American University Honorary Degree Recipients 1916 - 2023
(All degrees are conferred honoris causa)
| Name | Year Awarded | Degree Received |
|---|---|---|
|
Dr. Vivek H. Murthy |
2023 | Doctor of Science |
| The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
| Julie Kent | 2023 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. | 2023 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Adena T. Friedman | 2023 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Alice P. Albright | 2023 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Theodore J. Leonsis | 2023 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Thasunda Brown Duckett | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Lisa Monaco | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ed O’Keefe | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Gina McCarthy | 2022 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Symone Sanders | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | 2022 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Dambisa Moyo | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| James Brown | 2022 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Abby Phillip | 2021 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Jamin Raskin | 2021 | Doctor of Laws |
| Todd Park | 2021 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Andrea Mitchell | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | 2020 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Michael A. Nutter | 2019 | Doctor of Public Service |
| The Honorable Roger L. Gregory | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
| General James L. Jones, Jr. | 2019 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Roger W. Ferguson Jr | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 2019 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Adam Goodman | 2019 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Pam Kaufman | 2019 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Stacey Abrams | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
| Helene D. Gayle | 2018 | Doctor of Science |
| Vanita Gupta | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
| Anthony S. Fauci | 2018 | Doctor of Science |
| Robert Costa | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
| Leymah Gbowee | 2018 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Jeff Zients | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
| Michael Kempner | 2018 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| David S. Ferriero | 2017 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Bryan Stevenson | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lakhdar Brahimi | 2017 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Carlos Carrazana | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
| Patricia Q. Stonesifer | 2017 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Sir Howard Stringer | 2017 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Patricia de Stacy Harrison | 2017 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Carla D. Hayden | 2016 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| The Honorable Loretta Lynch | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
| Deborah F. Rutter | 2016 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| John King | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
| Raymond Chambers | 2016 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Donna Harris | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
| María Elena Salinas | 2016 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| David J. Skorton | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thomas C. Goldstein | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert F. Smith | 2015 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Gary M. Abramson | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mark A. Weinberger | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan | 2015 | Doctor of Science |
| Sheila C. Johnson | 2015 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William K. Reilly, Sr | 2015 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Judy Smith | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
| Cecilia Muñoz | 2014 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Gwen Ifill | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
| Paula Dobriansky | 2014 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Paul Diaz | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
| Katie Couric | 2014 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Harold Koh | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
| Moisés Naím | 2013 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Gary Veloric | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
| Paul Farmer | 2013 | Doctor of Science |
| Darryl Frank | 2013 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Lisa P. Jackson | 2013 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Valerie Jarrett | 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
| G. Wayne Clough | 2012 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Erskine Bowles | 2012 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Rajiv Shah | 2012 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Barbara J. Krumsiek | 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thomas Curley | 2012 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Stephen N. Zack | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
| Aaron S. Williams | 2011 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Gene Sperling | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
| Vera C. Rubin | 2011 | Doctor of Science |
| Bob Schieffer | 2011 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Richard Lugar | 2011 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Eric Holder | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
| Janet Napolitano | 2010 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Donna E. Shalala | 2010 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Michelle Bachelet | 2010 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Seth Goldman | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
| Barbara Kopple | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Seth Waxman | 2009 | |
| John Prendergast | 2009 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Lonnie G. Bunch III | 2009 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Susan Zirinsky | 2009 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Barney Frank | 2009 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Stephen Breyer | 2008 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ken Paulson | 2008 | Doctor of Letters |
| Sylvia Earle | 2008 | Doctor of Science |
| Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. | 2008 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Mary Landrieu | 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
| David Walker | 2007 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Diane Rehm | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| David Gregory | 2007 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Vanessa Ruiz | 2006 | Doctor of Laws |
| Paul Volcker | 2006 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Michael Kahn | 2006 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Donald Graham | 2006 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Paul S. Sarbanes | 2005 | Doctor of Laws |
| Daniel K. Inouye | 2005 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Tim Russert | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Judith A. McHale | 2005 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Aryeh Neier | 2004 | Doctor of Laws |
| David Hartman | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Judy Woodruff | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Gerald Bruce Lee | 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
| Theodore C. Sorensen | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
| Garry Wills | 2023 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Charlayne Hunter-Gault | 2023 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sam Donaldson | 2003 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Thomas Buergenthal | 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lawrence M. Small | 2002 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Goldie Hawn | 2002 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Peter D. Bell | 2002 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Anthony Lewis | 2002 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Elaine R. Jones | 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
| Molly Smith | 2001 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Ariel Dorfman | 2001 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Mark Schneider | 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert P. Kogod | 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
| J. Carter Brown | 2000 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| William Raspberry | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Daniel Schorr | 2000 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Frederick Hart | 2000 | Doctor of Fine Arts (awarded posthumously) |
| Sandra Day O’Connor | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
| Barry Levinson | 1999 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Dale Bumpers | 1999 | Doctor of Public Service |
| John Lewis | 1999 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Charlene Barshefsky | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
| James T. Laney | 1998 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Shimon Peres | 1998 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Ismail Serageldin | 1998 | Doctor of International Affairs |
| Carlos Roberto Reina | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
| David R. Obey | 1997 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Paul Hill | 1997 | Doctor of Music |
| Violeta Barrios de Chamorro | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
| David S. Broder | 1997 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | 1996 | Doctor of Laws |
| Charles Bowsher | 1996 | Doctor of Public Affairs |
| Michael Armacost | 1996 | Doctor of International Relations |
| Sam Gilliam | 1996 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| James Wolfensohn | 1996 | Doctor of International Relations |
| Drew S. Days, III | 1995 | Doctor of Laws |
| Charles E. Guggenheim | 1995 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| H. M. Queen Noor of Jordan | 1995 | Doctor of International Relations |
| Laura D'Andrea Tyson | 1995 | Doctor of Laws |
| Alfred Kazin | 1995 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| James H. Billington | 1995 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Masateru Ohnami | 1995 | Doctor of International Relations |
| J. Brian Atwood | 1994 | Doctor of Laws |
| Florence Griffith Joyner | 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Brian P. Lamb | 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ambassador Michael Kantor | 1994 | Doctor of Laws |
| Henry G. Cisneros | 1994 | Doctor of Laws |
| Masanobu Fukamachi | 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Thom White Wolf Fassett | 1994 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Jan Eliasson | 1994 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kim Young Sam | 1993 | Doctor of International Relations |
| Robert B. Reich | 1993 | Doctor of Laws |
| Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. | 1993 | Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations |
| John Hope Franklin | 1993 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Antonia C. Novello, M.D. | 1993 | Doctor of Laws |
| Milton Greenberg | 1993 | Doctor of Laws |
| William J. Clinton | 1993 | Doctor of Laws |
| John Edward Jacob | 1993 | Doctor of Laws |
| Andrew Young, Jr. | 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| Allan D. Gilmour | 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| Maurice F. Strong | 1992 | Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations |
| Sir Ralf Dahrendorf | 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| Adele Smith Simmons | 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| Elie Wiesel | 1992 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| David L. Boren | 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| Abner J. Mikva | 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| Martin Feinstein | 1991 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Stephen J. Gould | 1991 | Doctor of Science |
| Louis Rukeyser | 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| W. Edwards Deming | 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| William S. Cohen | 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lee H. Hamilton | 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| Marian Wright Edelman | 1990 | Doctor of Laws |
| Alexander Dubcek | 1990 | Doctor of Laws |
| Timothy S. Healy, S.J. | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Dorothy I. Height | 1990 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Patricia McGowan Wald | 1989 | Doctor of Laws |
| Frank Press | 1989 | Doctor of Science |
| Alan K. Simpson | 1989 | Doctor of Laws |
| Constance A. Morella | 1989 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Malcolm S. Forbes | 1989 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert C. Byrd | 1988 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | 1988 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lloyd H. Elliott | 1988 | Doctor of Laws |
