knight, John Shively Doctor of Laws 1969Knopf, Alfred A. Doctor of Humane Letters 1969Krogman, Wilton Marion Doctor of Science 1969Morgan, Walter Thomas Doctor of Science 1969Odegaard, Charles Edwin Doctor of Laws 1969Seidlin, Oskar Doctor of Humane Letters 1969Boerma, Addeke Hendrick Doctor of Science 1968Burkhardt, Frederick H. Doctor of Laws 1968Cornely, Paul Bertau Doctor of Science 1968Crafts, Edward Clayton Doctor of Science 1968Dawson, John Philip Doctor of Laws 1968Edsall, John Tileston Doctor of Science 1968Fontaine, Athanas Paul Doctor of Business Administration 1968Gossett, William Thomas Doctor of Laws 1968Harrison, Wallace Kirkman Doctor of Architecture 1968Huggins, Charles Brenton Doctor of Science 1968Mallea, Eduardo Doctor of Humane Letters 1968Stewart, William Huffman Doctor of Science 1968Weaver, Robert Clifton Doctor of Laws 1968Acheson, Dean Gooderham Doctor of Civil Law 1967
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Acheson, Dean Gooderham Doctor of Civil Law 1967Ashby, Sir Eric Doctor of Laws 1967Baumgartner, Leona Doctor of Science 1967Becker, Hellmut Doctor of Laws 1967Belluschi, Pietro Doctor of Architecture 1967Bunting, Mary Ingraham Doctor of Laws 1967Capelle, Jean Doctor of Science 1967Chandrasekhar, Subrahma Doctor of Science 1967Chesebrough, Harry Elmer Doctor of Engineering 1967Courvoisier, Jaques Doctor of Humane Letters 1967Dallapiccola, Luigi Doctor of Music 1967Daniels, Troy Cook Doctor of Science 1967DeBakey, Michael Ellis Doctor of Science 1967Dobzhansky, Theodosius Doctor of Science 1967Doxiadis, Constantinos A. Doctor of Laws 1967Ellison, Ralph W. Doctor of Letters 1967Erhard, Ludwig Doctor of Civil Law 1967Everitt, William Littell Doctor of Engineering 1967Firth, Raymond William Doctor of Laws 1967Fleming, Robben Wright Doctor of Laws 1967Fock, Vladimir A. Doctor of Science 1967Foster, Luther Hilton Doctor of Laws 1967Francke, Don Eugene Doctor of Science 1967Frey, Donald Nelson Doctor of Engineering 1967Gardner, John William Doctor of Laws 1967Glass, David V. Doctor of Science 1967Goddard, James Lee Doctor of Science 1967Gomez Millas, Juan Doctor of Laws 1967Goodier, James Norman Doctor of Engineering 1967Grennan, Jacqueline Doctor of Humanities 1967Hamada, Shoji Doctor of Fine Arts 1967Heyns, Roger William Doctor of Laws 1967Higuchi, Takeru Doctor of Science 1967Hoffman, Paul Gray Doctor of Laws 1967Holbrook, George Edward Doctor of Engineering 1967Husain, His Excellancy Zaki Doctor of Laws 1967Jacob, Francois Doctor of Science 1967Keast, William Rea Doctor of Laws 1967Kinzel, Augustus Braun Doctor of Engineering 1967Kraus, Edward Henry Doctor of Science 1967Kuryowicz, Jerzy Doctor of Laws 1967Li, Choh-‐Ming Doctor of Laws 1967Maeda, Yoichi Doctor of Letters 1967
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Milliken, William Grawn Doctor of Laws 1967Murray, S. J. John Doctor of Humane Letters 1967Myrdal, Karl Gunnar Doctor of Laws 1967Notestein, Frank Wallace Doctor of Science 1967Ochoa, Severo Doctor of Science 1967Piaget, Jean Doctor of Science 1967Pusey, Nathan M. Doctor of Laws 1967Reischauer, Edwin 0. Doctor of Laws 1967Robertson, Harold Rocke Doctor of Laws 1967Romney, George Doctor of Laws 1967Rossi-‐Doria, Manlio Doctor of Science 1967Samuelson, Paul Anthony Doctor of Laws 1967Schaff, Adam Doctor of Humane Letters 1967Searle, John Gideon Doctor of Science 1967Seitz, Frederick Doctor of Science 1967Svennilson, lngvar Doctor of Laws 1967Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram Doctor of Science 1967Thant, His Excellency U. Doctor of Civil Law 1967Tiselius, Arne Wilhelm Doctor of Science 1967Urey, Harold Clayton Doctor of Science 1967Weinblum, George Doctor of Engineering 1967Wilson, Owen Meredith Doctor of Laws 1967Zurayk, Constantine Kaysar Doctor of Letters 1967Anspach, Charles Leroy Doctor of Laws 1966Cook, Donald Clarence Doctor of Laws 1966Darby, Wm. Jefferson, Jr. Doctor of Science 1966Feis, Herbert Doctor of Letters 1966Galbraith, John Kenneth Doctor of Laws 1966Jessup, Philip Caryl Doctor of Laws 1966Marcos, Ferdinand Doctor of Civil Law 1966Ramo, Simon Doctor of Engineering 1966Randall, Harrison M. Doctor of Laws 1966Smith, Arnold Cantwell Doctor of Civil Law 1966Stechow, Wolfgang Doctor of Humane Letters 1966Stewart, Potter Doctor of Laws 1966White, Helen Constance Doctor of Letters 1966Yeasting, John Oliver Doctor of Business Administration 1966Bernhard, Prince (Netherlan Doctor of Civil Law 1965Brown, W. Norman Doctor of Letters 1965Carnap, Rudolf Doctor of Humane Letters 1965Kirk, Grayson Louis Doctor of Science 1965McDivit, James Alton Doctor of Astronautical Science 1965Miller, Neal E. Doctor of Science 1965
