Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degrees
Speakers' names appear in italics.
| Date | Name | Degree Received |
| 1902 (Jun 23) | Quincy, Josiah H. | None |
| 1903 | Parker, Herbert W. | None |
| 1904 (Jun 6) | Hammond, John Wilkes | None |
| 1905 (Jun 7) | Richardson, James B. | None |
| 1906 (Jun 6) | Fessenden, Franklin G. | None |
| 1907 (Jun 5) | Sheldon, Henry Newton | None |
| 1908 (Jun 10) | Long, John Davis | None |
| 1909 (Jun 9) | Zueblin, Charles | None |
| 1910 (Jun 15) | Guild, Curtis, Jr. | None |
| 1911 | Frothingham, Louis Adams | None |
| 1912 (Jun 19) | Hall, Granville Stanley | None |
| 1913 (Jun 18) | Martin, George H. | None |
| 1914 (Jun 18) | Hurlburt, Henry F. | None |
| 1915 (Jun 16) | Powers, Samuel L. | None |
| 1916 (Jun 19) | Parker, Herbert W. | None |
| 1917 (Jun 13) | Smith, Payson | None |
| 1918 (Jun 12) | Cushing, Grafton Dulany | None |
| 1919 (Jun 11) | Cox, Channing Harris | None |
| 1920 (Jun 16) | Fish, Frederick Perry | None |
| 1921 (Jun 15) | Aley, Robert Judson | None |
| 1921 (Jun 15) | Speare, Frank Palmer | Law |
| 1922 (Jun 21) | Brown, Charles Reynolds | None |
| 1922 (Jun 21) | Smith, George Sumner | Commerce & Finance |
| 1923 (Jun 20) | Smith, Payson | None |
| 1924 (Jun 18) | Cutten, George Barton | None |
| 1925 (Jun 15) | Leavitt, Ashley Day | None |
| 1926 (Jun 21) | Thomas, Augustus O. | None |
| 1927 (Jun 20) | McConaughy, James L. | None |
| 1928 (Jun 20) | Smith, Payson | None |
| 1929 (Jun 19) | McConnell, Francis John | None |
| 1930 (Jun 16) | Sockman, Ralph Washington | None |
| 1931 (Jun 15) | Ballantine, Arthur Atwood | Doctor of Laws |
| 1931 (Jun 15) | Eddy, Harrison Prescott | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1931 (Jun 15) | Lewis, Edward Morgan | Doctor of Laws |
| 1931 (Jun 15) | Speare, Frank Palmer | Doctor of Laws |
| 1932 (Jun 20) | Stafford, Russell Henry | None |
| 1932 (Jun 20) | Bressler, Raymond George | Doctor of Laws |
| 1932 (Jun 20) | Gow, Charles Rice | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1932 (Jun 20) | Richards, James Lorin | Doctor of Laws |
| 1933 (Jun 19) | Moody, Paul Dwight | Doctor of Laws |
| 1933 (Jun 19) | Harriman, Henry Ingraham | Doctor of Laws |
| 1933 (Jun 19) | Lummus, Henry Tilton | Doctor of Laws |
| 1934 (Jun 19) | Smith, Payson | Doctor of Laws |
| 1934 (Jun 19) | Bullard, Frederic Lauriston | Doctor of Literature |
| 1934 (Jun 19) | Kimball, Dexter Simpson | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1935 (Jun 18) | Rogers, Harry Stanley | Doctor of Science |
| 1935 (Jun 18) | Dennett, Carl Pullen | Doctor of Laws |
| 1935 (Jun 18) | Main, Charles Thomas | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1935 (Jun 18) | Miner, Edward Fuller | Master of Arts |
| 1935 (Jun 18) | Saltonstall, Leverett | Doctor of Laws |
| 1936 (Jun 15) | Williams, Clement Clarence | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1936 (Jun 15) | Douglas, Lloyd Cassel | Doctor of Literature |
| 1936 (Jun 15) | Potter, Andrey Abraham | Doctor of Science |
| 1936 (Jun 15) | Webster, Edwin Sibley | Doctor of Laws |
| 1937 (Jun 21) | Wildman, Clyde Everett | Doctor of Laws |
| 1937 (Jun 21) | Bates, Sanford | Doctor of Laws |
| 1937 (Jun 21) | Clifford, Harry Ellsworth | Doctor of Science |
| 1937 (Jun 21) | Smith, William Lincoln | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1938 (Jun 20) | Allen, Calvin Francis | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1938 (Jun 20) | Bridges, Henry Styles | Doctor of Laws |
| 1938 (Jun 20) | Burgess, Thornton Waldo | Doctor of Literature |
| 1938 (Jun 20) | Lodge, Henry C., Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1938 (Jun 20) | Nash, Philip Curtis | Doctor of Laws |
| 1939 (Jun 19) | Sockman, Ralph Washington | None |
| 1939 (Jun 19) | Aldrich, Winthrop Williams | Doctor of Laws |
| 1939 (Jun 19) | Compton, Karl Taylor | Doctor of Laws |
| 1939 (Jun 19) | Davis, Harvey Nathaniel | Doctor of Science |
| 1939 (Jun 19) | Jackson, Dugald Caleb | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1939 (Jun 19) | Weeks, Jr., Edward Augustus | Doctor of Literature |
| 1940 (Jun 18) | Barker, Joseph Warren | Doctor of Science |
| 1940 (Jun 18) | Cahill, Horace Tracy | Doctor of Laws |
| 1940 (Jun 18) | Dolan, Arthur Walter | Doctor of Laws |
| 1940 (Jun 18) | Moreland, Edward Leyburn | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1941 (Jun 16) | Cabot, Godfrey Lowell | Doctor of Science |
| 1941 (Jun 16) | Carmichael, Leonard | Doctor of Laws |
| 1941 (Jun 16) | Cluverius, Wat Tyler | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1941 (Jun 16) | Moulton, Harold Glenn | Doctor of Laws |
| 1941 (Jun 16) | Oxnam, G. Bromley | Doctor of Literature |
| 1942 (Jun 14) | Flanders, Ralph E. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1942 (Jun 14) | Shih, Hu | Doctor of Laws |
| 1942 (Jun 14) | Lincoln, Joseph Crosby | Doctor of Literature |
| 1942 (Jun 14) | Pollock, Channing | Doctor of Laws |
| 1942 (Jun 14) | Seaton, Roy Andrew | Doctor of Science |
| 1943 (Apr 11) | Harrison, George Russell | Doctor of Science |
| 1943 (Apr 11) | Jacobs, Rear Admiral Randall | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1943 (Apr 11) | Ronan, Associate Justice James J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1943 (Apr 11) | Somervell, Lt. General Brehon | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1943 (Apr 11) | Tolley, William Pearson | Doctor of Laws |
| 1943 (Nov 21) | Lodge, Henry Cabot | None |
| 1944 (Jun 3) | Watson, Thomas John | None |
| 1944 (Jun 3) | Sikorsky, Igor I. | Doctor of Science |
| 1944 (Jun 3) | Vanderbilt, Arthur T. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1944 (Jun 3) | Warren, Julius Ernest | Doctor of Laws |
| 1944 (Jun 3) | Watson, Thomas John | Doctor of Laws |
| 1944 (Jun 3) | Wilson, Charles Edward | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1944 (Dec 3) | Cluverius, Rear Admiral Wat Tyler | None |
| 1945 (Jun 3) | Dawes, Chester L. | Doctor of English |
| 1945 (Jun 3) | Dewey, Bradley | Doctor of Science |
| 1945 (Jun 3) | Gibson, Harvey D. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1945 (Jun 3) | Mosher, Ira | Doctor of Laws |
| 1945 (Jun 3) | Roberts, Kenneth | Doctor of Literature |
| 1945 (Dec 5) | White, William Crombie | None |
| 1946 (Jun 9) | Allen, Frederick Lewis | Doctor of Literature |
| 1946 (Jun 9) | Ching, Cyrus S. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1946 (Jun 9) | Hunsaker, Jerome Clarke | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1946 (Jun 9) | Rand, William McNear | Doctor of Laws |
| 1946 (Jun 9) | Spaulding, Francis Trow | Doctor of Laws |
| 1947 (Feb 2) | Allen, Frederick Lewis | None |
| 1947 (Jun 22) | Byrd, Richard Evelyn | Doctor of Science |
| 1947 (Jun 22) | De Haas, J. Anton | Doctor of Laws |
| 1947 (Jun 22) | Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe | Doctor of Literature |
| 1947 (Jun 22) | Sherwood, Thomas Kilgore | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1947 (Sep 14) | Wadsworth, Eliot | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Jan 31) | Herter, Christian A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Jun 20) | Weeks, Sinclair | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Chase, Mary Ellen | Doctor of Literature |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Conant, James B. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | deFlorez, Luis | Doctor of English |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | DeVoto, Bernard | Doctor of Literature |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Dodge, Robert G. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Gilliland, Edwin R. | Doctor of English |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Herter, Christian A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Higgins, John P. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Julian, Percy L. | Doctor of Science |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Randall, Clarence B. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Sinnott, Edmund W. | Doctor of Science |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Spang, Joseph P., Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Swan, Thomas W. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1948 (Oct 2) | Walters, Raymond | Doctor of Laws |
| 1949 (Jun 26) | Babcock, Earl Byron | Doctor of Science |
| 1949 (Jun 26) | Bowditch, Richard Lyon | Doctor of Laws |
| 1949 (Jun 26) | Clifford, George Henry | Doctor of Laws |
| 1949 (Jun 26) | Cutler, Robert | Doctor of Laws |
| 1949 (Jun 26) | Forbes, Esther | Doctor of Literature |
| 1949 (Jun 26) | Haertlein, Albert | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1949 (Jun 26) | Killian, Jr., James R. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1950 (Jun 25) | Abrams, Frank W. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1950 (Jun 25) | Clapp, Margaret | Doctor of Laws |
