Honorary Degree Recipients 1870-1879
| YEAR | NAME | DEGREE |
| 1879 | BAILEY, Joseph Mead | Doctor of Laws |
| 1879 | MILNE, William James | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 1879 | MORSEHOUSE, Henry L. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1879 | OVERHISER, John C. | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 1879 | PALMER, Francis Bolles | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 1879 | SWIFT, Lewis | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 1879 | WAYLAND, Francis | Doctor of Laws |
| 1878 | HAYDEN, Francis V. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1878 | JOHNSON, Elias H. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1878 | MORGAN, John Rhys | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1877 | CLARK, J.W.B. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1877 | HOYT, Wayland | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1876 | KING, Rufus | Doctor of Laws |
| 1876 | KREYER, Karl T. | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 1876 | MORRIS, Herbert W. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1875 | ANSTICE, Henry | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1875 | BROOKS, Alexander Atwood | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 1875 | BROWN, T. Edwin | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1875 | TEALL, Francis Augustus | Master of Arts |
| 1875 | VAN BENSCHOTEN, James C. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1874 | GRAY, David | Master of Arts |
| 1874 | HARKNESS, William | Doctor of Laws |
| 1873 | STEVENS, John | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1873 | WESTON, David | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1873 | WILDKINSON, Willam C. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1872 | BRACKETT, John Billings | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1872 | CLARK, George W. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1872 | CUMMINGS, Marcus F. | Master of Arts |
| 1872 | SAGE, A. Judson | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1871 | CARPENTER, Stephen H. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1871 | DURANT, Henry | Doctor of Laws |
| 1871 | MARSHAL, Benjamin D. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1870 | BENEDICT, Nehemiah H. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1870 | DEAN, John H. | Master of Arts |
| 1870 | FULTON, Jastin D. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1870 | KEYS, J.J. | Master of Arts |
| 1870 | McVICKER, Malcom | Doctor of Laws |
| 1870 | MOORE, E. Mott | Doctor of Laws |
| 1870 | RISING, Francis | Master of Arts |