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Nirenberg, Marshall Warren Doctor of Science 1965Reston, James Barrett Doctor of Laws 1965Shepard, Jr., Samuel Doctor of Laws 1965Theorell, Axel Hugo Doctor of Science 1965Towsend, Lynn Alfred Doctor of Laws 1965Van Slyke, Cassius J. Doctor of Science 1965White II, Edward Higgins Doctor of Astronautical Science 1965Bernstein, Leonard Doctor of Music 1964Boninsteel Roscoe Osmond Doctor of Laws 1964Bugher, John C. Doctor of Science 1964Cole, Edward N. Doctor of Engineering 1964Copland, Aaron Doctor of Music 1964Curti, Merle Doctor of Humane Letters 1964Dempsey, James Raymond Doctor of Engineering 1964Donovan, Allen Francis Doctor of Engineering 1964Hawkins, Jr. Willis Moore Doctor of Engineering 1964Hicks, Weimer K. Doctor of Laws 1964Johnson, Clarence Leonard Doctor of Engineering 1964Johnson, Lyndon Baines Doctor of Civil Law 1964Maddy, Joseph Edgar Doctor of Music 1964Marshall, Thurgood Doctor of Laws 1964Moore, Earl Vincent Doctor of Music 1964Saarinen, Aline Bernstein Doctor of Humane Letters 1964Stevens, Roger L. Doctor of Humane Letters 1964Weber, Ernst Doctor of Engineering 1964Bissell, Claude Thomas Doctor of Laws 1963Burgess, John Melville Doctor of Humanities 1963Dey, Surendra Kumar Doctor of Laws 1963Dow, Alden Ball Doctor of Architecture 1963Eddy, Nathan Browne Doctor of Science 1963Fisk, James Brown Doctor of Engineering 1963Gordon, John Franklin Doctor of Engineering 1963Jakobson, Roman Doctor of Letters 1963Morris, Emory William Doctor of Science 1963Sakanishi, Shio Doctor of Humane Letters 1963Snow, Charles Percy Doctor of Humane Letters 1963Tavares, Cyrus Nils Doctor of Laws 1963Thompson, Floyd Laverne Doctor of Science 1963Wirtz, W. Willard Doctor of Laws 1963Bartlett, Fred William Doctor of Science 1962Emerich, Richard Stanley Doctor of Humane Letters 1962Frost, Robert Doctor of Laws 1962Kennedy, Charles Stuart Doctor of Laws 1962
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Kresge, Stanley Sebastian Doctor of Laws 1962McNamara, Robert Strange Doctor of Laws 1962Moreno, Mario Doctor of Humanities 1962Moscoso, Teodoro Doctor of Laws 1962Raethke, Theodore Doctor of Letters 1962Rossa, Robert Vincent Doctor of Science in Business 1962Schriever, Bernard A. Doctor of Aeronautical Science 1962Staebler, Neil Doctor of Laws 1962Steere, William Campbell Doctor of Science 1962Wiesner, Jerome B. Doctor of Science 1962Toynbee, Arnold Joseph Doctor of Laws 1961Yamasaki, Minoru Doctor of Architecture 1961Breech, Ernest Robert Doctor of Laws 1957Burchard, John Ely Doctor of Architecture 1957Kennan, George Frost Doctor of Laws 1957Miller, James Roscoe Doctor of Laws 1957Summerfield, Arthur E. Doctor of Laws 1957Thompson, Homer Armstro Doctor of Letters 1957Carillo, Nabo Doctor of Laws 1956Cisler, Walker Lee Doctor of Engineering 1956Cress, Earl Henry Master of Arts in Business Ad. 1956Ditchy, Clair William Master of Architecture 1956Erlanson, Carl Oscar Doctor of Science 1956Kelly, Harry Francis Doctor of Laws 1956Lorch, Emil Doctor of Architecture 1956Malcolm, George Arthur Doctor of Laws 1956Miller, Arthur Doctor of Humane Letters 1956Parker, William Riley Doctor of Laws 1956Reuther, Walter Philip Doctor of Laws 1956Steinman, David B. Doctor of Engineering 1956Sukarno, His Excellency Doctor of Civil Law 1956Weller, Thomas Huckle Doctor of Laws 1956Andrews, Gould Arthur Doctor of Education 1955Andrews, T. Coleman Doctor of Laws 1955Benedict, William Lemuel Doctor of Laws 1955Brucker, Wilber Marion Doctor of Laws 1955Curtice, Harlow Herbert Doctor of Engineering 1955Dodds, Harold Willis Doctor of Laws 1955Fuller, R. Buckminster Doctor of Arts 1955Guest, Edgar Albert Doctor of Laws 1955Janaki, Edavaleth Kakkat Doctor of Laws 1955Mott, Charles Stewart Doctor of Laws 1955Pibulsonggram, P. Doctor of Civil Law 1955
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Salk, Jonas Edward Doctor of Science 1955Shenk, John Wesley Doctor of Laws 1955SyCip, Albino Zarate Doctor of Laws 1955Warren, Earl Doctor of Laws 1955Adams, Roger Doctor of Laws 1954Bushnell, George Edward Doctor of Laws 1954Fagerburg, Dewey Frank Master of Laws 1954Gorman, Michael Arthur Master of Arts 1954Gould, Laurence McKinley Doctor of Laws 1954Kucher, Andrew Albert Doctor of Engineering 1954Lightner, Milton Clarkston Doctor of Laws 1954Porter, Katherine Anne Doctor of Humane Letters 1954Porter, Quincy Doctor of Fine Arts 1954Schreiber, Carl F. Doctor of Humane Letters 1954Selassie I, Haile Doctor of Civil Law 1954Africa, Bernabe Doctor of Laws 1953Allen, Wyeth Doctor of Engineering 1953Crandall, Lou Revere Doctor of Engineering 1953Dana, Samuel Trask Doctor of Laws 1953DeFrance, Smith J. Doctor of Engineering 1953Fairman, James Ferdinand Doctor of Engineering 1953Gordon, Seth Edwin Doctor of Science 1953Haugen, Einar lngvald Doctor of Letters 1953Humphrey, George Magoffi Doctor of Laws 1953Jolly, Thomas Daniel Doctor of Engineering 1953Matthaei, Frederick Carl Doctor of Business Administration 1953McArdle, Richard Edwin Doctor of Science 1953Merker, Harvey Milton Doctor of Engineering 1953Middlebush, Frederick A. Doctor of Laws 1953Morse, Elba Lila Master of Science 1953Moses, Robert Doctor of Engineering 1953Pack, Randolph Greene Doctor of Science 1953Parker, James Wentworth Doctor of Engineering 1953Randall, Clarence Belden Doctor of Laws 1953Robinson, Harold Franklin Doctor of Engineering 1953Ruthven, Alexander Grand Doctor of Laws 1953White, Alfred Holmes Doctor of Engineering 1953Wilson, Charles Erwin Doctor of Engineering 1953Blanding, Sarah Gibson Doctor of Laws 1952Britton, Edgar Clay Doctor of Science 1952Brown, Prentiss Marsh Doctor of Laws 1952Carmichael, Oliver Cromwel Doctor of Laws 1952Curtis, George Morris Doctor of Science 1952
