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Bowdoin Honorary Degree Recipients

Brief biographical information for honorary degree recipients prior to 1918 is available in the General Catalogue of Bowdoin College for 1900-1975 and 1794-1950. Citation texts for honorands prior to 1918 are undocumented.

2024
- Ryan Speedo Green, D.Mus
- Maria Hinojosa, LHD
- David J. Roux, LHD
2023
- Stephen F. Gormley '72, P'06, P'09, P'11, LHD
- Clayton S. Rose, LHD
- Navarana K'avigak' Sørensen, LHD
- Robert F. White '77, P'15, LHD
- Janet Yang, LHD
2022
- Katherine Bradford, DFA
- Raquel Jaramillo, P'18, Litt.D.
- Laurie Gagnon Lachance '83, P'13, LHD
- Janet Langhart Cohen, LHD
- Joan Benoit Samuelson '79, P'12, LHD
2021
- Anthony S. Fauci, SD
- William Harbour, LHD (Posthumously)
- DeRay Mckesson '07, LHD
- Jessica Ulrika Meir, SD

2020
- Edward P. Ames, SD
- Deborah Jensen Barker '80, LHD
- Ann M. Fudge, LHD
- William F. Lee P'00, LL.D.
2019
- Earl Lewis, LHD
- Nadia A. Rosenthal, SD
- Sir Paul M. Ruddock, LHD
- Sheldon M. Stone '74, LHD
2018
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Litt.D.
- Thomas R. Cech, Sc.D.
- Susan E. Rice, LL.D
2017
- Anthony E. Doerr '95, Litt.D.
- Hanna Holborn Gray, L.H.D
- Fatuma Hussein, L.H.D
- Charles A. Leavell, L.H.D
2016
- Dorothea Rockburne, D.F.A.
- Frank Shorter, L.H.D.
- Peter M. Small '64, L.H.D.
- Darren Walker, L.H.D.
2015
- Jill Lepore, L.H.D
- Karen Gordon Mills, LL.D.
- Molly Neptune Parker, D.F.A.
- David F. Swenson, L.H.D.
- Barry Mills '72, LL.D.
2014
- Mary L. Bonauto, LL.D.
- Christopher R. Hill '74, LL.D.
- Richard O. Prum, Sc.D.
- Harriet Wallberg, L.H.D.
2013
- Madeleine K. Albright, LL.D.
- Jean Arasanayagam, Litt.D.
- David W. Blight, L.H.D.
- Rose Marie Bravo, L.H.D.
- Philip W. Conkling, Sc.D.
- Patrick Dempsey, L.H.D.
- C. Lee Herter, L.H.D.
2012
- Margaret W. Conkey, L.H.D.
- Agnes Gund, D.F.A.
- Cynthia McFadden '78, L.H.D.
- Humaira Awais Shahid, L.H.D.
- Carrie Mae Weems, D.F.A.
2011
- John E. Baldacci, LL.D.
- Béla Fleck, Mus.D.
- Cynthia M. Friend, Sc.D.
- Henry A. Millon, L.H.D.
- Mira Nair, D.F.A.

2010
- Joan C. Countryman, L.H.D.
- J. Taylor Crandall '76, L.H.D.
- Eve Marder, Sc.D.
- Michael S. McPherson, L.H.D.
2009
- Edward F. Albee, L.H.D.
- Stephen W. Hannock '74, D.F.A.
- Olufunmilayo Olopade, Sc.D.
- Kenneth Roth, LL.D.
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier, L.H.D.
2008
- Peter Buck '52, L.H.D.
- Yvon Chouinard, L.H.D.
- Gina Kolata, Litt.D.
- Lucy R. Lippard, D.A.
- Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., L.H.D.
- Barry N. Wish '63, L.H.D.
2007
- Geoffrey Canada '74, L.H.D.
- Roberto Díaz, Mus.D.
- Stanley F. Druckenmiller '75, L.H.D.
- Drew Gilpin Faust, L.H.D.
- Angus S. King, Jr., LL.D.
2006
- Roger Angell, L.H.D.
- Nawal M. Nour, Sc.D.
- Kiki Smith, Arts. D.
- Beverly Daniel Tatum, L.H.D.
- Donald M. Zuckert '56, L.H.D.
2005
- Ellen Baxter '75, L.H.D.