| J. Willard Marriott | 1987 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dante B. Fascell | 1987 | Doctor of Laws |
| Faye E. Abdellah | 1987 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Laurence H. Tribe | 1987 | Doctor of Laws |
| Allen H. Neuharth | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| James K. Mathews | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John H. Johnson | 1987 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Morris K. Udall | 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| Charles L. Schultze | 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lucie S. Kelly | 1986 | Doctorate of Public Service |
| Alice M. Rivlin | 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| Madame Jihan El‑Sadat | 1986 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William H. Webster | 1985 | Doctor of Laws |
| Siobbon McKenna | 1985 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John A. Knebel | 1984 | Doctor of Laws |
| John Kenneth Galbraith | 1984 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ted Koppel | 1984 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Donald T. Regan | 1984 | Doctor of Laws |
| Paul A. Volcker | 1984 | |
| Raymond I. Geraldson | 1983 | Doctor of Laws |
| Toney Anaya | 1983 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ann Beattie | 1983 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Joshua Logan | 1982 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| David Lloyd Kreeger | 1982 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Elizabeth Schwarzkopf | 1982 | Doctor of Music |
| Harry Woolf | 1982 | Doctor of Science |
| Canon S. Bonana | 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Andrzej Wajdu | 1981 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ernest S. Griffith | 1981 | Doctor of Public Service |
| W. Donald Calomiris | 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Edna Hickman Whitley | 1981 | Doctor of Public Service |
| Mitislav Rostropovich | 1981 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Alejandro Orfile | 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Carl T. Rowan | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Walter Cronkite | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sarah Caldwell | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John Brademas | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ernest L. Boyer | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| George W. Ball | 1980 | Doctor of Laws |
| Donald W. Riddle | 1980 | Doctor of Laws |
| Patrick Hayes | 1980 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Carl Sagan | 1980 | Doctor of Science |
| Roger Stevens | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ralph Nader | 1979 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert Strauss | 1979 | Doctor of Laws |
| Roland Rice | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William H. Calfee | 1979 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Robert C. Byrd | 1979 | Doctor of Laws |
| I.F. Stone | 1978 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Patricia Roberts Harris | 1978 | Doctor of Laws |
| His Majesty Hussein I | 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert E. Cleary | 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Alexander Palmer Haley | 1977 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Kurt Waldheim | 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Yitzhak Rabin | 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert S. Hatfield | 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Henry Steele Commager | 1977 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Marian Anderson | 1976 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| The Honorable W. Averill Harriman | 1976 | Doctor of Laws |
| Warren E. Burger | 1976 | Doctor of Laws |
| The Honorable Barbara C. Jordan | 1976 | Doctor of Laws |
| Empress Farah Pahlavi, Shabbanou of Iran | 1975 | Doctor of Laws |
| Catherine Filene Shouse | 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Elizabeth Duncan Koontz | 1969 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hurst Robins Anderson | 1968 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Orville L. Freeman | 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| James Mase Ault | 1968 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Sol M. Linowitz | 1968 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Daniel S. Parker | 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| The Honorable Abe Fortas | 1968 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Barbara Ward (Lady Jackson) | 1968 | Doctor of Letters |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ernest Maxmilian Posner | 1967 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William C. Sullivan | 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Edward Cleveland Sweeney | 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Edward Bradley Lewis | 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gerald Hamilton Kennedy | 1967 | Doctor of Letters |
| Gale William McGee | 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Felipe Herrera | 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Burnita Shelton Matthews | 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| John Owen Gross | 1966 | Doctor of Letters |
| Harlean Cleveland | 1966 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Hubert Horatio Humphrey | 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Leland Fikes | 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Miles Ellis Drake | 1965 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Charles Samuel Jarvis | 1965 | Doctor of Divinity |
| His Imperial Majesty Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi | 1964 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Shot Kumar Mondel | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lammot duPont Copeland | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Edward Bernard Bunn | 1964 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Edward Harry Porter | 1964 | Doctor of Divinity |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy | 1963 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Angus Dun | 1963 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Fred Pierce Corson | 1963 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Luther Andrew Smith | 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lowell Skinner Ensor | 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Charles Coolidge Parlin | 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sir Hugh Foot | 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Frederick Brown Harris | 1962 | Doctor of Letters |
| Hugh Latimer Dryden | 1962 | Doctor of Letters |
