University Archives - Guide to Honorary Degree Recipients

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See the University website for Honorary Degree recipients from 1996 to present.

Below is a working, incomplete list of Marquette University Honorary Degree Recipients:

Date Honorary Degree Recipient Honorary Degree Received Notes
5/12/2024 Dr. Shital Vora Doctor of Humane Letters Undergraduate Commencement speaker
5/12/2024 Peggy Troy Doctor of Humane Letters Graduate School and Graduate School of Management Commencement speaker
5/20/2023 Marlee Matlin Doctor of Fine Arts Undergraduate Commencement speaker
5/20/2023 John Gurda Doctor of Humane Letters   
5/20/2023 Karen Lincoln Michel  Doctor of Humane Letters  
5/22/2022 Thelma A. Sias Doctor of Humane Letters Graduate School and Graduate School of Management Commencement speaker
5/22/2022 Dwyane T. Wade, Jr.  Doctor of Humane Letters Undergraduate Commencement speaker
5/23/2021 Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J. Doctor of Humane Letters  
5/23/2021 Sister Josephe Marie Flynn, S.S.N.D. Doctor of Religious Studies  
5/19/2019 David Brooks Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
5/19/2019 Sister Ann Durst, SHCJ Doctor of Humane Letters  
5/20/2018 Jeannie Noth Gaffigan Doctor of Humane Letters Commencement speaker
5/20/2018 Jim Gaffigan Doctor of Humane Letters Commencement speaker
5/20/2018 David A. Straz, Jr. Doctor of Laws  
5/21/2017 Sister Maria Marciano, SC Doctor of Humane Letters Commencement speaker
5/22/2016 Dr. Judith Ann Mayotte Doctor of Humane Letters Commencement speaker
5/17/2015 Sister Margaret "Peggy" O'Neill, SC Doctor of Humane Letters Commencement speaker
5/17/2015 Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J.  Doctor of Letters  
5/18/2014 T. Michael Bolger Doctor of Laws  
2014 Sister Mary Collins, OSB Doctor of Religious Studies  
8/20/2014 John Lewis Doctor of Letters Presented at New Student Convocation
5/18/2014 Rev. James Martin, S.J. Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
5/19/2013 Bill Cosby (Marquette revoked Cosby's honorary degree in 2015) Commencement speaker
5/19/2013 Sister Rosemary Connelly, RSM Doctor of Humane Letters  
5/20/2012 Henry "Hank" L. Aaron  Doctor of Humane Letters Commencement speaker
5/20/2012 Sister Miguel Conway, BVM Doctor of Humane Letters  
11/12/2012 Mary Oliver Doctor of Letters Special Presentation
5/22/2011 Will Allen Doctor of Humane Letters  
9/23/2011 Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J. Doctor of Religious Studies Presented at Presidential Inauguration
5/22/2011 William Drayton Doctor of Laws  
9/23/2011 Carolyn Forche Doctor of Letters Presented at Presidential Inauguration
5/22/2011 David McCullough Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
5/22/2011 Catherine J. Rick Doctor of Science  
5/23/2010 Joan Biskupic Doctor of Laws  
5/23/2010 Anne M. Burke Doctor of Laws  
5/23/2010 Wendy Kopp Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
5/23/2010 Sister Janice McLaughlin, MM  Doctor of Religious Studies  
2/5/2009 Shirin Ebadi Doctor of Laws Mission Week Convocation
5/17/2009 Frank Busalacchi Doctor of Laws  
5/17/2009 Clifford G. Christians Doctor of Letters  
5/17/2009 Dick Enberg Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
5/17/2009 Maria Rosa Leggol, O.S.F Doctor of Humane Letters  
10/8/2009 Helen Prejean, C.S.J Doctor of Religious Studies Special Presentation as part of 100th Anniversary of Women at Marquette
5/18/2008 Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. Doctor of Science  
5/18/2008 Andreas Delfs Doctor of Fine Arts  
5/18/2008 Margaret A. Farrow Doctor of Laws  
5/18/2008 Rev. John P. Foley, S.J. Doctor of Letters  
5/18/2008 Kathleen Huston Doctor of Letters  
5/18/2008 Andrew S. Nastios Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
5/20/2007 Louis Dupre Doctor of Religious Studies  
5/20/2007 Rev. Leland Lubbers, S.J. Doctor of Science  
5/20/2007 Vel R. Phillips Doctor of Laws  
5/20/2007 Steve Rushin  Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
5/21/2006 Richard A. Burke Doctor of Letters  
5/21/2006 Elaine L. Chao Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
5/21/2006 Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. Doctor of Religious Studies  
5/21/2006 Eleonore A. Stump Doctor of Letters  
10/23/2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Doctor of Laws Awarded in special non-commencement ceremony. Gave an address: "The Challenges of Development in a Post-Conflict Country", An Address by Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
President of the Republic of Liberia
5/22/2005 Rev. George V. Coyne, S.J. Doctor of Science  
5/22/2005 Gerald "Jerrry" Kleczka Doctor of Laws  
5/22/2005 Cokie Roberts  Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
5/22/2005 Richard Teerlink Doctor of Laws  
5/22/2005 Isiah M. Warner Doctor of Science  
11/7/2005 Rev. Trevor Miranda, S.J. Doctor of Letters Awarded at Opus Prize conferral ceremony
3/2/2004 Lech Walesa Doctor of Laws Awarded in special non-commencement ceremony
5/16/2004 John E. Breen  Doctor of Science  
5/16/2004 Felix Perez Camacho Doctor of Laws  
5/16/2004 Sister Maureen Fay, O.P. Doctor of Letters  
5/16/2004 Arnold L. Mitchem Doctor of Letters  
5/16/2004 Rev. John W. O'Malley, S.J. Doctor of Religious Studies  
5/18/2003 Bernard J. Cooke Doctor of Religious Studies  
5/18/2003 Most Rev. Timothy M. Dolan Doctor of Religious Studies Commencement speaker
5/18/2003 Rev. Dr. John Charlton Polkinghorne Doctor of Science  
5/18/2003 Sister Joel Read, S.S.S.F Doctor of Letters  
9/19/2003 Martin Sheen Doctor of Letters Dedication of the John P. Raynor, S.J., Library, Sept. 19, 2003