- Jung Chang, Litt.D.
- Donald R. Kurtz '52, L.H.D.
- Alan Lightman, Litt.D.
- Frederick G.P. Thorne '57, L.H.D.
- Frederick Wiseman, D.F.A.
2004
- Eavan Boland, Litt.D.
- Richard Goldstone, LL.D.
- Shulamit Ran, Mus.D.
- Dorothy Schwartz, L.H.D.
- Torsten N. Wiesel, Sc.D.
2003
- Margaret Hamburg, Sc.D.
- Mark Morris, D.F.A.
- Grace Paley, Litt.D.
- Raymond S. Troubh '50, LL.D.
2002
- Marsha Johnson Evans, L.H.D.
- Edward J. McCluskey '51, Sc.D.
- Kenneth Paigen, Sc.D.
2001
- Robert H. Edwards, LL.D.
- Maxine Kumin, Litt.D.
- Mamphela Ramphele, LL.D.
- Paul Simon, LL.D.
- Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., D.F.A.

2000
- Phyllis Pray Bober, L.H.D.
- Robert Fagles, L.H.D.
- Peter John Gomes, LL.D.
- Bernard Osher '48, LL.D.
1999
- Horst Albach '56, LL.D.
- Marvin Howe Green, Jr. '57, L.H.D.
- Kaiulani Sewall Lee, Arts. D.
- Cornel West, L.H.D.
1998
- Jef D. Boeke '76, Sc.D.
- Barbara Gates Bonney, L.H.D.
- Rev. F.W. Jarvis, L.H.D.
- Harold L. Oshry '40, LL.D.
1997
- Rosalyne S. Bernstein, LL.D.
- James M. McPherson, L.H.D.
- Paul P. Brountas '54, LL.D.
- Abelardo Morell, Jr. '71, D.F.A.
1996
- Kenneth Irvine Chenault '73, LL.D.
- Barbara Cooney Porter, L.H.D.
- James Eells '48, LL.D.
- John Francis Magee '47, LL.D.
1995
- Leo Steinberg, L.H.D.
- Jean Byers Sampson, LL.D.
- Phillip Allen Sharp, Sc.D.
- Ved Parkash Mehta, L.H.D.
1994
- Angelo J. Eraklis '54, LL.D.
- William Farley '64, LL.D.
- Cho Soon '60, LL.D.
- Doris Charrier Vladimiroff, L.H.D.
- Richard A. Wiley '49, LL.D.
1993
- John L. Thomas '48, LL.D.
- Byllye Avery, L.H.D.
- Lawrence B. Lindsey '76, LL.D.
- Ying Ruocheng, L.H.D.
- Francis C. Oakley, L.H.D.
1992
- Amy Clampitt, L.H.D.
- James A. Michener, L.H.D.
- Katherine Porter, D.F.A.
- Franklyn G. Jenifer, Sc.D.
1991
- Kenneth Lauren Burns, L.H.D.
- Alice Chalifoux, D.F.A.
- Robert Brackett Elliott, L.H.D.
- Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, Ed.D.
- John Robert McCloskey, L.H.D.

1990
- Robert Barnett Binswanger, L.H.D.
- Vance Bourjaily '44, Litt.D.
- Norman Paul Cohen '56, LL.D.
- A. LeRoy Greason, L.H.D.
- Leroy Keith, Jr., LL.D.
- Francis Massey O'Brien, Litt.D.
- Patricia R. Plante, Litt.D.
1989
- Robert M. Cross, L.H.D.
- David C. Driskell, D.F.A.
- Charles M. Leighton, LL.D.
- John R. McKernan, Jr., LL.D.
- Frances W. Peabody, L.H.D.
- Everett P. Pope '41, LL.D.
- Elizabeth D. Wilson, M.A.
1988
- Wilhelm Haas '53, LL.D.
- Tina Howe, Litt.D.
- Bernard Lown, Sc.D.
- Kurt S. Ollmann, Mus.D.
- James Russell Wiggins, Litt.D.
- Robert L. Woodbury, L.H.D.
1987
- Maya Angelou, Litt.D.
- William R. Cotter, L.H.D.
- John Ripley Forbes, L.H.D.
- Elizabeth Gilmore Holt, D.F.A. (Posthumously)
- Robley C. Wilson, Jr. '52, D.L.H.
