Honorary Degrees
Recognizing exemplary individuals outside of the University of Rochester community
Previous honorary degree recipients
Explore the sortable table below for a full list of past honorary degree recipients.
| NAME | DEGREE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, George | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1961 |
| ABRAMS, Meyer Howard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1978 |
| ADAM, Robert Borthwick II | Doctor of Letters | 1937 |
| ADAMS, John Quincy | Doctor of Divinity | 1913 |
| ADAMS, Robert | Doctor of Science | 1943 |
| AKELEY, Louis Ellsworth | Doctor of Laws | 1912 |
| ALBERT, Michelle A. | Doctor of Science | 2023 |
| ALCHIAN, Armen | Doctor of Laws | 1983 |
| ALESSANDRO, Victor | Doctor of Music | 1948 |
| ALEXANDER, Lamar | Doctor of Laws | 1991 |
| ALLEN, Willard M. | Doctor of Science | 1957 |
| ALLIS, M.H. | Master of Arts | 1860 |
| ANDERSON, Galusha | Doctor of Divinity | 1866 |
| ANDERSON, Galusha | Doctor of Laws | 1884 |
| ANDERSON, John B. | Doctor of Divinity | 1916 |
| ANDERSON, Marian | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1957 |
| ANDERSON, Porter | Doctor of Science | 2015 |
| ANSTICE, Henry | Doctor of Divinity | 1875 |
| ANTHONY, Susan B. | Doctor of Laws | 2020 |
| ARMSBY, James H. | Master of Arts | 1855 |
| ARNOLD, Albert N. | Doctor of Divinity | 1860 |
| ASHBERY, John | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 |
| AUSTIN, John A. | Master of Arts | 1859 |
| AXELROD, David | Doctor of Science | 1986 |
| AYER, Nathan Wheeler | Master of Arts | 1859 |
| AYRES, Leonard Porter | Doctor of Laws | 1930 |
| BABBIT, Milton | Doctor of Music | 1997 |
| BACKUS, J.S. | Master of Arts | 1851 |
| BACKUS, Jay S. | Doctor of Divinity | 1859 |
| BACKUS, Truman J. | Doctor of Laws | 1883 |
| BAILEY, Joseph Mead | Doctor of Laws | 1879 |
| BAIRD, Douglas G. | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| BALDWIN, Charles J. | Doctor of Divinity | 1900 |
| BANNISTER, Roger Gilbert | Doctor of Science | 1985 |
| BARBOUR, Clarence A. | Doctor of Divinity | 1901 |
| BARKER, Joseph Warren | Doctor of Engineering | 1944 |
| BARNES, Henry W. | Doctor of Divinity | 1903 |
| BARRETT, A.J. | Doctor of Divinity | 1884 |
| BARRETT, Andrea | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2004 |
| BARSTOW, Henry Hayden | Doctor of Divinity | 1921 |
| BARTLETT, Murray | Doctor of Divinity | 1908 |
| BAUSCH, Edward | Master of Arts | 1908 |
| BAUSCH, Edward | Doctor of Laws | 1931 |
| BAXTER, James Phinney | Doctor of Laws | 1960 |
| BAYNE-JONES, Stanhope | Doctor of Science | 1943 |
| BEADLE, George Wells | Doctor of Science | 1963 |
| BEAVEN, Albert William | Doctor of Divinity | 1920 |
| BECKER, Carl Lotus | Doctor of Letters | 1938 |
| BECKER, Gary S. | Doctor of Science | 1995 |
| BELMONT, Eleanor Robson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1934 |
| BENEDICT, Nehemiah H. | Doctor of Divinity | 1870 |
| BENET, Stephen Vincent | Doctor of Letters | 1940 |
| BENJAMIN, Edward Bernard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1960 |
| BENJAMIN, Regina | Doctor of Science | 2012 |
| BENNETT, Richard B. | Doctor of Laws | 1932 |
| BERELSON, Bernard | Doctor of Science | 1977 |
| BERG, Paul Ph.D. | Doctor of Science | 1978 |
| BERKNER, Lloyd Viel | Doctor of Science | 1960 |
| BERNARDINI, Gilberto | Doctor of Science | 1964 |
| BERNSTEIN, Basil B. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1989 |
| BERNSTEIN, Philip Sidney | Doctor of Divinity | 1959 |
| BERRY, George Packer | Doctor of Science | 1955 |
| BETTERIDGE, Walter Robert | Doctor of Divinity | 1906 |
| BIAL, Deborah | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 |
| BIBBY, Basil Glover | Doctor of Science | 1979 |
| BIGELOW, J.F. | Master of Arts | 1857 |
| BIGGS, Hermann Michael | Doctor of Laws | 1918 |
| BIRNBAUM, Linda S. | Doctor of Science | 2010 |
| BISHOP, John Michael | Doctor of Science | 1997 |
| BLALOCK, Alfred | Doctor of Science | 1951 |
| BLEULER, Manfred Eugen | Doctor of Science | 1976 |
| BLOCH, Erich | Doctor of Science | 1986 |
| BLOOM, Floyd Elliot | Doctor of Science | 1985 |
| BOGLE, John Clifton | Doctor of Laws | 2000 |
| BOLLINGER, Lee C. | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| BOONSTRA, Cornelis | Doctor of Laws | 1992 |
| BOWEN, Benjamin Lester | Doctor of Literature | 1912 |
| BOWEN, Catherine Drinker | Doctor of Letters | 1945 |
| BOX, George Edward Pelham | Doctor of Science | 1975 |
| BOYD, Robert | Master of Arts | 1853 |
| BOYER, Ernest Leroy | Doctor of Laws | 1975 |
| BRACKETT, John Billings | Doctor of Divinity | 1872 |
| BRADLEY, George B. | Doctor of Laws | 1894 |
| BRADLEY, J.D. | Bachelor of Arts | 1858 |
| BRANSCOMB, Lewis McAdory | Doctor of Science | 1971 |
| BRAUNWALD, Eugene | Doctor of Science | 2010 |
| BRECKINRIDGE, Mary | Doctor of Laws | 1940 |
| BRENT, Charles Henry | Doctor of Laws | 1922 |
| BRENT, Robert Leonard | Doctor of Science | 1988 |
| BREYER, Stephen | Doctor of Laws | 1983 |
| BRIDGES, Horace James | Doctor of Literature | 1927 |
| BRIGGS, Asa | Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
| BRIGGS, Horace | Master of Arts | 1862 |
| BRIGHT, Edward | Doctor of Divinity | 1852 |
| BRODSKY, Joseph | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1982 |
| BRONFMAN, Edgar | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1999 |
| BRONK, Mitchell | Doctor of Divinity | 1913 |
| BROOKINS, Homer DeWilton | Master of Arts | 1913 |
| BROOKS, Alexander Atwood | Doctor of Philosophy | 1875 |
| BROWN, Harold | Doctor of Science | 1975 |
