| YEAR | NAME | DEGREE | OCCASION |
| 2009 | SASSON, Steven | Doctor of Science | George Eastman House ceremony |
| 2009 | PEREZ, Antonio | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2009 | SEAMAN, Christopher | Doctor of Music | Eastman Commencement |
| 2008 | BRUBECK, Dave | Doctor of Music | Eastman Weekend |
| 2008 | MILLER, Arthur R. | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2008 | MULCAHY, Anne | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2008 | SIMON, J. Peter | Doctor of Laws | Simon Commencement |
| 2007 | McPARTLAND, Marian | Doctor of Music | Dean Lowry's Investiture |
| 2007 | POWELL, Gen. Colin L. | Doctor of Laws | Meliora Weekend |
| 2007 | SEN, Amartya | Doctor of Humane Letters | Meliora Weekend |
| 2007 | GOLISANO, Thomas | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2007 | JACKSON, Shirley Ann | Doctor of Science | College Commencement |
| 2007 | SOLOW, Robert | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2006 | GEHRIG, Bruno | Doctor of Laws | Simon Bern Commencement |
| 2006 | FENNO, Richard F., Jr. | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2006 | GABBE, Steven G. | Doctor of Science | SMD Commencement |
| 2006 | HENNEY, Jane E. | Doctor of Science | College Commencement |
| 2006 | JOHNSON, William A., Jr. | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2006 | TURRIN, Joseph | Master of Humane Letters | Eastman ceremony |
| 2005 | BOLLINGER, Lee C. | Doctor of Laws | President Seligman's Inauguration |
| 2005 | GUTMANN, Amy | Doctor of Laws | President Seligman's Inauguration |
| 2005 | SEXTON, John | Doctor of Laws | President Seligman's Inauguration |
| 2005 | OSPEL, Marcel | Doctor of Laws | Simon Bern Commencement |
| 2005 | LOPIANO, Donna | Doctor of Humane Letters | College Commencement |
| 2005 | LUCHERINI, Luigi | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2005 | WEGMAN, Robert B. | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2004 | BARRETT, Andrea | Doctor of Humane Letters | College Commencement |
| 2004 | CHESONIS, Arunas | Doctor of Laws | College Commencement |
| 2004 | ECKERT, Robert | Doctor of Laws | Dean Zupan's Inauguration, Simon School |
| 2004 | SIEBERT, Muriel | Doctor of Laws | Simon School Commencement |
| 2004 | VARMUS, Harold | Doctor of Science | SMD Commencement |
| 2003 | OLDEN, Kenneth | Doctor of Science | College Commencement |
| 2003 | WILLIAMS, John A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | College Commencement |
| 2002 | FREEDMAN, James Oliver | Doctor of Humane Letters | College and School of Nursing Commencement |
| 2002 | ROWE, John Wallis | Doctor of Science | SMD Commencement |
| 2001 | JENSEN, Michael C. | Doctor of Laws | Simon School Commencement |
| 2001 | NOVELLO, Antonia Coello | Doctor of Science | SMD Commencement |
| 2001 | WILLIAMS, John T. | Doctor of Music | Eastman Concert |
| 2000 | BOGLE, John Clifton | Doctor of Laws | Simon School Commencement |
| 2000 | CROZIER, Catharine (Gleason) | Doctor of Musical Arts | Sesquicentennial - ESM Ceremony |
| 2000 | FORD, Loretta C. | Doctor of Science | Sesquicentennial - Med. Inauguration |
| 2000 | PECK, William A. | Doctor of Science | Sesquicentennial - Med. Inauguration |
| 2000 | THIER, Samuel O. | Doctor of Science | SMD Commencement |