2002 Stephen R. Covey Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
2002 John J. Eisch Doctor of Science  
2002 Marvin Fishman Doctor of Fine Arts  
2002 Janet Fishman Doctor of Fine Arts  
2002 Margaret O'Brien Steinfels Doctor of Religious Studies  
2002 Paul W. Whear Doctor of Fine Arts  
2002 Oscar Arias Sanchez Doctor of Letters Awarded in special non-commencement ceremony
2001 Rev. Gerald P. Fogarty, S.J. Doctor of Religious Studies  
2001 Norma M. Lang Doctor of Science  
2001 Jane Bradley Pettit Doctor of Fine Arts  
2001 Gerald A. Rauenhorst Doctor of Laws  
2001 Fred McFeely Rogers - Commencement speaker Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
2000 R.W. Apple, Jr.  Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
2000 Richard J. Kitz Doctor of Science  
2000 Alasdair MacIntyre Doctor of Letters  
2000 Gaylord A. Nelson Doctor of Laws  
2000 Nathaniel K. Zelazo Doctor of Science  
1999 Mary Burgan Doctor of Letters  
1999 Philip Gleason Doctor of Letters  
1999 Monika K. Hellwig Doctor of Religious Studies  
1999 Thomas Ishii Doctor of Science  
1998 Edward A. Brennan Doctor of Laws  
1998 Rev. Joseph A. Fitzmeyer, S.J. Doctor of Religious Studies  
1998 Janine P. Geske Doctor of Laws  
1998 George Reedy Doctor of Laws  
1997 Rev. Donald Doll, S.J.     
1997 Robert E. Harlan  Doctor of Laws  
1997 E. Michael McCann Doctor of Laws  
1996 Hatem Ghazaleh Abu  Doctor of Laws  
1996 Lillian Roitman Berkman Doctor of Fine Arts  
1996 William J. Geisheker Doctor of Fine Arts  
1996 Tommy G. Thompson Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1995 Rev. Matthew Gottschalk O.F.M, Cap. Doctor of Laws  
1995 Erica P. John Doctor of Laws  
1994 Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1994 William R. Hewlett Doctor of Laws  
1993 Les Aspin Doctor of Laws Awarded at December commencement
1993 Jane Buellesbach, Sr. M.M. Doctor of Laws  
1993 Beatrice Haggerty Doctor of Laws  
1993 Helen W. Klinger Doctor of Laws  
1993 Richard Lippold Doctor of Fine Arts  
1993 Frank Shakespeare Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1992 Barbara Bush Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1992 Sidney C. Callahan Doctor of Letters  
1992 Rev. George H. Clements Doctor of Laws  
1992 Rev. William F. Kelley, S.J.  Doctor of Laws  
1992 John J. Moakley Doctor of Laws  
1991 James S. Coleman Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1991 Sr. M. Camille Kliebhan O.S.F. Doctor of Laws  
1991 Charles S. McNeer Doctor of Laws  
1991 Rev. John P. Raynor Doctor of Laws  
1990 Ada Sue Hinshaw Doctor of Science  
1990 Most Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1990 Albert J. Raboteau Doctor of Laws  
1990 John H. Sununu Doctor of Laws  
1989 Rev. John J. Halligan S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1989 Samuel Hazo Doctor of Letters  
1989 Rev. Stanley L. Jaki O.S.B. Doctor of Science  
1989 William J. Wilson Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1988 John Carter Brown Doctor of Fine Arts  
1988 Rev. Francis Paul Prucha, S.J. Doctor of Letters  
1988 William H. Rehnquist Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1988 James Q. Wilson Doctor of Laws  
1987 Rev. Virgil C. Blum S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1987 Dr. Walter E. Massey Doctor of Science  