1986
- Edward C. Andrews, Jr., Sc.D.
- Caroline D. Glassman, LL.D.
- J.C. Robin McKinley, Litt.D.
- Robert C. Porter '34, LL.D.
1985
- Joseph E. Brennan, LL.D.
- Henry N. Cobb, D.F.A.
- Eleanor Holmes Norton, LL.D.
- Bernard J. O'Keefe, Sc.D.
- Bidu Sayao, Mus.D.
- Carolyn W. Slayman, Sc.D.
1984
- Arnold R. Brossi, Sc.D.
- Leroy D. Cross, M.A.
- Harriet P. Henry, LL.D.
- Merton G. Henry '50, LL.D.
- Thomas R. Pickering '53, LL.D.
- Lois Dickson Rice, LL.D.
- Elizabeth Shull Russell, Sc.D.
- Friedrich A. von Huene '53, Mus.D.
- Adam J. Walsh, Ed.D.
1983
- Frank A. Brown, Jr. '29, Sc.D. (Posthumously)
- Leon A. Gorman '56, LL.D.
- Philip Isaacson, D.F.A.
- George J. Mitchell, Jr. '54, LL.D.
- Jewel P. Cobb, L.H.D.
- May Sarton, Litt.D.
- Joseph Sewall '43, D.C.L.
- Olympia J. Snowe, LL.D.
- Philip S. Wilder, Jr. '45, L.H.D.
1982
- Berenice Abbott, D.F.A.
- Charles W. Allen '34, LL.D.
- George H.W. Bush, LL.D.
- Loring E. Hart '46, L.H.D.
- Edward P. Hutchinson '27, L.H.D.
- Charity Waymouth, Sc.D.
1981
- Willis R. Barnstone '48, Litt.D.
- John P. Bibber, D.C.L.
- Mary T. McCarthy, Litt.D.
- Sidney W. Wernick, LL.D.

1980
- Nathan Dane II '37, L.H.D. (Posthumously)
- William Frost '38, Litt.D.
- Daniel F. Hanley '39, Sc.D.
- Miriam L. MacMillan, Sc.D.
- John B. Matthews, Jr. '43, LL.D.
- Wade H. McCree, Jr., LL.D.
1979
- Betty W. Carter, Litt.D.
- Leonard W. Cronkhite, Jr. '41, LL.D.
- Vincent L. McKusick, LL.D.
- Edward C. O'Leary, LL.D.
- Aaron J. Shatkin '56, Sc.D.
1978
- Roger Howell, Jr. '58, Litt.D.
- Lee G. Paul '29, LL.D.
- David M. Pynchon, LL.D.
- Marvin S. Sadik, D.F.A.
- Alden H. Sawyer '27, LL.D.
- Alice A.S. Whittier, Sc.D.
1977
- William P. Drake '36, LL.D.
- A. Shirley Gray '18, LL.D.
- Edward G. Hudon '37, LL.D.
- Henry O. Pollak, Sc.D.
- Lacey B. Smith '44, Litt.D.
- Douglas W. Walker '35, Sc.D.
- Ian M. White, D.F.A.
1976
- Max Beloff, Litt.D.
- George T. Davidson, Jr. '38, Ed.D.
- Frank C. Evans '10, LL.D.
- Sister Lucy Anne Poulin, S.T.D.
- Walter F. Whittier '27, LL.D.
1975
- Sarah Caldwell, Mus.D.
- William S. Cohen '62, LL.D.
- Elvin R. Latty '23, LL.D.
- Allen H. Morgan '46, Sc.D.
- Mary Marvin B. Patterson, L.H.D.
- John W. Walch '25, Ed.D.
- Vincent B. Welch '38, LL.D.
1974
- Eleanor W. Allen, LL.D.
- Kenneth M. Curtis, LL.D.
- David W.D. Dickson '41, L.H.D.
- Richard L. Goldsmith '34, Ed.D.
- John S. Johnson, Sc.D.
- John H. Plumb, Litt.D.
- John H. Rich, Jr. '39, Litt.D.
1973
- Louis Bernstein '22, LL.D.
- Mary I. Bunting, Sc.D.
- Arthur Fiedler, Mus.D.
- James F. Goodrich, LL.D.
- William C. Pierce '28, LL.D.
- John E. Sawyer, L.H.D.
