Honorary Degree Recipients
Following is a list of honorary degrees granted by the trustees of Brandeis University.
Note: This table is sortable by clicking on column headers.
| Name | Degree | Occasion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrams, Hannah W. | Humane Letters | Founders' Day | 1986, 11-02 |
| Acheson, Dean Gooderham | Humane Letters | 5th Commencement |
1956, 06-10 |
| Adams, Robert McCormick |
Humane Letters |
41st Commencement |
1992, 05-24 |
| Albee, Edward F. | Humane Letters |
28th Commencement |
1979, 05-27 |
| Albright, Madeleine K. |
Laws | 45th Commencement |
1996, 05-19 |
| Allon, Yigal |
Laws | 22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Alpert, George |
Laws |
2nd Commencement |
1953, 06-14 |
| Altman, Stuart H. |
Humane Letters |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| Altmann, Alexander |
Humane Letters |
28th Commencement |
1979, 05-27 |
| Ancell, Nathan S. |
Humane Letters |
39th Commencement |
1990, 05-20 |
| Anderson, Marian |
Humane Letters | 9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Anderson, Robert Orville |
Humane Letters |
Wien International Scholarship Program 25th Convocation |
1983, 11-13 |
| Anfinsen, Christian B. |
Science |
26th Commencement |
1977, 05-22 |
| Annenberg, Leonore |
Humane Letters |
48th Commencement |
1999, 05-23 |
| Annenberg, Walter H. |
Humane Letters | 44th Commencement |
1995, 05-21 |
| Appelfeld, Aharon |
Humane Letters |
45th Commencement |
1996, 05-19 |
| Arias, Oscar |
Laws |
46th Commencement |
1997, 05-25 |
| Aron, Raymond C.F. |
Humane Letters |
27th Commencement |
1978, 05-28 |
| Atkinson, Brooks |
Laws | 14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Axelrod, James J. |
Humane Letters |
6th Commencement |
1957, 06-09 |
| Babbitt, Milton |
Humane Letters |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| Balanchine, George |
Humane Letters | 14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Baldwin, Roger Nash |
Laws |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Ball, George |
Humane Letters | 22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Banda, Hastings Kamuzu |
Laws |
15th Anniversary Convocation | 1963, 10-06 |
| Barak, Aharon |
Laws |
52nd Commencement |
2003, 05-18 |
| Baryshnikov, Mikhail |
Humane Letters |
32nd Commencement |
1983, 05-22 |
| Baumritter, Florence |
Humane Letters |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Baumritter, Theodore |
Humane Letters | 35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Beadle, George Wells |
Laws |
15th Anniversary Convocation |
1963, 10-06 |
| Beinfield, Victor H. |
Humane Letters | 37th Commencement |
1988, 05-29 |
| Belafonte, Harry |
Humane Letters |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| Bell, Daniel |
Humane Letters |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| Bellow, Saul |
Humane Letters | 23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Ben-Gurion, David |
Laws |
Ben-Gurion Convocation |
1960, 03-09 |
| Benjamin, Robert Saul |
Humane Letters |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Benton, William |
Laws |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Benzer, Seymour | Science |
27th Commencement | 1978, 05-28 |
| Berger, Clarence Q. |
Humane Letters |
22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Bergson, Abram |
Humane Letters |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Berlin, Sir Isaiah | Laws |
16th Commencement |
1967, 06-11 |
| Bernstein, Leonard |
Humane Letters |
8th Commencement |
1959, 06-07 |
| Bernstein, Marver Hillel |
Humane Letters |
32nd Commencement |
1983, 05-22 |
| Berry, George Packer |
Humane Letters |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Beveridge, Lord |
Humane Letters |
10th Commencement | 1961, 06-11 |
| Bial '87, Deborah |
Humane Letters | 61st Commencement | 2012, 05-20 |
| Bibring, Grete Lehner |
Humane Letters | 17th Commencement | 1968, 06-09 |
| Bishop, Elizabeth |
Humane Letters | 27th Commencement | 1978, 05-28 |
| Blackburn, Elizabeth | Science |
53rd Commencement |
2004, 05-23 |
| Bloch, Felix |
Laws |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Bok, Derek |
Humane Letters |
42nd Commencement |
1993, 05-23 |
| Bonner, Elena |
Humane Letters |
41st Commencement |
1992, 05-24 |
| Booker, Cory A. | Humane Letters | 58th Commencement | 2009, 05-17 |
| Boorstin, Daniel J. |
Humane Letters |
37th Commencement |
1988, 05-29 |
| Bowker, Albert Hosmer | Laws |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Brademas, Stephen John |
Humane Letters |
16th Commencement |
1967, 06-11 |
| Bradley, Tom |
Laws |
24th Commencement |
1975, 06-01 |
| Branscombe, Harvie |
Laws |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Branson, Herman Russell |
Humane Letters |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Brauer, Richard D. |