| 1950 (Jun 25) | Dillon, Frederick Joseph | Doctor of Laws |
| 1950 (Jun 25) | Greenewalt, Crawford Hallock | Doctor of Science |
| 1950 (Jun 25) | Lowell, Ralph | Doctor of Laws |
| 1950 (Jun 25) | Marquand, John Phillips | Doctor of Literature |
| 1951 (Jun 24) | Kalmus, Herbert Thomas | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1951 (Jun 24) | David, Donald Kirk | Doctor of Laws |
| 1951 (Jun 24) | Medina, Harold R. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1951 (Jun 24) | Mitchell, Don G. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1951 (Jun 24) | Wilder, Thornton Niven | Doctor of Literature |
| 1951 (Jun 24) | Warner, John Christian | Doctor of Science |
| 1952 (Jun 22) | Adams, Arthur Stanton | Doctor of Laws |
| 1952 (Jun 22) | Brooks, Van Wyck | Doctor of Literature |
| 1952 (Jun 22) | Cabot, Thomas Dudley | Doctor of Laws |
| 1952 (Jun 22) | White, William Crombie | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1952 (Jun 22) | Wilkins, Raymond Sanger | Doctor of Laws |
| 1953 (Jun 21) | Canham, Erwin Dain | Doctor of Literature |
| 1953 (Jun 21) | Hansen, George | Doctor of Laws |
| 1953 (Jun 21) | Howe, Clarence Decature, The Right Honourable | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1953 (Jun 21) | Jacobsen, Alfred | Doctor of Laws |
| 1953 (Jun 21) | Phillips, Charles F. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1953 (Jun 21) | Qua, Stanley Elroy | Doctor of Laws |
| 1953 (Jun 21) | Sprague, Robert Chapman | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1953 (Jun 21) | Waterman, Alan Tower | Doctor of Science |
| 1954 (Jun 27) | Case, Harold Claude | Doctor of Laws |
| 1954 (Jun 27) | Gores, Harold B. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1954 (Jun 27) | Hood, Clifford F. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1954 (Jun 27) | McCaffrey, John L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1954 (Jun 27) | McCord, David Thompson Watson | Doctor of Literature |
| 1954 (Jun 27) | Stewart, John Harold | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1954 (Jun 27) | Whitman, Walter Gordon | Doctor of Science |
| 1955 (Jun 17) | Bronwell, Arthur Brough | Doctor of Laws |
| 1955 (Jun 17) | Curtice, Harlow Herbert | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1955 (Jun 17) | Flood, Frank Lee | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1955 (Jun 17) | Haskins, Caryl P. | Doctor of Science |
| 1955 (Jun 17) | Kimball, Charles Newton | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1955 (Jun 17) | Pusey, Nathan Marsh | Doctor of Laws |
| 1955 (Jun 17) | Spalding, John Varnum | Doctor of Laws |
| 1956 (Jun 17) | Alter, Chester M. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1956 (Jun 17) | Bowen, Catherine Drinker | Doctor of Literature |
| 1956 (Jun 17) | Everett, Albert Ellsworth | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1956 (Jun 17) | Funston, George Keith | Doctor of Laws |
| 1956 (Jun 17) | Gettino, Ivan A. | Doctor of Science |
| 1956 (Jun 17) | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | Doctor of Laws |
| 1956 (Jun 17) | Volpe, John Anthony | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1957 (Jun 16) | Burns, John Lawrence President, Radio Corp. of America |
Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1957 (Jun 16) | Catton, Bruce Editor and historian |
Doctor of Literature |
| 1957 (Jun 16) | Herren, Thomas Wade Commanding General, First U.S. Army |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1957 (Jun 16) | Knowles, Asa Smallidge President, University of Toledo |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1957 (Jun 16) | Magruder, Calvert Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1957 (Jun 16) | Stratton, Julius Adams Chancellor, M.I.T. |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1957 (Jun 16) | Woodward, Carl Raymond President, Univ. of R.I. |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1958 (Jun 15) | Alexander, Peter Popow Chairman of the Board, Metal Hydrides, Inc. |
Doctor of Science |
| 1958 (Jun 15) | Mather, Jean Paul President, U-Mass |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1958 (Jun 15) | Miller, Perry Prof. of American Literature, Harvard Univ. |
Doctor of Literature |
| 1958 (Jun 15) | Pierce, Arthur Jenkins Brigadier General U.S. Air Force |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1958 (Jun 15) | Pollock, Channing | Doctor of Laws |
| 1958 (Jun 15) | Washburn, Henry Bradford, Jr. Director Boston Museum of Science |
Doctor of Science |
| 1958 (Jun 15) | Wessell, Nils Yngve President, Tufts Univ. |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1959 (Jun 14) | Adams, Charles Francis President, Raytheon Manufacturing Co. |
Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1959 (Jun 14) | Alexander, William Thurlow Dean, College of Engineering, N.U. |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1959 (Jun 14) | Ell, Carl S. | Doctor of Science Education |
| 1959 (Jun 14) | Homer, Arthur Bartlett Pres. and Chief Exec. Officer, Bethlehem Steel Corp. |
Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1959 (Jun 14) | Land, Edwin Herbert President, Polaroid Corp. |
Doctor of Science |
| 1959 (Jun 14) | Pastore, John O. U.S. Senator from R.I. |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1959 (Jun 14) | Tharp, Louise Hall Author and lecturer |
Doctor of Literature |
| 1960 (Jun 19) | Howes, Raymond Floyd Editor, The Educational Record |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1960 (Jun 19) | Langsam, Walter Consuelo President, Univ. of Cincinnati |
Doctor of Science |
| 1960 (Jun 19) | Rathbone, Perry Townsend Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1960 (Jun 19) | Sachar, Abram Leon Pres., Brandeis Univ. |
Doctor of Literature |
| 1960 (Jun 19) | Sennott, Robert J., Right Rev. Chancellor, Archdiocese of Boston |
Doctor of Civil Law |
| 1960 (Jun 19) | Sullivan, William E. R. Brigadier General, U.S. Army, President, U.S. Army Chemical Corps Board |
Doctor of Science |
| 1961 (Jun 18) | Brace, Lloyd D. Pres. and Director, the First National Bank of Boston |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1961 (Jun 18) | Bunting, Mary Ingraham Pres. Radcliffe College |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1961 (Jun 18) | Kiernan, Owen Burns Commissioner of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1961 (Jun 18) | Phinney, Edward D. Former V.P. and General Patent Attorney, Int'l Telephone and Telegraph Corp. |
Doctor of Science |
| 1961 (Jun 18) | Tyler, Chaplin Management Consultatn, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. , Inc. |
Doctor of Science |
| 1961 (Jun 18) | Whipple, Fred Lawrence Director Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
Doctor of Letters |
| 1961 (Jun 18) | Whitehill, Walter Muir Director and Librarian, Boston Athanaeum |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1962 (Jun 17) | Collins, John Frederick Mayor of Boston |
Doctor of Civil Law |
| 1962 (Jun 17) | Beatty, H. Russell President Wentworth Inst. |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1962 (Jun 17) | Black, Eugene Robert Pres. and Chairman of the Exec. Directors, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1962 (Jun 17) | Chapin, William S. General Manager and Chief Engineer, Power Authority of the State of N.Y. |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1962 (Jun 17) | Jones, Henry Campbell Pres. Arkwright Mutual Insurance Co. |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1962 (Jun 17) | Stahr, Elvis J. | Doctor of Military Science |
| 1962 (Jun 17) | Walsh, Michael Patrick Pres. Boston College |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1962 (Jun 17) | Webb, James Edwin Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Beal, Orville Ellsworth Pres., the Prudential Insurance Co. of America |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Black, Robert D. Chairman of the Board and Chief Exec. Officer, Black and Decker Manufacturing Co. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Briggs, William P. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Hebb, Donald O. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Mugar, Stephen P. President, Star Market Co. |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Richardson, Frank Lincoln Honorary Chairman of the Board, Newton-Waltham Bank and Trust Co. |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Schmehl, Francis L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Welch, Norman A. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1963 (Jun 16) | Wilson, Logan President, American Council on Education |