1987 John Neumeier Doctor of Fine Arts  
1987 Michael Novak Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1986 Samuel C. Johnson Doctor of Laws  
1986 Rev. John Powell, S.J. Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
1986 Loret Miller Ruppe Doctor of Laws  
1985 Martin S. Feldstein Doctor of Laws  
1985 Helen Hayes Doctor of Letters  
1985 Max H. Karl Doctor of Laws  
1985 Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell, S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1984 Rudolf Arnheim Doctor of Humane Letters  
1984 Willie D. Davis Doctor of Laws  
1984 Rev. George E. Ganss S.J. Doctor of Religious Studies  
1984 Hannah Holborn Gray Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1983 Mortimer J. Adler Doctor of Letters  
1983 Rev. Edward J. Drummond, S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1983 Sister Theophane Hytrek, O.S.F. Doctor of Fine Arts  
1983 Robert J. Keeshan Doctor of Laws  
1983 Dr. Charles E. Koop Doctor of Science  
1982 Brother Booker T. Ashe, O.F.M Doctor of Laws  
1982 Eliot G. Fitch Doctor of Laws  
1982 Capt. Grace M. Hopper, U.S.N.R. Doctor of Science  
1982 Lawrence Kohlberg Doctor of Science  
1982 Edmund Muskie Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1981 Rev. Walter J. Burghardt, S.J. Doctor of Religious Studies Commencement speaker
1981 Ruth B. Love Doctor of Laws  
1981 Joseph W. McGuire Doctor of Business Administration  
1981 Henry S. Reuss Doctor of Laws  
1981 Herbert A. Simon Doctor of Science  
1981 Rev. Rembert G. Weakland O.S.B. Doctor of Laws  
1980 Rev. Francisco F. Claver, S.J. Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
1980 David C. Scott Doctor of Laws  
1980 John M. Templeton Doctor of Laws  
1979 Lerone Bennett, Jr. Doctor of Letters  
1979 Reverend Frederick C. Copleston, S.J. Doctor of Letters  
1979 Kathleen Mary Straub Doctor of Sciences  
1979 Rev. Frederick C. Copleston, S.J. Doctor of Letters  
1978 Norman N. Gill Doctor of Laws  
1978 Mildred F. Jefferson, M.D. Doctor of Science   
1978 Barbara B. Morgan Doctor of Fine Arts  
1978 Reverend Walter J. Ong, S.J. Doctor of Letters Commencement speaker
1978 Barbara Morgan Doctor of Fine Arts  
1977 Reverend Robert I. Burns, S.J.  Doctor of Letters  
1977 Norman C. Francis Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1977 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Doctor of Science  
1977 Richard P. Wilbur Doctor of Letters  
1977 Rev. Robert J. Burns, S.J. Doctor of Letters  
1976 John L. Doyne Doctor of Laws  
1976 Sr. M. Thomasita Fessler, O.S.F Doctor of Fine Arts  
1976 Charles T. Horngren Doctor of Business Administration  
1976 Francis J. Sheed Doctor of Letters  
1975 George Speidel Doctor of Science  
1975 Eric Voegelin Doctor of Letters  
1975 Ellie Wiesel Doctor of Letters  
1974 Rt. Rev. Msgr. John Tracy Ellis Doctor of Letters  
1974 Rev. Joseph H. Fichter, S.J.  Doctor of Laws  
1974 Adele G. Stahl Doctor of Science  
1974 James Crawford Windham Doctor of Laws  
1974 Rev. John Tracy Ellis Doctor of Letters  
1973 John Hope Franklin, Ph.D. Doctor of Letters  
1973 Walker Percy, M.D.  Doctor of Letters  
1973 Armand J. Quick, M.D. Doctor of Science  
1973 Father Luke Tupper, O.F.M., M.D. Doctor of Science  