Science |
24th Commencement | 1975, 06-01 |
| Brennan Jr., William J. | Laws |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Brenner, Sydney | Science | 61st Commencement | 2012, 05-20 |
| Breyer, Stephen |
Laws |
51st Commencement |
2002, 05-26 |
| Brokaw, Tom |
Humane Letters |
54th Commencement |
2005, 05-22 |
| Bronfman, Charles R. |
Humane Letters |
41st Commencement | 1992, 05-24 |
| Bronk, Detlev W. |
Science | 6th Commencement | 1957, 06-09 |
| Brooks, David | Humane Letters | 60th Commencement | 2011, 05-22 |
| Brooks-Randolph, Angie |
Humane Letters |
20th Commencement | 1971, 06-13 |
| Buchwald, Art |
Humane Letters |
36th Commencement | 1987, 05-17 |
| Buergenthal, Thomas | Laws | 60th Commencement | 2011, 05-22 |
| Bunche, Ralph Johnson |
Laws | 9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Bundy, McGeorge |
Laws |
12th Commencement | 1963, 06-09 |
| Bunn, Edward Bernard |
Laws | 7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Bunting, Mary Ingraham |
Science |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Burns, Arthur Frank |
Laws |
Wien International Scholarship Program 25th Convocation |
1983, 11-13 |
| Burns, George |
Humane Letters |
Los Angeles Ceremony |
1993, 06-24 |
| Calderone, Mary S. |
Science |
24th Commencement |
1975, 06-01 |
| Canham, Erwin Dain |
Humane Letters |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Carnovsky, Gertrude |
Master of Arts |
28th Commencement |
1979, 05-27 |
| Caro, Anthony Alfred |
Humane Letters |
29th Commencement |
1980, 05-25 |
| Carroll, James |
Humane Letters |
57th Commencement |
2008, 05-18 |
| Case, Harold Claude |
Laws |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Caspersson, Torbjorn Oskar |
Science |
Science Convocation |
1965, 11-07 |
| Cassin, Rene Samuel |
Laws |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Cater, Douglass |
Humane Letters |
16th Commencement |
1967, 06-11 |
| Chagall, Marc |
Laws |
9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Chandler, Alvin Duke |
Laws |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Chavez-Thompson, Linda |
Humane Letters |
50th Commencement |
2001, 05-20 |
| Chihuly, Dale |
Fine Arts |
49th Commencement |
2000, 05-21 |
| Chisholm, Brock |
Humane Letters |
9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Clark, Kenneth B. |
Humane Letters |
40th Anniversary Convocation |
1988, 10-08 |
| Clark, William Ramsey |
Laws |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Cleveland, James Harlan |
Laws |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Cohen, Benjamin V. |
Laws |
24th Commencement |
1975, 06-01 |
| Cohen, Gerson David |
Humane Letters |
36th Commencement |
1987, 05-17 |
| Cohen, Maurice |
Humane Letters |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Cohen, Saul G. |
Science |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Cohen, Wilbur Joseph |
Humane Letters |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Cohn, Mildred |
Science |
33rd Commencement |
1984, 05-20 |
| Commager, Henry Steele | Laws |
Library Convocation |
1959, 11-08 |
| Compton, Arthur Holly |
Science |
6th Commencement |
1957, 06-09 |
| Conlon, James Joseph | Humane Letters | 58th Commencement | 2009, 05-17 |
| Coolidge, Harold J. |
Science |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Coombs, Philip Hall |
Laws |
11th Commencement |
1962, 06-10 |
| Copland, Aaron |
Humane Letters |
6th Commencement |
1957, 06-09 |
| Cordier, Andrew W. |
Laws |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Cori, Carl Ferdinand |
Science |
Science Convocation |
1965, 11-07 |
| Cotler, Irwin |
Laws |
56th Commencement |
2007, 05-20 |
| Cousins, Norman |
Humane Letters |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Cousteau, Jacques-Yves |
Science |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Cox, Archibald |
Laws |
40th Anniversary Convocation |
1988, 10-08 |
| Cronkite, Walter L. |
Humane Letters |
36th Commencement |
1987, 05-17 |
| Crown, Lester |
Humane Letters |
53rd Commencement |
2004, 05-23 |
| Cushing, Richard Cardinal |
Humane Letters |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Cutler, Arnold R. |
Laws |
33rd Commencement |
1984, 05-20 |
| Dalai Lama, His Holiness the 14th (Tenzin Gyatso) |
Humane Letters |
Convocation | 1998, 05-08 |
| Danielsen, Albert V. |
Humane Letters |
22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Davidson, George F. |
Humane Letters |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Dibner, Bern |
Science |
26th Commencement |
1977, 05-22 |
| Dillard, Irving |
Civil Law |
5th Commencement |
1956, 06-10 |
| Dinitz, Simcha |
Laws |
28th Commencement |
1979, 05-27 |
| Doctorow, E.L. |
Humane Letters |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Dori, Yaacov |
Laws |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Douglas, Paul Howard |
