Honorary Degrees Since 1702
| Name | Degree | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. | Doctor of Laws | 1975 | |
| Lettick, Amy Ladin | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1975 | |
| Lyman, Richard Wall | Doctor of Laws | 1975 | |
| Ripley II, Sidney D. | Doctor of Laws | 1975 | |
| Scranton, William W. | not noted | 1975 | |
| Stern, Isaac | Doctor of Music | 1975 | |
| Watson, Jr.,Thomas J. | Doctor of Laws | 1975 | |
| Welty, Eudora | Doctor of Letters | 1975 | |
| Arrow, Kenneth J. | Doctor of Social Science | 1974 | |
| Donnelley, Gaylord | Doctor of Laws | 1974 | |
| Gardner, John W. | Doctor of Laws | 1974 | |
| Hellman, Lillian | Doctor of Letters | 1974 | |
| Hines, Rev. John E. | Doctor of Divinity | 1974 | |
| Ohira, Masayoshi | Doctor of Laws | 1974 | |
| Rogers, Fred McFeely | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1974 | |
| Sawyer, John E. | Doctor of Laws | 1974 | |
| Solti,Georg, K.B.E., Sir | Doctor of Music | 1974 | |
| Trilling, Lionel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1974 | |
| Wheeler, John Archibald | Doctor of Science | 1974 | |
| Adams, Ansel | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1973 | |
| Alsop, Stewart | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1973 | |
| Berliner, Robert W. | Doctor of Science | 1973 | |
| Ebert, James David | Doctor of Science | 1973 | |
| Florovsky, Rev. Georges | Doctor of Divinity | 1973 | |
| Gardner, Dame H. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1973 | |
| Levi, Edward Hirsch | Doctor of Laws | 1973 | |
| Strong, Maurice F. | Doctor of Laws | 1973 | |
| Watts, Andre | Doctor of Music | 1973 | |
| Young, Jr., Andrew J. | Doctor of Laws | 1973 | |
| Bellow, Saul | Doctor of Letters | 1972 | |
| Bowen, William G. | Doctor of Laws | 1972 | |
| Ford II, Henry | Doctor of Laws | 1972 | |
| Freund, Paul | Doctor of Laws | 1972 | |
| Graham, Katharine | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1972 | |
| Hein, Piet | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1972 | |
| Huxtable, Ada L. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1972 | |
| Kuffler, Stephen W. | Doctor of Science | 1972 | |
| Pfaffmann, Carl | Doctor of Science | 1972 | |
| Plimpton, Francis T.P. | Doctor of Laws | 1972 | |
| Smith, Gerard Coad | Doctor of Laws | 1972 | |
| Sullivan, Leon Howard | Doctor of Divinity | 1972 | |
| Arendt, Hannah | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1971 | |
| Bok, Derek C. | Doctor of Laws | 1971 | |
| Brandt, The Right Hon. Willy | Doctor of Laws | 1971 | |
| Dilworth, Ricardson | Doctor of Laws | 1971 | |
| Erikson, Erik H. | Doctor of Social Science | 1971 | |
| Glueck, Rabbi Nelson | Doctor of Divinity | 1971 | |
| Graham, Martha | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1971 | |
| Hambro, Edvard | Doctor of Laws | 1971 | |
| Hesburgh, Rev. Theodore M., C.S.C. | Doctor of Laws | 1971 |