Honorary Degrees

2024

• Cohen, Mandy Krauthamer (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Dorrien, Gary (Doctor of Divinity)
• Sumner, Jean Rawlings (Doctor of Science)
• Pace, Cathy (Doctor of Business Administration)

2023

• Acosta, David Alexander (Doctor of Science)
• Culp, Jr., H. Lawrence “Larry” (Doctor of Business Administration)
• Lucas, Kimberly “Kym” (Doctor of Divinity)
• Noe, Kathy Killian (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2022

• Biggs, Loretta Copeland (Doctor of Laws)
• Glaude, Jr., Eddie S. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Martin, Kelsey C. (Doctor of Science)
• Rogers, Rodney (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Upchurch, Jr., W. Howard (Doctor of Business Administration)

2021

• Ford, Henri Ronald (Doctor of Science)
• Gibbons (’79), Thomas P. (Doctor of Laws)
• Hatch, Nathan Orr (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2019

• Chambers, Julius (Doctor of Laws)
• Davis, Jeffrey A. (Doctor of Laws)
• Haugen, Gary A. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Hayden, Carla Diane (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Ouelette, Sandra Maree (Doctor of Science)
• Pizzo, Dr. Philip A. (Doctor of Science)
• Ryan, Frederick J. (Doctor of Laws)

2018

• Dolan, Cardinal Timothy Michael (Doctor of Laws)
• Harris, Carla Ann (Doctor of Laws)
• Porterfield, Daniel R. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Faison, III, Vice Admiral C. Forrest (Doctor of Science)
• Joel, Lawrence (Doctor of Laws)
• Sager, Thomas L. (Doctor of Laws)

2017

• Benjamin, Dr. Regina M. (Doctor of Science)
• Gupta, Anil Rai (Doctor of Laws)
• Howard, Vivian (Doctor of Letters)
• Sexton, John (Doctor of Laws)
• Meacham, Jon (Doctor of Letters)
• Noe, Kathy Killian (Doctor of Divinity)
• Stevenson, Bryan (Doctor of Laws)

2016

• Barnes, Rev. Dr. M. Craig (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Burke, Ms. Vivian H. (Doctor of Laws)
• Levin, Dr. Richard I. (Doctor of Science)
• Mahoney, Mr. Michael F. (Doctor of Laws)
• Patel, Dr. Eboo (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2015

• Brito, Mr. Carlos (Doctor of Laws)
• Colbert, Mr. Stephen (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Thibault, Dr. George E. (Doctor of Science)
• Walton, Dr. Jonathan (Doctor of Divinity)

2014

• Abramson, Ms. Jill (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Rogers, Ms. Melissa (Doctor of Divinity)
• Murray, Honorable Mr. Justice John L. (Doctor of Laws)
• Nasca, Dr. Thomas J. (Doctor of Science)

2013

• Ifill, Ms. Gwen (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Woo, Ms. Carolyn Y. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Farrell. Mr. Michael A.J. (Doctor of Laws)
• Murguia, Ms. Janet (Doctor of Laws)
• Wilkes, Mr. David S. (Doctor of Science)

2012

• Ergen, Mr. Charles (Doctor of Laws)
• Lacy, Ms. Elizabeth B. (Doctor of Laws)
• May, Mr. Willie E. (Doctor of Science)
• Reckford, Mr. Jonathan (Doctor of Humanities)
• Wiseman, Mr. Eric C. (Doctor of Laws)

2011

• Chopp, Ms. Rebecca S. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Nooyi, Ms. Indra K. (Doctor of Laws)
• Suter, Mr. William K. (Doctor of Laws)
• Von Eschenbach, Mr. Andrew C. (Doctor of Science)

2010

• Chenault, Mr. Kenneth I. (Doctor of Laws)