- Wilbert Snow '07, Litt.D.
- Margaret J. Tibbetts, LL.D.
1972
- Richard K. Barksdale '37, L.H.D.
- Sanford B. Cousins '20, LL.D.
- Alfred B. Harbage, Litt.D.
- William B. Mills '29, LL.D.
- John W. Riley, Jr. '30, LL.D.
- Matilda W. Riley, Sc.D.
- John W. Stevens, A.M.
- Kenneth W. Thompson, LL.D.
1971
- Albert Abrahamson '26, Sc.D.
- Roy A. Foulke '19, LL.D.
- John S. Holden '35, Ed.D.
- Donald R. McNeil, LL.D.
- Louise B. Nevelson, D.F.A.
- Harry G. Shulman, A.M.
- Whitney M. Young, Jr., LL.D.

1970
- John L. Baxter '16, LL.D.
- Charles Mitchell, Litt.D.
- Everett F. Morrow '30, LL.D.
- John K. Moulton '62, Ed.D.
- Donald W. Webber '27, LL.D.
- Andrew Wyeth, D.F.A.
1969
- Edward William Brooke, LL.D.
- Frank Morey Coffin, LL.D.
- Athern Park Daggett '25, LL.D.
- Stephen Morgan Etnier, D.F.A.
- Arthur Joseph Goldberg, LL.D.
- George Basil Knox '29, LL.D.
- Thomas Hedley Reynolds, LL.D.
- Earle Spaulding Thompson '14, LL.D.
1968
- James Stacy Coles, LL.D.
- Fred Raymond Dingley, L.H.D.
- William Chapman Foster, LL.D.
- John William Gardner, LL.D.
- John Thomas Gould '31, Litt.D.
- Theodore Meyer Greene, L.H.D.
- John Coleman Pickard '22, LL.D.
- Leon Howard Sullivan, LL.D.
- Marguerite Yourcenar, Litt.D.
1967
- Erwin Dain Canham, LL.D.
- William Dunning Ireland '16, LL.D.
- Joseph Esrey Johnson, LL.D.
- Noel Charlton Little '17, Sc.D.
- William Howard Niblock '35, L.H.D.
- Robert Edward Lee Strider II, LL.D.
1966
- Artine Artinian '31, LL.D.
- Carl William Buchheister, L.H.D.
- Nathaniel Cooper Kendrick, L.H.D.
- James McCormack, LL.D.
- Robert Warren Morse '43, Sc.D.
- Richard Scott Perkin, Sc.D.
- Carl Ruggles, Mus.D.
1965
- Joseph Lyman Fisher '35, Sc.D.
- Crawford Hallock Greenewalt, LL.D.
- Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, Litt.D.
- Katharine Elizabeth O'Brien, L.H.D.
- Ellison Smullen Purington '12, Sc.D.
1964
- Dorothy Dennis Marsh, A.M.
- Clifford Guy McIntire, LL.D.
- John Rogers Newell, LL.D.
- Clarence Dana Rouillard '24, LL.D.
- Abram Leon Sachar, LL.D.
- Frederick William Whittaker '44, D.D.
- George David Woods, LL.D.
1963
- Claude LeRoy Allen, Jr., A.M.
- Elton Randolph Blaisdell '15 (M.D.), Sc.D.
- Lloyd DeWitt Brace, LL.D.
- Herbert Ross Brown, Litt.D.
- Charles Austin Cary, LL.D.
- Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, LL.D.
- Paul Kendall Niven '16, A.M.
- Mary Louise Curtis Zimbalist, L.H.D.
1962
- Arthur Hobson Dean, LL.D.
- William Plummer Drake, A.M.
- Edward Thaxter Gignoux, LL.D.
- Lawrence Lee Pelletier '36, LL.D.
- Agnes Mosher Shumway, A.M.
- Frank Stanton, LL.D.
- Henry Merritt Wriston, LL.D.
1961
- Neal Woodside Allen '07, A.M.
- John Sloan Dickey, LL.D.
- Abbie Huston Evans, LL.D.
- Warren Gardiner Hill, L.H.D.
- Edward Chase Kirkland, Litt.D.
- John Bowers Matthews '18, A.M.
- James Jeremiah Wadsworth, LL.D.
- Robert Byron Williamson, LL.D.

