Honorary Degrees Conferred

SUMMARY OF HONORARY DEGREES CONFERRED

1912 (3)

  • Edwards, William Seymour      
    June 20 (Doctor of Literature)
  • McWhorter, Henry Clay (Doctor of Laws)
  • Smith, George Dolliver (Doctor of Divinity)

1913 (2)

June 18

  • Shepard, William O. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Williamson, Gilbert R. (Doctor of Divinity)

1914 (2)

June 24

  • Bird, James D.  (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Trotter, Frank B. (Doctor of Laws)

1915 (2)

June 16

  • Lynch, Charles W.  (Doctor of Laws)
  • Townsend, Frank S. (Doctor of Laws)

1916 (3)

June 21

  • Haught, Thomas W.  (Master of Arts)
  • King, Claude H. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Woods, Samuel V. (Doctor of Laws)

1917 (3)

June 6

  • Hartinger, William C.   (Doctor of Divinity)
  • MacWatters, Samuel J. (Doctor of Literature)
  • Withers, J. S.(Doctor of Laws)

1918 (3)

June 12

  • Anderson, Luther C. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Bowers, Larkin B. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Workman, Jefferson B. (Doctor of Divinity)

1919 (1)

Ogden, Herschel C.    (Unknown Degree)

1920     0

1921 (2)

June 8

  • Anderson, C. Fred   (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Scott, James E. (Doctor of Divinity)

1922 (5)

June 7

  • Fleming, Wallace B. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Goodwin, Claude E. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Haggerty, William A. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • McCuskey, Roy (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Wells, Jacob Elbert (Doctor of Divinity)

1923     0

1924 (2)

June 6

  • Crummet, Simon Peter (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Seaton, John L. (Doctor of Laws)

1925 (3)

June 3

  • Hughes, Edwin Holt (Doctor of Litereature)
  • McCamic, Charles (Doctor of Laws)
  • Stater, Charles G. (Doctor of Divinity)

1926     0

1927 (4)

June 8

  • Armstrong, Robert Allen (Doctor of Laws)
  • Hutchinson, Bennett W. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Marsh, John Frank (Doctor of Pedagogy)
  • Pickens, Denver Clarence (Doctor of Divinity)

1928 (3)

June 6

  • Shawkey, Morris P.  (Doctor of Laws)
  • Stafford, Geoffrey Wardle (Doctor of Literature)
  • Welch, Herbert (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1929 (3)

June 5

  • Hart, Smith Brewer  (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Yost, Lenna Lowe (Doctor of Humanities)
  • Haught, Thomas William (Doctor of Science)

1930 (1)

Backus, Bertie (n.d.) (Doctor of Philosophy/PhD)

1931     0

1932 (3)

  • Deck, James L. (n.d.) (Unknown Degree)
  • Grose, Logan A. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Hoffman, Joseph Clare (Doctor of Divinity)

1933 (2)

  • Clark, James Lippert (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Rudolph, Harry David (Doctor of Divinity)

1934    0

1935 (4)

  • Barnes, Walter R.   (n.d.) (Unknown Degree)
  • Boyd, W. Sproule (Unknown Degree)
  • Wolfe, John Louis (Unknown Degree)
  • Zumbrunnen, Thomas Michael (Unknown Degree)

1936 (3)

  • Conley, Philip Mallory (n.d.) (Doctor of Literature)
  • Hyma, Nicholas (Doctor of Science)
  • Trevey, Bascom T. (Doctor of Divinity)

1937 (3)

  • Hanifan, John Edwin (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Leonard, Adna Wright (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • McConkey, Orie (Doctor of Pedagogy)

1938 (2)

  • Miles, Minor Carson (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Upton, Arthur Van Gorder (Doctor of Pedagogy)

1939 (4)

  • DeStefano, Nicola (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Patterson, Winifred Scott (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Rohrbough, Edward G. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Thornburg, Amos Addison (Doctor of Divinity)

1940 (6)

  • Brown, Ralph Clinton  (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Carter, Clarence F. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Grose, C. Herman (Doctor of Pedagogy)
  • Holloway, Parker B. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Price, Harry Allen (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Rohrbough, George I. (Doctor of Pedagogy)

1941 (4)

  • Clark, Friend E. (n.d.) (Doctor of Science)
  • Lieberman, George B. (Doctor of Litereature)
  • Straughn, James Henry (Doctor of Laws)
  • Workman, Millard Arthur (Doctor of Divinity)

1942 (3)

  • Boetticher, Edward L.  (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Brandt, Charles E. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Kirby, David (Doctor of Pedagogy)

1943 (2)

Kelso, Hugh E. (May) (Doctor of Divinity)

Smith, H. Y. (August 14) (Doctor of Science)

1944 (4)