2009

• Biden, Vice President Joe (Doctor of Laws)
• Holding, Mr. Frank Brown (Doctor of Laws)
• Joines, Mayor Allen (Doctor of Laws)
• Krugman, Dr. Richard David (Doctor of Science)
• Lundblad, Rev. Barbara K. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Marriot Jr., Mr. John Willard “Bill” (Doctor of Laws)
• Russert, Mr. Tim (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Schoomaker, Lt. Gen. Eric B. (Doctor of Science)

2008

• Dionne Jr., Mr. E.J. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• DeAngelis, Dr. Catherine (Doctor of Science)
• McKenzie, Right Rev. Vashti (Doctor of Divinity)
• Noll, Mr. Richard (Doctor of Laws)
• Talent, Mr. James (Doctor of Laws)
• Wuthnow, Mr. Robert (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2007

• Brooks, Mr. Robert (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Bumpers, Mr. Dale (Doctor of Laws)
• Hehir, Rev. J. Bryan (Doctor of Divinity)
• Martin Sr., Mr. Harold L. (Doctore of Laws)
• Schutz, Mr. Wolfgang (Doctor of Science)
• Scott, Ms. Anne Firor (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2006

• Orenstein, M.D., Dr. Walter A. (Doctor of Science)
• Taylor, Rev. Barbara Brown (Doctor of Divinity)
• Warner, Mr. Mark (Doctor of Laws)
• Zerhouni, M.D., Dr. Elias A. (Doctor of Science)

2005

• Hill, Mr. Oliver White (Doctor of Laws)
• Lown, Dr. Bernard (Doctor of Science)
• Piscal, Mr. Michael Dennis (Doctor of Humanities)

2004

• Brown, Ms. Geneva B. (Doctor of Humanities)
• Claypool, Mr. John R. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Elders, Ms. M. Joycelyn (Doctor of Science)
• Lockwood, Mr. Lewis (Doctor of Fine Arts)
• Powell, U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. (Doctor of Humanities)

2003

• Barnett, Ms. Marha W. (Doctor of Laws)
• Bloomberg, Mayor Michael (Doctor of Laws)
• Carmona, Mr. Richard (Doctor of Science)
• Marty, Mr. Martin E. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Olson, Mr. Eric (Doctor of Science)

2002

• Abrams, Mr. Floyd (Doctor of Laws)
• Edelman, Ms. Marian Wright (Doctor of Humanities)
• Kirby, Mr. Fred (Doctor of Laws)
• McCain, Senator John (Doctor of Laws)
• Satcher, Dr. David (Doctor of Science)

2001

• Hytche, Mr. William P. (Doctor of Laws)
• Isepp, Mr. Martin (Doctor of Fine Arts)

2000

• Buechner, Rev. Frederick (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Chambers, Mr. John (Doctor of Laws)
• Howard, Mr. A.E. Dick (Doctor of Laws)
• Lambeth, Mr. Thomas (Doctor of Laws)
• Lenfant, Dr. Claude (Doctor of Science)
• Lewis, Ms. Helen (Doctor of Divinity)

1999

• Arinze, Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis (Doctor of Divinity)
• Darman, Mr. Richard (Doctor of Laws)
• DeBakey, Mr. Michael (Doctor of Science)
• McCain, Ms. Betty (Doctor of Humanities)
• Young, Mr. Andrew (Doctor of Laws)

1998

• Barnette, Mr. Henlee Hulix
• Bowles, Mr. Erskine
• Campbell, Ms. Joan Brown
• Corrigan, Mr. Eugene Francis
• Fauci, Dr. Anthony Stephen
• Linney, Mr. Romulusu

1997

• Cohen, Dr. Jordan Jay (Doctor of Science)
• Gerstner Jr., Mr. Louis V. (Doctor of Laws)
• Kulynych, Mr. Petro (Doctor of Laws)
• Marrett, Ms. Cora Bagley (Doctor of Humanities)
• Morrison, Ms. Toni (Doctor of Letters)
• Tribble, Ms. Phyllis (Doctor of Divinity)