Laws |
2nd Commencement |
1953, 06-14 |
| Drinan S.J., Robert |
Humane Letters |
51st Commencement |
2002, 05-26 |
| Dubinsky, David |
Humane Letters |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Duhig, Charles Warner |
Humane Letters |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Eban, Abba |
Laws |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Edelman, Marian Wright |
Humane Letters |
37th Commencement |
1988, 05-29 |
| Eilenberg, Samuel |
Science |
29th Commencement |
1980, 05-25 |
| Elath, Eliahu |
Laws |
12th Commencement |
1963, 06-09 |
| Epstein, Rubin |
Humane Letters |
29th Commencement |
1980, 05-25 |
| Evans, Maurice |
Laws |
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation | 1961, 10-08 |
| Eizenstat, Stuart |
Laws |
50th Commencement |
2001, 05-20 |
| Fairbank, John K. |
Humane Letters |
28th Commencement |
1979, 05-27 |
| Farber, Leonard L. |
Humane Letters |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Farber, Sidney |
Humane Letters |
12th Commencement |
1963, 06-09 |
| Farmer, Paul | Humane Letters | 59th commencement | 2010, 05-23 |
| Feinberg, Abraham |
Laws |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Feldberg, Max |
Humane Letters |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Feldberg, Stanley H. |
Humane Letters |
35th Commencement | 1986, 05-18 |
| Fierman, Harold L. |
Laws |
23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Finkelstein, Louis |
Laws |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Fisher, Max M. |
Humane Letters |
46th Commencement |
1997, 05-25 |
| Fogarty, John Edward |
Laws |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Folkman, Judah |
Science |
56th Commencement |
2007, 05-20 |
| Ford, John |
Humane Letters |
14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Ford, Joseph F. |
Humane Letters |
4th Commencement |
1955, 06-12 |
| Foster, Henry L. |
Humane Letters |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Frankenthaler, Helen |
Humane Letters |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Frankfurter, Felix |
Humane Letters |
5th Commencement |
1956, 06-10 |
| Franklin, John Hope |
Humane Letters |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Freund, Paul A. |
Laws |
23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Friedman '75, Thomas L. | Humane Letters |
40th Anniversary Convocation |
1988, 10-08 |
| Friend, Charlotte |
Science |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Friendly, Henry Jacob |
Laws |
17th Commencement | 1968, 06-09 |
| Fuchs, Lawrence |
Humane Letters |
51st Commencement | 2002, 05-26 |
| Fuller, R. Buckminster |
Humane Letters |
19th Commencement | 1970, 06-06 |
| Galbraith, John Kenneth |
Laws |
15th Anniversary Convocation | 1963, 10-06 |
| Gallagher, Buell Gordon |
Laws |
3rd Commencement | 1954, 06-13 |
| Gardner, John William | Laws |
12th Commencement | 1963, 06-09 |
| Gayle, Helene D. |
Humane Letters |
57th Commencement | 2008, 05-18 |
| Geertz, Clifford |
Humane Letters |
33rd Commencement | 1984, 05-20 |
| Gehry, Frank O. |
Humane Letters |
51st Commencement | 2002, 05-26 |
| Geremek, Bronislaw |
Laws |
48th Commencement | 1999, 05-23 |
| Gertner, Nancy | Laws | 60th Commencement | 2011, 05-22 |
| Giamatti, A. Bartlett |
Humane Letters |
35th Commencement | 1986, 05-18 |
| Gielgud, Sir John |
Laws |
14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Gilbert, Susan Brandeis |
Humane Letters |
15th Anniversary Convocation |
1963, 10-06 |
| Ginsburg, Ruth Bader |
Laws |
45th Commencement |
1996, 05-19 |
| Ginzberg, Louis |
Humane Letters |
2nd Commencement |
1953, 06-14 |
| Glass, Philip |
Music |
40th Anniversary Convocation |
1988, 10-08 |
| Glatzer, Nahum |
Humane Letters |
22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Glenn, John H. |
Laws |
48th Commencement |
1999, 05-23 |
| Glueck, Nelson |
Humane Letters |
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation |
1961, 10-08 |
| Goldberg, Arthur J. | Laws |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Goldberg, Whoopi |
Humane Letters |
46th Commencement |
1997, 05-25 |
| Goldberger, Marvin L. |
Science |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| Goldfarb, Jacob |
Humane Letters |
15th Anniversary Convocation |
1963, 10-06 |
| Goldman, Richard N. |
Humane Letters |
51st Commencement |
2002, 05-26 |
| Goldmann, Nahum |
Humane Letters |
27th Commencement |
1978, 05-28 |
| Goldstein, Edward | Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1986, 11-02 |
| Goldstein, Israel |
Humane Letters |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Goldstein, Nathaniel L. |
Laws |
25th Commencement |
1976, 05-30 |
| Goldstone, Richard J. |
Laws |
53rd Commencement |
2004, 05-23 |
| Gombrich, Sir Ernst |
Humane Letters |
30th Commencement |
1981, 05-24 |
| Goodman, Benny |