1960
- John Lincoln Baxter '16, A.M.
- William Shepard Linnell '07, LL.D.
- Karl Lott Rankin, LL.D.
- Jasper Jacob Stahl '09, LL.D.
- Doris Pike White, L.H.D.
1959
- Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, LL.D.
- Laurence Irving '16, Sc.D.
- Fred Clark Scribner, Jr., LL.D.
- John Fairfield Thompson, LL.D.
- Phyllis Carolyn Weston, M.S.
- Donald Norton Yates, LL.D.
1958
- Harold Augustus Andrews '12, LL.D.
- Joseph Benjamin Chaplin, A.M.
- Hugh Joseph Chisholm, LL.D.
- Clarence Lloyd Claff '18, Sc.D.
- William McChesney Martin, Jr., LL.D.
- John James Pullen, Litt.D.
- David Rockefeller, LL.D.
- Rufus Edwin Stetson '08, Sc.D.
- Alan Tower Waterman, Sc.D.
- William Zorach, A.M.
1957
- Winthrop Bancroft, L.H.D.
- Warren Randolph Burgess, LL.D.
- Helen Whitney Gibson, L.H.D.
- John William Leydon '07, L.H.D.
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie, LL.D.
- Alfred Watts Newcombe '14, L.H.D.
- Issac Mervyn Webber '17, Sc.D.
1956
- Frank Whittemore Abrams, LL.D.
- Joseph Addison Aldred '24, A.M.
- Thomas Albert Foster '66 (M.D.), Sc.D.
- Olin Sewall Pettingill '30, Sc.D.
- Edward Allen Pierce, LL.D.
- Baron Silvercruys, LL.D.
- Hartley Fremont Simpson '22, LL.D.
- Edward Holyoke Snow '14, L.H.D.
1955
- Ezra Taft Benson, LL.D.
- Ronald Perkins Bridges '30, D.D.
- Victor Lloyd Butterfield, Litt.D.
- William Francis Gibbs, Sc.D.
- Lowell Innes, A.M.
- Sir Roger (Lord Sherfield) Makins, LL.D.
- Leonard Augustus Pierce, LL.D.
- Allan Woodcock '12, Sc.D.
1954
- Willard Streeter Bass '96, L.H.D.
- Hugh John Flemming, LL.D.
- Alfred Everett Gray '14, A.M.
- Henry Augustus Huston '79, Sc.D.
- Walter Piston, Mus.D.
- Francis Harper Sleeper, Sc.D.
- Thomas Curtis Van Cleve, Litt.D.
1953
- Henry Beston, Litt.D.
- Cyrus Stuart Ching, LL.D.
- Gilbert Dalldorf, Sc.D.
- Luther Dana '03, A.M.
- John Williams Frost '04, LL.D.
- Walter Hoyt Kennett, Sr., A.M.
- Glenn Ronello McIntire '25, A.M.
- William Bridgham Nulty '10, LL.D.
- William Gurdon Saltonstall, L.H.D.
1952
- Julius Seelye Bixler, LL.D.
- George Temple Bowdoin, A.M.
- Alfred Brinkler, Mus.D.
- Roland Eugene Clark '01, A.M.
- John David Clifford, Jr. '22, LL.D.
- Philip Greely Clifford '03, D.C.L.
- Marcus Cook Connelly, LL.D.
- Edward Ellsberg, Sc.D.
- Leland Matthew Goodrich '20, Sc.D.
- William Henry Grimes, A.M.
- Alfred Otto Gross, Sc.D.
- Edward Billings Ham '22, L.H.D.
- Frederick Augustus Irving, LL.D.
- Varaztad Havhannes Kazanjian, Sc.D.
- Warren Kendall Lewis, Sc.D.
- Daniel Francis Mahoney '19, A.M.
- Bela Winslow Norton '18, A.M.
- Charles Franklin Phillips, LL.D.
- Edith Lansing Koon Sills, LL.D.
- Margaret Chase Smith, LL.D.
1951
- Arthur Harrison Cole '11, Sc.D.
- Paul Howard Douglas '13, LL.D.
- Orren Chalmer Hormell, D.C.L.
- William Leroy King, D.C.L.
- Asa Smallidge Knowles '30, LL.D.
- Dorothy Hayes-Stickney Lindsay, A.M.