1973 Dr. Walker Percy Doctor of Letters  
1973 Dr. Armand Quick Doctor of Science  
1972 Wallace Carroll Doctor of Letters  
1972 Catherine B. Cleary Doctors of Laws  
1972 George Kennan Doctor of Laws  
1972 Richard Mattingly, M.D. Doctor of Science  
1972 Richard C. Gerstenberg Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1972 J. Wallace Carroll Doctor of Letters  
1972 Miss Catherine B. Cleary Doctor of Laws  
1971 Dr. Harry J. Emeleus Doctor of Science  
1971 Alfred Lunt Doctor of Letters  
1971 Lynn Fontanne Doctor of Letters  
1971 Dr. Choh Hao Li Doctor of Science  
1971 Dr. Rene Jules Dubos Doctor of Science Commencement speaker
1970 A. Bernard Drought Doctor of Science  
1970 Charles Evans, Jr. Doctor of Laws  
1970 Rev. Bernard J.F. Lonergan, S.J.  Doctor of Letters  
1970 E. Harold Harrows Doctor of Laws  
1970 Hon E. Harold Hallows Doctor of Laws  
1969 Evan P. Helfaer Doctor of Laws  
1969 Reverend Gerard Smith, S.J.  Doctor of Letters  
1969 Henry Eyring Doctor of Science  
1969 Sir Howard Beale Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1969 Evan P. Helfaer Doctor of Laws  
1969 Dr. Choh-Ming Li Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker in 1970
1968 R. Paul Ramsey Doctor of Letters  
1968 Andew F. Brimmer Doctor of Laws  
1968 William Joseph Patrick O'Brien Doctor of Letters  
1968 Luther L. Terry Doctor of Laws  
1968 Andrew F. Brimmer Doctor of Laws  
1967 Helmut A. Hatzfeld Doctor of Letters  
1967 Sir John C. Eccles Doctor of Science  
1967 Mary C. Dwan Doctor of Letters  
1967 George Wildman Ball Doctor of Laws Commencement speaker
1967 Dr. John R. Dunning Doctor of Science  
1967 Dr. Helmut A. Hatzfeld Doctor of Letters  
1967 Dr. Alexander Hollaender Doctor of Science  
1967 Dr. Robert S. Mulliken Doctor of Science  
1966 Kenneth E. Boulding Doctor of Laws  
1966 Frances Neel Cheney Doctor of Letters  
1966 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Doctor of Religious Studies  
1966 Hon. Clement J. Zablocki Doctor of Laws  
1965 Thomas P. Coughlan Doctor of Laws  
1965 Warren P. Knowles Doctor of Laws  
1965 Victor Irwin Maier Doctor of Letters  
1965 C. Frederic Wehr Doctor of Science  
1964 Very Rev. Daniel M. Cantwell Doctor of Laws  
1964 Walther Casper Doctor of Laws  
1964 Hon. Robert F. Kennedy Doctor of Laws  
1964 Cardinal Franziskus Koenig Doctor of Religious Studies  
1963 Dr. George B. Harrison Doctor of Letters  
1963 Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt Doctor of Laws  
1963 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Peter Leo Johnson Doctor of Letters  
1963 Dr. Nathan M. Pusey Doctor of Laws  
1963 Dr. Frederick Seitz Doctor of Science  
1962 Frederick H. Boland Doctor of Laws  
1962 Norman Hilberry Doctor of Laws  
1962 Most Rev. William P. O'Conner Doctor of Laws  
1961 Walter W. Belson Doctor of Laws  
1961 Ralph D. Casey Doctor of Laws  
1961 Hon. Mary Donlon Doctor of Laws  
1961 Donald T. McNeill Doctor of Letters  
1961 Stanley Morison Doctor of Laws  
1961 Dr. Francis D. Murphy Doctor of Laws  
1961 Louis Quarles Doctor of Laws  
1961 Ben Regan Doctor of Laws  
1961 Jose I. Rivero Doctor of Letters  
1961 Hugh Scott Taylor Doctor of Laws  
1961 Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi Doctor of Laws  