Music |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Gould, Laurence McKinley |
Laws |
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation |
1961, 10-08 |
| Graham, Frank Porter |
Laws |
9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Graham, Martha |
Humane Letters |
12th Commencement |
1963, 06-09 |
| Gray, Hanna Holborn |
Humane Letters |
32nd Commencement |
1983, 05-22 |
| Greenberg, Alan C. |
Humane Letters |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Greenberg, Irving |
Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1986, 11-02 |
| Grennan, Jacqueline |
Humane Letters |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Griswold, Erwin Nathaniel |
Laws |
5th Commencement |
1956, 06-10 |
| Gruening, Ernest |
Laws |
8th Commencement |
1959, 06-07 |
| Gruenther, Alfred M. |
Humane Letters |
8th Commencement |
1959, 06-07 |
| Guerard, Albert Leon |
Letters |
6th Commencement |
1957, 06-09 |
| Gutman, Israel | Humane Letters | 58th Commencement | 2009, 05-17 |
| Guttmacher, Dr. Alan F. |
Science |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Haber, William |
Laws |
24th Commencement |
1975, 06-01 |
| Hale, Mother Clara |
Humane Letters |
39th Commencement |
1990, 05-20 |
| Halle, Morris |
Science |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Hambro, Edvard Isak |
Laws |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Hampton, Henry E. |
Humane Letters |
42nd Commencement |
1993, 05-23 |
| Harlan II, John Marshall |
Humane Letters |
Chapel Dedication |
1955, 10-30 |
| Harman, Avraham |
Humane Letters |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Harriman, William Averell |
Laws |
16th Commencement |
1967, 06-11 |
| Harris, Patricia |
Laws |
22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Hassenfeld, Sylvia K. |
Humane Letters |
47th Commencement |
1998, 05-24 |
| Hayes, (MacArthur) Helen |
Humane Letters |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Heald, Henry Townley |
Humane Letters |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Heard, George Alexander |
Humane Letters |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Heaton, Leonard Dudley |
Humane Letters |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Heckscher, August |
Humane Letters |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Hellman, Lillian |
Humane Letters |
4th Commencement |
1955, 06-12 |
| Helmsley, Harry B. |
Humane Letters |
23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Henry, David Dickinson |
Humane Letters |
16th Commencement |
1967, 06-11 |
| Herter, Christian A. |
Laws |
4th Commencement |
1955, 06-13 |
| Herzog, Chaim |
Laws |
Herzog Convocation |
1987, 11-15 |
| Hesburgh, Theodore M. |
Laws |
11th Commencement |
1962, 06-10 |
| Hewitt, Don S. |
Humane Letters |
39th Commencement |
1990, 05-20 |
| Hexter, Maurice B. |
Humane Letters |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Hiatt, Jacob |
Humane Letters |
26th Commencement |
1977, 05-22 |
| Hindus, Milton |
Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1986, 11-02 |
| Hironaka, MA'64, Wakako K. | Laws |
Founders' Day |
1987, 10-24 |
| Hirschfeld, Al |
Humane Letters |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Hoffman, Paul G. |
Laws |
4th Commencement |
1955, 06-12 |
| Hoffmann, Roald |
Humane Letters |
46th Commencement |
1997, 05-25 |
| Hokin, Edwin E. |
Humane Letters |
28th Commencement |
1979, 05-27 |
| Holbrooke, Richard |
Laws |
52nd Commencement |
2003, 05-18 |
| Holland, Kenneth |
Laws |
16th Commencement |
1967, 06-11 |
| Horne, Marilyn Bernice | Humane Letters | 58th Commencement | 2009, 05-17 |
| Hornstein, Benjamin S. |
Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1986, 11-02 |
| Humphrey, Hubert H. |
Laws |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Inouye, Daniel K. |
Laws |
39th Commencement |
1990, 05-20 |
| Jaffe, Meyer |
Humane Letters |
6th Commencement |
1957, 06-09 |
| Jakobson, Max |
Laws |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Jakobson, Roman |
Humane Letters |
30th Commencement |
1981, 05-24 |
| Javits, Jacob K. |
Laws |
33rd Commencement |
1984, 05-20 |
| Jessup, Philip Caryl |
Laws |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Jin, MA'89, PhD'93, Ha | Humane Letters |
54th Commencement |
2005, 05-22 |
| Johnson, Alvin Saunders |
Humane Letters |
3rd Commencement |
1954, 06-13 |
| Johnson, Philip |
Humane Letters |
39th Commencement |
1990, 05-20 |
| Jones, Quincy |
Music |
41st Commencement |
1992, 05-24 |
| Jordan, Barbara C. |
Laws |
25th Commencement |
1976, 05-30 |
| Jordan Jr., Vernon E. | Laws |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Kamen, Martin D. |
Science |
40th Anniversary Convocation |
1988, 10-08 |
| Kampelman, Max M. |
Laws |
42nd Commencement |
1993, 05-23 |
| Kaplan, Mordecai M. |
Humane Letters |
11th Commencement |
1962, 06-10 |
