| YEAR | NAME | DEGREE |
| 1939 | BUCK, Peter Henry | Doctor of Science |
| 1939 | LELAND, Waldo Gifford | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1939 | LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow | Doctor of Letters |
| 1939 | SHAFFER, Philip Anderson | Doctor of Science |
| 1939 | TAYLOR, Deems | Doctor of Music |
| 1938 | BECKER, Carl Lotus | Doctor of Letters |
| 1938 | FORD, Guy Stanton | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1938 | GANS, Rudolph | Doctor of Music |
| 1938 | HAMILTON, Alice | Doctor of Science |
| 1938 | RIVERS, Thomas Milton | Doctor of Science |
| 1938 | VanSCHAICK, George S. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1937 | ADAM, Robert Borthwick II | Doctor of Letters |
| 1937 | HOFFMAN, Malvina | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1937 | TAFT, Charles Phelps II | Doctor of Laws |
| 1937 | TINKER, Chauncey Brewster | Doctor of Letters |
| 1936 | LIPPMAN, Walter | Doctor of Laws |
| 1936 | MALONE, Damas | Doctor of Letters |
| 1936 | PARK, Edwards Albert | Doctor of Science |
| 1936 | STRUNK, Oliver | Doctor of Letters |
| 1935 | BROWN, Kenneth Irving | Doctor of Laws |
| 1935 | FOX, Dixon Ryan | Doctor of Laws |
| 1935 | LEWIS, William Mather | Doctor of Laws |
| 1934 | BELMONT, Eleanor Robson | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1934 | CROSS, Wilber Lucius | Doctor of Laws |
| 1934 | MILLIKAN, Robert Andrews | Doctor of Science |
| 1934 | SOWERBY, Leo | Doctor of Music |
| 1933 | JONES, Lloyd Ancile | Doctor of Science |
| 1933 | PLATT, Charles Adams | Doctor of Laws |
| 1933 | RAYTON, Wilbur Brambley | Doctor of Science |
| 1933 | SEABURY, Samuel | Doctor of Laws |
| 1933 | THOMPSON, Randall | Doctor of Music |
| 1932 | BENNETT, Richard B. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1932 | CASTLE, William R. Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1932 | EWING, James | Doctor of Science |
| 1932 | MASON, Daniel Gregory | Doctor of Music |
| 1932 | ROBINS, Henry Burke | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1932 | STEWART, Harold Stanley | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1932 | TREVOR, John Bond | Doctor of Laws |
| 1932 | WHITNEY, Willis Rodney | Doctor of Science |
| 1932 | WILCOX, Albert Henry | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1932 | WILLARD, Daniel | Doctor of Laws |
| 1932 | WOODWARD, Roland Beaven | Doctor of Laws |
| 1931 | BAUSCH, Edward | Doctor of Laws |
| 1931 | CUSHING, Harvey | Doctor of Science |
| 1931 | FINLEY, John Huston | Doctor of Laws |
| 1931 | FOREMAN, Edward Reuben | Master of Arts |
| 1931 | GREENE, Evarts Boutell | Doctor of Laws |
| 1931 | RIPLEY, William Zebina | Doctor of Laws |
| 1930 | AYRES, Leonard Porter | Doctor of Laws |
| 1930 | CABOT, Richard Clarke | Doctor of Laws |
| 1930 | DANFORTH, Edwina | Master of Arts |
| 1930 | HOUGHTON, Alanson Bigelow | Doctor of Laws |
| 1930 | JACKS, Lawrence Pearsall | Doctor of Laws |
| 1930 | MUNRO, Annette Gardner | Doctor of Literature |
| 1930 | SPEICHER, Jacob | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1930 | WILBUR, Lyman | Doctor of Laws |