  • Broomfield, John C. (May) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Modlin, H. Eugene (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Potorf, A. B. (Doctor of Pedagogy)
  • Riggleman, Leonard (Doctor of Laws) (November 17)

1945 (3)

  • Browning, James Tilden  (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Helm, Jesse Murrell (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Knox, William (Doctor of Divinity)

1946  (5)

  • Beckett, Arthur Evans   n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Brown, A. Coleman (Doctor of Divinity)
  • King, Harry F. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Williams, John Davis (Doctor of Laws)
  • November 16) Gross, John O. (Doctor of Laws)

1947 (1)

Eastwood, Charles Glen (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)

1948 (4)

  • Chrisman, Lewis Herbert (n.d.) (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Harned, Joseph E. (Doctor of Science)
  • Linger, Ross (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Stewart, Irvin (Doctor of Laws)

1949 (4)

  • Jones, Charles A.  (n.d.) (Doctor of laws)
  • Leslie, Elmer A. (Doctor of Letters)
  • Overstreet, Walter S. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Price, J. Roy (Doctor of Science)

1950 (5)

  • Culpepper, Charles Ross (May) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • High, Henry Randall (Doctor of Divinity)
  • McClung, Rosseau S. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Patterson, Okey L. (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Reeder, Phares Erastus (Doctor of Pedagogy)

1951 (6)

  • Benedum, Paul G. (May) (Doctor of Science)
  • Cutright, Vernon C. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Hamrick, Hayward C. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Jamison, Howard W. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • McCue, Anthony J. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Seay, Edward W. (Doctor of Pedagogy)

1952 (7)

  • Horsch, Menno James (January) (Doctor of Pedagogy)
  • Curry, George M. (May) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Evans, Garrett H. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Haught, John W. (Doctor of Science)
  • Law, Clyde Otis (Doctor of Laws)
  • Preset, Walter Fred (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Wark, Homer E. (Doctor of Laws)

1953 (6)

  • Blazier, George J. (May) (Doctor of Letters)
  • Corson, Fred Pierce (Doctor of Canon and Civil Law)
  • Jarvis, James Clair (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Jones, E. Ray (Doctor of Laws)
  • Laird, William (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Ransom, Wayne F. (Doctor of Divinity)

1954 (5)

  • Case, Harold C. (May) (Doctor of Laws)
  • McCuskey, William C. D. (Doctor of Science)
  • Parker, R. Moorman (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Parks, J. Herbert (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Rippy, Mark Leo (Doctor of Divinity)

1955 (5)

  • Anderson, Hurst R. (May) (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Hillman, Carden (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Hymes, Myron B., Sr. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Jenkins, Mary Edna (Docctor of Philanthropy)
  • Turner, Dale E. (Doctor of Divinity)

1956 (4)

  • Foscue, Augustus Lyndon (May) (Doctor of Science)
  • Goodwin, George Dolliver (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Latham, Jean Lee (Doctor of Letters)
  • Wills, Ur[v]an (sp.). Ellsworth (Doctor of Divinity)

1957 (8)

  • Benedum, Michael Late (October 25) (Doctor of Philanthropy)
  • Griffith, Ernest Stacey (Doctor of Letters)
  • Mintener, Bradshaw (Doctor of Laws)
  • Reed, Frank Thomas (May) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Roe, Larenzo Dow (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Swisher, Carl Brent (Doctor of Laws)
  • Wicke, Lloyd C. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Wicke, Myron F. (Doctor of Laws)

1958 (7)

  • Crane, Henry Hitt (May) Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • DeBardi, Joseph P. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Harford, Samuel A. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Harmer, Florence Warden (Doctor of Pedagogy)
  • Harmer, Harvey W. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Underwood, Cecil H. (Doctor of Public Administration)
  • White, Goodrich C. (Doctor of Humanities)

1959 (4)

  • Avis, Ralph Woodson  (May) (Doctor of Public Administration)
  • Gaiser, James Andrew (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Risinger, Melvin Smith (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Stahr, Elvis J., Jr. (Doctor of Laws)

1960 (5)

  • Buell, Clifford Delmont  (May 24) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Hickman, Leon Edward (Doctor of Laws)
  • Muelder, Walter George (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Wallace, Aldred Pruden (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Ward, Paul Martin (Doctor of Divinity)

1961 (5)

  • Hartley, William Harrison  (May) (Doctor of Science)
  • Hunt, Frederick Warren (Doctor of Divinity)
  • LeTellier, Zeno (Doctor of Commercial Science)
  • Redfearn, Paul Leslie (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Stewart, Paul Rich (Doctor of Science)

1962 (9)