| Kaplan, Nathan O. |
Science |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Katz, Milton |
Laws |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Katzenbach, Nicholas |
Laws |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Katzir, Ephraim |
Science |
Katzir Convocation |
1975, 03-09 |
| Kay, Stephen B. |
Humane Letters |
57th Commencement |
2008, 05-18 |
| Kaye, Danny |
Humane Letters |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Kaye, Judith S. | Laws | 59th commencement | 2010, 05-23 |
| Kenney, Bamaby Conrad |
Humane Letters |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Kennan, George Frost |
Laws |
Wien International Scholarship Program Convocation | 1958, 10-12 |
| Kennedy, Edward M. |
Laws |
24th Commencement |
1975, 06-01 |
| Kennedy, John F. |
Laws |
Wien International Scholarship Program Convocation |
1958, 10-12 |
| Keppel, Francis |
Humane Letters |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Kerr, Clark |
Laws |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Killian Jr., James R. | Laws |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Kimball, Dudley Fisher |
Laws |
8th Commencement |
1959, 06-07 |
| King, Coretta Scott |
Humane Letters |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Kingston, Maxine Hong |
Humane Letters |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| Kistiakowsky, George B. |
Science |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Klutznick, Philip M. |
Laws |
23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Knowles, Asa Smallidge |
Laws |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Knopf, Alfred A. |
Humane Letters |
12th Commencement |
1963, 06-09 |
| Kohl, Helmut |
Laws |
47th Commencement |
1998, 05-24 |
| Kohn, Walter |
Science |
30th Commencement |
1981, 05-24 |
| Kollek, Teddy |
Humane Letters |
41st Commencement |
1992, 05-24 |
| Kolthoff, Izaak M. |
Science |
23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Koop, C. Everett |
Science |
39th Commencement |
1990, 05-20 |
| Koppel, Ted |
Humane Letters |
51st Commencement |
2002. 05-26 |
| Koshland Jr., Daniel E. |
Science |
49th Commencement |
2000, 05-21 |
| Kraft '64, Myra Hiatt |
Humane Letters | 61st Commencement | 2012, 05-20 |
| Krauschaar, Otto F. |
Laws |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Krim, Mathilde |
Science |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Kushner, Tony |
Humane Letters |
55th Commencement |
2006, 05-21 |
| Kuznets, Simon S. |
Humane Letters |
24th Commencement |
1975, 06-01 |
| Labouisse, H. Richardson |
Humane Letters |
Wien International Scholarship Program 25th Convocation |
1983, 11-13 |
| Land, Edwin Herbert |
Science |
29th Commencement |
1980, 05-25 |
| Laqueur, Walter |
Humane Letters |
43rd Commencement |
1994, 05-22 |
| Laserna, Mario |
Laws |
11th Commencement |
1962, 06-10 |
| Lauren, Ralph |
Humane Letters |
45th Commencement |
1996, 05-19 |
| Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara |
Humane Letters |
52nd Commencement |
2003, 05-18 |
| Leach, Sir Edmund R. |
Humane Letters |
25th Commencement |
1976, 05-30 |
| Lehman, Herbert |
Laws |
3rd Commencement |
1954, 06-13 |
| Lemberg, Samuel |
Humane Letters |
16th Commencement |
1967, 06-11 |
| Lerman, Miles |
Humane Letters |
44th Commencement |
1995, 05-21 |
| Lerner, Gerda |
Humane Letters |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Lerner, Max |
Humane Letters |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Levenson '52, Paul E. |
Laws |
36th Commencement |
1987, 05-17 |
| Leventhal, Norman B. |
Humane Letters |
39th Commencement |
1990, 05-20 |
| Levi, Edward Hirsch |
Laws |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Levy, Leonard W. |
Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1987, 10-24 |
| Lewis, Bernard |
Humane Letters |
42nd Commencement |
1993, 05-23 |
| Lewis, John R. |
Humane Letters |
47th Commencement |
1998, 05-24 |
| Lewis, Sir W. Arthur |
Humane Letters |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Libeskind, Daniel |
Humane Letters |
56th Commencement |
2007, 05-20 |
| Linowitz, Sol |
Laws |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Linsey, Joseph M. |
Humane Letters |
25th Commencement |
1976, 05-30 |
| Lipmann, Fritz |
Humane Letters |
8th Commencement |
1959, 06-07 |
| Lipmann, Walter |
Laws |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Lipshitz, Jacques |
Humane Letters |
Library Convocation |
1959, 11-08 |
| Lopez, Salvador Ponce |
Laws |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Lowell, Ralph |
Laws |
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation |
1961, 10-08 |
| Lown, Philip W. |
Humane Letters |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Lubin, Isador |
Laws |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Lunt, Alfred and Lynn Fontanne |