| BROWN, Kenneth Irving | Doctor of Laws | 1935 |
| BROWN, Roscoe Conklin Ensign | Doctor of Literature | 1925 |
| BROWN, T. Edwin | Doctor of Divinity | 1875 |
| BROWNLEE, Paula P. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 |
| BRUBECK, Dave | Doctor of Music | 2008 |
| BRUNING, John | Doctor of Science | 2024 |
| BUCK, Peter Henry | Doctor of Science | 1939 |
| BUNCHE, Ralph Johnson | Doctor of Laws | 1950 |
| BURGESS, Warran Ramrolph | Doctor of Laws | 1948 |
| BURKE, Kenneth | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1972 |
| BURKHART, Harvey Jacon | Doctor of Laws | 1920 |
| BURNS, Arthur F. | Doctor of Science | 1963 |
| BURRITT, Bailey Barton | Doctor of Laws | 1945 |
| BURROUGHS, John C. | Doctor of Divinity | 1858 |
| BURTON, C.V.W. | Master of Arts | 1853 |
| BURTON, Reuben E. | Doctor of Divinity | 1907 |
| BUSH, George Herbert Walker | Doctor of Laws | 1983 |
| BUTRICK, Wallace H. | Doctor of Divinity | 1898 |
| CABOT, Richard Clarke | Doctor of Laws | 1930 |
| CALLOWAY, Cab | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1993 |
| CAMPBELL, Allen M. | Doctor of Science | 1981 |
| CAMPBELL, E. Michael | Doctor of Science | 2024 |
| CAMPBELL, R.G. | Doctor of Divinity | 1881 |
| CANADAY, John E. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1974 |
| CARDINAL, Tantoo | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1993 |
| CARMAN, Augustine Spencer | Doctor of Divinity | 1913 |
| CARPENTER, Stephen H. | Doctor of Laws | 1871 |
| CARSON, Benjamin S., Sr. | Doctor of Science | 2010 |
| CARSTENSEN, Laura L. | Doctor of Science | 2024 |
| CARTER, Ron | Doctor of Music | 2010 |
| CARVER, George Washington | Doctor of Science | 1941 |
| CASE, Everett Needham | Doctor of Laws | 1948 |
| CASSETY, James M. | Doctor of Philosophy | 1883 |
| CASTLE, William R. Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1932 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, J. | Master of Arts | 1853 |
| CHAMPLIN, James T. | Doctor of Divinity | 1855 |
| CHANDLER, C.N. | Master of Arts | 1853 |
| CHERRY, Cummings Waldo | Doctor of Divinity | 1921 |
| CHESONIS, Arunas | Doctor of Laws | 2004 |
| CHOWN, J.P. | Doctor of Divinity | 1865 |
| CHU, Steven | Doctor of Science | 1998 |
| CHURCH, Sanford E. | Doctor of Laws | 1868 |
| CHURCHILL, Winston L.S. | Doctor of Laws | 1941 |
| CLARK, George W. | Doctor of Divinity | 1872 |
| CLARK, J.W.B. | Doctor of Divinity | 1877 |
| CLARK, Leland Charles Jr. | Doctor of Science | 1984 |
| CLARK, Matthew | Doctor of Divinity | 2012 |
| CLARK, Orlando Elmer | Master of Arts | 1907 |
| CLARKE, Hans Thacher | Doctor of Science | 1953 |
| CLARKE, Henry | Doctor of Divinity | 1918 |
| CLEGHORN, Adams | Master of Arts | 1853 |
| COATS, Adelbert S. | Doctor of Divinity | 1918 |
| COCHRANE, Archibald L. | Doctor of Science | 1977 |
| COE, George Albert | Doctor of Laws | 1909 |
| COIT, Albert | Doctor of Divinity | 1888 |
| COIT, Charles Pierpont | Doctor of Divinity | 1892 |
| COLADARCI, Arthur P. | Doctor of Science | 1971 |
| COLGROVE, Fredrick Welton | Doctor of Divinity | 1893 |
| COLSON, Elizabeth Florence | Doctor of Science | 1985 |
| COMSTOCK, Ada Louise | Doctor of Laws | 1924 |
| CONABLE, Barber Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1984 |
| CONE, Edward T. | Doctor of Music | 1973 |
| CONGER, Horace M. | Master of Arts | 1864 |
| CONWAY, Jill Ker | Doctor of Laws | 1990 |
| CONWELL, Esther | Doctor of Science | 2011 |
| COOKE, Walter Platt | Doctor of Laws | 1928 |
| COOPER, Sir William Mansfield | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1970 |
| COOPER, Theodore | Doctor of Science | 1979 |
| COPLAND, Aaron | Doctor of Music | 1976 |
| COREA, Chick | Doctor of Music | 2017 |
| COREY, Daniel G. | Doctor of Divinity | 1859 |
| COREY, Sidney A. | Master of Arts | 1852 |
| CORI, Getty Theresa | Doctor of Science | 1955 |
| CORNER, George Washington | Doctor of Science | 1944 |
| CORSON, Dale Raymond | Doctor of Science | 1975 |
| COWLES, John | Doctor of Laws | 1959 |
| CRANE, Cephas B. | Doctor of Divinity | 1868 |
| CRAWSHAW, William Henry | Doctor of Literature | 1909 |
| CREMIN, Lawerence | Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
| CROSS, Wilber Lucius | Doctor of Laws | 1934 |
| CROWELL, William | Doctor of Divinity | 1857 |
| CROZIER, Catharine (Gleason) | Doctor of Musical Arts | 2000 |
| CUMMINGS, Marcus F. | Master of Arts | 1872 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Joseph F. | Doctor of Laws | 2016 |
| CUOMO, Mario Matthew | Doctor of Laws | 1985 |
| CURIE, Eve | Doctor of Letters | 1941 |
| CURTIS, Edward Peck | Doctor of Laws | 1949 |
| CURTISS, George William | Master of Arts | 1852 |
| CUSHING, Harvey | Doctor of Science | 1931 |
| CUTLER, Elliot Carr | Doctor of Science | 1946 |
| DANFORTH, Edwina | Master of Arts | 1930 |
| DAVIDSON, Thomas L. | Master of Arts | 1855 |
| DAVIDSON, Thomas L. | Doctor of Divinity | 1863 |
| DAVIES, Robertson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1983 |
| DAVIS, Natalie Zemon | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1986 |
| DEAN, Henry W. | Master of Arts | 1854 |
| DEAN, John H. | Master of Arts | 1870 |
| DEAN, Vera Micheles | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1943 |
| DEAN, Williams | Doctor of Divinity | 1851 |
| DeKIEWIET, Cornelis Willem | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1943 |
| DeMARCHIENNES, Emile de | Doctor of Laws | 1923 |
| DENLIGH, John Halliday | Doctor of Laws | 1919 |
| DEWEY, Charles Ayrault | Doctor of Letters | 1924 |
| DEWEY, Thomas E. | Doctor of Laws | 1957 |
| DEXTER, James E. | Master of Arts | 1853 |
