| YEAR | NAME | DEGREE |
| 1979 | BIBBY, Basil Glover | Doctor of Science |
| 1979 | COOPER, Theodore | Doctor of Science |
| 1979 | GILBERT, Walter | Doctor of Science |
| 1979 | KRAUSE, Richard M. | Doctor of Science |
| 1979 | LAVERY, Charles Joseph | Doctor of Laws |
| 1979 | McKUSICK, Victor Almon | Doctor of Science |
| 1979 | RACKER, Efraim | Doctor of Science |
| 1979 | WEINBERG, Stephen | Doctor of Science |
| 1978 | ABRAMS, Meyer Howard | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1978 | BERG, Paul Ph.D. | Doctor of Science |
| 1978 | FORTE, Allen | Doctor of Music |
| 1978 | WHEDON, G. Donald | Doctor of Science |
| 1977 | BERELSON, Bernard | Doctor of Science |
| 1977 | COCHRANE, Archibald L. | Doctor of Science |
| 1977 | GAJDUSEK, Daniel Carleton | Doctor of Science |
| 1977 | GODOWSKY, Leopold | Doctor of Science |
| 1977 | HENDERSON, Donald Ainslie | Doctor of Science |
| 1977 | KRISTELLER, Paul Oskar | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1976 | BLEULER, Manfred Eugen | Doctor of Science |
| 1976 | COPLAND, Aaron | Doctor of Music |
| 1976 | GUILLEMIN, Roger | Doctor of Science |
| 1976 | INGELFINGER, Franz J. | Doctor of Science |
| 1976 | SAMUELSON, Paul Anthony | Doctor of Science |
| 1976 | STROMGREN, Erik | Doctor of Science |
| 1976 | WILBUR, Richard Purdy | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1976 | ZUBIN, Joseph L. | Doctor of Science |
| 1975 | BOX, George Edward Pelham | Doctor of Science |
| 1975 | BOYER, Ernest Leroy | Doctor of Laws |
| 1975 | BROWN, Harold | Doctor of Science |
| 1975 | CORSON, Dale Raymond | Doctor of Science |
| 1975 | GATES, Thomas Sovereign Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1975 | LYMAN, Richard Wall | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1975 | NAUTA, Walle J.H. | Doctor of Science |
| 1975 | VOLKER, Joseph F. | Doctor of Science |
| 1974 | CANADAY, John E. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1974 | GIBSON, Edward George | Doctor of Science |
| 1974 | LIEBERSON, Goddard | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1974 | MEIR, Golda | Doctor of Laws |
| 1974 | NEEL, James V. | Doctor of Science |
| 1974 | STIGLER, George J. | Doctor of Science |
| 1974 | THOMAS, Lewis | Doctor of Science |
| 1974 | WEISSKOPH, Victor | Doctor of Science |
| 1973 | CONE, Edward T. | Doctor of Music |
| 1973 | GILLET, Fernand | Doctor of Music |
| 1973 | KIRKPATRICK, Ralph | Doctor of Laws |
| 1973 | MORISON, Robert S. | Doctor of Science |
| 1973 | ROSTEN, Leo C. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1973 | SHULTZ, George | Doctor of Science |
| 1973 | WEINBERG, Alvin M. | Doctor of Science |
| 1973 | WILDER, Alec | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1972 | BURKE, Kenneth | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1972 | HARLESTON, Bernard | Doctor of Science |
| 1972 | HENDERSON, Virginia | Doctor of Science |
| 1972 | NICHOLS, Mike | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1972 | PENDERECKI, Krsysztof | Doctor of Music |
| 1972 | SCHUMAN, William | Doctor of Music |
| 1972 | SERKIN, Rudolph | Doctor of Music |
| 1972 | SMITH, Dorothy M. | Doctor of Science |
| 1972 | STERN, Isaac | Doctor of Music |
| 1972 | SUZUKI, Shinichi | Doctor of Music |
| 1972 | WATSON, James Sibley | Doctor of Science |
| 1972 | ZAFFARONI, Alejandro | Doctor of Science |
| 1971 | BRANSCOMB, Lewis McAdory | Doctor of Science |
| 1971 | COLADARCI, Arthur P. | Doctor of Science |
| 1971 | FRIEDMAN, Milton | Doctor of Science |
| 1971 | POWER, Mrs. Helen Blackburn | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1971 | REES, Mina Spiegel | Doctor of Science |
| 1971 | SHAKOW, David | Doctor of Science |
| 1971 | WHITEHORN, John Clare M.D. | Doctor of Science |
| 1970 | COOPER, Sir William Mansfield | Doctor of Humane Letters |