Humane Letters |
14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Luria, Salvador E. |
Science |
28th Commencement |
1979, 05-27 |
| Lynch, Peter S. |
Humane Letters |
50th Commencement |
2001, 05-20 |
| Ma, Yo-Yo | Humane Letters | 60th Commencement | 2011, 05-22 |
| Mabogunje '63, Oluwatope A. |
Science |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| MacKinnon '78, Roderick |
Science |
54th Commencement |
2005, 05-22 |
| MacLeish, Archibald |
Laws |
Library Convocation |
1959, 11-08 |
| Mahoney, Margaret E. |
Humane Letters |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Magruder, Calvert |
Laws |
5th Commencement |
1956, 06-10 |
| Mailman, Joseph L. |
Humane Letters |
27th Commencement |
1978, 05-28 |
| Mandel, Morton |
Humane Letters |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Manuel, Frank E. |
Humane Letters |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Marcus, Bernard |
Humane Letters |
50th Commencement |
2001, 05-20 |
| Marcus, Jacob R. |
Humane Letters |
27th Commencement |
1978, 05-28 |
| Martin, Luis Muñoz |
Humane Letters |
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation |
1961, 10-08 |
| Maritain, Jacques |
Humane Letters |
Chapel Dedication |
1955, 10-30 |
| Markey, Edward J. |
Laws |
54th Commencement |
2005, 05-22 |
| Marsalis, Wynton |
Humane Letters |
45th Commencement |
1996, 05-19 |
| Marshall, Margaret Hilary |
Laws |
54th Commencement |
2005, 05-22 |
| Marshall, Thurgood |
Humane Letters |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Mason, Alpheus |
Humane Letters |
22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Mays, Benjamin E. |
Humane Letters |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Mazer, William |
Humane Letters |
26th Commencement |
1977, 05-22 |
| McCarthy, Richard Dean |
Laws |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| McCollum, Elmer V. |
Humane Letters |
8th Commencement |
1959, 06-07 |
| McCormack, Elizabeth Jane |
Laws |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| McCree Jr., Wade Hampton |
Laws |
29th Commencement |
1980, 05-25 |
| McCullough, David |
Humane Letters |
52nd Commencement |
2003, 05-18 |
| McGill, Ralph Emerson |
Humane Letters |
15th Anniversary Convocation |
1963, 10-06 |
| Meir, Golda |
Laws |
Meir Convocation |
1973, 03-06 |
| Mendel, Arthur |
Humane Letters |
25th Commencement |
1976, 05-30 |
| Mendes-France, Pierre |
Laws |
8th Commencement |
1959, 06-07 |
| Merton, Robert K. |
Humane Letters |
32nd Commencement |
1983, 05-22 |
| Metcalf, Keyes Dewitt |
Humane Letters |
Library Convocation |
1959, 11-08 |
| Metzenbaum, Howard M. |
Laws |
Founders' Day |
1986, 11-02 |
| Mfume, Kweisi |
Humane Letters |
53rd Commencement |
2004, 05-23 |
| Michaels, Edith |
Humane Letters |
22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Milhaud, Darius |
Humane Letters |
4th Commencement |
1955, 06-12 |
| Miller, Arthur |
Humane Letters |
47th Commencement |
1998, 05-24 |
| Miller, Jean Baker |
Humane Letters |
36th Commencement |
1987, 05-17 |
| Milosz, Czeslaw |
Humane Letters |
32nd Commencement |
1983, 05-22 |
| Mingus, Charles |
Humane Letters |
23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Minow, Newton N. |
Laws |
15th Anniversary Convocation |
1963, 10-06 |
| Misler, Albert D. |
Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1987, 10-24 |
| Mitchell, George J. | Laws |
49th Commencement |
2000, 05-21 |
| Modigliani, Franco |
Humane Letters |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Momigliano, Arnoldo D. |
Humane Letters |
26th Commencement |
1977, 05-22 |
| Mondale, Walter F. |
Laws |
30th Commencement |
1981, 05-24 |
| Monro, John Usher |
Humane Letters |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Morgan, Arthur Ernest |
Laws |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Morris, Errol | Humane Letters | 60th Commencement | 2011, 05-22 |
| Morris, Robert |
Humane Letters |
33rd Commencement |
1984, 05-20 |
| Morse, David Abner |
Humane Letters |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Muñoz Molina, Antonio | Humane Letters | 59th commencement | 2010, 05-23 |
| Murphy, G'61, Joseph S. |
Humane Letters |
40th Anniversary |
1988, 10-08 |
| Murrow, Edward Roscoe |
Laws |
8th Commencement |
1959, 06-07 |
| Myrdal, Alva |
Laws |
23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Myrdal, Gunnar Karl |
Laws |
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation |
1961, 10-08 |
| Nagel, Ernest |
Science |
Science Convocation |
1965, 11-07 |
| Nason, John William |
Laws |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Neuharth, Allen H. |
Humane Letters |
40th Anniversary |
1988, 10-08 |
| Nevelson, Louise |
Humane Letters |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Nicoll, Allardyce |
Humane Letters |
14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Noel-Baker, Philip J. |