1960 Robert C. Allen Doctor of Science  
1960 Ritamary Bradley Sr. C.H.M (N 24) Doctor of Laws  
1960 Patrick E. Haggerty Doctor of Laws  
1960 Msgr. Francis J. Lally Doctor of Laws  
1960 Phyllis McGinley Doctor of Letters  
1960 Adm. Curtiss W. Schantz Doctor of Science  
1959 Archbishop William E. Cousins Doctor of Laws  
1959 Sr. Mary Madeleva Doctor of Letters  
1959 Raymond J. Sontag Doctor of Letters  
1959 Chauncey Guy Suits Doctor of Science  
1959 Most Rev. John J. Wright Doctor of Letters  
1958 Ludwig Erhard Doctor of Laws  
1958 Keyes DeWitt Metcalf Doctor of Laws  
1958 William Shainline Middleton Doctor of Letters  
1958 Frank Luther Mott Doctor of Laws  
1957 Elizabeth C. Crosby Doctor of Science  
1957 Sr. Mary Emil Doctor of Laws  
1957 Andre Girard Doctor of Letters  
1957 George W. Mead Doctor of Laws  
1957 William A. Reiss Doctor of Laws  
1957 Edwin Emil Witte Doctor of Laws  
1956 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer Doctor of Laws  
1956 William C. Bruce (G 10) Doctor of Letters  
1956 Harry J. Grant Doctor of Letters  
1956 Bartholomew Hogan Doctor of Science  
1956 Harold G. Kern Doctor of Letters  
1956 Franklin J. Lunding Doctor of Laws  
1956 Will C. McKern Doctor of Science  
1956 Chester Wanvig Doctor of Laws  
1956 Charles Zadok Doctor of Laws  
1955 Mother Anna Dengel Doctor of Science  
1955 Franklin Dunham Doctor of Laws  
1955 Rev. James Macelwane S.J. Doctor of Science  
1955 Ivan Mestrovic  Doctor of Laws  
1955 Most Rev. Albert C. Meyer Doctor of Laws  
1955 Robert Daniel Murphy Doctor of Laws  
1955 Anton Pegis Doctor of Laws  
1954 Msgr. Edumnd J. Goebel Doctor of Laws  
1954 Rev. Daniel A. Lord Doctor of Letters  
1954 Hon. Harold R. Medina Doctor of Laws  
1954 Harold S. Vincent Doctor of Laws  
1953 Edmund Fitzgerald Doctor of Laws  
1953 Rev. Robert Gannon S.J. Doctor of Letters  
1953 General Hoyt Vandenberg Doctor of Laws  
1952 Charles Coughlin Doctor of Laws  
1952 Most Rev. David Hickey, S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1952 Sr. M. Mercy Hirschboeck Doctor of Science  
1951 Rev. Martin D'Arcy, S.J. Doctor of Letters  
1951 Harry S. Johnston Doctor of Laws  
1951 General Douglas MacArthur Doctor of Laws  
1951 Most Rev. Aloysius Muench Doctor of Laws  
1951 George Dominic Murray Doctor of Laws  
1951 Rev. Edward B. Rooney, S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1951 Robert A. Uihlein Doctor of Laws  
1950 Walter Geist Doctor of Laws  
1950 J. Edgar Hoover Doctor of Laws  
1950 Thomas E. Murray Doctor of Laws  
1950 Dr. Thomas Parran Doctor of Science  
1949 Charles O'Hara Doctor of Laws  
1948 Most. Rev. Richard J. Cushing Doctor of Laws  
1946 Paul Raymond Mallon Doctor of Laws  
1945 Dr. Edwin Broun Fred Doctor of Science  
1945 Cardinal Francis Spellmann Doctor of Letters  
1944 Joel L. Fletcher Doctor of Laws  
1943 Dr. Herman L. Kretschmer Doctor of Science  
1943 Rear Adm. Ross T. McIntire Doctor of Science  
1943 Robert Daniel Murphy Doctor of Laws  
1943 Pierre-Georges Roy Doctor of Humane Letters  
1943 Gen. Brigadier James S. Simmons Doctor of Science  
1942 Leo T. Crowley Doctor of Laws  
1942 Frederick L. Holmes Doctor of Letters  
1942 Frank J. Sensenbrenner Doctor of Laws  
1941 Karl F. Nystom Doctor of English  
1941 Dr. Rock Sleyster Doctor of Laws  