| Robert H. Parker | 1962 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Robert E. Wilson | 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Norman L. Trott | 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert G. Baker | 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| F. Gerald Ensley | 1961 | Doctor of Letters |
| David A. Lockmiller | 1961 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Earl Warren | 1960 | Doctor of Laws |
| Garfield Bromley Oxnam | 1960 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Edward Gardiner Latch | 1960 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Lynn Hough Corson | 1960 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Frank W. Ake | 1960 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Scott B. Appleby | 1959 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert Fisher Oxnam | 1959 | Doctor of Laws |
| R. Franklin Thompson | 1959 | Doctor of Letters |
| Headly W. Plunkett | 1959 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Robert Edward Luccock | 1959 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Alan Tower Waterman | 1958 | Doctor of Laws |
| Willard Stewart Paul | 1958 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ralph Wainman Stoody | 1958 | Doctor of Letters |
| Pauline Frederick | 1958 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Melvin Ernest Wheatley, Jr. | 1958 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Eugene Lewis Smith | 1957 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William Zeckendorf | 1957 | Doctor of Laws |
| George Yetter Flint | 1957 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Dwight David Eisenhower | 1957 | Doctor of Laws |
| Arthur Hollis Edens | 1956 | Doctor of Laws |
| Marjorie Fraser Webster | 1956 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Kenneth Ray Rose | 1956 | Doctor of Divinity |
| George Alvin Boss | 1956 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Frederick Buckley Newell | 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Pierre Samuel DuPont III | 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Norman Gerstenfeld | 1955 | Doctor of Letters |
| Duncan Phillips | 1955 | Doctor of Letters |
| Richard Theodore Scholl | 1955 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Marion Wade Doyle | 1955 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Herbert Brownell, Jr. | 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| Costen Jordan Harrell | 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| Frank Hugh Sparks | 1954 | Doctor of Education |
| Albert Patterson Shirkey | 1954 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Laura Jean Jarrett Brooks | 1954 | Doctor of Humanities |
| R. Deane Shure | 1953 | Doctor of Music |
| Frank William Bevan | 1953 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Senor Doctor Guillermo Feliu Cruz | 1952 | Doctor of Letters |
| Charles Wesley Flint | 1952 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Edward U. Condon | 1952 | Doctor of Science |
| John Mercer Reeves | 1952 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dorothy Deemer Houghton | 1952 | Doctor of Letters |
| Samuel McCrea Cavert | 1951 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William Frederick Dunkel, Jr. | 1951 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Paul Gray Hoffman | 1950 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ralph Dela Smith | 1950 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Howard Mitchell | 1950 | Doctor of Music |
| T. Otto Nall | 1950 | Doctor of Letters |
| Stuart Chase | 1949 | Doctor of Letters |
| Warren R. Austin | 1948 | Doctor of Laws (for distinguished public service) |
| Norman Cousins | 1948 | Doctor of Literature |
| Emory Stevens Bucke | 1948 | Doctor of Divinity |
| The Honorable Duncan Coomer | 1947 | Doctor of Laws |
| The Honorable Benjamin Cohen | 1947 | Doctor of Laws |
| Oscar T. Olson | 1947 | Doctor of Divinity |
| H. G. Secombe | 1947 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Gordon M. Sisco | 1947 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Wen Yuan Chen | 1947 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Walter T. Brown | 1947 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robert V. Fletcher | 1947 | Doctor of Laws |
| Westfield W. Delaplain | 1947 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Arthur H. Vandenburg | 1947 | Doctor of Laws (for distinguished public service) |
| Chester Bowles | 1946 | Doctor of Laws (for distinguished public service) |
| Nolan B. Harmon, Jr. | 1946 | Doctor of Letters |
| Marcellus C. Sheild | 1945 | Doctor of Laws (for distinguished public service) |
| George Benjamin Woods | 1944 | Doctor of Letters |
| Oliver Clark Short | 1944 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. | 1944 | Doctor of Laws (for distinguished public service) |
| Robert W. Macauley | 1943 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Herbert Charles Holdridge | 1943 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lucius Charles Clark | 1943 | Doctor of Laws |
| Arthur Carlisle Christie | 1943 | Doctor of Science |
| Joseph Collins | 1943 | Doctor of Divinity |
| George Foreman Rixey | 1943 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Horace Emerson Cromer | 1943 | Doctor of Divinity |
| William Nathaniel Thomas | 1943 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Luiz Simoes Lopes | 1942 | Doctor of Laws |
| Harold Dewey Smith | 1942 | Doctor of Laws (for distinguished public service) |
| Arthur Sherwood Flemming | 1942 | Doctor of Laws |
| Will Hutchins | 1941 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Paul Voris McNutt | 1941 | Doctor of Laws |
| Adna Wright Leonard | 1941 | Doctor of Laws |
| William A. Keese | 1941 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Arthur T. Vanderbilt | 1941 | Doctor of Laws |
| William Henry McReynolds | 1939 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dayton Ernest McClain | 1939 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Sir Harold Bellman | 1939 | Doctor of Laws |
| Louis Brownlow | 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Burton Kendall Wheeler | 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Frederick H. Stinchfield | 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Edward Raymond Burke | 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gosta Forrsell | 1937 | Doctor of Laws |
| William Fraser McDowell | 1934 | Doctor of Laws |
| Harold Willis Dodd | 1934 | Doctor of Laws |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 1934 | Doctor of Laws |
| Elizabeth Jane Somers | 1918 | Doctor of Literature |
| Andre Tardieu | 1917 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| John William Hamilton | 1916 | Doctor of the More Humane Letters |
| Earl Cranston | 1916 | Doctor of the More Humane Letters |