- Howard Lindsay, A.M.
- Harry Lane Palmer '04, A.M.
- James Kellum Smith, L.H.D.
- Willard Gordon Wyman '20, A.M.

1950
- Edwin John Beinecke, L.H.D.
- Adriel Ulmer Bird '16, A.M.
- Charles Austin Cary '10, A.M.
- Joseph Cony MacDonald '15, D.D.
- Edward Folsom Merrill '03, LL.D.
- Philip Mason Palmer '00, L.H.D.
- Arthur Vanderbilt, LL.D.
- Elwyn Brooks White, Litt.D.
1949
- Boyd Wheeler Bartlett '17, Sc.D.
- Emyr Estyn Evans, Sc.D.
- Samuel Lincoln Forsaith, A.M.
- Robert Hammond Haynes '19, A.M.
- James Rhyne Killian, Jr., LL.D.
- Harold Hale Murchie, LL.D.
- Marie Peary Stafford, A.M.
1948
- Edward Farrington Abbott '03, A.M.
- Robert Greenhalgh Albion '18, Litt.D.
- Christian Archibald Herter, LL.D.
- Robert Burton House, LL.D.
- Hilda Libby Ives, D.D.
- Ambrose Lansing, L.H.D.
- Maxwell Davenport Taylor, LL.D.
1947
- Frederick William Anthoensen, A.M.
- William Hodding Carter '27, Litt.D.
- Gano Dunn, LL.D.
- John Ford, A.M.
- Robert Hale '10, LL.D.
- Arthur Harold Ham '08, A.M.
- Arthur Andrew Hauck, LL.D.
- James Edward Rhodes, II '97, A.M.
- Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn, L.H.D.
1946
- Albert Trowbridge Gould '08, LL.D.
- Alaric Weston Haskell, Sc.D.
- Horace Augustine Hildreth '25, LL.D.
- Everett Parker Pope '41, A.M.
- Frederic Erle Thornlay Tillotson, Mus.D.
- Walter Vinton Wentworth '86, Sc.D.
1945
- Herbert John Fleure, Sc.D.
- William Tudor Gardiner, LL.D.
- Roscoe Henderson Hupper '07, LL.D.
- Ernest Joseph King, Sc.D.
- Oliver Leland Loring, D.D.
- Newell Convers Wyeth, A.M.
1944
- John Clement Alderman, M.S.
- James Phinney Baxter III, LL.D.
- Charles Theodore Burnett, L.H.D.
- Arthur Chapman '94, LL.D.
- Henry Sloane Coffin, D.D.
- Edward William Eames, L.H.D.
- Roscoe James Ham, L.H.D.
- Ernest Martin Hopkins, LL.D.
- Lucien Percy Libby '99, A.M.
- Wallace Copeland Philoon '05, M.S.
- Cornelius Packard Rhoads '20, Sc.D.
- Francis Bowes Sayre, LL.D.
- Sumner Sewall, LL.D.
- Harlan Fiske Stone, LL.D.
- William Widgery Thomas '94, A.M.
- Earle Spaulding Thompson '14, A.M.
- Mark Van Doren, Litt.D.
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, LL.D.
- Yung-Ching Yang, L.H.D.
1943
- Frederick Edward Hasler, A.M.
- Jean Hersholt, A.M
- Guy Whitman Leadbetter '16, Sc.D.
- Sturgis Elleno Leavitt '08, Litt.D.
- Paul Nixon, L.H.D.
- Clement Franklin Robinson '03, A.M.
1942
- Wallace Witmer Anderson, D.D.
- Ralph Owen Brewster '09, LL.D.
- Royal Cortissoz, L.H.D.
- Archibald Joseph Cronin, Litt.D.
- Joseph Blake Drummond '07, Sc.D.
- George Edwin Fogg, '02, A.M.
- Harrison King McCann '02, A.M.
- Roscoe Parke McClave, M.S.
- Robert Porter Patterson, LL.D.
- Evelina Pierce, A.M.
1941
- Ralph Lester Barrett '16, Sc.D.
- George Ernest Beal '16, A.M.
- Wingate Franklin Cram, A.M.
- Murray Snell Danforth '01, Sc.D.
- Robert Ignatius Gannon, LL.D.
- Harry Oakes '96, LL.D.
- Sumner Tucker Pike '13, LL.D.
