Honorary Degree Recipients 1850-1859
| YEAR | NAME | DEGREE |
| 1859 | AUSTIN, John A. | Master of Arts |
| 1859 | AYER, Nathan Wheeler | Master of Arts |
| 1859 | BACKUS, Jay S. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1859 | COREY, Daniel G. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1859 | FAY, Henry Harrison | Master of Arts |
| 1859 | GAMMEL, William | Doctor of Laws |
| 1859 | WESTON, Henry G. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1858 | BRADLEY, J.D. | Bachelor of Arts |
| 1858 | BURROUGHS, John C. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1858 | DRAKE, J.A. | Bachelor of Arts |
| 1858 | FISH, Henry C. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1858 | LOOMIS, Justin R. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1857 | BIGELOW, J.F. | Master of Arts |
| 1857 | CROWELL, William | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1857 | EVANS, Benjamin | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1857 | GILLETT, Erastus Judd | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1857 | KING, John A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1857 | NICHOLS, Henry L. | Master of Arts |
| 1856 | MANN, Alexander M. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1856 | SELDEN, Samuel L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1856 | SEYMOUR, E.C. | Master of Arts |
| 1856 | TROWBRIDGE, William P. | Master of Arts |
| 1856 | WARREN, Jonah G. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1855 | ARMSBY, James H. | Master of Arts |
| 1855 | CHAMPLIN, James T. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1855 | DAVIDSON, Thomas L. | Master of Arts |
| 1855 | McCOY, Amassa | Master of Arts |
| 1855 | RAYMOND, John H. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1855 | TAYLOR, E.E.L. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1854 | DEAN, Henry W. | Master of Arts |
| 1854 | HEWSON, William | Master of Arts |
| 1854 | HODGE, M.G. | Master of Arts |
| 1854 | HOWARD, W.G. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1854 | LATHROP, Edward | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1854 | McILWAINE, J.H. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1854 | MOREHOUSE, Oliver | Master of Arts |
| 1854 | MURDOCK, J.N. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1854 | SMITH, Justin A. | Doctor of Arts |
| 1853 | BOYD, Robert | Master of Arts |
| 1853 | BURTON, C.V.W. | Master of Arts |
| 1853 | CHAMBERLAIN, J. | Master of Arts |
| 1853 | CHANDLER, C.N. | Master of Arts |
| 1853 | CLEGHORN, Adams | Master of Arts |
| 1853 | DEXTER, James E. | Master of Arts |
| 1853 | HILL, John M. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1853 | MAGOON, E.L. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1853 | MASON, J.O. | Master of Arts |
| 1853 | PARMELEE, D.S. | Master of Arts |
| 1852 | BRIGHT, Edward | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1852 | COREY, Sidney A. | Master of Arts |
| 1852 | CURTISS, George William | Master of Arts |
| 1852 | FISH, Henry C. | Master of Arts |
| 1852 | KELLY, Robert | Doctor of Laws |
| 1852 | PRUYN, John V.L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1852 | QUINBY, I.F. | Master of Arts |
| 1852 | REESE, Morgan J. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1852 | SHAW, James B. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1852 | TALBIRD, Henry J. | Master of Arts |
| 1852 | WOOD, George | Master of Arts |
| 1851 | BACKUS, J.S. | Master of Arts |
| 1851 | DEAN, Williams | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1851 | GARDNER, Addison | Doctor of Laws |
| 1851 | HAUGHNAUT, P.B. | Master of Arts |
| 1851 | HUNT, Washington | Doctor of Laws |
| 1851 | LEE, Henry W. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1851 | PECK, Henry | Master of Arts |