Doctor of Literature |
| 1964 (Jun 14) | Brooke, Edward W. Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1964 (Jun 14) | Lederle, John William President, U-Mass |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1964 (Jun 14) | Smith, Margaret Chase U.S. Senator, Maine |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1964 (Jun 14) | Wyeth, Andrew Artist |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1964 (Jun 14) | Tyler, Ralph Winfred Director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, University of California |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1964 (Jun 14) | Voke, Edward J. Assoc. Justice, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1965 (Jun 20) | McCormack, James V.P., M.I.T. |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1965 (Jun 20) | Holland, Jerome Heartwell President, Hampton Institute |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1965 (Jun 20) | Kennedy, Edward M. U.S. Senator, Massachusetts |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1965 (Jun 20) |
O'Brien, Lawrence Francis, '42 Special Asst. for Congressional Relations to President Lyndon B. Johnson |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1965 (Jun 20) |
Markell, Robert J., '44 Television Producer |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1965 (Jun 20) |
Peabody, Amelia Distinguished Bostonian and Artist |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1965 (Jun 20) |
Cushing, Richard Cardinal Archbishop of Boston |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1966 (Jun 19) |
Chapman, Richard Palmer Chairman of the Board, N.E. Merchants National Bank |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1966 (Jun 19) |
Fiedler, Arthur Director and Conductor, Boston Pops Orchestra |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1966 (Jun 19) |
Johnson, Howard W. President-elect, M.I.T. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1966 (Jun 19) |
Lally, Francis Joseph Editor, The Pilot |
Doctor of Divinity |
| 1966 (Jun 19) |
Norton, Elliot Distinguished Drama Critic |
Doctor of Literature |
| 1966 (Jun 19) |
Ziegler, Wilbur C. Minister of the Old West Church |
Doctor of Divinity |
| 1966 (Jun 19) | Katzenbach,
Nicholas DeB. Attorney General, U.S. Dept. of Justice |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1967 (Jun 18) |
Adams, Ruth Marie Pres., Wellesley College |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1967 (Jun 18) |
Beaton, Roy Howard, '39 General Manager, Apollo Support Dept., General Electric Co., Director, Florida Defense-Space Industries Assoc. |
Doctor of Science |
| 1967 (Jun 18) |
Caldwell, Sarah Artistic Director, American National Opera Co. and Opera Co. of Boston |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1967 (Jun 18) |
Gunn, Hartford Nelson, Jr. General Manager, WGBH Television |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1967 (Jun 18) |
Knight, Norman President, Knight Quality Radio Stations |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1967 (Jun 18) |
Rabb, Norman Saul Chairman of the Advisory Council on Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1967 (Jun 18) |
Rogers, Ralph Burton, '31 Chairman of the Board and President, Texas Industries |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1967 (Jun 18) |
Schuller, Gunther President-elect, N.E. Conservatory of Music |
Doctor of Music |
| 1967 (Jun 18) | Morse,
F. Bradford U.S. Representative, Fifth Congressional District, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1968 (Jun 16) | Weaver, Robert C. | Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1968 (Jun 16) | Dana, Charles A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1968 (Jun 16) | Ebert, Robert Higgins | Doctor of Science |
| 1968 (Jun 16) | Morris, James A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1968 (Jun 16) | Peterson, Esther Eggertsen | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1968 (Jun 16) | Phillips, Thomas L. | Doctor of Science |
| 1968 (Jun 16) | Rossiter, Henry P. | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1968 (Jun 16) | Sgarzi, Amedeo V. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1969 (Jun 15) | Cass, Melnea A. | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1969 (Jun 15) | Gryzmish, Reuben B., '12 | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1969 (Jun 15) | Kendrew, A. Edwin | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1969 (Jun 15) | Koontz, Elizabeth Duncan | Doctor of Science in Education |
| 1969 (Jun 15) | Burns, Ralph Arthur | Doctor of Education |
| 1969 (Jun 15) | Spear, Joseph | Doctor of Science |
| 1969 (Jun 15) | Knowles, John Hilton | Doctor of Laws |
| 1969 (Jun 15) | Muskie, Edmund Sixtus | Doctor of Civil Law |
| 1969 (Sep 4) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Gart, Murray J., '49 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Atkins, Thomas I. | Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Jacobson, Eli, '33 | Doctor of Laws |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Probst, George E. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Quirico, Francis J., '32 | Doctor of Laws |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Hadley, Edwin W. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Cronkhite, Jr., Leonard W. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Allen, James E., Jr. | Doctor of Educational Administration |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Heckler, Margaret M. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1970 (Jun 14) | Collins, Michael | Doctor of Science |
| 1970 (Sep 10) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Bennett, Wallace Foster | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Colier, Abram Thurlow | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Sargent, Francis W. | Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Bailey, John Stephen, '59 | Doctor of Science in Education |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Littlefield, Henry Wilson | Doctor of Science in Education |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Banks, Talcott M. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Coakley, Livingstone Nathaniel, '58 | Doctor of Laws |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Damon, Roger Conant | Doctor of Laws |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | Princi, Peter W., '38 | Doctor of Laws |
| 1971 (Jun 20) | King, Coretta Scott | Doctor of Laws |
| 1971 (Sep 16) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Elliott, Byron K. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Green, Edith | Doctor of Public Administration |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Lawlor, Joseph C., '43 | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Orr, James H., '26 | Doctor of Laws |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Stokes, Rembert E. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Barry, Sr. Marie | Doctor of Laws |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Hale, Allan M., '39 | Doctor of Laws |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Havice, Charles W. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Pai, Ei Whan, '35 | Doctor of Laws |
| 1972 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Waring, Lloyd B. | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1972 (Sep 14) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Cahners, Helen Rabb Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Westbrook College, Portland, ME |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Feldman, Marvin J. President, Fashion Inst. of Technology, NY |
Doctor of Science in Education |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Ferguson, David N., '52 Corporate V.P. and Gen'l Manager, Electronics Division, Northrop Corp., CA |
Doctor of Science |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Hallowell, Burton C. President, Tufts Univ. |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Martin, Lawrence H. Chairman of the Board and Chief Exec. Officer, the National Shawmut Bank of Boston and Shawmut Assoc. Inc. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Abrams, Julia, '25 President, Poley-Abrams Corporation, MA |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Burgess, John Melville, Rt. Rev. Episcopal Bishop, Diocese of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Divinity |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Montoya, Joseph M. U.S. Senator from New Mexico |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1973 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Oztemel, Ara, '51 President and Chairman of the Board, Satra Corporation, NY |
Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1973 (Sep 13) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - a.m. |