Laws |
9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Norman, Jessye |
Music |
37th Commencement |
1988, 05-29 |
| Norman, Ralph |
Master of Arts |
26th Commencement |
1977, 05-22 |
| Oates, Joyce Carol |
Humane Letters |
56th Commencement |
2007, 05-20 |
| O'Brien, Conor Cruise |
Humane Letters |
44th Commencement |
1995, 05-21 |
| Ochoa, Severo |
Science |
Science Convocation |
1965, 11-07 |
| Oren, Michael B. | Laws | 59th commencement | 2010, 05-23 |
| Osher, Bernard |
Humane Letters |
53rd Commencement |
2004, 05-23 |
| Oz, Amos |
Humane Letters |
47th Commencement |
1998, 05-24 |
| Ozick, Cynthia |
Humane Letters |
39th Commencement |
1990, 05-20 |
| Pachauri, Rejendra Kumar | Humane Letters | 58th Commencement | 2009, 05-17 |
| Pahlavi, Princess Ashraf |
Laws |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi |
Humane Letters |
15th Anniversary Convocation |
1963, 10-06 |
| Papp, Joseph |
Creative Arts |
40th Anniversary |
1988, 10-08 |
| Patterson, Franklin K. |
Laws |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Pekeris, Chaim L. |
Science |
Science Convocation |
1965, 11-07 |
| Pell, Claiborne DeBorda |
Laws |
36th Commencement |
1987, 05-17 |
| Pelosi, Nancy |
Laws |
52nd Commencement |
2003, 05-18 |
| Peres, Shimon |
Laws |
46th Commencement |
1997, 05-25 |
| Peretz '59, Martin |
Humane Letters |
38th Commencement |
1989, 05-21 |
| Perkins, Frances |
Humane Letters |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Perlman, Itzhak |
Humane Letters |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Perlmutter '56, Louis |
Humane Letters |
44th Commencement |
1995, 05-21 |
| Peyre, Henri |
Humane Letters |
24th Commencement |
1975, 06-01 |
| Piaget, Jean |
Humane Letters |
11th Commencement |
1962, 06-10 |
| Pickett, Clarence E. |
Humane Letters |
9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Piel, Gerard |
Science |
Science Convocation |
1965, 11-07 |
| Poggioli, Sylvia Laura |
Humane Letters |
49th Commencement |
2000, 05-21 |
| Polier, Justine Wise |
Laws |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Polisi, Joseph W. | Fine Arts | 61st Commencement | 2012, 05-20 |
| Poses, Jack I. |
Laws |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Poses, Lillian L. |
Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1986, 11-02 |
| Potofsky, Jacob Samuel |
Laws |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Press, Frank |
Science |
36th Commencement |
1987, 05-17 |
| Price, Hollis Freeman |
Laws |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Proskauer, Joseph M. |
Laws |
4th Commencement |
1955, 06-12 |
| Rabb, Norman Saul |
Humane Letters |
7th Commencement |
1958, 06-08 |
| Rabb, Sidney R. |
Humane Letters |
26th Commencement |
1977, 05-22 |
| Rabi, Isidor Isaac |
Science |
Science Convocation |
1965, 11-07 |
| Rabin, Yitzhak |
Laws |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Rabinovich, Itamar |
Laws |
43rd Commencement |
1994, 05-22 |
| Rabinowitch, Eugene |
Humane Letters |
9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Rabkin, Mitchell T. |
Science |
32nd Commencement |
1983, 05-22 |
| Randolph, Asa Philip |
Laws |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Ranis '52, Gustav |
Humane Letters |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Ratner, Max |
Humane Letters |
43rd Commencement |
1994, 05-22 |
| Raushenbush, Esther |
Laws |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Reinert, Paul C. |
Humane Letters |
24th Commencement |
1975, 06-01 |
| Reinharz, Ph.D.'72, Jehuda | Humane Letters | 60th Commencement | 2011, 05-22 |
| Reischauer, Edwin O. |
Laws |
16th Commencement |
1967, 06-11 |
| Remis, Harry |
Humane Letters |
27th Commencement |
1978, 05-28 |
| Reston, James Barrett |
Laws |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Rich, Adrienne |
Humane Letters |
36th Commencement |
1987, 05-17 |
| Richardson, Elliot Lee |
Humane Letters |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Rickover, Hyman G. |
Science |
32nd Commencement |
1983, 05-22 |
| Rifkind, Simon H. |
Laws |
26th Commencement |
1977, 05-22 |
| Roche, John P. |
Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1987, 10-24 |
| Rodgers, Richard |
Laws |
14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Rohatyn, Felix G. |
Humane Letters |
36th Commencement |
1987, 05-15 |
| Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor |
Humane Letters |
3rd Commencement |
1954, 06-13 |
| Rose, Edward |
Humane Letters |
20th Commencement |
1971, 06-13 |
| Rose, Ruth Goodman |
Humane Letters |
40th Anniversary |
1988, 10-08 |
| Rosenblith, Walter A. |
Science |
37th Commencement |
1988, 05-29 |
| Rosenstiel, Lewis S. |
Science |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Rosovsky, Henry |
Humane Letters |
33rd Commencement |
1984, 05-20 |