| DICKE, Robert Henry | Doctor of Science | 1981 |
| DOLE, Elizabeth Hanford | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 |
| DONOVAN, Hedley Williams | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1968 |
| DOUGLAS, Paul Howard | Doctor of Laws | 1952 |
| DOUGLASS, Frederick | Doctor of Laws | 2018 |
| DOX, Rutger | Doctor of Divinity | 1912 |
| DRAKE, J.A. | Bachelor of Arts | 1858 |
| DuBois, Eugene Floyd | Doctor of Science | 1948 |
| DUBOS, Rene Jules | Doctor of Science | 1941 |
| DuBRIDGE, Lee Alvin | Doctor of Laws | 1953 |
| DUFFY, Robert J. | Doctor of Laws | 2015 |
| DUKE, Leilani Lattin | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1998 |
| DURANT, Henry | Doctor of Laws | 1871 |
| DUTHIE, Robert Buthan | Doctor of Science | 1982 |
| DuVIGNEAUD, Vincent | Doctor of Science | 1965 |
| EADY, Cornelius | Doctor of Fine Arts | 2010 |
| EATON, Elon Howard | Master of Science | 1910 |
| ECKERT, Robert | Doctor of Laws | 2004 |
| EISENHOWER, Dwight D. | Doctor of Laws | 1963 |
| ELIOT, Martha May | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1948 |
| ELLINGSON, Mark | Doctor of Laws | 1951 |
| ELLMANN, Richard D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1981 |
| ELLWANGER, George H. | Master of Arts | 1896 |
| ELWELL, Herbert | Doctor of Music | 1954 |
| ELY, William W. | Doctor of Laws | 1869 |
| EMERSON, Henry Pendexter | Doctor of Laws | 1911 |
| ESTABROOK, Ronald W. | Doctor of Science | 1980 |
| ESTY, Alexander R. | Master of Arts | 1866 |
| EVANS, Asher Benton | Master of Arts | 1864 |
| EVANS, Benjamin | Doctor of Divinity | 1857 |
| EVANS, Philip Saffert | Doctor of Divinity | 1906 |
| EVERAERT, Pierre Jean | Doctor of Laws | 1993 |
| EWING, James | Doctor of Science | 1932 |
| FABER, William Fredrick | Doctor of Divinity | 1905 |
| FAGAN, Garth | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1986 |
| FAGIN, Claire M. | Doctor of Science | 1987 |
| FAILLA, Gioacchino | Doctor of Science | 1949 |
| FALCONER, Robert Alexander | Doctor of Laws | 1928 |
| FAMA, Eugene F. | Doctor of Laws | 1987 |
| FAUCI, Anthony | Doctor of Science | 1999 |
| FAXON, Nathaniel Wales | Doctor of Science | 1958 |
| FAY, Henry Harrison | Master of Arts | 1859 |
| FELDMAN, Jerome | Doctor of Science | 1997 |
| FELDSTEIN, Martin Stuart | Doctor of Laws | 1984 |
| FELIX, Robert Hanna | Doctor of Science | 1964 |
| FENN, Wallace Osgood | Doctor of Science | 1965 |
| FENNELL, Fredrick | Doctor of Music | 1988 |
| FENNER, Burt Leslie | Master of Arts | 1911 |
| FENNO, Richard F., Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 2006 |
| FERMI, Enrico | Doctor of Science | 1952 |
| FIELDING, Ronald H. | Doctor of Laws | 2018 |
| FINLETTER, Thomas Knight | Doctor of Laws | 1950 |
| FINLEY, John Huston | Doctor of Laws | 1931 |
| FISH, Henry C. | Master of Arts | 1852 |
| FISH, Henry C. | Doctor of Divinity | 1858 |
| FISHER, Edwin Augustus | Master of Arts | 1927 |
| FISON, Lorimer | Master of Arts | 1880 |
| FITZPATRICK, Thomas | Doctor of Science | 1996 |
| FLAVELL, John H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 |
| FLEMING, Renée | Doctor of Music | 2011 |
| FOGEL, Robert William | Doctor of Science | 1987 |
| FOLSOM, Marion Bayard | Doctor of Laws | 1945 |
| FOOTE, Israel | Doctor of Divinity | 1864 |
| FOOTE, Nathaniel | Doctor of Laws | 1917 |
| FORBES, Jr., The Reverend Dr. James Alexander | Doctor of Divinity | 2013 |
| FORBES, John Franklin | Doctor of Philosophy | 1887 |
| FORD, Guy Stanton | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1938 |
| FORD, Loretta C. | Doctor of Science | 2000 |
| FOREMAN, Edward Reuben | Master of Arts | 1931 |
| FORTE, Allen | Doctor of Music | 1978 |
| FOSDICK, Frank Sheldon | Doctor of Laws | 1921 |
| FOSDICK, Harry Emerson | Doctor of Laws | 1925 |
| FOX, Dixon Ryan | Doctor of Laws | 1935 |
| FOX, Norman | Doctor of Divinity | 1887 |
| FREDRICKSON, Donald Sharp | Doctor of Science | 1986 |
| FREEDMAN, James Oliver | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2002 |
| FREEMAN, Douglas Southall | Doctor of Letters | 1943 |
| FREEMAN, Robert | Doctor of Music | 2015 |
| FRIEDMAN, Milton | Doctor of Science | 1971 |
| FULTON, Jastin D. | Doctor of Divinity | 1870 |
| GABBE, Steven G. | Doctor of Science | 2006 |
| GADD, Steve | Doctor of Music | 2017 |
| GAJDUSEK, Daniel Carleton | Doctor of Science | 1977 |
| GALLIE, W. Edward | Doctor of Science | 1952 |
| GALLO, Robert Charles | Doctor of Science | 1985 |
| GALLY, Merritt | Doctor of Science | 1904 |
| GALWAY, Sir James | Doctor of Music | 2014 |
| GAMMEL, William | Doctor of Laws | 1859 |
| GANNETT, Caroline Werner | Doctor of Laws | 1953 |
| GANNETT, Mary Thorn Lewis | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1941 |
| GANS, Rudolph | Doctor of Music | 1938 |
| GARDNER, Addison | Doctor of Laws | 1851 |
| GARDNER, Corliss B. | Doctor of Divinity | 1893 |
| GARDNER, John W. | Doctor of Laws | 1962 |
| GASSER, Herbert Spencer | Doctor of Science | 1940 |
| GATES, Henry Louis Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 |
| GATES, Thomas Sovereign Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1975 |
| GEHRIG, Bruno | Doctor of Laws | 2006 |
| GIBSON, Edward George | Doctor of Science | 1974 |
| GIFFORD, C.P. | Doctor of Divinity | 1896 |
| GILBERT, Grove Karl | Doctor of Laws | 1898 |
| GILBERT, Walter | Doctor of Science | 1979 |
| GILLET, Fernand | Doctor of Music | 1973 |
| GILLETT, Erastus Judd | Doctor of Divinity | 1857 |
| GILMORE, David Chandler | Doctor of Divinity | 1915 |
| GLEASON, Marion N. | Master of Science | 1962 |
| GODOWSKY, Leopold | Doctor of Science | 1977 |