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Dillman, Grover Cleveland Doctor of Engineering 1952Juliana, Her Majesty Queen Doctor of Civil Law 1952Lang, Chester Henry Doctor of Laws 1952Ormandy, Eugene Doctor of Music 1952Post, Chandler Rathfon Doctor of Humane Letters 1952Pound, Arthur Doctor of Letters 1952Sunderland, Edson Read Doctor of Laws 1952Babst, Earl D. Doctor of Laws 1951Bourke-‐White, Margaret Doctor of Fine Arts 1951Bunche, Ralph Johnson Doctor of Laws 1951Ellis, Howard Sylvester Doctor of Laws 1951Emanuel, Julia Esther Master of Science 1951Ferguson, Homer Doctor of Laws 1951Hatcher, Harlan Henthorne Doctor of Laws 1951Jenkins, Guy Hugh Master of Arts 1951Lear, William Powell Doctor of Engineering 1951Montague, Gilbert Holland Doctor of Laws 1951Rogers, Charles Herbert Doctor of Science 1951Scheele, Leonard Andrew Doctor of Science 1951Starr, Floyd Master of Arts 1951Walgreen, Jr. Charles R. Master of Science 1951Artiaga, Santiago Doctor of Public Administration 1950Carlson, William Samuel Doctor of Laws 1950David, Vernon Cyrenius Doctor of Science 1950Flaherty, Robert Joseph Doctor of Fine Arts 1950Franks, Oliver Shewell Doctor of Laws 1950Lindblad, Bertil Doctor of Science 1950Mason, George Walter Doctor of Laws 1950Brand, George Edward Master of Laws 1949Bromley, Bruce Ditmas Doctor of Laws 1949Bronk, Detlev Wulf Doctor of Laws 1949Campbell, Roy Stuart Doctor of Engineering 1949Conant, James Bryant Doctor of Laws 1949Day, Edmund Ezra Doctor of Laws 1949Dodge, Joseph Morrell Doctor of Laws 1949Hudnut, Joseph Doctor of Fine Arts 1949Kidder, Alfred Vincent Doctor of Science 1949Mullendore, William Clinton Doctor of Laws 1949Pahlavi, Mohammend Reza Doctor of Civil Law 1949Spedding, Frank Harold Doctor of Science 1949Sturtevant, Edgar H. Doctor of Letters 1949Bacher, Robert Fox Doctor of Science 1948Espie, John Paxton Doctor of Public Administration 1948
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Fulbright, James William Doctor of Laws 1948Hamilton, Alice Doctor of Science 1948Holmes, Samuel Jackson Doctor of Science 1948Simons, Charles Caspar Doctor of Laws 1948Wroth, Lawrence Doctor of Letters 1948Avery, Clarence Willard Doctor of Engineering 1947Martin, Paul Joseph Doctor of Laws 1947Van Kleffens, Eelco Doctor of Laws 1947Vandenberg, Arthur H. Doctor of Laws 1947Anderson, Clinton Presba Doctor of Laws 1946Smith, Shirley Wheeler Doctor of Laws 1945Hannah, John Alfred Doctor of Laws 1944Wood, Edward Frederick Doctor of Laws 1944Biggers, John David Doctor of Laws 1942Butzel, Henry Magnus Doctor of Laws 1942Eastman, Joseph Bartlett Doctor of Laws 1942North, Walter Harper Doctor of Laws 1942Parker, John Johnston Doctor of Laws 1942Penberthy, Grover C. Master of Science 1942Schairer, Otto Sorg Doctor of Engineering 1942Vanderbilt, Arthur T. Doctor of Laws 1942Barnes, Gladeon Marcus Master of Engineering 1941Bastin, Edson Sunderland Doctor of Science 1941Bates, Henry Moore Doctor of Laws 1941Buhl, Lawrence Delong Master of Arts 1941Cook, George Winter Master of Laws 1941Crane, Ronald Salmon Doctor of Humane Letters 1941Dow, Willard Henry Doctor of Engineering 1941Fink, George Rupert Doctor of Engineering 1941Foote, Mark Master of Arts 1941Hasting, Albert Baird Doctor of Science 1941Lilly, Josiah Kirby Master of Science 1941Mast, Samuel Ottmar Doctor of Science 1941Mowrer, Paul Scott Doctor of Laws 1941Neville, Edwin Lowe Doctor of Laws 1941Norton, William John Doctor of Laws 1941Stevenson, Russell Alger Doctor of Laws 1941Vaughan, Warren Taylor Master of Science 1941Welch, George Martin Doctor of Business Administration 1941Wiggers, Carl John Doctor of Science 1941Wright, Frederick E. Doctor of Science 1941Baird, Charles Master of Arts 1940Barkdull, Howard L. Master of Laws 1940
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Beal, Junius Emery Doctor of Laws 1940Booth, Fenton Whitlock Doctor of Laws 1940Cooley, Thomas Benton Doctor of Science 1940Elles, Norma Bertha Master of Science 1940Harrison, Tinsely R. Master of Science 1940Havenhill, L. D. Master of Science 1940Lind, Samuel Colville Doctor of Science 1940Lowery, Percival Master of Science 1940Merker, Harvey Milton Master of Engineering 1940Parker, Jr., John C. Doctor of Engineering 1940Pritchard, Stuart Doctor of Science 1940Wheeler, Burton Kendall Doctor of Laws 1940White, Oliver Wilson Master of Science 1940Archer, Robert Samuel Master of Engineering 1939Carmody, Martin Henry Doctor of Laws 1939Dudley, Adolphus Mansfield Doctor of Engineering 1939Ford, Guy Stanton Doctor of Laws 1939Hobbs, William Herbert Doctor of Laws 1939Horton, Bryson Dexter Doctor of Engineering 1939Johnson, Edward Doctor of Music 1939MacNeal, Ward J. Doctor of Science 1939Murphy, Frank William Doctor of Laws 1939Roedder, Edwin Carl Doctor