Cleveland, Laurence F. Professor of Elec. Eng., NU |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - a.m. |
Donovan, Paul F., '55 Director of the Office of Energy R & D Policy, Nat'l Science Foundation |
Doctor of Science |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - a.m. |
Foster, Luther H. President, Tuskegee Inst., Alabama |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - a.m. |
Newell, Barbara President, Wellesley College |
Doctor of Literature |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - a.m. |
Stone, David B. President, North American Management Corp. Boston, MA |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - p.m. |
Bateson, Lincoln C., '50-'56 V.P. - Business, N.U. |
Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - p.m. |
Fye, Paul MacDonald President and Director,Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - p.m. |
Hurtig, Carl R., '48 Exec. V.P. and Director, Damon Corporation, MA |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - p.m. |
Parsons, Edward S., '22 V.P. for Business (retired) - NU |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1974 (Jun 16) - p.m. |
Ziegler, Vincent C. Chairman of the Board, The Gillette Co., Boston, MA |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1974 (Sep 12) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - a.m. |
Brown, Martin, '21 President, J & M Brown Co. |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - a.m. |
Cross, K. Patricia Sr. Research Psychologist, Educational Testing Service, CA |
Doctor of Science |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - a.m. |
di Scipio, Alfred, '50 President and Chief Exec. Officer, Magnavox Consumer Electronics Co., NY |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - a.m. |
Golledge, Rev. Robert Walter Vicar, Old North Church |
Doctor of Divinity |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - a.m. |
Gross, Fritz A. V.P. - Engineering, Raytheon Co. |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - a.m. |
Nelson, Hon. David Sutherland Assoc. Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court |
Doctor of Jurisprudence |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - p.m. |
Hill, Richard Devereux Pres. and Chief Exec. Officer, The First Nat'l Bank of Boston |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - p.m. |
Ives, David O. President, WGBH Educational Foundation |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - p.m. |
Mock, Harold Adam, '23 Managing Partner, Arthur Young and Co., Boston |
Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1975 (Jun 22) - p.m. |
Monan, Rev. J. Donald, S.J. President, Boston College |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1975 (Sep 18) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Awkward, Robert | None |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - a.m. |
Mayer, Jean Pres.-elect of Tufts Univ. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - a.m. |
Monbleau, Rev. Charles Henry Minister, Pilgrim Congregational Church, Harwich Port, MA |
Doctor of Divinity |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - a.m. |
Rabb, Sidney R. Chairman of the Board, the Stop & Shop Co. |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - a.m. |
Reston, James B. American journalist and author |
Doctor of Journalism |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - a.m. |
Smith, Farnham W., '24 alumni leader at NU |
Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - p.m. |
Gilbert, Carl J. Pres., Assoc. of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - p.m. |
Hennessey, Hon. Edward F., '41 Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1976 (Jun 20) - p.m. |
Jackson, Ellen Swepson Director, Freedom House Inst. on Schools and Education |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1976 (Sep 16) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Kennedy, Edward M. | None |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - a.m. |
Baird, Charles O., '22 Retired Chairman, Dept. of Civil Engineering and University Engineer, NU |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - a.m. |
Barnett, Louis H., '44 Int'l plastics, chemicals and management science consultant |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - a.m. |
Cherne, Leo Exec. Director, The Research Inst.of America |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - a.m. |
Ferretti, Alfred John Retired Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Mech. Engineering, NU |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - a.m. |
Melvin, Harold Welsey Retired Prof. of English, NU |
Doctor of Letters |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - a.m. |
Woodcock, Leonard F. President Emeritus of United Auto Workers |
Doctor of Public Service |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - p.m. |
Bickerstaff, Sr. Anne Marie Sister of St. Margaret, an Episcopal order, Director of Holy Trinity School, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - p.m. |
Bleicken, Gerhard D. Chairman of the Board and Chief Exec. Office, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - p.m. |
Cochran, Jacqueline Chairman of the Board, Jacqueline Cochran, Inc. |
Doctor of Military Science |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - p.m. |
Mann, Maurice, '51 President and Chief Exec. Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1977 (Jun 19) - p.m. |
Thomas, Lowell Jackson journalist, explorer, author and broadcaster |
Doctor of Letters |
| 1977 (Sep 15) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - a.m. |
Bernstein, Marver H. President of Brandeis Univ. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - a.m. |
Cox, Archibald Carl M. Loeb University Prof. at Harvard |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - a.m. |
Fontein, Jan Director of the Museum of Fine Arts |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Jackson,
Rev. Jesse L. civil rights leader |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - a.m. |
Lake, Wilfred S. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, NU |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - a.m. |
Mercer, William C. Pres. of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. |
Doctor of Public Service |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - a.m. |
Mott, Ruth Rawlings, '23 foundation executive, physical education and dance teacher and civic leader |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - p.m. |
Anrig, Gregory R. Commissioner of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - p.m. |
Baker, Chester P., '20, '34 Chairman of the Dept. of Chemical Eng. at NU |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - p.m. |
Haynes, Rev. Michael E. Minister of the Twelfth Baptist Church of Roxbury |
Doctor of Divinity |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - p.m. |
Medeiros, Humberto Cardinal Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and fourth Archbishop of Boston |
Doctor of Divinity |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Pell, Claiborne Sr. U.S. Senator from Rhode Island |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - p.m. |
Phillips, Edward E. President of New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
Doctor of Public Service |
| 1978 (Jun 18) - p.m. |
Williams, E. Virginia Founder and Artistic Director of the Boston Ballet Co. |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1978 (Sep 14) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1979 (May 26) (Law) | Higginbotham, A. Leon Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Cooperstein, Louis NU faculty member |
Doctor of Letters |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Lewis, Elma Ina Founder-Director of the Nat'l Center of Afro-American Artists |
Doctor of Letters |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
MacDonald, Gilbert George, E'32 educational administrator and student personnel professional |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Moakley, John Joseph Member of Congress |
Doctor of Political Science |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - a.m. |
Robinson, Dwight P., Jr. Boston business leader |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Tsongas,
Paul E. Jr. U.S. Senator from Massachusetts |
Doctor of Public Service |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Ryder, Kenneth Gilmore | None |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Conte, Silvio O. Congressman |