  • Crickard, Mason (May) (Doctor of Commercial Science)
  • Dalzell, William F. (Doctor of Commercial Science)
  • Fish, Hamilton (Doctor of Laws)
  • Fisher, James Carl (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Holloway, Fred G. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Middaugh, Irving Seely (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Middleton, W. Vernon (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Rathbone, Monroe Jackson (Doctor of Science)
  • Sallman, Warner (Doctor of Humanities)

1963 (6)

June 2

  • Tolley, Earl V. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Vernon, Walter Newton (Doctor of Letters)
  • Evans, Ross Malcolm (Doctor of Divinity)

October 25

  • Parlin, Charles C. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Aspinall, Richard (Doctor of Laws)
  • Tracey, Charles A. (Doctor of Divinity)

1964 (7)

  • Bender, Margaret Rigg (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Burns, William Reece (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Golden, Charles Franklin (Doctor of Laws)
  • Jarvis, Porter Maxwell (Doctor of Laws)
  • Lufburrow, William Allen (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Oxnam, Robert Fisher (Doctor of Laws)
  • Sherwood, Lawrence Franklin (Doctor of Divinity)

1965 (8)

  • Byrer, Harry H.  (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Daugherty, William E. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Dyer, Newman H. (Doctor of Public Health)
  • Eggert, Walter L. (Doctor of Commercial Science)
  • Farland, Joseph S. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Godwin, Jr., Charles R. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Hutchinson, Paul E. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • McMillion, Cecil S. (Doctor of Divinity)

1966 (9)

February 15

other dates

  • Curry, C. Blaine (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Shaffer, Frank L., Sr. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Tucker, Albert F. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Udall, Stewart Lee (Doctor of Laws)
  • Watson, John T. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Whetsell, Clay B. (Doctor of Laws)

1967 (12)

May 28

  • Marty, Martin E. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Randolph, Jennings (Doctor of Laws)
  • Smith, Ferris Rossing (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Fitzwater, John Timothy (Doctor of Laws)

October 27

  •  Brooks, Maurice (Doctor of Science)
  • Church, Ernest Elliot (Doctor of Laws)
  • DuBois, Earl David (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Lynch, Otis William (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Mueller, Reuben Herbert (Doctor of Divnity)
  • Newell, Frederick Buckley (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Smith, Hulett Carlson (Doctor of Laws)

n.d.

Young, Loren Darlington (Doctor of Divinity)

1968 (3)

  • Hallam, William Alton (n.d.) (Doctor of Science)
  • Robb, Felix Compton (Doctor of Pedagogy)
  • Sink, Samuel Bruce (Doctor of Divinity)

1969 (6)

  • Coppinger, A. D. (n.d.) (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Hodges, Joseph Howard (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • McCuskey, Paul L. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Rose, Frank A. (Doctor of Science)
  • Wertz, David Frederick (Doctor of Divinity)

1970 (3)

May 24

  • McCourt, E. Hansford  (Doctor of Public Administration)
  • Thompson, Kenneth W. (Doctor of Humanities)

(n.d.) Nichols, Roy Calvin (Doctor of Letters)

1971 (8)

May 23

  • Cogar, George R. (Doctor of Science)
  • Cutlip, Scott Munson (Doctor of Letters)
  • Dickens, Connie (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Ross, Pierce J. (Doctor of Letters)
  • Shaw, Thelma Skaggs (Doctor of Laws)

October 8

  • Benedum, Willeen Ludwig (Doctor of Public Service)
  • Staggers, Harley O. (Doctor of Laws)
  • West, Jerry (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1972

May 12

  • Carraway, James Lewis (May 12) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Detrick, R. Blaine (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Erwin, James Otis (Doctor of Laws)
  • Lindemann, Joseph S. (Doctor of Science)

May 14

  • Bateman, Mildred Mitchell (Doctor of Public Administration)
  • Martin, Stanley Hubert (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Munson, Charles D. (Doctor of Pedagogy)
  • Reemsnyder, David Echols (Doctor of Physical Education)

(n.d.)

  • Culpepper, Olive O’Dell (Doctor of Laws)
  • Funk, Thorold S. (Doctor of Public Administration)
  • Lorentz, Pare (Doctor of Letters)

1973

May 13

  • James, Ernest W., Jr. (Doctor of Letters)
  • Potter, Truman William (Doctor of Laws)
  • Woodard, Prince Briggs (Doctor of Laws)
  • (n.d.) Boetticher, F. Gayzelle Rusk (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Moye, Alfred L. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Potorf, A. B. (Doctor of Pedagogy)
  • Wood, F. Emerson (Doctor of Divinity)

1974 (5)

  • Christopher, Frank E.   (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Frame, Marvin Given (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Harper, Charles (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Vance, Cyrus W. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Wright, John Collins (Doctor of Laws)

1975 (1) Gardner, John William (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)

1976 (3)

  • Batten, William Milfred  (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Eskew, E. Wendall (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Peterson, Martha E. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1977 (1)