of Letters 1939Seabury, Charles Ward Master of Arts 1939Senear, Francis Eugene Master of Science 1939Whitney, Allen Sisson Doctor of Education 1939Christian, Henry Asbury Doctor of Science 1938Cooke, James Francis Doctor of Laws 1938Cunningham, Edwin Shedd Master of Arts 1938Harris, Jr. William P. Master of Science 1938Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Doctor of Laws 1938Merritt, Arthur Hastings Master of Science 1938Morey, Charles Rufus Doctor of Letters 1938Mulford, Walter Doctor of Science 1938Murfin, James Orin Doctor of Laws 1938Rous, Peyton Doctor of Science 1938Spaulding, Oliver Lyman Doctor of Laws 1938Tatlock, John Strong Doctor of Letters 1938Timoshenko, Stephen Doctor of Engineering 1938VanValkenburgh, Arba S. Doctor of Laws 1938Baldensperger, Philippe Doctor of Letters 1937Bradley, Samuel Stewart Master of Science 1937Cook, Ernest Fullerton Master of Science 1937
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Dewey, Thomas Edmund Master of Laws 1937Erlanger, Joseph Doctor of Science 1937Geddes, Norman Bel Master of Arts 1937Gomberg, Moses Doctor of Laws 1937Harley, Herbert Lincoln Master of Laws 1937Hicks, Clarence John Doctor of Laws 1937Kamperman, George Able Master of Arts 1937Main, John Fleming Doctor of Laws 1937Mccarroll, Russell Hudson Master of Engineering 1937Nicolson, Marjorie Hope Doctor of Letters 1937Park, Robert Ezra Doctor of Humane Letters 1937Riggs, Henry Earle Doctor of Engineering 1937Sackett, Robert Lemuel Doctor of Engineering 1937Wood, Norman Asa Master of Science 1937Young, Karl Doctor of Laws 1937Briggs, Lyman James Doctor of Laws 1936Chrysler, Walter Percy Doctor of Engineering 1936Hull, Oscar Clayton Master of Laws 1936Kron, Gabriel Master of Engineering 1936McDonald, Thomas Francis Master of Laws 1936McKenzie, William Dexter Master of Arts 1936Moffit, John T. Master of Laws 1936Novy, Frederick George Doctor of Laws 1936Peavy, George Wilcox Doctor of Science 1936Peterson, Reuben Doctor of Science 1936Reighard, Jacob Ellsworth Doctor of Science 1936Rowland, Russell Sturgis Master of Science 1936Van Deman, Esther Boise Doctor of Letters 1936Winlock, Herbert Eustis Doctor of Letters 1936Biddle, Andrew Porter Master of Arts 1935Blakeslee, Howard Walter Master of Science 1935Canfield, Arthur Graves Doctor of Letters 1935Clark, Herbert Watson Doctor of Laws 1935Goodrich, Ernest Payson Doctor of Engineering 1935Hull, Cordell Doctor of Laws 1935Jones, Lewis Ralph Doctor of Laws 1935Macauley, Alvan Doctor of Laws 1935Meese, William Henry Master of Engineering 1935Merriam, Charles Edward Doctor of Laws 1935Parker, Walter Robert Doctor of Science 1935Phillips, Orie Leon Doctor of Laws 1935Streeter, George Linius Doctor of Laws 1935Van Slyke, Donald D. Doctor of Science 1935
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Bell, Harold Idris Doctor of Letters 1934Burr, Alexander George Master of Laws 1934Clements, William Lawrenc Doctor of Laws 1934Crocker, Herbert Samuel Doctor of Engineering 1934Fead, Louis Henry Doctor of Laws 1934Hinsdale, Wilbert B. Master of Arts 1934Lippmann, Walter Doctor of Laws 1934MacChesney, Nathan W. Doctor of Laws 1934McNitt, Virgil Venice Master of Arts 1934Morehouse, Lyman Foote Doctor of Engineering 1934Stone, Harlan Fiske Doctor of Laws 1934Wallace, George Barclay Master of Arts 1934Zook, George Frederick Doctor of Laws 1934Baird, James Doctor of Engineering 1933Barger, George Doctor of Laws 1933Barnes, John Peter Master of Laws 1933Beale, Joseph Henry Doctor of Laws 1933Deardorff, Neva Ruth Master of Arts 1933Duggan, Stephen Pierce Doctor of Laws 1933Ferry, Jr., Dexter Mason Master of Arts 1933Gauss, Christian Doctor of Laws 1933Johnston, John Black Doctor of Science 1933Kahn, Albert Doctor of Laws 1933McMath, Robert Reynolds Master of Arts 1933Merriam, John Campbell Doctor of Laws 1933Miller, Joseph Leggett Doctor of Science 1933Saarinen, Eliel Doctor of Architecture 1933Seabury, Samuel Doctor of Laws 1933Sullivan, Eugene Cornelius Doctor of Science 1933Taylor, Orla Benedict Doctor of Laws 1933Vance, John Thomas Master of Laws 1933Zeder, Fred Morrell Master of Engineering 1933Campbell, Douglas Houghto Doctor of Laws 1932Chase, Harry Woodburn Doctor of Laws 1932Crane, Augustus Warren Master of Arts 1932Grace, Sergius Paul Doctor of Engineering 1932Herrick, James Bryan Doctor of Laws 1932Hunt, Ormond Edson Master of Science in Engineering 1932Jones, Paul Master of Laws 1932Lothrop, Marcus Thomson Master of Science in Engineering 1932Marshall, Alfred Cookman Master of Science in Engineering 1932Miller, Walter Doctor of Letters 1932Mitchell, William DeWitt Doctor of Laws 1932