Doctor of Public Service |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Ford, Joseph P. philanthropist |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Haskins, Kenneth W. Pres. of Roxbury Community College |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Loughlin, Sr. Mary Ann F.M.M., Exec. Director of the Kennedy Memorial Hospital for Children, Brighton, MA |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Olsen, Stanley Charles, LI '57, B '58 VP of Maynard, Massachusetts-based Digital Equipment Corp. |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1979 (Jun 17) - p.m. |
Pei, I.M. architect |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1979 (Sep 13) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1980 (May 24) (Law) | Brest, Paul | Doctor of Laws |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Goshgarian, Prof. Gary | None |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - a.m. |
Mattson, Walter E., LI ' 59 Pres. and Chief Exec. Officer of the New York Times Co. |
Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - a.m. |
Riesman, Joseph G., B '18 (posthumous, 1897-1980), philanthropist, businessman |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - a.m. |
Scott, Jessie M. Asst. Surgeon General |
Doctor of Public Service |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - a.m. |
Snowden, Otto Phillip Co-founder and Co-director of Freedom House, Inc. Roxbury, MA |
Doctor of Public Service |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - a.m. |
Allen, Catherine Louise teacher, administrator, sp. asst. to NU President |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - a.m. |
White, Kevin H. Mayor of Boston |
Doctor of Political Science |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - p.m. |
Alexander, Joyce London Judge, teacher, community lawyer |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - p.m. |
Fulham, Thomas Anthony Suffolk University President |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - p.m. |
Holmes, William J. Simmons College President |
Doctor of Letters |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - p.m. |
Morris, Rudolph Magnus, BA '32 educator, administrator NU |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - p.m. |
Stearns, Russell B. distinguished business leader |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1980 (Jun 15) - p.m. | King, Edward
J. Governor of Massachusetts |
Doctor of Science |
| 1980 (Sep 8) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1981 (May 30) (Law) | Kaplan, Benjamin | None |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Athanas, Anthony | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Cabot, Maryellen | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Early, Joseph D. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Golemme, Joseph M. | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Gray, Paul Edward | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. | Doctor of Letters |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Stata, Ray | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - p.m. | Ryder, Kenneth Gilmore | None |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - p.m. | Avery, Mary Ellen | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - p.m. | Edelman, Marian Wright | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - p.m. | Johnston, Philip | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - p.m. | O'Keefe, Bernard J. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1981 (Jun 21) - p.m. | Zises, Alvin C. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1981 (Sep 17) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1982 (May 29) (Law) | Bazelton, The Honorable David L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Cogan, David H. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Goldberg, Avram Jacob | Doctor of Laws |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Hearth, Donald P. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Johnson, John H. | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Keith, Lyman Albert | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - a.m. | O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr. | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Higgins, Sr. Therese, C.S.J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Lawson, John H. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Taylor, William O. | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Tredinnick, Frank A., Jr. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1982 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Williams, John Towner | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1982 (Sep 16) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1983 (May 29) (Law) | Clark, Ramsey | Doctor of Laws |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Appley, Mortimer Herbert | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Bell, Terrel Howard | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Essigmann, Martin White | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Phillips, John David | Doctor of Laws |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Cahners, Norman L. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Duff, John B. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - p.m. | English, James Fairfield, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Simon, Hon. Paul | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1983 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Wolfman, Brunetta Reid | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| 1983 (Sep 15) | [no honorary degrees conferred] | |
| 1984 (May 27) (Law) | Brooks, John G. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1984 (May 27) (Law) | O'Toole, Thomas J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1984 (May 27) (Law) | Chisholm, Shirley A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1984 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Dukakis, Michael S. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1984 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Gaither, Edmund Barry | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1984 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Hiatt, Howard H. | Doctor of Science |
| 1984 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Willis, Robert Henry | Doctor of Science |
| 1984 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Beranek, Leo Leroy | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1984 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Eisner, Janet Margaret, SND | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1984 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Fanning, Katherine | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1984 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Wang, An | Doctor of Science |
| 1984 (Sep 13) | Feingold, Murray, M.D. | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1984 (Sep 13) | Orr, Robert G. | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1984 (Sep 13) | Updike, John Hoyer | Doctor of Letters |
| 1985 (May 26) (Law) | Abrahamson, Shirley S. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1985 (May 26) (Law) | Bell, Derrick A., Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1985 (May 26) (Law) | Hentoff, Nathan | Doctor of Laws |
| 1985 (May 26) (Law) | Kinoy, Arthur | Doctor of Laws |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Johnston, Philip | None |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Everett, Robert R. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Ford, William D. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Pruyn, William James | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Wooldridge, Roy L. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Wright, Douglas Tyndall | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Hennessey, Hon. Edward Francis | None |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Branson, Herman Russell | Doctor of Science |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Farwell, Frank L. | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Smith, Donald Winthrop | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1985 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Walker-Taylor, Yvonne | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| 1985 (Sep 12) | Goodwin, Doris K. | None |
| 1985 (Sep 12) | Ma, Yo-Yo | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1986 (May 25) (Law) | Caldicott, Helen | Doctor of Laws |
| 1986 (May 25) (Law) | Chambers, Julius L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1986 (May 25) (Law) | Garrity, W. Arthur Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1986 (Jun 26) - a.m. | Dole, Elizabeth Hanford | None |
| 1986 (Jun 26) - a.m. | Fuchs, Job E. | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1986 (Jun 26) - a.m. | Lukas, J. Anthony | Doctor of Letters |
| 1986 (Jun 26) - a.m. | Trigg, D. Thomas | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1986 (Jun 26) - p.m. | Bulger, William Michael | None |