1940 Francis P. Matthews Doctor of Laws  
1939 Dr. Irvin Abell Doctor of Laws  
1938 John J. Hannon Doctor of Laws  
1938 Marvin B. Rosenberry Doctor of Laws  
1937 Herbert E. Bolton Doctor of Humane Letters  
1937 Ross J.S. Hoffman Doctor of Laws  
1937 Rev. Bernard Hubbard, S.J. Bachelor of Science  
1937 Louis Phelps Kellogg Doctor of Humane Letters  
1937 Rt. Rev. Henry Pennings Doctor of Laws  
1936 Charles G. Fenwick Doctor of Laws  
1935 John P. Devaney Doctor of Laws  
1934 Rev. Fulton J. Sheen Doctor of Letters  
1934 Arthur E. Simon Doctor of Science  
1934 Sir Henry Wellcome Doctor of Science  
1933 Karl F. Herzfeld Doctor of Science  
1933 Lawrence W. Murphy Doctor of Letters  
1931 Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch Doctor of Laws  
1930 Harold S. Falk    
1930 Rev. George Johnson Doctor of Laws  
1930 Rev. Michael Mahoney, S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1930 Liborius Semmann Doctor of Music  
1929 Carlton J.H. Hayes Doctor of Humane Letters  
1929 Theodore F. MacManus Doctor of Humane Letters  
1929 Dr. William J. Mayo Doctor of Science  
1929 Rt. Rev. Msgr. James H. Ryan Doctor of Laws  
1928 Rev. Peter Guilday Doctor of Humane Letters  
1928 Theodore Maynard Doctor of Letters  
1928 Rev. John A. McClorey, S.J. Doctor of Humane Letters  
1928 Agnes Repplier Doctor of Letters  
1928 Paul Van Dyke Doctor of Humane Letters  
1928 Thomas Walsh Doctor of Letters  
1928 Sr. Bertram C.A. Windle Doctor of Science  
1927 James O'Donnell Bennett    
1927 George H. Derry Doctor of Laws  
1927 Baron Ago Von Maltzan Doctor of Laws  
1926 Rt. Rev. Joseph Rainer Doctor of Letters  
1926 Dr. Joseph Schneider Doctor of Science  
1926 David I. Walsh Doctor of Civil Law  
1926 Michael Williams Doctor of Letters  
1925 Mother Mary Concordia Doctor of Science  
1925 Dr. S.S. Goldwater Doctor of Science  
1925 Dr. Malcolm T. MacEachern Doctor of Science  
1925 Most Rev. Sebastian Messmer Doctor of Laws  
1925 Rev. Charles Moulinier, S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1925 William C. Sieker    
1923 Rev. Hubert Brockman, S.J. Doctor of Laws  
1923 Filbert Roth Doctor of Laws  
1923 John Philip Sousa Doctor of Music  
1922 Albert L. Midgley Doctor of Science  
1919 William H. Cudworth    
1919 H. Edmund Friesell Doctor of Laws  
1919 Adolph Gropper    
1918 Hon. August C. Backus Doctor of Laws  
1918 Hon. Franz Eschweiler Doctor of Laws  
1917 R. Rev. Drew Bickerstaffe Msgr. Doctor of Laws  
1917 Gerald H. Chapin Doctor of Laws  
1917 Msgr. Count Francis Doctor of Laws  
1916 William R. McGovern Bachelor of Science  
1915 Percy H. Gordon Master of Commercial Science  
1914 Joseph A. Baer Bachelor of Laws  
1914 Adolph Graf Bachelor of Laws  
1914 Frederick C. Mayer Bachelor of Science  
1913 Robert J. Bach    
1913 Dr. Matthew Federspiel Bachelor of Science  
1913 Dr. Raymond Jaekels    
1913 Hon. Francis Jennings    
1913 Thomas A. Manning    
1913 Aloysius J. McKenna    
1911 Very Rev. A.J. Rezek Doctor of Laws  
1909 William H. Bennett Bachelor of Laws  
1909 Hart J. Goslee Bachelor of Science  
1909 Richard E.W. Sommer Ph.D.  
1908 William J. Cronyn Bachelor of Laws  
1908 Edward R. Spencer Bachelor of Laws  

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