| GOLDBERG, Herman Raphael | Doctor of Laws | 1965 |
| GOLDIN, Claudia | Doctor of Science | 2023 |
| GOLDSCHMEDING, Frits | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| GOLER, George W. | Doctor of Science | 1925 |
| GOLISANO, Thomas | Doctor of Laws | 2007 |
| GOODSPEAD, Edgar J. | Doctor of Divinity | 1896 |
| GOODSPEAD, Thomas Wakefield | Doctor of Laws | 1913 |
| GOUBLEMAN, Jacob Samuel | Doctor of Divinity | 1887 |
| GOWANS, James Learmonth | Doctor of Science | 1987 |
| GRAVES, Frank Pierrepont | Doctor of Literature | 1923 |
| GRAY, David | Master of Arts | 1874 |
| GRAY, Edgar Harkness | Doctor of Divinity | 1864 |
| GRAY, Hanna Holborn | Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
| GRAY, Harry Barkus | Doctor of Science | 1987 |
| GREENE, Evarts Boutell | Doctor of Laws | 1931 |
| GREENE, Maxine | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1993 |
| GREENE, Samuel H. | Doctor of Divinity | 1892 |
| GREENWOOD, John William | Doctor of Divinity | 1916 |
| GROUT, Donald J. | Doctor of Music | 1981 |
| GUILLEMIN, Roger | Doctor of Science | 1976 |
| GUTMANN, Amy | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| HAMBURG, David | Doctor of Science | 1981 |
| HAMILTON, Alice | Doctor of Science | 1938 |
| HAMILTON, Edith | Doctor of Letters | 1949 |
| HANKS, Horace Tracy | Doctor of Laws | 1898 |
| HARKNESS, William | Doctor of Laws | 1874 |
| HARLESTON, Bernard | Doctor of Science | 1972 |
| HARMAN, Avraham | Doctor of Laws | 1968 |
| HARMSWORTH, Charles | Doctor of Laws | 1917 |
| HARRIS, Roy Ellsworth | Doctor of Music | 1946 |
| HARRIS, William H. | Master of Arts | 1864 |
| HARRISON, Guy Fraser | Doctor of Music | 1952 |
| HARVEY, Ransom | Doctor of Divinity | 1901 |
| HAUGHNAUT, P.B. | Master of Arts | 1851 |
| HAVENS, Raymond Dexter | Doctor of Literature | 1926 |
| HAWKES, Herbert Edwin | Doctor of Laws | 1929 |
| HAYDEN, Francis V. | Doctor of Laws | 1878 |
| HAYDON, F.W. | Master of Arts | 1863 |
| HECHT, Anthony | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 |
| HEINEKEN, Alfred Henry | Doctor of Laws | 1989 |
| HEINRICHS, Jacob | Doctor of Divinity | 1914 |
| HENDERSON, Donald Ainslie | Doctor of Science | 1977 |
| HENDERSON, Virginia | Doctor of Science | 1972 |
| HENNEY, Jane E. | Doctor of Science | 2006 |
| HERDLE, Gertrude Rosalind | Master of Arts | 1925 |
| HEWSON, William | Master of Arts | 1854 |
| HICKOK, Henry F. | Doctor of Divinity | 1882 |
| HILL, Archibald | Doctor of Science | 1959 |
| HILL, John M. | Doctor of Divinity | 1853 |
| HILLEBOE, Herman Ertresvaag | Doctor of Science | 1953 |
| HOCKFIELD, Susan (’73) | Doctor of Science | 2013 |
| HODGE, M.G. | Master of Arts | 1854 |
| HODGMAN, Thomas Morey Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1907 |
| HOFFMAN, Malvina | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1937 |
| HOFFMAN, Paul Gray | Doctor of Laws | 1944 |
| HOLT, L. Emmett | Doctor of Laws | 1902 |
| HOOKER, Albert Huntington | Master of Science | 1920 |
| HOOKER, Elon Howard | Doctor of Science | 1927 |
| HORTON, Frank | Doctor of Laws | 1993 |
| HOTELLING, Harold | Doctor of Science | 1963 |
| HOUGHTON, Alanson Bigelow | Doctor of Laws | 1930 |
| HOUGHTON, Arthur Amory | Doctor of Laws | 1952 |
| HOVHANESS, Alan | Doctor of Music | 1958 |
| HOWARD, W.G. | Doctor of Divinity | 1854 |
| HOWE, Harrison Estell | Doctor of Science | 1927 |
| HOWELL, E.E. | Master of Arts | 1880 |
| HOYT, Colgate | Master of Arts | 1895 |
| HOYT, Wayland | Doctor of Divinity | 1877 |
| HU, Shih | Doctor of Laws | 1942 |
| HUGHES, Edwin Holt | Doctor of Laws | 1924 |
| HULL, Robert Bruce | Doctor of Divinity | 1887 |
| HUMPHREY, George Magoffin | Doctor of Laws | 1953 |
| HUNT, Emory William | Doctor of Laws | 1902 |
| HUNT, Washington | Doctor of Laws | 1851 |
| HUNTINGTON, George Briggs | Doctor of Divinity | 1921 |
| HURLBUT, Robert | Doctor of Science | 2012 |
| HURTADO, Alberto | Doctor of Science | 1959 |
| HUTCHESON, Emest | Doctor of Music | 1942 |
| HUTCHINS, Robert Maynard | Doctor of Laws | 1958 |
| INGELFINGER, Franz J. | Doctor of Science | 1976 |
| JACKS, Lawrence Pearsall | Doctor of Laws | 1930 |
| JACKSON, Shirley Ann | Doctor of Science | 2007 |
| JAMES, Frank Cyril | Doctor of Laws | 1954 |
| JAMES, Owen | Doctor of Divinity | 1895 |
| JENSEN, Michael C. | Doctor of Laws | 2001 |
| JEWETT, Milo P. | Doctor of Laws | 1861 |
| JOHNSON, Alfred LeRoy | Doctor of Science | 1945 |
| JOHNSON, Elias H. | Doctor of Divinity | 1878 |
| JOHNSON, Rossiter | Doctor of Philosophy | 1888 |
| JOHNSON, Rossiter | Doctor of Laws | 1893 |
| JOHNSON, William A., Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 2006 |
| JOHNSON-MASTERS, Virginia | Doctor of Science | 1987 |
| JONES, Lloyd Ancile | Doctor of Science | 1933 |
| JONES, Philip L. | Doctor of Divinity | 1894 |
| KAELBER, William G. | Master of Humane Letters | 1943 |
| KALFF, Peter | Doctor of Laws | 1998 |
| KAPPLER, John W. | Doctor of Science | 1991 |
| KARRER, Heinz | Doctor of Laws | 2010 |
| KEATING, Kenneth B. | Doctor of Laws | 1954 |
| KEEGAN, Robert | Doctor of Laws | 2010 |
| KELLY, Robert | Doctor of Laws | 1852 |
| KELSEY, Francis W. | Doctor of Philosophy | 1888 |
| KELSEY, Francis Willey | Doctor of Laws | 1910 |
| KENDRICK, Henry L. | Doctor of Laws | 1869 |
| KENDRICK, J. Ryland | Doctor of Divinity | 1866 |
| KENNAN, George | Doctor of Literature | 1916 |
| KENNEDY, Donald | Doctor of Laws | 1984 |
| KENNY, Elizabeth | Doctor of Science | 1943 |
| KENNY, Shirley Strum | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 |
| KERR, Clark | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1967 |