| 1986 (Jun 26) - p.m. | Hopper, Grace Murray | Doctor of Military Science |
| 1986 (Jun 26) - p.m. | Knapp, David Curtis | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1986 (Jun 26) - p.m. | Matthews, George James | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1986 (Sep 18) | Bloch, Julia Chang | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1986 (Sep 18) | Flynn, Raymond L. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1986 (Sep 18) | Stoessel, Walter J., Jr. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1987 (May 24) (Law) | Cargill, Thomas E., Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1987 (May 24) (Law) | Huber, Richard G. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1987 (May 24) (Law) | Lewis, Anthony | Doctor of Laws |
| 1987 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Frank, Hon. Barney | None |
| 1987 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Bromsen, Maury Austin | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1987 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Parker, Robert B. | Doctor of Letters |
| 1987 (Jun 21) - a.m. | Wallace, Phyllis Ann | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1987 (Jun 21) - p.m. | Cisneros, Hon. Henry G. | None |
| 1987 (Jun 21) - p.m. | Hennessey, Edward L., Jr. | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1987 (Jun 21) - p.m. | Verrett, Shirley | Doctor of Music |
| 1987 (Sep 17) | Ho, Lee Hee | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1987 (Sep 17) | Karnovsky, Shirley | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1987 (Sep 17) | Murphy, Evelyn F. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1987 (Sep 17) | MacDougall, Roderick M. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1988 | Tutu, Bishop Desmond | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1988 (May 29) (Law) | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | Doctor of Laws |
| 1988 (May 29) (Law) | Carter, Robert L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1988 (May 29) (Law) | Healey, John G. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1988 (May 29) (Law) | Totenberg, Nina | Doctor of Laws |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Bombeck, Erma Louise | None |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Gould, Stephen Jay | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Hampton, Henry E. | Doctor of Arts |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Kariotis, George S. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Willis, Robert H. | None |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Kurzweil, Raymond C. | Doctor of Science |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Low, K. Prescott | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Roberts, Daniel J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1988 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Ross, Stephan B. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1988 (Sep 15) | Bradstreet, Raymond Bradford | Doctor of Science |
| 1988 (Sep 15) | Zraket, Charles A. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1989 (May 28) (Law) | Rowan, Prof. James | None |
| 1989 (May 28) (Law) | Jones, Elaine | Doctor of Laws |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Asner, Edward | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Batson, Ruth Marion | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Brown, William L. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Cohen, Morris | Doctor of Science |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Ulmann, Liv | Doctor of Arts |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Bernays, Edward L. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Elfers, William | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Johnson, Edward C. III | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Mahidol, Chulabhorn | Doctor of Science |
| 1989 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Picard, Dennis J. | Doctor of English |
| 1989 (Sep 14) | LaWare, John P. | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1989 (Sep 14) | Lowell, John | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1989 (Sep 14) | Norris, William C. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1990 (May 27) (Law) | Wattleton, Faye | Doctor of Laws |
| 1990 (May 27) (Law) | Brutus, Dennis Vincent | Doctor of Laws |
| 1990 (May 27) (Law) | Tiernan, Kip | Doctor of Laws |
| 1990 (May 27) (Law) | Lennett, Judith | Public Service Award |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Fireman, Paul | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Allen, William F., Jr. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Ferguson, Vernice D. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Horowitz, Morris A. | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Brazelton, Thomas Berry | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Cobb, Jewel Plummer | Doctor of Science |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Heney, Joseph Edward | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Tagliabue, Paul J. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1990 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Tauro, Joseph L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1990 (Sep 13) | Ashe, Arthur, Jr. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1990 (Sep 13) | Coppersmith, S. James | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1990 (Sep 13) | Loftman, Kenneth Astley | Doctor of Science |
| 1991 (May 24) (Law) | Bell, Derrick | None |
| 1991 (May 24) (Law) | Auger, Diana J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1991 (May 24) (Law) | Liacos, Hon. Paul J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1991 (May 24) (Law) | Fabe, Judge Dana | Alumni Public Service Award |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Bush, Barbara Pierce | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Mavroules, Nicholas | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Neal, Richard I. | Doctor of Military Science |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Rosenblatt, Norman | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Solomon, Bernard | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Love, Susan Margaret, M.D. | Doctor of Science |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Bateman, Robert | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Krentzman, Harvey "Chet" | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1991 (Jun 15) - p.m. | White, William D. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1991 (Sep 12) | Kushner, Harold S. | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1991 (Sep 12) | Hogan, William T. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1991 (Sep 12) | Murtha, John P. | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1992 (May 22) (Law) | Totenberg, Nina | None |
| 1992 (May 22) (Law) | Ehrmann, Sara R. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1992 (May 22) (Law) | Henry, Aaron E. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1992 (May 22) (Law) | Vaid, Urvashi | Alumni Public Service Award |
| 1992 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Gray, William H. III | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1992 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Henderson, Ernest III | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1992 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Rowlands, Jeanne L. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1992 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Silber, John R. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1992 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Sullivan, Leon Howard | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1992 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Briscoe, Benjamin Andrew | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1992 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Wooden, Ruth A. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1992 (Sep 17) | Angelou, Maya | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 1992 (Sep 17) | Roosevelt, Anna Curtenius | Doctor of Science |
| 1992 (Sep 17) | Walsh, Martin F. | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1993 (May 28) (Law) | Frank, Congressman Barney | None |