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Scott, James Brown Doctor of Laws 1932Sharpe, Nelson Doctor of Laws 1932Spaulding, Thomas Marshal Doctor of Letters 1932Warren, Lewis Eugene Master of Science 1932Wiest, Howard Doctor of Laws 1932Clapp, Earl Hart Doctor of Science 1928Gabrilowitsch, Ossip Doctor of Music 1928Gilbreth, Lilliam Moller Master of Engineering 1928Harper, Lathrop Colgate Master of Arts 1928Heiss, Charles Augustus Master of Arts 1928Keogh, Andrew Doctor of Letters 1928Kettering, Charles F. Doctor of Engineering 1928Mason, George DeWitt Master of Architecture 1928Mason, William Smith Doctor of Letters 1928Rowell, Chester Harvey Doctor of Laws 1928Abbott, Willis John Doctor of Humane Letters 1927Longworth, Nicholas Doctor of Laws 1927Richards, John Evan Doctor of Laws 1927Taussig, Frank William Doctor of Laws 1927Wagner, Frank Casper Doctor of Engineering 1927Whitney, Willis Rodney Doctor of Science 1927Wickersham, George W. Doctor of Laws 1927Ziwet, Alexander Doctor of Science 1927Dennis, Louis Munroe Doctor of Science 1926Ford, Henry Doctor of Engineering 1926Hayes, George Byron Master of Science 1926Jeffers, Frederick Albert Master of Arts 1926Lake, Kirsopp Doctor of Letters 1926Rosenberry, Marvin Briston Doctor of Laws 1926Sabin, Florence Rena Doctor of Science 1926Salmon, Lucy Maynard Doctor of Letters 1926Seltzer, Leonard Adam Master of Science 1926Stevens, Alviso Burdett Doctor of Science 1926Whyte, Sir Frederick Doctor of Laws 1926Blodgett, Mrs. Minnie Master of Arts 1925Booth, George G. Master of Arts 1925Corwin, Edward Samuel Doctor of Laws 1925Cushny,ArthurRobertson Doctor of Laws 1925Finley, John Huston Doctor of Laws 1925Hanus, Paul Henry Doctor of Laws 1925Hoskier, Herman Charles Master of Arts 1925Mead, Elwood Doctor of Laws 1925Swift, James Marcus Master of Laws 1925
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Vandenberg, Arthur H. Master of Arts 1925Bridges, Robert Doctor of Laws 1924Brown, Katherine Holland Master of Arts 1924Burch, Roussea Angelus Doctor of Laws 1924Cather, Willa Sibert Doctor of Letters 1924Cody, Frank Master of Arts 1924Dow, Alex Doctor of Engineering 1924Eames, Wilberforce Doctor of Laws 1924Frank, Glenn Doctor of Humane Letters 1924Morgan, Thomas Hunt Doctor of Science 1924Stock, Frederick A. Doctor of Music 1924West, Bina M. Master of Arts 1924Wright, Orville Doctor of Engineering 1924Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan Doctor of Laws 1923Cross, Wilbur Lucius Doctor of Humane Letters 1923Crozier, William Doctor of Engineering 1923De Schweinitz, George E. Doctor of Science 1923Eastman, Sidney Corning Master of Arts 1923Fosdick, Harry Emerson Doctor of Laws 1923Jameson, John Franklin Doctor of Laws 1923Lawson, Victor Fremont Doctor of Laws 1923Miller, John Barnes Master of Arts 1923Nordberg, Bruno V. Doctor of Engineering 1923Stevens, Frederick Waeir Doctor of Laws 1923Stevens, Henry N. Master of Arts 1923Vinogradoff, Paul Doctor of Laws 1923Willis, Josiah Wyatt Master of Arts 1923Barnes, Mortimer Grant Master of Engineering 1922Chapin, Roy Dikeman Master of Arts 1922Frost, Robert Master of Arts 1922Grandgent, Charles Hall Doctor of Humane Letters 1922Grieves, Clarence Jones Master of Arts 1922Groesbeck, Alexander J. Doctor of Laws 1922Hughes, Charles Evans Doctor of Laws 1922Lewis, Thomas Doctor of Science 1922Smith, Erwin Frank Doctor of Laws 1922Todd, Albert May Master of Arts 1922Veasey, James A. Master of Laws 1922Canright, Harry Lee Master of Arts 1921Channing, Edward Doctor of Laws 1921Comstock, Ada Louise Doctor of Laws 1921Duffy, James Eugene Master of Arts 1921Fiske, Bradley Allen Doctor of Laws 1921
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Geddes, Auckland Campbel Doctor of Laws 1921Hutchins, Harry Burns Doctor of Laws 1921Malcolm, George Arthur J.D 1921Stefanson, Vilhjalmur Doctor of Laws 1921Stitt, Edward Rhodes Doctor of Laws 1921Burton, Marion Leroy Doctor of Laws 1920Crowder, Enoch Herbert Doctor of Laws 1920Ford, Worthington C. Doctor of Laws 1920Gay, Edwin Francis Doctor of Laws 1920Ireland, Merritte Weber Master of Arts 1920Kahn, Ida Master of Arts 1920Leland, Henry Martyn Doctor of Engineering 1920Steere, Joseph Hall Doctor of Laws 1920Budge, Alfred Master of Arts 1919Crocker, Herbert Samuel Master of Engineering 1919DeNancrede, Charles B. Doctor of Laws 1919Elliott, Isaac Hughes Master of Arts 1919Green, Andrew Heatley Master of Engineering 1919Hyvernat, Henry Eugene Doctor of Humane Letters 1919Kahn, Otto Herman Doctor of Laws 1919Keppel, Frederick Paul Doctor of Laws 1919Kirchner, Otto Doctor of Laws 1919Mercier, Cardinal Desire Doctor of Laws 1919Ohlinger, Gustavus A. Master of Arts 1919Perry, Stuart Hoffman Master of Arts 1919Raymond, William Galt Doctor of Engineering 1919Sharp, William Graves Doctor of Laws 1919Swift, Lucius Burrie Doctor of Laws 1919Beck, James Montgomery Doctor of Laws 1918Bryant, William Lowe Doctor of Laws 1918Clay, Brutus Junius Master of Arts 1918Davis Jesse Buttrick Master of Arts 1918Falconer, Robert Alexander Doctor of Laws 1918Foote, James Berry Master of Engineering 1918Jennings, Herbert Spencer Doctor of Science 1918Joly, John Doctor of Laws 1918Jones, Henry Doctor of Laws 1918Lauzanne, M. Stephane Doctor of Humane Letters 1918Miers, Henry Alexander Doctor of Laws 1918Shipley, Arthur Everett Doctor of Laws 1918Sidgwick, Rose Doctor of Humane Letters 1918Spurgeon, Caroline Doctor of Humane Letters 1918Walker, Edward Mewburn Doctor of Laws 1918