| KEYS, J.J. | Master of Arts | 1870 |
| KIMBALL, Dexter Simpson | Doctor of Laws | 1926 |
| KING, John A. | Doctor of Laws | 1857 |
| KING, Rufus | Doctor of Laws | 1876 |
| KINGSLAKE, Rudolf | Doctor of Science | 1986 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Jean J. | Doctor of Laws | 1997 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Ralph | Doctor of Music | 1973 |
| KIRSCHSTEIN, Ruth | Doctor of Science | 1998 |
| KISTIANKOWSKY, George Bogdan | Doctor of Science | 1960 |
| KNIGHT, Frank Hyneman | Doctor of Laws | 1963 |
| KNUTH, Donald Ervin | Doctor of Science | 1986 |
| KORNBERG, Arthur | Doctor of Science | 1962 |
| KOUSSEVITSKY, Serge | Doctor of Music | 1940 |
| KRAUSE, Richard M. | Doctor of Science | 1979 |
| KREPS, Juanita | Doctor of Laws | 1984 |
| KREYER, Carl Trugott | Doctor of Laws | 1908 |
| KREYER, Karl T. | Doctor of Philosophy | 1876 |
| KRISTELLER, Paul Oskar | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1977 |
| KUDLOW, Lawrence (’69) | Doctor of Laws | 2013 |
| LAMONT, Thomas William | Doctor of Laws | 1929 |
| LANEY, Calvin Cooke | Master of Arts | 1928 |
| LAST, Jay T. | Doctor of Science | 2011 |
| LATHROP, Edward | Doctor of Divinity | 1854 |
| LAVERY, Charles Joseph | Doctor of Laws | 1979 |
| LAWRENCE, Jacob | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 |
| LEE, Henry W. | Doctor of Divinity | 1851 |
| LEGHARI, Farooq Ahmad Khan | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| LELAND, Waldo Gifford | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1939 |
| LEVI, Edward Hirsh | Doctor of Laws | 1969 |
| LEVIN, Robert D. | Doctor of Music | 1996 |
| LEWIS, William Mather | Doctor of Laws | 1935 |
| LEWIS, Wilmarth Sheldon | Doctor of Letters | 1946 |
| LIEBERSON, Goddard | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1974 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Sara Lawrence | Doctor of Science | 1985 |
| LINCOLN, Heman | Doctor of Divinity | 1865 |
| LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow | Doctor of Letters | 1939 |
| LINOWITZ, Sol M. | Doctor of Laws | 1991 |
| LIPPMAN, Walter | Doctor of Laws | 1936 |
| LONGCOPE, Warfield Theobald | Doctor of Science | 1941 |
| LOOMIS, Justin R. | Doctor of Laws | 1858 |
| LOPIANO, Donna | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2005 |
| LOWRY, Douglas | Doctor of Music | 2013 |
| LUCHERINI, Luigi | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| LUDLAM, George P. | Master of Arts | 1914 |
| LYDENBERG, Harry Miller | Doctor of Letters | 1942 |
| LYMAN, Richard Wall | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1975 |
| MAAS, Arie | Doctor of Laws | 1988 |
| MAASS, Otto | Doctor of Science | 1947 |
| MacGREGOR, Ian | Doctor of Laws | 1983 |
| MacKENZIE, Norman A.M. | Doctor of Laws | 1956 |
| MacMILLIAN, Ernest | Doctor of Music | 1956 |
| MACOMBER, Francis A. | Doctor of Laws | 1887 |
| MACOMBER, John D. | Doctor of Laws | 1990 |
| MacQUEEN, Donald Bruce | Doctor of Divinity | 1928 |
| MADDY, Joseph Edgar | Doctor of Music | 1959 |
| MAGOON, E.L. | Doctor of Divinity | 1853 |
| MALONE, Damas | Doctor of Letters | 1936 |
| MALONEY, James Jr. | Doctor of Science | 1983 |
| MANCHESTER, Herbert | Doctor of Divinity | 1911 |
| MANGIONE, Charles Frank | Doctor of Music | 1985 |
| MANN, Alexander M. | Doctor of Divinity | 1856 |
| MANNING, M. Claudius | Master of Arts | 1860 |
| MARQUARND, John Philips | Doctor of Letters | 1945 |
| MARRACK, Philippa | Doctor of Science | 1991 |
| MARSHAL, Benjamin D. | Doctor of Divinity | 1871 |
| MARTIN, Edward Sanford | Doctor of Literature | 1917 |
| MARTIN, Joseph B. | Doctor of Science | 1996 |
| MASON, Daniel Gregory | Doctor of Music | 1932 |
| MASON, J.O. | Master of Arts | 1853 |
| MASON, J.O. | Doctor of Divinity | 1860 |
| MASON, John H. | Doctor of Divinity | 1903 |
| MASSOLENI, Ettore | Doctor of Music | 1949 |
| MASTERS, William Howell | Doctor of Science | 1987 |
| MATHEWS, Shailer | Doctor of Laws | 1926 |
| MATTHEWS, Christopher John (“Chris”) | Doctor of Letters | 2014 |
| McCALL, Samuel Walker | Doctor of Laws | 1919 |
| McCLINTOCK, Barbara | Doctor of Science | 1947 |
| McCOY, Amassa | Master of Arts | 1855 |
| McGUIRE, John | Doctor of Divinity | 1911 |
| McILWAINE, J.H. | Doctor of Divinity | 1854 |
| McKEON, Richard Peter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1984 |
| McKUSICK, Victor Almon | Doctor of Science | 1979 |
| McLEAN, Charles D. | Master of Arts | 1868 |
| McPARTLAND, Marian | Doctor of Music | 2007 |
| McPHERSON, Mary Patterson | Doctor of Laws | 1984 |
| McVICKER, Malcom | Doctor of Laws | 1870 |
| MEES, Charles Edward Kenneth | Doctor of Science | 1921 |
| MEIR, Golda | Doctor of Laws | 1974 |
| MEITNER, Lise | Doctor of Science | 1946 |
| MERRILL, George Edmands | Doctor of Laws | 1901 |
| MEYER, Agnes Ernst | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1954 |
| MEYER, Barry M. | Doctor of Laws | 2014 |
| MILLER, Arthur R. | Doctor of Laws | 2008 |
| MILLER, Merton H. | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| MILLIKAN, Robert Andrews | Doctor of Science | 1934 |
| MILNE, William James | Doctor of Philosophy | 1879 |
| MILNE, William James | Doctor of Laws | 1911 |
| MINER, Edward G. | Doctor of Laws | 1945 |
| MITCHELL, John Purroy | Doctor of Laws | 1917 |
| MOEHLMAN, Conrad Henry | Doctor of Divinity | 1929 |
| MOORE, Daniel Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | 1865 |
| MOORE, Douglas Stuart | Doctor of Music | 1947 |
| MOORE, E. Mott | Doctor of Laws | 1870 |
| MOORE, Earl Vincent | Doctor of Music | 1929 |