| 1993 (May 28) (Law) | Dunn, Dr. Martin J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1993 (May 28) (Law) | MacKinnon, Catharine A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Clinton, Pres. William Jefferson | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Childers, John Barton | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Ahmad, Dato' Dr. Abdullah Sanusi | Doctor of Laws |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Waters, James L. | Doctor of Science |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Levine, Irving R. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Bassuk, Ellen Linda, M.D. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - p.m. | O'Brien, Paul Charles | Doctor of Laws |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Stone, Galen Luther | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1993 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Weiss, Karl | Doctor of Science |
| 1993 (Sep 14) | Curtis, Jane | Doctor of Arts |
| 1993 (Sep 14) | McDonough, Will | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1993 (Sep 14) | Wong, William | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1994 | Patterson, P. J. | Doctor of Letters |
| 1994 | Robinson, Mary | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1994 | Stern, David | Dcotor of Commcercial Science |
| 1994 (May 27) (Law) | Guinier, Lani | Doctor of Civil Law |
| 1994 (May 27) (Law) | Lapchick, Richard E. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Harris-Lewis, Donna | None |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Lewis, Reggie | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Kartasasmita, Ginandjar | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Rabkin, Mitchell T. | Doctor of Science |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Tobin, Alan D. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - a.m. | Wharton, Clifton R., Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Deutch, John M. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Cotton, Clare M. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Hiatt, Arnold S. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Parks, Paul, Sr. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1994 (Jun 18) - p.m. | Shaw, Bernard | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1994 (Sep 13) | Sweeney, Stephen J. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1994 (Sep 13) | Hatch, Francis W. | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1994 (Sep 13) | Lesser, Laurence | Doctor of Music |
| 1994 (Nov) | Ali, Mohammad | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1995 (May 26) (Law) | Hentoff, Nat | None |
| 1995 (May 26) (Law) | Brown, Michael H. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1995 (May 26) (Law) | Khazei, Alan Amir Ali | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1995 (May 26) (Law) | Lewis, John | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1995 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Weld, William Floyd | Doctor of Letters |
| 1995 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Egan, Richard J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1995 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Grace, Helen K. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1995 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Robinson, Rachel Annetta | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1995 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Thomas, Helen | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1995 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Ockerbloom, Richard C. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1995 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Poe, Sheri | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1995 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Reppucci, Eugene M., Jr. | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1995 (Sep 12) | Coles, Robert | Doctor of Letters |
| 1995 (Sep 12) | Crotty, Philip Thomas | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1995 (Sep 12) | Edgerly, William S. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1996 (May 23) (Law) | Higginbotham, Hon. A. Leon, Jr. | None |
| 1996 (May 23) (Law) | Fraser, Robert B. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1996 (May 23) (Law) | Hartle, Terry W. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Sacco, Albert, Jr. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Curry, John A. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Lipman, Ira A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Marino, Roger M. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Menino, Thomas M. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - p.m. | West, Cornel | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Becton, Henry P., Jr. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Georgoulis, Stratton J. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1996 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Taylor, H. Patricia | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1996 (Sep 12) | Heard, Marian L. | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1996 (Sep 12) | Brooks, Robert A. | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1996 (Sep 12) | Castelli, William P. | Doctor of Science |
| 1996 (Sep 12) | McIntyre, Keith L. | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| 1997 (May 23) (Law) | Williams, Patricia J. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1997 (May 23) (Law) | Driscoll, John P., Jr. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1997 (May 23) (Law) | Greenhouse, Linda Joyce | Doctor of Laws |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Cleland, Max | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Finneran, Thomas M. | Doctor of Political Science |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Gilligan, Carol | Doctor of Humanities |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Marini, Robert Charles | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Mejía, Most Rev. Jorge María | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Price, Hugh B. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - p.m. | Kessler, David A. | Doctor of Science |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - p.m. | Dove, Rita Frances | Doctor of Letters |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - p.m. | Hewitt, Colby, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1997 (Jun 14) - p.m. | Marks, Bruce | Doctor of Arts |
| 1997 (Sep 11) | Schaap, Richard J. | Doctor of Journalism |
| 1997 (Sep 11) | Gillin, Laurence Murray | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| 1997 (Sep 11) | Lynch, Peter S. | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1997 (Sep 11) | Walker, Liz | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1998 (May 22) (Law) | Kennedy, Sen. Edward M. | None |
| 1998 (May 22) (Law) | Fabe, Hon. Dana | Doctor of Laws |
| 1998 (May 22) (Law) | Ireland, Hon. Roderick L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Gorbachev, Mikhail S. | Doctor of International Affairs |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Cole, Johnnetta Betsch | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Finnegan, Neal F. | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Gorbachev, Raisa Maksimovna | Doctor of Social Science |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Lockhart, Keith | Doctor of Music |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - a.m. | Riesman, David | Doctor of Social Thought |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Richards, Ann W. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Behrakis, George D. | Doctor of Health Science |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Franklin, John Hope | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Fuller, Linda Caldwell | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Fuller, Millard Dean | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1998 (Jun 20) - p.m. | Ramelan, Rahardi | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1998 (Sep 17) | Jones, Anna Faith | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1998 (Sep 17) | Ramelan, Rahardi | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1998 (Sep 17) | Rochefort, J. Spencer | Doctor of Engineering |
| 1998 (Sep 17) | Strom, Margot Stern | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1999 (May 28) (Law) | Gertner, Hon. Nancy | Doctor of Laws |
| 1999 (May 28) (Law) | Markey, Congressman Edward J. | Doctor of Laws |
| 1999 (May 28) (Law) | Prothrow-Stith, Deborah B. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Bond, Julian | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Campbell, Right Hon. A. Kim | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Cullinane, John J. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - a.m. | McNeice, John A., Jr. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - a.m. | Wilmut, Ian | Doctor of Science |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Lewis, Congressman John | None |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Garcia, Frieda | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Hatsopoulos, John N. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Wilson, William Julius | Doctor of Social Science |
