Honorary Degrees
Recipients' names are arranged alphabetically. Follow the link for recipients with last names beginning with A-K.
| Lane, William Preston, Jr. | LL.D. | 1947 |
| Lee, E. Brooke | Litt.D. | 1979 |
| Lee, Yuan Tseh | D.Sc. | 1996 |
| LeFrak, Samuel J. | D.P.S. | 1990 |
| Li, Wan | D.P.S. | 1994 |
| Lippard, Vernon William | D. Sc. | 1955 |
| Littlewood, William | D.Engr. | 1959 |
| Locher, Charles Hunter | D. Engr. | 1938 |
| Lovejoy, Arthur Oncken | Litt. D. | 1957 |
| Lowndes, Tasker Gantt | L.H.D. | 1945 |
| MacArthur, Douglas | LL.D. | 1928 |
| Macht, David I. | Pharmacy | 1924 |
| Mackall, John Nathaniel | D.Engr. | 1922 |
| Malcolm, Wilbur George | LL.D. | 1958 |
| Mandel, Marvin | LL.D. | 1969 |
| Mandela, Nelson | D.P.S. | 2001 |
| Marker, Russell E. | D.Sc. | 1987 |
| Marshall, Ray | LL.D. | 1980 |
| Martin, Glenn L. | D. Engr. | 1939 |
| Martin, Lynn | D.P.S. | 1992 |
| Mather, John C. | D.Sc. | 2008 |
| Mayo, Edmund Cooper | D. Engr. | 1956 |
| McAllister, Charles E. | Divinity | 1930 |
| McCabe, Thomas Bayard, Jr. | LL.D. | 1962 |
| McCartney, Frank Leslie | D. Sc. | 1946 |
| McGowan, George V. | D.P.S. | 1997 |
| McKeldin, Theodore Roosevelt | LL.D. | 1951 |
| McKinney, Robert Sentman | Pharmacy | 1941 |
| McNutt, Paul Vories | LL.D. | 1941 |
| Merrit, Arthur Hastings | D.Sc. | 1940 |
| Merton, Robert K. | LL.D. | 1982 |
| Meyerhoff, Joseph | D.H.L. | 1981 |
| Mfume, Kweisi | D.P.S. | 2000 |
| Mitchell, Clarence, Jr. | Litt.D. | 1979 |
| Moe, Richard | D.H.L. | 1998 |
| Mohler, John R. | D.Sc. | 1928 |
| Morton, Rogers C. B. | LL.D. | 1971 |
| Moss, Robert | LL.D. | 1923 |
| Moulinier, Charles | LL.D. | 1929 |
| Muller, Steven | LL.D. | 1972 |
| Muskie, Edmund Sixtus | LL.D. | 1969 |
| Newman, John A. | D.Sc. | 1990 |
| Nice, Harry Whinna | LL.D. | 1935 |
| Nierenberg, William A. | D.Sc. | 1981 |
| Niles, Emory Hamilton | LL.D. | 1964 |
| Norton, John Bitting Smith | D.Sc. | 1923 |
| Noyes, Frank Brett | Litt.D. | 1938 |
| O'Conor, Herbert Romulus | LL.D. | 1939 |
| O'Donnell, Emmett | D.Mil.Sc. | 1954 |
| O'Malley, Peter Francis | D.P.S. | 1985 |
| Orem, Nicholas | Litt.D. | 1945 |
| Parran, Thomas, Jr. | D.Sc. | 1940 |
| Paterson, Katherine Womeldorf | Litt.D. | 1982 |
| Perlman, Philip B. | LL.D. | 1948 |
| Pershing, John Joseph | LL.D. | 1922 |
| Pfeiffer, Jane Cahill | Litt.D. | 1979 |
| Plaza, Galo | LL.D. | 1946 |
| Ponselle, Rosa | D.A. | 1980 |
| Porter, Katherine Anne | L.H.D. | 1966 |
| Press, Frank | D.Sc. | 1980 |
| Pullen, Thomas Granville, Jr. | L.H.D. | 1950 |
| Quarles, Benjamin Arthur | L.H.D. | 1971 |
| Radcliffe, George L. | LL.D. | 1943 |
| Raines, Franklin Delano | D.P.S. | 2003 |
| Ramsbotham, Sir Peter | LL.D. | 1976 |
| Rankin, Fred Wharton | D.Sc. | 1939 |
| Raspberry, William J. | Litt.D. | 1984 |
| Ray, Gordon Norton | Litt.D. | 1982 |
| Rayburn, Sam | LL.D. | 1945 |
| Reckord, Milton A. | LL.D. | 1944 |
| Reich, Robert B. | D.P.S. | 1995 |
| Reston, James Barrett | Litt.D. | 1968 |
| Richardson, Anna Euretta | D.Sc. | 1930 |
| Rickets, Forrest Eugene | D. Engr. | 1942 |
| Ripley, Sidney Dillon | D.Sc. | 1970 |
| Rivlin, Alice Mitchell | D.P.A. | 1982 |
| Robbins, Chandler S. | D.Sc. | 1995 |