| MOORE, Marianne Craig | Doctor of Letters | 1951 |
| MOREHOUSE, Henry L. | Doctor of Laws | 1908 |
| MOREHOUSE, Oliver | Master of Arts | 1854 |
| MOREY, William Carey | Doctor of Civil Laws | 1908 |
| MORGAN, John Rhys | Doctor of Divinity | 1878 |
| MORISON, Robert S. | Doctor of Science | 1973 |
| MORRIS, Herbert W. | Doctor of Divinity | 1876 |
| MORROW, Dwight Whitney | Doctor of Laws | 1920 |
| MORSEHOUSE, Henry L. | Doctor of Divinity | 1879 |
| MOSS, Lemuel | Doctor of Divinity | 1868 |
| MOSS, Lemuel | Doctor of Laws | 1883 |
| MOYNIHAN, Daniel Patrick | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| MULCAHY, Anne | Doctor of Laws | 2008 |
| MUNDY, Ezekiel Wilson | Doctor of Literature | 1910 |
| MUNRO, Annette Gardner | Master of Arts | 1910 |
| MUNRO, Annette Gardner | Doctor of Literature | 1930 |
| MURDOCK, J.N. | Doctor of Divinity | 1854 |
| MURROW, Edward R. | Doctor of Laws | 1960 |
| MYERS, Johnston | Doctor of Divinity | 1923 |
| NAUTA, Walle J.H. | Doctor of Science | 1975 |
| NEEDHAM, Charles W. | Doctor of Laws | 1901 |
| NEEL, James V. | Doctor of Science | 1974 |
| NEUSNER, Jacob | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 |
| NEVINS, Allan | Doctor of Laws | 1955 |
| NEWMAN, John P. | Doctor of Divinity | 1863 |
| NEWTON, Isaac | Doctor of Philosophy | 1883 |
| NICHOLS, Henry L. | Master of Arts | 1857 |
| NICHOLS, Mike | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1972 |
| NISHIMOTO, Kanichi | Doctor of Laws | 1991 |
| NOLAN, Thomas | Master of Arts | 1911 |
| NORDELL, Philip | Doctor of Divinity | 1886 |
| NORMAN, Jessye | Doctor of Music | 2013 |
| NORRIS, J. Carter | Master of Arts | 1892 |
| NORTH_UP, George W. | Doctor of Divinity | 1866 |
| NORTON, Asabel Wellington | Doctor of Laws | 1900 |
| NOVELLO, Antonia Coello | Doctor of Science | 2001 |
| NOYES, William Albert Jr. | Doctor of Science | 1965 |
| OHGA, Norio | Doctor of Music | 1996 |
| OLDEN, Kenneth | Doctor of Science | 2003 |
| OLDS, George Daniel | Doctor of Laws | 1907 |
| OLMSTEAD, J.M. | Doctor of Divinity | 1863 |
| ORCUTT, Enid Knapp Botsford | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1982 |
| OSPEL, Marcel | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| OTIS, Elwell Stephen | Doctor of Laws | 1900 |
| OTTO, Benjamin | Doctor of Divinity | 1922 |
| OVERHISER, John C. | Doctor of Philosophy | 1879 |
| PADGET, John R. | Doctor of Laws | 1996 |
| PALEY, Albert Raymond | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1989 |
| PALMER, Francis Bolles | Doctor of Philosophy | 1879 |
| PARK, Edwards Albert | Doctor of Science | 1936 |
| PARKER, Arthur Caswell | Master of Science | 1922 |
| PARMELEE, D.S. | Master of Arts | 1853 |
| PATTERSON, Robert Porter | Doctor of Laws | 1941 |
| PATTISON, Harold | Doctor of Divinity | 1912 |
| PAYNE, Sereno E. | Doctor of Laws | 1903 |
| PEABODY, Andrew P. | Doctor of Laws | 1863 |
| PEARSON, Lester Bowles | Doctor of Laws | 1947 |
| PECK, Henry | Master of Arts | 1851 |
| PECK, William A. | Doctor of Science | 2000 |
| PEI, Ieoh Ming | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1982 |
| PELL, Claiborne | Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
| PENDERECKI, Krsysztof | Doctor of Music | 1972 |
| PEPPER, George Wharton | Doctor of Laws | 1922 |
| PEREZ, Antonio | Doctor of Laws | 2009 |
| PERKINS, Dexter | Doctor of Laws | 1956 |
| PERKINS, James Alfred | Doctor of Laws | 1965 |
| PERKINS, James Breck | Doctor of Laws | 1897 |
| PERLMAN, Itzhak | Doctor of Music | 2014 |
| PETERS, Ellen Ash | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| PETERSON, Peter G. | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| PEYRE, Henri Maurice | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1966 |
| PIMENTEL, George Claude | Doctor of Science | 1988 |
| PLATT, Charles Adams | Doctor of Laws | 1933 |
| PLIMPTON, George Arthur | Doctor of Laws | 1912 |
| PORTER, Quincy | Doctor of Music | 1944 |
| POWELL, Gen. Colin L. | Doctor of Laws | 2007 |
| POWELL, Lyman Pierson | Doctor of Laws | 1914 |
| POWER, Mrs. Helen Blackburn | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1971 |
| PRENTIS, Henning Webb Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1946 |
| PREVIN, André | Doctor of Music | 2014 |
| PRINCE, Harold | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1997 |
| PRITZKER, Jay A. | Doctor of Laws | 1992 |
| PROCOPE, Hjalmar | Doctor of Laws | 1940 |
| PRUYN, John V.L. | Doctor of Laws | 1852 |
| PUPIN, Michael Idvorsky | Doctor of Laws | 1928 |
| QUINBY, I.F. | Master of Arts | 1852 |
| RACKER, Efraim | Doctor of Science | 1979 |
| RAUSCHENBUSCH, Walter | Doctor of Divinity | 1902 |
| RASHID, Richard ’77 (MA), ’80 (PhD) | Doctor of Science | 2015 |
| RAYMOND, John H. | Doctor of Laws | 1855 |
| RAYTON, Wilbur Brambley | Doctor of Science | 1933 |
| REES, Mina Spiegel | Doctor of Science | 1971 |
| REESE, Morgan J. | Doctor of Divinity | 1852 |
| REMINGTON, John Warner | Doctor of Laws | 1960 |
| RICHTER, Gisela M.A. | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1940 |
| RICKEY, Branch | Doctor of Laws | 1946 |
| RIDDELL, William Renwick | Doctor of Laws | 1917 |
| RIDER, Charles E. | Master of Arts | 1866 |
| RIPLEY, William Zebina | Doctor of Laws | 1931 |
| RISING, Francis | Master of Arts | 1870 |
| RIVERS, Thomas Milton | Doctor of Science | 1938 |
| ROACH, Maxwell Lemuel | Doctor of Music | 1990 |
| ROBERTS, William Henry | Doctor of Divinity | 1910 |
| ROBINS, Henry Burke | Doctor of Divinity | 1932 |
| ROBINS, Henry E. | Doctor of Divinity | 1868 |
| ROBINSON, Charles Mulford | Master of Arts | 1905 |