| 1999 (Jun 19) - p.m. | Zakim, Leonard Paul | Doctor of Public Service |
| 1999 (Sep 16) | Minehan, Cathy Elizabeth | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2000 (May 26) (Law) | Prejean, Sr. Helen, csj | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2000 (May 26) (Law) | Boyan, William L. | Doctor of Community Service |
| 2000 (May 26) (Law) | Simmons, Ruth J. | Doctor of Science in Education |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Albright, Madeleine Korbel | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Davis, Robert J. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Shillman, Robert J. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Takaki, Ronald | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - a.m. | Widnall, Sheila E. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Kerry, John F. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Caruso, Nancy J. | Doctor of Community Service |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Gagosian, Robert Berj | Doctor of Science |
| 2000 (Jun 17) - p.m. | Rochin, Refugio I. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2000 (Sep 12) | Fowler, Dr. William Morgan, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2001 (May 25) (Law) | Jones, Nathaniel Raphael | Doctor of Laws |
| 2001 (May 25) (Law) | Hanlon, Sydney | Doctor of Laws |
| 2001 (May 25) (Law) | Southgate, Richard W. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Richardson, Bill | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Hidalgo, Diego | Doctor of Journalism |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Kaufman, Nancy K. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Kramer, Donald J. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - a.m. | Patterson, Orlando | Doctor of Letters |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Kanter, Elizabeth Moss | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Abele, John E. | Doctor of Science |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Chu, David, Yu-Lin | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2001 (Jun 16) - p.m. | Jackson, Shirley Ann | Doctor of Engineering |
| 2001 (Sep 11 - Postponed) | Ellis, David W. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2001 (Sep 11 - Postponed) | Short, Janet M. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2002 | Payzant, Thomas | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| 2002 (May 24) (Law) | Abrams, Roger I. | None |
| 2002 (May 24) (Law) | Patrick, Deval L. | Doctor of Laws |
| 2002 (May 24) (Law) | Charren, Peggy | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Egan, Richard J. | None |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Brudnick, Irving S. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Gaviria, Cesar | Doctor of Civil Law |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - a.m. | Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - a.m. | McCullough, David | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Ellis, David W. | Doctor of Science |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Chandler, Alfred D. Jr. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Haynes, C. Vincent | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2002 (Jun 15) - p.m. | Short, Janet M. | Doctor of Pedagogy |
| 2003 (May 23) (Law) | Marshall, The Honorable Margaret Hilary | Doctor of Laws |
| 2003 (May 23) (Law) | Neufeld, Peter J. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2003 (May 23) (Law) | Scheck, Barry C. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Whitman, Christine Todd | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Ikenberry, Stanley O. | Doctor of Education |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Tempel, Jean Curtin | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Tyson, Neil de Grasse | Doctor of Science |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - a.m. | Wilson, Brian Douglas | Doctor of Music |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - p.m. | Werner, Thomas C. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - p.m. | Hammond, Rev. Dr. Ray A. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - p.m. | Henry, John W. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2003 (Jun 14) - p.m. | Walsh, Diana Chapman | Doctor of Education |
| 2003 (Sep 4) | Martin, Ralph C. II | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2004 (May 1) - a.m. | Carmona, Richard Henry | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2004 (May 1) - a.m. | Ifill, Gwen | Doctor of Journalism |
| 2004 (May 1) - a.m. | Sample, Steven Browning | Doctor of Education |
| 2004 (May 1) - a.m. | Tucci, Joseph M. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2004 (May 1) - p.m. | Goodman, Ellen | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2004 (May 1) - p.m. | Folkman, Judah | Doctor of Science |
| 2004 (May 1) - p.m. | Kraft, Myra Hiatt | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2004 (May 1) - p.m. | Kraft, Robert | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2004 (May 1) - p.m. | Volpe, Mark | Doctor of Music |
| 2004 (May 28) (Law) | Bright, Stephen B | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2004 (May 28) (Law) | Feuerstein, Aaron M. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2004 (May 28) (Law) | Roberts, The Honorable Victoria A. | Doctor of Laws |
| 2004 (Sep 2) | Jenkins-Scott, Jackie | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - a.m. | Panetta, Leon E. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - a.m. | Cantor, Nancy | Doctor of Education |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - a.m. | Evers-Williams, Myrlie | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - a.m. | Hollis, Walter W. | Doctor of Science |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - a.m. | Ruettgers, Michael C. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - p.m. | Lander, Eric Steven | Doctor of Science |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - p.m. | Jones, Clarence J. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - p.m. | Larson, Gloria Cordes | Doctor of Laws |
| 2005 (Apr 30) - p.m. | Snowe, The Honorable Olympia J. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2005 (May 27) (Law) | Chambers, Julius L. | None |
| 2005 (May 27) (Law) | Arterton, The Honorable Janet Bond | Doctor of Laws |
| 2005 (Sep 1) | Robinson, Walter V. | Doctor of Journalism |
| 2006 (May 6) - a.m. | Immelt, Jeffery R. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2006 (May 6) - a.m. | Coleman, Mary Sue | Doctor of Education |
| 2006 (May 6) - a.m. | Freeland, Richard M. | Doctor of Education |
| 2006 (May 6) - a.m. | LaFeber, Walter | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2006 (May 6) - a.m. | Rossetti, Ronald Louis | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2006 (May 6) - a.m. | Schmoke, The Honorable Kurt L. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2006 (May 6) - p.m. | Burns, The Honorable R. Nicholas | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2006 (May 6) - p.m. | Massey, Walter E. | Doctor of Science |
| 2006 (May 6) - p.m. | Mulcahy, Anne M. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2006 (May 6) - p.m. | Robinson, Raymond H. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2006 (May 26) (Law) | Langa, The Honorable Chief Justice Pius Nkonzo | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2006 (May 26) (Law) | Domini, Amy L. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2006 (May 26) (Law) | Seligman, Joel | Doctor of Laws |
| 2006 (Aug 31) | Jones, Hubert E. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2006 (Aug 31) | Bailey, Eric M. | Doctor of Biomedical Engineering |
| 2007 (May 5) - a.m. | Negroponte, Dr. Nicholas | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2007 (May 5) - a.m. | Gordon, Dr. Bernard | Doctor of Science |
| 2007 (May 5) - a.m. | Manning, Dr. Sylvia | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2007 (May 5) - p.m. | Prothrow-Stith, Dr. Deborah | None |
| 2007 (May 5) - p.m. | Chamillard, George W. | Doctor of Business Administration |
| 2007 (May 5) - p.m. | Kostas, George | Doctor of Science |
| 2007 (May 25) (Law) | Burns, The Honorable Nonnie S. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2007 (May 25) (Law) | Greco, Michael S. | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2007 (May 25) (Law) | Sotomayor, The Honorable Sonia | Doctor of Laws |
| 2007 (Aug 30) | Gruman, Jessie | Doctor of Public Service |