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Honorary Degree Recipients

Frank J. Lausche, Doctor of Laws, 1951
Ross S. Marshall, Doctor of Laws, 1951
Maguerite Reilley, Doctor of Humanities, 1951
Rev. Frederic Fox, Doctor of Divinity, 1952
Rev. Earle B. Pleasant, Doctor of Divinity, 1952
Honorable C. William O'Neill, Doctor of Laws, 1953
Flossie Emeline Whitney, Doctor of Music, 1953
Rev. Carl Dille, Doctor of Divinity, 1953
Daniel W. Mikesell, Doctor of Business Administration, 1953
Arthur Conrad Decker, Doctor of Divinity, 1954
Norman Whitehouse, Doctor of Divinity, 1954
Wilbur D. Fulton, Doctor of Laws, 1955
Rev. Cleon Swarts, Doctor of Divinity, 1955
Harold Schellenger, Doctor of Laws, 1957
Richard Nixon, Doctor of Laws, 1957
Kevin McCann, Doctor of Laws, 1957
Angie Crew, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1958
Commander William R. Anderson, Doctor of Science, 1958
James C. Donnell II, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1958
Robert Fitz-Randolph Peters, Doctor of Divinity, 1959
Claire Coci, Doctor of Music, 1959
Frank P. Thomas, Doctor of Divinity, 1960
Andrew K. Craig, Doctor of Divinity, 1960
Wilber M. Brucker, Doctor of Laws, 1960
Charles R. Eisenhart, Doctor of Humanities, 1961
Lewis L. Gilbert, Doctor of Divinity, 1961
George W. Cornell, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1962
L. Ward McReynolds, Doctor of Science, 1962
Frank J. Wright, Doctor of Divinity, 1962
Truman B. Douglass, Doctor of Letters, 1962
Herbert E. VanMeter, Doctor of Divinity, 1963
Helen Huntington Smith, Doctor of Social Sciences, 1963
Erston M. Butterfield, Doctor of Divinity, 1963
Charles A. Dana, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1964
Donald W. Webber, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1964
Donald L. Powers, Doctor of Divinity, 1965
Charles H. Percy, Doctor of Laws, 1965
Francis H. Horn, Doctor of Laws, 1966
Harry W. Bredeweg, Doctor of Divinity, 1966
Lawrence W. Fairchild, Doctor of Divinity, 1967
Raymond E. Dix, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1967
Raymond S. Baby, Doctor of Science, 1968
William G. Barndt, Doctor of Divinity, 1968
Grant H. Young, Doctor of Laws, 1968
Pierre DuPont Vuilleumier, Doctor of Divinity, 1969
Kevin McCann, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1969
Donald W. Riegle, Jr., Doctor of Laws, 1970
Paul W. Kohler, Doctor of Divinity, 1970
Richard T. Andrews, Jr., Doctor of Divinity, 1971
Lauris Norstad, Doctor of Laws, 1972
Sister Jane Kirchner, R.S.M., Doctor of Humane Letters, 1973
Clyde C Flannery, Doctor of Divinity, 1974
Frank E. Duddy, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1974
Richard J. Neilsen, Doctor of Divinity, 1975
Walter H. Judd, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1975
Ralph W. Peters, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1976
Landrum R. Bolling, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1976
Rev. Reuben A. Sheares, II, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1977
Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1977
Dr. Hermenegild Marcus Antonio Drago, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1977
Carma J. Rowe, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1978
John U. Fauster, Jr., M.D., Doctor of Humane Letters, 1978
Karl H. Weaner, Doctor of Laws, 1979
Rev. Avery D. Post, Doctor of Divinity, 1979
Donnelly D. Cassidy, Doctor of Social Sciences, 1980
Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters, 1980
Kenneth H. Buckwald, Doctor of Divinity, 1980
Gordon C. Dix, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1981
Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, Doctor of Humanities, 1981
Dr. William W. Swezey, Doctor of Education, 1982
Margaret Ware Kahliff, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1982
Rev. Dr. William K. Laurie, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1983
Dr. James O. Plinton, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters, 1983
Ruth C. McCann, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1984
Rev. Roger Perl, Doctor of Divinity, 1984
Ruth Brackney, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1984
J. Charles Partee, Doctor of Public Service, 1985
Rev. Dr. Harold Wilke, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1985
Harold A. McMaster, Doctor of Science, 1985
Helen McMaster, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1985
Mary Ann Scherr, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1986
Rene C. McPherson, Doctor of Business Administration, 1986
Erie Sauder, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1987
Jimmie R. LeMaster, Doctor of Letters, 1988
Allen E. Beck, Doctor of Music, 1988
Rev. Scott S. Libbey, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1989
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1990
Dr. Thomas J. Moyer, Doctor of Laws, 1990
Rev. Dr. Paul H. Sherry, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1991
Rev. Thomas E. Dipko, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1992
Col. Terence T. Henricks, Doctor of Science, 1993
Rev. Bernice Powell Jackson, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1994
Ben Richmond, Doctor of Fine Arts, 1994
Richard Thornburgh, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1995
Norman C. Nitschke, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1995
William Diehl, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1995
George Isaac Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters, 1996
Terry Anderson, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1996
Linda Chavez, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1997
Harry Eugene Smart, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1997
Edwin S. Charles, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1998
Zev Kedem, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1998
Col. Richard R. Seibel, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1998
Mary A. Hench, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1999
Harris Wofford, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1999
Rita A. Kissner, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2000
Dr. Frank Newman, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2000
Rev. Bruno Schroeder, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2000
Dr. Larraine Matusak, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2001
Evelyn Lehman Ryan, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2001
Millard Fuller, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2002
Paul E. Gillmor, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2004
Ralph Regula, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2005
Dwight Short, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2006
Dr. Robert Head '76, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2009
Dr. Vincent Harding, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2010
Dr. DeBow Freed, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2017
Randall Buchman, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2018
Howard Reich, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2019
John Trautman, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2020
Dr. Holli Seabury, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2022
Carolyn M. Small, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2023
Rev. James Brehler, Doctor of Humane Letters, 2024

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