- Robie Reed Stevens '06, A.M.
- Wendell Lewis Willkie, LL.D.

1940
- John Russell Bass '00, A.M.
- William Stark Newell, M.S.
- Joseph Thomas Reisler, A.M.
- Carl Merrill Robinson '08, Sc.D.
- Leverett Saltonstall, LL.D.
- Alfred Gilmore Morton Soule '03, A.M.
- Edgar Curtis Taylor '20, L.H.D.
1939
- George William Burpee '04, Sc.D.
- Elmer Howard Carleton '93, Sc.D.
- Roy Anderson Foulke '19, A.M.
- Frederick Mayer Meek, D.D.
- Hoyt Augustus Moore '95, LL.D.
- William Stockdale Nutter, A.M.
- Edward Warren Wheeler '98, LL.D.
1938
- Alexander Bower, A.M.
- John Fessenden Dana '98, LL.D.
- George Palmer Hyde '08, A.M.
- Harry Clifford Knight '98, Sc.D.
- Wilmot Brookings Mitchell '90, L.H.D.
- William John Norton '05, Sc.D.
- Kenneth Roberts, Litt.D.
- Frank Herbert Swan '98, LL.D.
1937
- Charles Francis Adams, LL.D.
- Herbert Clifford Francis Bell, Litt.D.
- Van Wyck Brooks, Litt.D.
- Harold Hitz Burton '09, LL.D.
- Charles Wesley Hawkesworth '06, A.M.
- Frederick Harold Stinchfield, LL.D.
1936
- Frank Learoyd Boyden, L.H.D.
- Ripley Lyman Dana '01, LL.D.
- Elroy Osborne LaCasce '14, A.M.
- Robert DeVore Leigh '14, LL.D.
- Fred Norris Robinson, Litt.D.
1935
- Clyde Leroy Deming '10, Sc.D.
- Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford, Litt.D.
- William Converse Kendall '85, Sc.D.
- Hugh Dean McLellan, LL.D.
- Earle Bryant Perkins '23, M.S.
- David Richard Porter '06, L.H.D.
- George Bowman Sears '90, A.M.
- Anna Elizabeth Smith, A.M.
- Frank Gifford Tallman, A.M.
1934
- Robert Campbell '16, D.D.
- Benjamin Freeman Kingsbury, Sc.D.
- Austin Harbutt MacCormick '15, Sc.D.
- Kenneth Charles Morton Sills '01, LL.D.
- Leonard Percy DeWolfe Tilley, LL.D.
- Charles Cutler Torrey '84, Litt.D.
- Harry Trust '16, D.D.
1933
- Mary Ellen Chase, Litt.D.
- Frederick William Pickard '94, LL.D.
- Katharine Curtis Pierce, A.M.
- John Charles Schroeder, D.D.
- Sir Francis James Wylie, L.H.D.
1932
- Irving Babbitt, L.H.D.
- Sterling Fessenden '96, LL.D.
- Jefferson Butler Fletcher, Litt.D.
- James Edward Freeman, D.D.
- Charles Thornton Libby, A.M.
- Charles Stuart Fessenden Lincoln '91, M.S.
- John Abel Lord, M.S.
- Maurice Roy Ridley, L.H.D.
- Oliver Dana Sewall '87, D.D.
- George Rowland Walker '02, A.M.
1931
- Harold Lee Berry '01, A.M.
- Isaiah Bowman, Sc.D.
- Melvin Thomas Copeland '06, Sc.D.
- Margaret Deland, Litt.D.
- Frederick Hale, LL.D.
- Dwight Whitney Morrow, LL.D.
- Herbert Thompson Powers '91, A.M.
- Earl Baldwin Smith '11, L.H.D.
- Herbert Lindsey Swett '01, A.M.
- Mortimer Warren '96, Sc.D.

1930
- Thompson Eldridge Ashby, D.D.
- Henry Smith Chapman '91, A.M.
- Robert Peter Tristram Coffin '15, Litt.D.
- Samuel Trask Dana '04, Sc.D.
- Frank George Farrington '94, LL.D.
- William Robinson Pattangall, LL.D.
- Leonard Augustus Pierce '05, A.M.
1929
- Benjamin Brewster, D.D.
- Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, LL.D.
- Charles Taylor Hawes '76, LL.D.
