Honorary Degrees Since 1702
| Name |
Degree |
Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lusk, Graham | Doctor of Science | 1908 | |
| Schultz, Peter G. | Doctor of Science | 2015 | |
| Kroeber, Alfred Louis | Doctor of Science | 1946 | |
| Osborn, Henry Fairfield | Doctor of Science | 1923 | |
| Rutherford,Ernest, Sir | Doctor of Science | 1917 | |
| Henderson, Virginia | Doctor of Science | 1982 | |
| Dulbecco, Renato | Doctor of Science | 1968 | |
| Doisy, Edward Adelbert | Doctor of Science | 1940 | |
| Mario Capecchi | Doctor of Science | 2024 | |
| Spitzer, Jr., Lyman | Doctor of Science | 1958 | |
| Cori, Gerty Therese | Doctor of Science | 1951 | |
| Rubin, Vera C. | Doctor of Science | 1990 | |
| Beeson, Paul B. | Doctor of Science | 1975 | |
| Freud, Anna | Doctor of Science | 1968 | |
| Richards, Alfred Newton | Doctor of Science | 1933 | |
| Armsby, Henry Prentiss | Doctor of Science | 1920 | |
| Wald, George | Doctor of Science | 1958 | |
| Ives, Herbert Eugene | Doctor of Science | 1928 | |
| Smith, Theobald | Doctor of Science | 1917 | |
| Panofsky, Wolfgang K.H. | Doctor of Science | 1985 | |
| Granville, Evelyn Boyd | Doctor of Science | 2001 | |
| Kappers, C. Ubo Ariens | Doctor of Science | 1928 | |
| Chu, Steven | Doctor of Science | 2010 | |
| Watson, James Craig | Doctor of Philosophy | 1871 | |
| Safford, James Merrill | Doctor of Philosophy | 1866 | |
| Kidjo, Angélique | Doctor of Music | 2015 | |
| Brendel, Alfred | Doctor of Music | 1992 | |
| Franklin, Aretha | Doctor of Music | 2010 | |
| Adams, John | Doctor of Music | 2013 | |
| Cruz, Celia | Doctor of Music | 1989 | |
| Shaw, Robert L. | Doctor of Music | 1998 | |
| Upshaw, Dawn K. | Doctor of Music | 2001 | |
| Simon, Paul F. | Doctor of Music | 1996 | |
| von Stade, Frederica | Doctor of Music | 1985 | |
| Bernstein, Leonard | Doctor of Music | 1966 | |
| Barnett, James George | Doctor of Music | 1867 | |
| Stern, Isaac | Doctor of Music | 1975 | |
| McDonald, Audra | Doctor of Music | 2016 | |
| Ronald L. Carter | Doctor of Music | 2025 | |
| Carter, Jr., Elliott Cook | Doctor of Music | 1970 | |
| Sibelius,Jean, Dr. | Doctor of Music | 1914 | |
| Marsalis, Wynton | Doctor of Music | 1995 | |
| Paine, John Knowles | Doctor of Music | 1890 | |
| Shaw, Caroline | Doctor of Music | 2022 | |
| Ma, Yo-yo | Doctor of Music | 1987 | |
| Ruff, Willie | Doctor of Music | 2018 | |
| Elgar,Edward, Sir | Doctor of Music | 1905 | |
| Gubaidulina, Sofia | Doctor of Music | 2009 | |
| Watts, Andre | Doctor of Music | 1973 | |
| Ellington, Duke | Doctor of Music | 1967 |