1996

• Britt, Ms. Virginia Niblock (Doctor of Divinity)
• Hatfield, Mr. Weston Poole (Doctor of Laws)
• Mason, Mr. James Walter (Doctor of Laws)
• Naudé, Mr. Christian Frederick Beyers (Doctor of divinity)
• Nunn, Mr. Sam (Doctor of Laws)
• Platzer, Mr. Werner (Doctor of Science)
• Sullivan, Mr. Louis Wade (Doctor of Science)
• Ward, Honorable Hiram Hamilton (Doctor of Law)

1995

• Horton, Mr. Frank L.
• Lawrence, Mr. Jacob
• Smith, Mr. Roy J.
• Sticht, Mr. J. Paul
• Verba, Ms. Sidney
• Woodruff, Ms. Judy

1994

• Brenner, Mr. Herbert
• Elion, Ms. Gertrude B.
• Gaines, Mr. Clarence E. “Bighouse”
• Merhige Jr., Mr. Robert R.

1993

• Glenn, Mr. James K. (Doctor of Laws)
• Hesburgh, Rev. Theodore M. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Marshall, Ms. Paule (Doctor of Letters)
• Sasaki, Mr. Shogo (Doctor of Science)
• Walker, Mr. LeRoy T. (Doctor of Laws)

1992

• Clancy, Mr. Tom (Doctor of Letters)
• Fitzgerald, Rev. F. Sue (Doctor of Divinity)
• Hanes, Mr. J. Gordon (Doctor of Laws)
• Hunt, Mr. James C. (Doctor of Science)
• Niven, Ms. Penelope E. (Doctor of Letters)

1991

• Hough Jr., Mr. Joseph C. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Hunt, Mr. Albert R. (Doctor of Letters)
• Neal, Wilder and Mr. Stephen L. (Doctor of Laws)

1990

• Bryant, Mr. David R.
• Fuller, Mr. Millard D.
• Hanes Jr., Mr. R. Philip
• Norton, Ms. Eleanor Holmes
• Puckett, Mr. R. Gene

1989

• Adams, Mr. Maynard (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Bradlee, Mr. Benjamin (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Foote, Brig. Gen. Evelyn Patricia (Doctor of Laws)
• Hayes, Mr. Harold T.P. (Doctor of Letters)
• Hobbs, Mr. Dewey (Doctor of Divinity)
• Smith, Mr. Zachary (Doctor of Laws)

1987

• Bennet, Bert L. (Doctor of Laws)
• Burke, Ms. Selma Hortense (Doctor of Fine Arts)
• Lewis, Ms. Eloise Rallings (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Martin, James Grubbs “Jim” (Doctor of Laws)
• Whitaker, Mr. Bruce Ezell (Doctor of Laws)

1986

• Franklin, Mr. John Hope (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Handy, Mr. Robert T. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Patrick, Ms. Ruth (Doctor of Science)
• Petersdorf, Mr. Robert G. (Doctor of Science)
• Trudeau, Mr. Garry (Doctor of Letters)

1985

• Bennett, Mr. Harold Clark (Doctor of Divinity)
• Cooper, Mr. John Allen Dicks (Doctor of Science)
• Hill, Ms. Helen (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Jordan Jr., Mr. Vernon (Doctor of Laws)
• Park, Mr. Roy H. (Doctor of Laws)

1984

• Campbell, Mr. Will Davis (Doctor of Humanities)
• Clark, Ms. Eleanor (Doctor of Letters)
• Davis, Mr. Thomas H. (Doctor of Laws)
• Mellinkoff, Mr. Sherman M. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1983

• Adler, Mr. Samuel H. (Doctor of Fine Arts)
• Branch, Mr. Joseph (Doctor of Laws)
• Futrell, Ms. Louise (Doctor of Humanities)
• Gilbert, Mr. John William (Doctor of Laws)
• Wagoner, Mr. Walter Raleigh (Doctor of Divinities)

1982

• Barrett, Mr. John G. (Doctor of Letters)
• Cashwell Jr., Mr. Thomas L. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Hunt Jr., Mr. James B. (Doctor of Laws)
• Moon, Ms. Hazel Frances (Doctor of Humanities)
• Wofford, Mr. Harris L. (Doctor of Laws)