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Williams, Gardner Fred Doctor of Engineering 1918Wood, Leonard Doctor of Laws 1918Birmingham, Henry Patrick Master of Arts 1917Braisted, William Clarence Doctor of Laws 1917Coffin, Howard Earl Doctor of Engineering 1917Dercle, Charles Master of Arts 1917Farrand, Livingston Doctor of Laws 1917Gilmour, John Master of Arts 1917Goodwin, Thomas Master of Arts 1917Rist, Edouard Master of Arts 1917Sutherland, Alexander G. Doctor of Laws 1917Winship, George Parker Doctor of Humane Letters 1917Campbell, Henry Munroe Doctor of Laws 1916Denison, Arthur Carter Doctor of Laws 1916Dunn, William LeRoy Master of Arts 1916Gilbert, Cass Doctor of Laws 1916Goffe, James Riddle Master of Arts 1916Hill, Albert Ross Doctor of Laws 1916Moorehead, Frederick B. Master of Science 1916Reed, Frank Fremont Doctor of Laws 1916Sabin, Louis Carlton Master of Engineering 1916Thomas, Charles Spalding Doctor of Laws 1916Warren, Charles Beecher Master of Arts 1916Watson, John Doctor of Humane Letters 1916Angell, Alexis Caswell Doctor of Laws 1915Cattell, David Mahlon Master of Arts 1915Cooley, Lyman Edgar Doctor of Engineering 1915Darling, John Henry Doctor of Engineering 1915Fischer, Arthur Ferdinand Master of Arts 1915Garwood, Ralph Stillman Master of Arts 1915Goodale, George Pomeroy Master of Arts 1915Hemp!, George Doctor of Laws 1915Jenks, William Lee Master of Arts 1915Sears, William Bernard Master of Engineering 1915Shorey, Paul Doctor of Laws 1915Skeel, Roland Edward Master of Arts 1915Talbot, Arthur Newell Doctor of Engineering 1915Thompson, William Oxley Doctor of Laws 1915Adams, Franklin P. Master of Arts 1914Baker, Francis Elisha Doctor of Laws 1914Brunnow, Rudolph Ernest Doctor of Laws 1914Clark, Annie Duxberry Master of Arts 1914Crew, Henry Doctor of Science 1914
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Follett, William W. Master of Engineering 1914Hulbert, Henry S Master of Laws 1914Hulst, Cornelia Steketee Master of Arts 1914Jackson, Victor Hugo Master of Arts 1914James, Edmund Janes Doctor of Laws 1914Mitchell, Andrew Stuart Master of Science 1914Preble, Robert Bruce Master of Arts 1914Smith, Dean Tyler Master of Science 1914Tuthill, Job Master of Engineering 1914Williams, Benezette Master of Engineering 1914Worcester, Dean Conant Doctor of Science 1914Zane, John Maxcy Doctor of Laws 1914Blue, Rupert Doctor of Public Health 1913Brown, Charles Carroll Master of Arts 1913Carpenter, William Leland Doctor of Laws 1913Cole, Rossetter Gleason Master of Arts 1913Decker, Edward Harris Bachelor of Arts 1913Dewey, John Doctor of Laws 1913DeWitt, Lydia Maria Master of Arts 1913Eisenmann, John Master of Arts 1913Ferris, Woodbridge Nathan Doctor of Laws 1913French, Walter Hiram Master of Science 1913Friedman, Carl Kimball Bachelor of Arts 1913Gemmell, Robert Campbell Master of Engineering 1913Hektoen, Ludvig Doctor of Science 1913Kastl, Alexander Edward Master of Engineering 1913Klotz, Otto Julius Doctor of Science 1913Knappen, Loyal Edwin Doctor of Laws 1913Kremers, Edward Doctor of Science 1913Leuschner, Armin Otto Doctor of Science 1913Loud, Henry Nelson Bachelor of Arts 1913McGraw, Stanley Dickinson Bachelor of Arts 1913Melchers, Gari Doctor of Laws 1913Mendel, Lafayette B. Doctor of Science 1913Miner, Selden Spencer Bachelor of Laws 1913Pound, Roscoe Doctor of Laws 1913Price, Weston Andrew Master of Science 1913Ripley, Henry Clay Doctor of Engineering 1913Roe, John Orlando Doctor of Laws 1913VanHoosen, Bertha Master of Arts 1913Vincent, George Edgar Doctor of Laws 1913Able, John Jacob Doctor of Science 1912Angell, James Burrill Doctor of Laws 1912
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Bacon, Frederick Hampden Bachelor of Arts 1912Benzenberg, George Henry Doctor of Engineering 1912Bigelow, Melville Madison Doctor of Laws 1912Brush, Charles Francis Doctor of Science 1912Burch, Charles Sumner Doctor of Laws 1912Carhart, Henry Smith Doctor of Laws 1912Davis, Harry Compton Bachelor of Laws 1912Davis, Joseph Baker Master of Arts 1912Donovan, Cornelius Doctor of Engineering 1912Fay, Edward Allen Doctor of Science 1912Gifford, Harold Master of Arts 1912Heineman, David Emil Master of Arts 1912Howell, William Henry Doctor of Laws 1912Kaye, James Hamilton Master of Arts 1912King, Harry Eldridge Bachelor of Laws 1912Lamont, Robert Patterson Master of Arts 1912Landmann, Otto Master of Arts 1912Lightner, Clarence Ashley Master of Arts 1912MacMillan, Lincoln Bachelor of Arts 1912Mclaughlin, Andrew C. Doctor of Laws 1912McMurrich, James Playfair Doctor of Laws 1912Mechem, Floyd Russell Doctor of Laws 1912Prinz, Herman Master of Arts 1912Sewall, Henry Doctor of Science 1912Smith, Clement McDonald Bachelor of Laws 1912Turner, Madelon Louisa Master of Arts 1912Walker, Bryant Doctor of Science 1912Warriner, Eugene Clarence Master of Arts 1912Weeks, John Elmer Doctor of Science 1912Wood, James Craven Master of Arts 1912Woodward, Robert Simpson Doctor of Laws 1912Babst, Earl D. Master of Arts 1911Canfield, George Lewis Bachelor of Arts 1911Evans, Williams Augustus Doctor of Public Health 1911Geisler, Joseph Frank Doctor of Science 1911Hill, Louis Clarence Master of Engineering 1911Judson, Harry Pratt Doctor of Laws 1911Kiefer, Guy Lincoln Doctor of Public Health 1911McCabe, Albert Eugene Bachelor of Laws 1911Osborn, Chase Salmon Doctor of Laws 1911Park, Samuel Culber Bachelor of Arts 1911Pond, Allen Bartlit Master of Arts 1911Pond, Irving Kane Master of Arts 1911