| ROBINSON, David Hamilton | Doctor of Philosophy | 1887 |
| ROCKEFELLER, John A. | Master of Arts | 1895 |
| ROGERS, Thomas | Doctor of Divinity | 1881 |
| ROLAND-RICCI, Vittorio | Doctor of Laws | 1921 |
| ROMULO, Carlos Pena | Doctor of Laws | 1950 |
| ROOT, Orrin | Doctor of Laws | 1865 |
| ROSTEN, Leo C. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1973 |
| ROTHSTEIN, Aser | Doctor of Science | 1983 |
| ROWE, John Wallis | Doctor of Science | 2002 |
| ROWLEY, Frank H. | Doctor of Divinity | 1897 |
| RUDOLPH, Fredrick | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 |
| RUSSELL, Fredrick Fuller | Doctor of Science | 1942 |
| SACHER, Paul | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 |
| SAGE, A. Judson | Doctor of Divinity | 1872 |
| SAMUELSON, Paul Anthony | Doctor of Science | 1976 |
| SANDBERG, Avery A. | Doctor of Science | 1990 |
| SANDERS, Henry M. | Doctor of Divinity | 1891 |
| SASSON, Steven | Doctor of Science | 2009 |
| SATCHER, David | Doctor of Science | 1995 |
| SATTERLEE, LeRoy | Master of Arts | 1865 |
| SAUNDERS, Wilbour Eddy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1951 |
| SAVAGE, Leonard J. | Doctor of Science | 1963 |
| SAYRE, Francis Bowes | Doctor of Laws | 1949 |
| SCHERAGA, Harold | Doctor of Science | 1988 |
| SCHLESINGER, Aurthur Meier | Doctor of Laws | 1948 |
| SCHMITT, Kilian Joseph | Doctor of Laws | 1986 |
| SCHNEIDER, MARIA | Doctor of Musical Arts | 2024 |
| SCHUMAN, William | Doctor of Music | 1972 |
| SCOTT, John Hart | Doctor of Divinity | 1905 |
| SCOTT, William Amasa | Doctor of Laws | 1911 |
| SEABURY, Samuel | Doctor of Laws | 1933 |
| SEAMAN, Christopher | Doctor of Music | 2009 |
| SEARING, Richard Addison | Master of Arts | 1915 |
| SEITZ, Frederick | Doctor of Science | 1984 |
| SELDEN, Samuel L. | Doctor of Laws | 1856 |
| SEN, Amartya | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2007 |
| SERKIN, Rudolph | Doctor of Music | 1972 |
| SEXTON, John | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| SEYMOUR, E.C. | Master of Arts | 1856 |
| SHAD, John S.R. | Doctor of Laws | 1987 |
| SHAFFER, Philip Anderson | Doctor of Science | 1939 |
| SHAKOW, David | Doctor of Science | 1971 |
| SHANKER, Albert | Doctor of Laws | 1985 |
| SHANNON, Robert ’54, ’57 (MA) | Doctor of Engineering | 2020 |
| SHAPIRO, Joshua D. | Doctor of Letters | 2023 |
| SHAW, James B. | Doctor of Divinity | 1852 |
| SHAW, Robert Lawson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 |
| SHELDON, Rufus | Master of Arts | 1864 |
| SHERMAN, I. | Doctor of Laws | 1880 |
| SHERRILL, Henry Knox | Doctor of Divinity | 1951 |
| SHULTZ, George | Doctor of Science | 1973 |
| SIEBERT, Muriel | Doctor of Laws | 2004 |
| SIEDMAN, L. William | Doctor of Laws | 1989 |
| SILL, John W. | Master of Arts | 1861 |
| SIMMONS, Ruth | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2012 |
| SIMON, J. Peter | Doctor of Laws | 2008 |
| SIMON, William E. | Doctor of Laws | 1985 |
| SIMPSON, Alan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1964 |
| SINCLAIR, Adelaide | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1956 |
| SINGER, Paul | Doctor of Science | 2017 |
| SKINNER, Cornelia Otis | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1942 |
| SKINNER, David B. | Doctor of Science | 1980 |
| SLATER, John Clarke | Doctor of Science | 1964 |
| SLATER, John Rothwell | Doctor of Literature | 1964 |
| SLATKIN, Leonard | Doctor of Music | 1994 |
| SLICHTER, Sumner Huber | Doctor of Laws | 1949 |
| SLOCUM, Arthur Gaylord | Doctor of Laws | 1892 |
| SLONIMSKY, Nicholas | Doctor of Music | 1989 |
| SMITH, Charles E. | Doctor of Divinity | 1891 |
| SMITH, David H. | Doctor of Science | 1992 |
| SMITH, Dorothy M. | Doctor of Science | 1972 |
| SMITH, E. Darwin | Doctor of Laws | 1868 |
| SMITH, George William | Doctor of Laws | 1896 |
| SMITH, Justin A. | Doctor of Arts | 1854 |
| SMITH, Stephen | Doctor of Laws | 1891 |
| SMITH, Walter Bedell | Doctor of Laws | 1950 |
| SOLOW, Robert s | Doctor of Laws | 2007 |
| SOLTI, Sir Georg | Doctor of Music | 1987 |
| SOWERBY, Leo | Doctor of Music | 1934 |
| SPEICHER, Jacob | Doctor of Divinity | 1930 |
| SPENCER, Ray Thomas | Master of Arts | 1867 |
| SPERRY, Warren Myron | Doctor of Science | 1965 |
| SPINNING, James Martin | Doctor of Laws | 1965 |
| SPIVACKE, Harold | Doctor of Music | 1955 |
| SPRINKEL, Beryl Wayne | Doctor of Laws | 1986 |
| STAHL, Franklin William | Doctor of Science | 1982 |
| STARGELL, Willie | Doctor of Laws | 1983 |
| STEINHAUSEN, Meta Behn | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1946 |
| STEITZ, Joan Argetsinger | Doctor of Science | 1984 |
| STEPHENS, John Boak Mills | Doctor of Laws | 1924 |
| STERN, Isaac | Doctor of Music | 1972 |
| STERRETT, James McBride | Doctor of Divinity | 1886 |
| STEVENS, George Barker | Doctor of Laws | 1902 |
| STEVENS, James Stacey | Doctor of Laws | 1907 |
| STEVENS, John | Doctor of Divinity | 1873 |
| STEVENS, William A. | Doctor of Laws | 1882 |
| STEWART, Harold Stanley | Doctor of Divinity | 1932 |
| STEWART, Joseph A. | Doctor of Divinity | 1893 |
| STIGLER, George J. | Doctor of Science | 1974 |
| STOCK, Frederick August | Doctor of Music | 1941 |
| STORK, Gilbert Josse | Doctor of Science | 1982 |
| STRATAS, Theresa | Doctor of Music | 1998 |
| STRAVINSKY, Igor | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1966 |
| STRAYER, Paul Moore | Doctor of Divinity | 1915 |
| STROMGREN, Erik | Doctor of Science | 1976 |
| STRONG, Augustus Hopkins | Doctor of Literature | 1912 |
| STRONG, Charles Augustus | Doctor of Laws | 1919 |
| STRONG, Henry | Doctor of Laws | 1904 |