1981

• Blair, Mr. John Fries (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Crouch, Mr. William Henry (Doctor of Divinity)
• Frank, Mr. Stanley (Doctor of Humanities)
• Wagoner, Mr. William Hampton (Doctor of Laws)

1980

• Baker, Mr. Russell W. (Doctor of Letters)
• Campbell, Mr. Frank R. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Cuninggim, Mr. Merrimon (Doctor of Humanities)
• DeVries, Mr. Peter (Doctor of Letters)
• Ford, Mr. Gerald R. (Doctor of Laws)
• Harris, Mr. Charles U. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1979

• Hill Jr., Mr. Samuel Richardson (Doctor of Science)
• Jay, Mr. Peter (Doctor of Letters)
• Price, Mr. Reynolds (Doctor of Letters)
• Worrell, Mr. T. Eugene (Doctor of Humanities)

1978

• Alexander Jr., Mr. Clifford L. (Doctor of Laws)
• Debo, Ms. Angie (Doctor of Letters)
• Harris, Mr. Shearon (Doctor of Laws)
• McMahon, Mr. John Alexander (Doctor of Laws)
• Routh, Mr. Porter (Doctor of Divinity)

1977

• Angelou, Ms. Maya (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Larkins Jr., Mr. John D. (Doctor of Laws)
• Mayer, Mr. Martin (Doctor of Letters)
• Stokes, Mr. Colin (Doctor of Laws)
• Thompson Jr., Mr. Frank (Doctor of Humanities)

1976

• Cleary, Ms. Jude (Doctor of Divinity)
• Cone, Ms. Bonnie Ethel (Doctor of Humanities)
• Harris, Ms. Rosemary (Doctor of Fine Arts)
• Hirshhorn, Mr. Joseph H. (Doctor of Fine Arts)
• Lindgren, Mr. Robert (Doctor of Fine Arts)
• Pignatti, Mr. Terisio (Doctor of Fine Arts)
• Rubinstein, Mr. Arthur (Doctor of Fine Arts)
• Van Alstyne, Mr. William W. (Doctor of Laws)
• Wicker, Mr. Thomas G. (Doctor of Letters)

1975

• Crouch, Mr. William Perry (Doctor of Divinity)
• Howell, Mr. Claude F. (Doctor of Humanities)
• Jordan, Ms. Barbara (Doctor of Laws)
• Powell Jr., Mr. Lewis F. (Doctor of Laws)
• Woodhall, Mr. Barnes (Doctor of Science)

1974

• Cooper, Mr. Owen (Doctor of Humanities)
• Ellison, Mr. Ralph Waldo (Doctor of Letters)
• Hayes Sr., Mr. James M. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Hester, Mr. James Montgomery (Doctor of Divinity)
• Weinberg, Mr. Alvin M. (Doctor of Science)

1973

• Carroll, Mr. Wallace (Doctor of Letters)
• Daniel, Ms. Margaret Truman (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Finlator, Mr. William W. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Griffiths, Mr. Phillip A. (Doctor of Science)
• Hanes, Mr. Ralph P. (Doctor of Law)

1972

• Ammons, Mr. A. R. (Doctor of Letters)
• Archie, Mr. William C. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Bates, Mr. Carl E. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Forsyth, Ms. Anne Reynolds (Doctor of Humanities)

1971

• Ervin Jr., Mr. Sam J. (Doctor of Laws)
• Fisher, Mr. Benjamin C. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Huntley, Mr. Robert E.R. (Doctor of Laws)
• Lolley, Mr. W. Randall (Doctor of Divinity)

1970

• Aung, Mr. Maung Htin (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Butler Jr., Mr. Albert L. (Doctor of Laws)
• Marsh, Mr. Lex (Doctor of Laws)
• Moyers, Mr. Bill D. (Doctor of Letters)
• Palmer, Mr. Arnold D. (Doctor of Laws)