| Robinson, Ella Pippin | L.H.D. | 1945 |
| Rodgers, Richard | D. Mus. | 1962 |
| Rogers, Lore Alford | D.Sc. | 1923 |
| Rowan, Carl T. | Litt.D. | 1995 |
| Rudd, Wortley Fuller | D.Sc. | 1941 |
| Russell, John | D.Sc. | 1927 |
| Sadat, Jehan | D.P.S. | 1994 |
| Sanford, Terry | LL.D. | 1984 |
| Sarbanes, Paul S. | LL.D. | 1981 |
| Saunders, Stuart Thomas | LL.D. | 1964 |
| Schaefer, William Donald | LL.D. | 1981 |
| Schmidt, William Sheppard | LL.D. | 1969 |
| Schwarz, Eugene Amandus | D.Sc. | 1922 |
| Seaborg, Glenn Theodore | D.Sc. | 1961 |
| Seaton, Frederick Andrew | LL.D. | 1960 |
| Sebald, William Joseph | LL.D. | 1949 |
| Semmes, John Edward | LL.D. | 1948 |
| Sensenbaugh, James Alvin | LL.D. | 1965 |
| Sevareid, Eric Arnold | L.H.D. | 1965 |
| Shannon, James A. | D.Sc. | 1965 |
| Sheen, Msgr. Fulton John | Litt.D. | 1942 |
| Sheets, Earl Woodell | D.Agr. | 1933 |
| Sheff, Alexander Leon | D.Com.Sc. | 1952 |
| Shouse, Catherine Filene | D.F.A. | 1979 |
| Slatkin, Leonard | D.H.L. | 2003 |
| Slaughter, John Brooks | D.Sc. | 1982 |
| Smith, Howard K. | LL.D. | 1973 |
| Snodgrass, Robert Evans | D.Sc. | 1960 |
| Snowden, Frank Martin, Jr. | D.H.L. | 1993 |
| Sobeloff, Simon Ernest | LL.D. | 1954 |
| Soong, James C. Y. | D.P.S. | 2000 |
| Soper, Morris Ames | LL.D. | 1958 |
| Spilhaus, Athelstan | D.Sc. | 1978 |
| Steele, Samuel Tagart, Jr. | Divinity | 1927 |
| Steenken, William, Jr. | D.Sc. | 1955 |
| Still, Clyfford | D.F.A. | 1980 |
| St. John, Edward A | D.P.S. | 2012 |
| Straight, Michael | D.H.L. | 1977 |
| Studebaker, John Ward | LL.D. | 1945 |
| Swain, Robert Lee | D.Sc. | 1958 |
| Swanson, Neil Harper | Litt.D. | 1953 |
| Sylvester, Charles Wesley | D.Sc. | 1948 |
| Symons, Thomas Baddeley | D.Agr. | 1918 |
| Tawes, John Millard | LL.D. | 1959 |
| Toll, John S. | D.Sc. | 1973 |
| Townes, Charles H. | D.Sc. | 2001 |
| Train, Russell E. | LL.D. | 1975 |
| Turner, Thomas Bourne | D.Sc. | 1966 |
| Tydings, Millard Evelyn | LL.D. | 1933 |
| Ueberroth, Peter V. | D.P.S. | 1987 |
| Valenstein, Suzanne G. | D.F.A. | 2012 |
| Van Bibber, Lena Chew | L.H.D. | 1945 |
| Walker, Right Reverand John T. | D.H.L. | 1986 |
| Walker, Stanton | D.Sc. | 1964 |
| Wellek, Rene | Litt.D. | 1964 |
| Welles, Sumner | LL.D. | 1943 |
| Wheeler, John Archibald | D.Sc. | 1977 |
| Wheeler, Joseph Lewis | Litt.D. | 1934 |
| White, Charles McElroy | D.Engr. | 1949 |
| White, Robert M. | D.Sc. | 1983 |
| Wilbur, Ray Lyman | LL.D. | 1930 |
| Wilson, Linda S. | Litt.D. | 1993 |
| Wilson, Logan | LL.D. | 1970 |
| Winslow, Randolf | LL.D. | 1924 |
| Woods, Hiram | LL.D. | 1924 |
| Worrilow, George Melville | D.Agr. | 1954 |
| Wright, St. Clair | D.P.S. | 1985 |
| Wyeth, Andrew | D.F.A. | 1964 |
Doctor of Arts - D.A.
Doctor of Public Service - D.P.S.
Doctor of Humane Letters - D.H.L.
Doctor of Public Administration - D.P.A.
Doctor of Business Administration - D.B.A.
Doctor of Business Management - D.B.M.
Doctor of Fine Arts - D.F.A.
Doctor of Science - D.Sc.
Doctor of Humanities - L.H.D.
Doctor of Agriculture - D.Agr.
Doctor of Engineering - D.Engr.
Doctor of Letters/Literature - Litt.D.
Doctor of Laws - LL.D.
Honorary Degree Recipients A-K