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Prout, Henry Goslee Doctor of Laws 1911Ripley, Joseph Master of Engineering 1911Thayer, Rufus Hildreth Doctor of Laws 1911Webster, John Robinson Bachelor of Arts 1911Babcock, Robert Hall Doctor of Laws 1910Denney, Joseph Villiers Master of Arts 1910Fletcher, Frank Ward Master of Arts 1910Hamilton, Alice Master of Arts 1910Harison, Beverly Drake Master of Arts 1910Harriman, Karl Edwin Bachelor of Arts 1910Hosmer, George Stedman Doctor of Laws 1910Kidd, James Harvey Doctor of Laws 1910May, Thomas Master of Arts 1910McAlvay, Aaron Vance Doctor of Laws 1910Moore, George Whitney Bachelor of Laws 1910Rogers, Edward Sidney Master of Laws 1910Rosencrans, William Henry Bachelor of Science in Civil En. 1910Russell, Walter Scott Master of Engineering 1910Sabin, Marden Master of Arts 1910Blair, Charles Austin Doctor of Laws 1909Haff, Delbert James Master of Arts 1909Howison, George Holmes Doctor of Laws 1909Kendall, Clavin Noyes Master of Arts 1909Shafroth, John Franklin Doctor of Laws 1909Courtney, Walter Master of Arts 1908Kirby, Frank Eugeue Doctor of Engineering 1908Mall, Franklin Paine Doctor of Science 1908Mayo, William James Doctor of Science 1908O'Brien, Thomas James Doctor of Laws 1908Olcott, William James Master of Arts 1908Snyder, Jonathan Le Doctor of Laws 1908Williams, Calvin Scott Master of Arts 1908Wright, Luther L. Master of Arts 1908Aldrich, Edgar Doctor of Laws 1907Ballore, Comte de, Fernand Doctor of Laws 1907Barnard, Job Doctor of Laws 1907Cochran, Carlos Bingham Doctor of Science 1907Comstock, George Cary Doctor of Science 1907Cutting, Charles Sidney Doctor of Laws 1907Del Valle, Raphael Bachelor of Science Pharmacy 1907Herrick, James Bryan Master of Arts 1907MacNaughton, James Bachelor of Science in Civil En. 1907Carman, George Nobel Master of Arts 1906
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Christian, Edmund Adolph Master of Arts 1906Dudley, Charles Ashman Master of Arts 1906Grawn, Charles Theodore Master of Arts 1906Locy, William Albert Doctor of Science 1906Burton, Clarence Monroe Master of Arts 1905Campbell, William Wallace Doctor of Science 1905McGraw, Theodore Andrew Doctor of Laws 1905Pritchett, Henry Smith Doctor of Laws 1905Spencer, Mary Clare Master of Arts 1905Warner, William Doctor of Laws 1905Freer, Charles Lang Master of Arts 1904Gayley, Charles Mills Doctor of Laws 1904Gerrish, Frederic Henry Doctor of Laws 1904Maxwell, Lawrence Doctor of Laws 1904Millspaugh, Jesse Fonda Master of Arts 1904Munson, James Decker Master of Arts 1904Thomas, Calvin Doctor of Laws 1904Williams, Gershom Mott Master of Arts 1904Able, John Jacob Master of Arts 1903Barbosa, Jose Celos Master of Arts 1903Carrow, Fleming Master of Arts 1903Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple Doctor of Laws 1903Morrissey, Andrew Doctor of Laws 1903Quarles, Joseph Very Doctor of Laws 1903Wanty, George Proctor Master of Arts 1903White, Stewart Edward Master of Arts 1903Alvord, Austin White Master of Arts 1902Barbour, Florus Alonzo Master of Arts 1902Beadle, William Henry Doctor of Laws 1902Kiefer, Hermann M.D. 1902Moses, Bernard Doctor of Laws 1902Reed, Walter Doctor of Laws 1902Sherrard, Harry Gary Master of Arts 1902Swan, Henry Harrison Doctor of Laws 1902Bliss, Frederick Leroy Master of Arts 1901McGowan, Jonas Hartzel Doctor of Laws 1901Smith, Joseph Rowe Doctor of Laws 1901Spring, Alfred Doctor of Laws 1901Stearns, Frederick Master of Arts 1901White, Joseph Mandeville Master of Arts 1901Wilson, Bluford Bachelor of Arts 1901Barr, Robert Master of Arts 1900Dewey, Richard Smith Master of Arts 1900
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Kedzie, Robert Clark Doctor of Laws 1900Mall, Franklin Paine Master of Arts 1900Mayo, William James Master of Arts 1900Phelps, Abel Mix Master of Arts 1900Pilcher, Lewis Stephen Doctor of Laws 1900Pomeroy, Emmet Hall Master of Arts 1900Robinson, Albert Alonzo Doctor of Laws 1900Vaughan, Victor Clarence Doctor of Laws 1900Washburn, George Doctor of Laws 1900White, Peter Master of Arts 1900Brush, Charles Francis Master of Science 1899Campbell, William Wallace Master of Science 1899Hazard, Caroline Master of Arts 1899Kent, Charles Artemas Doctor of Laws 1899Day, William Rufus Doctor of Laws 1898Jacobi, Abraham Doctor of Laws 1898Long, Oscar Russell M.D. 1898Waterloo, Stanley Master of Arts 1898Doolittle, Charles Leander Doctor of Science 1897Hull, Lawrence Cameron Master of Arts 1897Miner, Maurice Ashbel Master of Pharm. 1897Putnam, Daniel Doctor of Laws 1897Severens, Henry Franklin Doctor of Laws 1897Story, Robert Herbert Doctor of Laws 1897Wheeler, Ebenezer Smith Master of Science 1897Woelfflin, Edward R. Doctor of Laws 1897Hanchett, Benton Doctor of Laws 1896Mark, Edward Laurens Doctor of Laws 1896McLaughlin, Andrew C. Master of Arts 1896Prescott, Albert B. Doctor of Laws 1896Quinby, William Emory Doctor of Laws 1896Sayre, Lucius Elmer Bachelor of Science in Pharma 1896Chapin, Angie Clara Master of Arts 1895Frackelton, William S. Master of Arts 1895Hurd, Henry Mills Doctor of Laws 1895McMurdy, Robert Henry Master of Laws 1895Nobel, Alfred Doctor of Laws 1895Poppleton, Andrew Jackson Master of Arts 1895Ranson, Wyllys Cadwell Master of Arts 1895Harrington, Mark Walrod Doctor of Laws 1894Kirchner, Otto Master of Arts 1894Mechem, Floyd Russell Master of Arts 1894O'Brien, Frank Master of Arts 1894
