Honorary Degrees Since 1702

Name Degreesort descending Year
Rustin, Bayard Doctor of Laws 1984
Hastie, William H. Doctor of Laws 1957
Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin Doctor of Laws 1841
Gibson, Hugh Doctor of Laws 1931
Pepper, George Wharton Doctor of Laws 1914
Knox, Philander Chase Doctor of Laws 1907
Pitkin, Timothy Doctor of Laws 1829
Buck, Norman S. Doctor of Laws 1962
Halifax, The Right Honorable Viscount Doctor of Laws 1941
Marjolin, Robert E. Doctor of Laws 1965
Marshall, Thomas Alexander Doctor of Laws 1866
Atterbury, William W. Doctor of Laws 1926
Urquhart, Brian Doctor of Laws 1981
Perkins, Samuel Clarke Doctor of Laws 1888
Lewis, Edmund Harris Doctor of Laws 1954
Stimson, Henry Lewis Doctor of Laws 1929
Seward, William Henry Doctor of Laws 1854
Hand, Learned Doctor of Laws 1931
Trumbull, Jonathan Doctor of Laws 1797
Bunker, Ellsworth Doctor of Laws 1959
Sherman, Roger Minott Doctor of Laws 1829
Bush, Prescott Doctor of Laws 1962
O'Connor, Sandra Day Doctor of Laws 2006
Day, Thomas Doctor of Laws 1847
Waite, Morrison Remick Doctor of Laws 1872
Judd, Albert Francis Doctor of Laws 1894
Silliman, Benjamin Douglas Doctor of Laws 1874
Zedillo, Ernesto Doctor of Laws 2001
Dodge, Bayard Doctor of Laws 1949
Clinton, Hillary Doctor of Laws 2009
Wiesel, Elie Doctor of Letters 1981
Lynn Nottage Doctor of Letters 2026
Gordimer, Nadine Doctor of Letters 1986
Freeman, Douglas Southall Doctor of Letters 1946
Hamilton, Edith Doctor of Letters 1959
Brodsky, Joseph Doctor of Letters 1978
Stoll, Elmer Edgar Doctor of Letters 1941
Root, Robert Kilburn Doctor of Letters 1937
Morison, Samuel Eliot Doctor of Letters 1949
Feuillerat, Albert Doctor of Letters 1920
Johnson, Charles Frederick Doctor of Letters 1898
Claudel, Paul Doctor of Letters 1928
Malone, Kemp Doctor of Letters 1951
Masefield, John Doctor of Letters 1918
Caro, Robert Allan Doctor of Letters 2023
Leger, Alexis Doctor of Letters 1959
Torrey, Charles Cutler Doctor of Letters 1934
Lewis, Sinclair Doctor of Letters 1936
McPhee, John Doctor of Letters 2009
McIlwain, Charles Howard Doctor of Letters 1951