- Benjamin Franklin Hayden '02, M.S.
- William Edward Lunt '04, L.H.D.
- James Flack Norris, Sc.D.
- William Veazie Pratt, LL.D.
- Edward Roland Stearns '89, D.D.
- Gerald Gardner Wilder '04, A.M.
1928
- George Foster Cary '88, A.M.
- William Robert Crowley '08, A.M.
- Henry Bronson Dewing, L.H.D.
- Augustus Freedom Moulton '73, LL.D.
- Edward Abner Thompson '91, A.M.
- Edward Hames Wass, Mus.D.
- Wallace Humphrey White '99, LL.D.
1927
- George Edward Carmichael '97, A.M.
- Archer Parris Cram '99, A.M.
- Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis, LL.D.
- John Henry Halford '07, A.M.
- Joseph William Hewitt '97, L.H.D.
- George Walter Hinckley, D.D.
- Wallace Edward Mason '82, A.M.
- Scott Wilson, LL.D.
- William Ellery Wing '02, A.M.
1926
- Philip Dana '96, A.M.
- Robert Frost, Litt.D.
- Thomas Littlefield Marble '98, LL.D.
- Henry Hill Pierce '96, LL.D.
- William Emerson Preble '98, Sc.D.
- Guy Hayden Sturgis '98, LL.D.
- Edward Perry Warren, L.H.D.
1925
- Wallace Buttrick, LL.D.
- George Roy Elliott, Litt.D.
- Edmond Esteve, Litt.D.
- David Gray, Litt.D.
- David Jayne Hill, LL.D.
- Walter Reid Hunt '90, D.D.
- Eugene Robert Kelley '02, Sc.D.
- Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, A.M.
- Alice Mary Longfellow, A.M.
- John Clair Minot '96, Litt.D.
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, Litt.D.
- Charles Wilbert Snow '07, A.M.
1924
- Arthur Philip Fairfield '99, A.M.
- Thomas Harrison Riley '80, A.M.
- Alpheus Sanford '76, A.M.
- Oliver Patterson Watts '89, Sc.D.
- Frank Nathaniel Whittier '85, Sc.D.
1923
- John Albert Cone, A.M.
- William Mitchell Kendall, L.H.D.
- John Andrew Peters '85, LL.D.
- Daniel Arthur Robinson '73, Sc.D.
- Arthur Glenwood Staples '82, Litt.D.
- Frederick Clement Stevens '81, LL.D.
- Edward Warren Wheeler '98, A.M.
- Frederick Arthur Wilson '73, D.D.
1922
- Lawrence Fraser Abbott, Litt.D.
- Austin Cary '87, Sc.D.
- John Eliphaz Chapman '77, A.M.
- Charles Albert Coffin, LL.D.
- Louis Arthur Coolidge, A.M.
- John Frederick Eliot '73, Ed.D.
- Daniel Irving Gross '02, D.D.
- William Albion Moody '82, Sc.D.
1921
- Heloise Edwina Hersey, A.M.
- Preston Kyes '96, Sc.D.
- Wilbert Grant Mallett '91, A.M.
- Don Carlos Seitz, Litt.D.
- Newman Smyth '63, D.D.
- Addison Sanford Thayer, Sc.D.
- Henry Kirke White '74, L.H.D.

1920
- Robert Abram Bartlett, A.M.
- Charles Townsend Copeland, Litt.D.
- Edgar Millard Cousins '77, D.D.
- Chester Burge Emerson '04, D.D.
- Ben Foster, A.M.
- Charles Hugh McLellan, M.S.
1919
- William Dunning Ireland '16, A.M.
- Albert Jones Lord '94, D.D.
- Frank Andrew Munsey, Litt.D.
- Thomas Lewis Pierce '98, A.M.
- Harold Marsh Sewall, A.M.
- Sherman Nelson Shumway '17, A.M.
- Freelan Oscar Stanley '77, A.M.
- Arthur Glenwood Staples '82, A.M.
- George William Tillson '77, Sc.D.
1918
- Leslie Colby Cornish, LL.D.
- Henry Pomeroy Davison, LL.D.
- Charles Clifford Hutchins '83, Sc.D.
- Ashley Day Leavitt, D.D.
- Donald Baxter MacMillan '98, Sc.D.
- Winford Henry Smith '99, Sc.D.