  • Heard, Alexander (n.d.) (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1978 (4)

  • Chandler, Robert A. (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Crocker, Hugh D. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Mitchell, Maurice B. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Moots, Philip R. (Doctor of Laws)

1979 (5)

  • Berendzen, Richard E. (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Hinzman, Parker Lee (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Latimer, Hugh A. (Doctor of Laws)
  • McCormick, Clarence Okey, Jr. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Wilson, Theodore Jungas (Doctor of Divinity)

1980 (4)

  • Backus, Arthur (n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Chigos, David Karl (Doctor of Laws)
  • Thomas, James Samuel (Doctor of Laws)
  • Weigle, George Averill (Doctor of Music)

1981 (4)

  • Ellinghaus, William M. (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Pfeiffer, Floyd L. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Walker, James H. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Ware, Virgil H. (Doctor of Divinity)

1982 (4)

  • Boette, Marie (n.d.) (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Currie, Charles L., S. J. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Elmore, Harold T. (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Peterson, Frederick A. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1983 (4)

  • Foltz, Robert Scott (n.d.) (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Seamon, James M. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Wilson, Nellie G. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Wright, Richard L. (Doctor of Divinity)

1984 (4)

  • Geary, John M.  ( n.d.) (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Hanford, George H. (Doctor of Laws)
  • Hesburgh, Theodore Martin (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Thomas, James R. II (Doctor of Laws)

1985 (4)

  • Curtin, Phyllis  (n.d.) (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Gray, Hanna Holborn (Doctor of Laws)
  • Pfautsch, Lloyd (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Rockefeller, John D. IV (Doctor of Laws)

1986 (4)

  • Danford, Douglas, D. (n.d.) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Grove, William Boyd (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Miller, G. Tyler (Doctor of Letters)
  • Phillips, Jayne Anne (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1987 (1)

  • Swan, John W. D. (May) (Doctor of Laws)

1988 (3)

  • Cummings, M. Homer (May) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Grimes, J. William (Doctor of Laws
  • Hensley, Basil Aaron (Doctor of Divinity)

1989 (3)

May

  • Fletcher, J. Robert, Laws (May) (Doctor of Laws)
  • Rockefeller, Sharon Percy (Doctor of Laws)

December

  • Sleeth, Natalie Wakeley (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1990 (4)

May 13

September

  • Laney, James T. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1991 (3)

May 12

October

  • Boyer, Ernest L. (Doctor of Laws)

1992 (3)

May 17

1993 (2)

May 16

1994 (4)

May 15

Founders Day (?)

  • Groce, Larry T. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1995 (1)

May 14

1996 (1)

October

  • Sharp, Herbert L. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1997 (1)

May 18

Edgar, Robert W. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1998 (2)

May 17

October

  • Young, Carlton R. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

1999 (1)

February

  • Bonner, Corella A. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2000 (1)

February

Oblinger, Diana G. (Doctor of Science)

2001 (3)

February

  • Chon, Rev. Yong-Hwan (Doctor of Humane Letters)

May 20

October

  • Stuart, David Edward (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2002 (2)

May 5

October

  • Ramsey, Dr. William D. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2003    0

2004 (1)

May 2

2005 (4)

May 1

2006 (5)

April 30

Date?

  • Cox, James C. (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Cox, Alma Tenney (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2007 (3)

May

October

  • Weaver, Peter D. (Doctor of Divinity)

2008 (2)

May

  • Benedum, Jr., Paul G. (Doctor of Laws)

October

  • Meisel, Wayne Williams (Doctor of Divinity)

2009 (2)

May

Gray, David B. (Doctor of Science)

October

  • Strunk, Orlo C. (Doctor of Divinity)

2010 (3)

May

  • Kercheval, Harvey ‘Hoppy’  (Doctor of Humane Letters)

October

  • Brown, Ted (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Smith, James (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2011 (3)

May

  • Robert L. Allman, II (Doctor of Laws)

October

  • Scott D. Miller (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Ernest S. Lyght (Doctor of Divinity)

2012 (3)

May

  • Lloyd G. Jackson (Doctor of Humane Letters)

October

  • Larry R. Parsons (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Edwin Reeves, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2013 (3)

May

  • Christine R. Cox (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • William H. Wilson (Doctor of Divinity)

October

  • Robin Jean Davis (Doctor of Laws)

2014 (5)

May

  • Frederick H. Leasure (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Lewis C. Cantley, Jr. (Doctor of Science)

October

  • Douglas S. Miller (Doctor of Divinity)
  • John K. Saunders (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Kenneth B. Welliver (Doctor of Divinity)

2015 (2)

May 9

October

  • Thomas J. Bickerton (Doctor of Divinity)

2016 (May 7)

2017 (May 6)

2018 (May 5)

2019 (May 4)