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Palmer, George Herbert Doctor of Laws 1894Sternberg, George Miller Doctor of Laws 1894Aldrich, Charles Henry Master of Arts 1893DeNancrede, Charles B. Master of Arts 1893Hamilton, Alice M.D. 1893Maxwell, Lawrence Bachelor of Science 1893Schaeberle, John Martin Master of Science 1893Langley, John Williams Ph.D. 1892Woodward, John S. Ph.D. 1892Bayard, Thomas Francis Doctor of Laws 1891Grant, Claudius Buchanan Doctor of Laws 1891Lewis, Isaiah Giles Master of Phar. 1891Swan, Henry Harrison Master of Arts 1891Baker, Henry Brooks Master of Arts 1890Blair, Austin Doctor of Laws 1890Howell, William Henry M.D. 1890Stanley, Albert Augustus Master of Arts 1890Stone, Lucinda Hinsdale Ph.D. 1890D'Ooge, Martin Luther Doctor of Laws 1889Horton, Albert Howell Doctor of Laws 1889McKinstry, Elisha Williams Doctor of Laws 1889Abbe, Cleveland Doctor of Laws 1888Payne, William Harold Doctor of Laws 1888Sewall, Henry M.D. 1888Brown, Henry Billings Doctor of Laws 1887Bryce, James Doctor of Laws 1887Chamberlin, Thomas C. Doctor of Laws 1887Champlin, John Wayne Doctor of Laws 1887Daniel, John Warwick Doctor of Laws 1887Gray, Asa Doctor of Laws 1887Hall, Grandville Stanley Doctor of Laws 1887Harris, Samuel Smith Doctor of Laws 1887High, James Lambert Doctor of Laws 1887Hilgard, Eugene Waldemar Doctor of Laws 1887Joy, James Frederick Doctor of Laws 1887Lippincott, Joshua Allen Doctor of Laws 1887MacFarlane, Alexander Doctor of Laws 1887Mendenhall, Thomas Corwi Doctor of Laws 1887Michaelis, Otto Ernest Ph.D. 1887Miller, Samuel Freeman Doctor of Laws 1887Pickering, Edward Charles Doctor of Laws 1887Trowbridge, William Petit Doctor of Laws 1887Winsor, Justin Doctor of Laws 1887
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Davis, Cushman Kellogg Doctor of Laws 1886Hart, Sir Robert Doctor of Laws 1886Prescott, Albert B. Ph.D. 1886Toyama, Masakazu Master of Arts 1886Cooley, Mortimer Elwyn Master of Engineering 1885Frieze, Henry Simmons Doctor of Laws 1885Miller, Willoughby D. Doctor of Philosophy 1885Parsons, Henry Betts Master of Phar. 1885Greene, Charles Ezra Civil Engineering 1884Nelson, Theodore Master of Arts 1884Cooke, Philip St. George Master of Arts 1883Dolbear, Amos Emerson Doctor of Philosophy 1883Graves, Benjamin Franklin Doctor of Laws 1883Hegeler, Edward Charles Master of Arts 1883Langley, Samuel Pierpont Doctor of Laws 1883Chamberlin, Thomas C. Ph.D. 1882Cochran, Varnum Barstow Master of Arts 1882Freeman, Alice Elvira Doctor of Philosophy 1882Richards, Abraham Edmun Master of Arts 1882Andrews, Edmund Doctor of Laws 1881Davis, Raymond Cazallis Master of Arts 1881Ford, Corydon La Doctor of Laws 1881Morris, George Sylvester Doctor of Philosophy 1881Palmer, Alonzo Benjamin Doctor of Laws 1881Rogers, Randolph Master of Arts 1881Taft, Jonathan M.D. 1881Beal, William James Doctor of Philosophy 1880Horton, Edward Augustus Master of Arts 1880Trowbridge, Tillman C. Doctor of Laws 1880Barnum, William Henry Master of Arts 1879Ewell, Marshall Davis Doctor of Laws 1879Finch, John Wesley D.D.S. 1879Fiske, Lewis Ransom Doctoro of Laws 1879Wheeler, Orlando Belina Civil Engineering 1879Welch, Adonijah Strong Doctor of Laws 1878Langley, John Williams M.D. 1877Ripley, George Doctor of Laws 1875Steere, Joseph Beal Ph.D. 1875Walker, Charles, Irish Doctor of Laws 1874Cooley, Thomas Mcintyre Doctor of Laws 1873Hennequin, Alfred Master of Arts 1873Lossing, Benson John Doctor of Laws 1872Payne, William Harold Master of Arts 1872
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Upjohn, William M.D. 1872Abbott, Theophilus Capen Doctor of Laws 1871Steinmetz, Jacob Lieber Master of Arts 1871Ingham, Oscar Solomon Master of Arts 1870Sill, John Mahelm Master of Arts 1870Turner, Jerome Willard Master of Arts 1870Belden, William Henry Master of Arts 1869Norris, Lyman Decatur Master of Arts 1869Slocum, Elliott Truax Master of Arts 1869Boise, James Robinson Doctor of Laws 1868Harris, Joseph Master of Science 1868Newton, Hubert Anson Doctor of Laws 1868Sarmiento, Domingo F. Doctor of Laws 1868White, Andrew Dickson Doctor of Laws 1867Baxter, Witter Johnson Master of Arts 1866Campbell, James Valentine Doctor of Laws 1866Everts, Orpheus M.D. 1865Bradish, Alvah Master of Arts 1852Sager, Abram Master of Arts 1852Welch, Adonijah Strong Master of Arts 1852Hendrick, Earle Raymond Doctor of Science 1836