| STRONG, John Henry | Doctor of Divinity | 1914 |
| STRUNK, Oliver | Doctor of Letters | 1936 |
| SUTHERLAND, Ward T. | Doctor of Divinity | 1896 |
| SUZUKI, Shinichi | Doctor of Music | 1972 |
| SWARTTOUW, Frans | Doctor of Laws | 1990 |
| SWASEY, Ambrose | Doctor of Laws | 1925 |
| SWETLAND, Roger M. | Doctor of Laws | 1916 |
| SWETLAND, Roger W. | Master of Arts | 1908 |
| SWIFT, Lewis | Doctor of Philosophy | 1879 |
| TAFT, Charles Phelps II | Doctor of Laws | 1937 |
| TALBIRD, Henry J. | Master of Arts | 1852 |
| TARDIEU, Andre | Doctor of Laws | 1917 |
| TAYLOR, Deems | Doctor of Music | 1939 |
| TAYLOR, E.E.L. | Doctor of Divinity | 1855 |
| TAYLOR, James M. | Doctor of Divinity | 1886 |
| TAYLOR, William R. | Doctor of Divinity | 1891 |
| TEALL, Francis Augustus | Master of Arts | 1875 |
| TEER, Barbara Ann | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| TEMPLETON, John Marks | Doctor of Laws | 1992 |
| TENNEY, Stephen Marsh | Doctor of Science | 1984 |
| TENNY, Charles Buckley | Doctor of Divinity | 1917 |
| THALER, Richard | Doctor of Science | 2010 |
| THANHYA, Theodore | Doctor of Divinity | 1918 |
| THIER, Samuel O. | Doctor of Science | 2000 |
| THOMAS, Lewis | Doctor of Science | 1974 |
| THOMPSON, Randall | Doctor of Music | 1933 |
| TINKER, Chauncey Brewster | Doctor of Letters | 1937 |
| TOWNSEND, John P. | Doctor of Laws | 1895 |
| TRES_TRAIL, Frederic | Doctor of Divinity | 1880 |
| TREVOR, John Bond | Doctor of Laws | 1932 |
| TROWBRIDGE, William P. | Master of Arts | 1856 |
| TRUE, Benjamin O. | Doctor of Divinity | 1888 |
| TULLY, Alice Bigelow | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1991 |
| TURRIN, Joseph | Master of Humane Letters | 2006 |
| TUTU, Desmond Mpilo | Doctor of Divinity | 1985 |
| UNDERHILL, Edward B. | Doctor of Laws | 1863 |
| VALENTINE, Alan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1966 |
| VAN BENSCHOTEN, James C. | Doctor of Laws | 1875 |
| VAN BENSCHOTEN, Sanford | Master of Arts | 1862 |
| VAN VOORHIS, John | Doctor of Laws | 1958 |
| VanSCHAICK, George S. | Doctor of Laws | 1938 |
| VARMUS, Harold | Doctor of Science | 2004 |
| VEDDER, Henry C. | Doctor of Divinity | 1897 |
| VILLERS, Thomas J. | Doctor of Divinity | 1903 |
| VOEGTLIN, Carl | Doctor of Science | 1947 |
| VOLKER, Joseph F. | Doctor of Science | 1975 |
| vonDOHNANYI, Christoph | Doctor of Music | 1998 |
| WADSWORTH, Eliot | Doctor of Laws | 1921 |
| WADSWORTH, James Wolcott | Doctor of Laws | 1942 |
| WAGNER, Gerrit Abram | Doctor of Laws | 1987 |
| WALKER, George | Doctor of Music | 2012 |
| WALLIS, Wilson Allen | Doctor of Laws | 1984 |
| WARD, Henry A. | Doctor of Laws | 1896 |
| WARFIELD, William | Doctor of Music | 1988 |
| WARING, Fred | Doctor of Music | 1951 |
| WARREN, Jonah G. | Doctor of Divinity | 1856 |
| WARREN, Stafford L. | Doctor of Science | 1956 |
| WATSON, James Sibley | Doctor of Science | 1972 |
| WAYLAND, Francis | Doctor of Laws | 1879 |
| WEAVER, Warren | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1963 |
| WEBSTER, Harrison E. | Doctor of Laws | 1888 |
| WEED, Lewis Hill | Doctor of Science | 1929 |
| WEGMAN, Robert B. | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| WEINBERG, Alvin M. | Doctor of Science | 1973 |
| WEINBERG, Stephen | Doctor of Science | 1979 |
| WEISKOTTEN, Herman Gates | Doctor of Science | 1954 |
| WEISSKOPH, Victor | Doctor of Science | 1974 |
| WELLES, Francis Raymond | Doctor of Laws | 1910 |
| WELLES, Henry | Doctor of Laws | 1861 |
| WESTCOTT, Isaac | Doctor of Divinity | 1864 |
| WESTERVELT, Zenas F. | Doctor of Laws | 1895 |
| WESTON, David | Doctor of Divinity | 1873 |
| WESTON, Henry G. | Doctor of Divinity | 1859 |
| WHEDON, G. Donald | Doctor of Science | 1978 |
| WHIPPLE, George Hoyt | Doctor of Laws | 1950 |
| WHITE, David | Doctor of Science | 1923 |
| WHITEHORN, John Clare M.D. | Doctor of Science | 1971 |
| WHITNEY, Willis Rodney | Doctor of Science | 1932 |
| WHITTON, Charlotte | Doctor of Laws | 1952 |
| WILBOR, William C. | Doctor of Divinity | 1900 |
| WILBUR, Lyman | Doctor of Laws | 1930 |
| WILBUR, Richard Purdy | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1976 |
| WILCOX, Albert Henry | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1932 |
| WILCOX, William Craig | Doctor of Laws | 1913 |
| WILDER, Alec | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1973 |
| WILDKINSON, Willam C. | Doctor of Divinity | 1873 |
| WILEY, Louis | Master of Arts | 1916 |
| WILLARD, Daniel | Doctor of Laws | 1932 |
| WILLCOX, William Russell | Master of Arts | 1904 |
| WILLIAMS, John A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2003 |
| WILLIAMS, John T. | Doctor of Music | 2001 |
| WILLIAMS, Talcott | Doctor of Literature | 1903 |
| WILLIAMSON, James | Doctor of Science | 1989 |
| WILLIS, Frances Elizabeth | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1960 |
| WILSON, Lewis Albert | Doctor of Laws | 1952 |
| WITMER, Jr., Robert (’59) | Doctor of Laws | 2020 |
| WOELFKIN, Cornelius | Doctor of Divinity | 1906 |
| WOLFERS, Arnold | Doctor of Laws | 1945 |
| WOOD, George | Master of Arts | 1852 |
| WOODWARD, Roland Beaven | Doctor of Laws | 1932 |
| WRIGHT, E.S. | Doctor of Divinity | 1860 |
| WRIGHT, Sewall | Doctor of Science | 1942 |
| WYANT, James ’67 (MS) ’69 (PhD) | Doctor of Science | 2021 |
| YOUNG, Whitney Moore Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1966 |
| ZAFFARONI, Alejandro | Doctor of Science | 1972 |
| ZEKELMAN, Alan | Doctor of Laws | 2016 |
| ZHANG, Jie | Doctor of Science | 2013 |
| ZINMAN, David Joel | Doctor of Music | 1996 |
| ZUBIN, Joseph L. | Doctor of Science | 1976 |