1969

• Bree, Ms. Germaine (Doctor of Letters)
• Britt, Mr. David M. (Doctor of Laws)
• Martin, Mr. Graham A. (Doctor of Laws)
• Watlington Jr., Mr. John F. (Doctor of Laws)
• Webb, Mr. James E. (Doctor of Science)

1968

• Adams, Mr. Theodore Floyd (Doctor of Divinity)
• Chandler, Mr. John W. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
• Moore, Mr. Dan K. (Doctor of Laws)
• Whitaker, Mr. John C. (Doctor of Laws)

1967

• Aldrich, Mr. A. Douglas (Doctor of Divinity)
• Davis, Mr. Archibald K. (Doctor of Laws)
• Eaton, Mr. Clement (Doctor of Literature)
• Heilman, Mr. Bruce (Doctor of Laws)
• Reynolds, Ms. Nancy Susan (Doctor of Humanities)

1966

• Creech Jr., Mr. Oscar (Doctor of Science)
• Ford, Mr. Howard J. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Giannini, Mr. Vittorio (Doctor of Laws)
• Pfohl, Mr. J. Kenneth (Doctor of Divinity)

1965

• Carr, Mr. Warren Tyree (Doctor of Divinity)
• Jones, Mr. English E. (Doctor of Laws)
• Martin Jr., Mr. James Alfred (Doctor of Literature)
• Sanford, Mr. Terry (Doctor of Laws)
• Sharpe, Ms. Susie Marshall (Doctor of Laws)

1964

• Knight, Mr. Douglas Maitland (Doctor of Literature)
• Potter, Mr. James Samuel (Doctor of Divinity)
• Shannon Jr., Mr. Edgar Finley (Doctor of Humanities)
• Stanley, Mr. Edwin Monroe (Doctor of Laws)

1963

• Hodges, Mr. Luther Hartwell (Doctor of Laws)
• Marney, Mr. Carlyle (Doctor of Literature)
• Paschal Jr., Mr. George W. (Doctor of Science)
• Williams, Mr. Kenneth Raynor (Doctor of Laws)

1962

• Carswell, Mr. Guy Thomas (Doctor of Laws)
• Depp, Mr. Walter Mark (Doctor of Divinity)
• Hendricks, Mr. Garland Alford (Doctor of Divinity)
• Oates, Mr. Wayne Edward (Doctor of Literature)
• Speight, Mr. Francis Wayland (Doctor of Humanities)

1961

• Deane, Mr. Charles Bennett (Doctor of Humanities)
• Fraser Jr., Mr. Thomas Augustus (Doctor of Divinity)
• Patton, Mr. Wendell M. (Doctor of Laws)
• Smith, Mr. Budd Elmon (Doctor of Laws)

1960

• Caldwell, Mr. John Tyler (Doctor of Laws)
• Coates, Mr. Albert (Doctor of Laws)
• Guy Jr., Mr. T. Sloane (Doctor of Humanities)
• Horne, Mr. Chevis Ferber (Doctor of Divinity)
• Thompson, Mr. Samuel Alcott (Doctor of Science)

1959

• Aycock, Mr. William Brantley (Doctor of Laws)
• Elliot, Mr. Philip Lovin (Doctor of Laws)
• Harris, Ms. Bernice Kelly (Doctor of Letters)
• Hollingsworth, Mr. Leon Howard (Doctor of Divinity)
• Martin, Mr. David Grier (Doctor of Laws)

1958

• Babcock, Mr. Charles Henry (Doctor of Laws)
• Brown, Mr. Ray Everett (Doctor of Humanities)
• McCracken, Mr. Robert James (Doctor of Divinity)
• Plemmons, Mr. William H. (Doctor of Laws)
• Reynolds, Mr. Richard J. (Doctor of Laws)
• Williams, Mr. William Harrison (Doctor of Divinity)

1957

• Brooks Jr., Mr. Nathan C. (Doctor of Divinity)
• Friday, Mr. William Clyde (Doctor of Laws)
• Holding, Mr. Robert Powell (Doctor of Laws)
• Johnson, Ms. Mary Lynch (Doctor of Humanities)
• Mull, Mr. Odus McCoy (Doctor of Laws)

1956

• Branch, Mr. Douglas McKinley (Doctor of Divinity)
• Crittenden, Mr. C. Christopher (Doctor of Laws)
• Martin, Mr. Santford W. (Doctor of Laws)
• Thorne, Mr. Ennis Posey (Doctor of Divinity)

1955

• Campbell, Ms. Leslie Hartwell (Doctor of Laws)
• Dozier, Mr. Edwin Burke (Doctor of Divinity)
• Gramley, Mr. Dale Hartzler (Doctor of Literature)
• Stephenson, Mr. Gilbert T. (Doctor of Civil Laws)

1954

• Bone, Mr. Walter J. (Doctor of Laws)
• Bostian, Mr. Carey Hoyt (Doctor of Science)
• Hoge, Mr. James Fulton (Doctor of Laws)
• Shanks, Mr. Henry Thomas (Doctor of Humanities)
• White, Mr. Ransom Kelly (Doctor of Divinity)

1953

• Battle, Mr. John Stewart (Doctor of Laws)
• Carlylem, Mr. Irving Edward (Doctor of Laws)
• Phillips, Mr. Howard Mitchell (Doctor of Science)
• Weatherspoon, Mr. W. Herbert (Doctor of Laws)
• Willis, Mr. James Bennett (Doctor of Divinity)

1952

• Devin, Mr. William Augustus (Doctor of Laws)
• Hankins, Mr. George Foster (Doctor of Laws)
• Love, Mr. J. Grafton (Doctor of Science)
• Pearce, Mr. J. Winston (Doctor of Divinity)
• Stealey, Mr. Sydnor Lorenzo (Doctor of Divinity)

1951

• Binkley, Mr. Olin Trivette (Doctor of Divinity)
• Edens, Mr. Arthur Hollis (Doctor of Laws)
• Gray, Mr. Gordon (Doctor of Laws)
• Hedgepeth, Mr. Ippy Purvis (Doctor of Divinity)

1950

• Campbell, Mr. A. Carlyle (Doctor of Laws)
• Dowell, Mr. Spright (Doctor of Laws)
• Hester, Mr. Hubert Inman (Doctor of Divinity)
• White, Mr. Lee McBride (Doctor of Divinity)

1949

• Bennet, Mr. Ivan Loveridge (Doctor of Divinity)
• Claudy, Mr. Carl Henry (Doctor of Letters)
• Huggins, Mr. Malloy Alton (Doctor of Laws)
• Humber, Mr. Robert Lee (Doctor of Laws)

1948

• Tribble, Mr. Harold Wayland (Doctor of Laws)
• Varser, Mr. Lucurgus Rayner (Doctor of Laws)
• Warren, Mr. Casper Carl (Doctor of Divinity)

1947

• Denny, Mr. Emery Byrd (Doctor of Laws)
• Lin, Mr. Henry Hsieh (Doctor of Laws)
• Modlin, Mr. George M. (Doctor of Laws)
• Whitaker, Mr. Martin Dewey (Doctor of Science)
• Yates, Mr. Kyle Monroe (Doctor of Divinity)

1946

• Rankin, Mr. M. Theron (Doctor of Divinity)
• Smith, Mr. Charles George (Doctor of Letters)

1945

• Blanton, Mr. Sankey Lee (Doctor of Divinity)
• Fries, Ms. Adelaide (Doctor of Literature)
• Herring, Mr. Ralph A. (Doctor of Divinity)

1944

• Gill, Mr. Everett (Doctor of Divinity)
• Greer, Mr. Isaac Garfield (Doctor of Laws)
• Morehead, Mr. John Motley (Doctor of Engineering)

1943

• Coburn, Mr. Henry Clay (Doctor of Science)
• Hanes, Mr. Frederic Moir (Doctor of Science)