| Ross, Dennis B. | Laws | 59th commencement | 2010, 05-23 |
| Rostropovich, Mstislav |
Humane Letters |
48th Commencement |
1999, 05-23 |
| Roth, Philip |
Humane Letters |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| Rothberg, Samuel |
Humane Letters |
30th Commencement |
1981, 05-24 |
| Roux, Michel P. |
Humane Letters |
40th Commencement |
1991, 05-26 |
| Rudman, Warren B. |
Laws |
Founders' Day |
1987, 10-24 |
| Rusk, Howard |
Science |
27th Commencement |
1978, 05-28 |
| Russell, Madeleine, H. |
Humane Letters |
Founders' Day |
1986, 11-02 |
| Russell, William Fenton |
Humane Letters |
50th Commencement |
2001, 05-20 |
| Rustin, Bayard |
Humane Letters |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Sachar, Abram Leon |
Laws |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Sachar, Thelma H. |
Humane Letters |
43rd Commencement |
1994, 05-22 |
| Safdie, Moshe |
Humane Letters |
48th Commencement |
1999, 05-23 |
| Safra, Lily |
Humane Letters |
54th Commencement |
2005, 05-22 |
| Salomon, Irving |
Laws |
22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Saltonstall, Leverett |
Laws |
Wien International Scholarship Program Convocation |
1958, 10-12 |
| Saltonstall, William G. |
Humane Letters |
17th Commencement |
1968, 06-09 |
| Salvage, Louis Harry |
Humane Letters |
18th Commencement |
1969, 06-08 |
| Samuel, Maurice |
Humane Letters |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Sandel '75, Michael J. |
Humane Letters |
49th Commencement |
2000, 05-21 |
| Saval, Maurice |
Humane Letters |
34th Commencement |
1985, 05-19 |
| Schlesinger, Arthur M. |
Laws |
12th Commencement |
1963, 06-09 |
| Schlesinger Jr., Arthur M. |
Humane Letters |
40th Anniversary Convocation |
1988, 10-08 |
| Schneider, Irving |
Humane Letters |
32nd Commencement |
1983, 05-22 |
| Schneider '66, William | Humane Letters |
57th Commencement |
2008, 05-18 |
| Scholem, Gershom Gerhard |
Humane Letters |
29th Commencement |
1980, 05-25 |
| Schorr, Daniel |
Humane Letters |
44th Commencement |
1995, 05-21 |
| Schottland, Charles I. |
Laws |
21st Commencement |
1972, 06-11 |
| Schuman, William Howard |
Humane Letters |
11th Commencement |
1962, 06-10 |
| Schwartz, David |
Humane Letters |
30th Commencement |
1981, 05-24 |
| Schwartz, Joseph Joshua |
Humane Letters |
9th Commencement |
1960, 06-12 |
| Schwinger, Julian |
Science |
22nd Commencement |
1973, 06-10 |
| Sen, Amartya | Humane Letters | 61st Commencement | 2012, 05-20 |
| Sessions, Roger H. |
Laws |
14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Shapiro, Carl J. |
Humane Letters |
Palm Beach |
2003, 01-18 |
| Shapiro, Irving |
Humane Letters |
31st Commencement |
1982, 05-23 |
| Shapiro, Morris S. |
Humane Letters |
3rd Commencement |
1954, 06-13 |
| Shapiro '52, Robert |
Humane Letters |
41st Commencement |
1992, 05-24 |
| Sharansky, Natan |
Humane Letters |
41st Commencement |
1992, 05-24 |
| Sharfman, Isaiah Leo |
Laws |
13th Commencement |
1964, 06-07 |
| Shriver, Robert Sargent |
Laws |
11th Commencement |
1962, 06-10 |
| Shultz, George P. |
Laws |
47th Commencement |
1998, 05-24 |
| Silbert, Mimi H. |
Humane Letters |
55th Commencement |
2006, 05-21 |
| Sills, Beverly |
Music |
40th Anniversary Convocation |
1988, 10-08 |
| Simon, Paul F. | Humane Letters | 59th commencement | 2010, 05-23 |
| Sin, Jaime Cardinal |
Humane Letters |
33rd Commencement |
1984, 05-20 |
| Singer, Isaac Bashevis |
Humane Letters |
33rd Commencement |
1984, 05-20 |
| Singer, Maxine Frank |
Science |
37th Commencement |
1988, 05-29 |
| Slifka, Alan |
Humane Letters |
52nd Commencement |
2003, 05-18 |
| Slosberg, Samuel |
Laws |
14th Commencement |
1965, 06-13 |
| Smith, C. Ruggles |
Laws |
25th Commencement |
1976, 05-30 |
| Smith, Margaret Chase |
Laws |
12th Commencement |
1963, 06-09 |
| Solarz '62, Stephen J. |
Humane Letters |
41st Commencement |
1992, 05-24 |
| Speilberg, Steven |
Creative Arts |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Squire, David F. |
Humane Letters |
45th Commencement |
1996, 05-19 |
| Steinsaltz, Adin |
Humane Letters |
48th Commencement |
1999, 05-23 |
| Steitz, Joan A. |
Humane Letters |
51st Commencement |
2002, 05-26 |
| Stella, Frank |
Fine Arts |
35th Commencement |
1986, 05-18 |
| Stendahl, Krister |
Humane Letters |
30th Commencement |
1981, 05-24 |
| Stevenson, Adlai Ewing |
Humane Letters |
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation |
1961, 10-08 |
| Stratton, Julius Adams |
Laws |
Library Convocation |
1959, 11-08 |
| Streisand, Barbra Joan |
Humane Letters |
44th Commencement |
1995, 05-21 |
| Stroum, Samuel N. |
Humane Letters |
46th Commencement |
1997, 05-25 |
| Suzman, Helen |
Laws |
30th Commencement |
1981, 05-24 |
| Swartz, Judy |
Humane Letters |
55th Commencement |
2006, 05-21 |
| Swartz, Sidney |
Humane Letters |
55th Commencement |
2006, 05-21 |
| Swig, Benjamin H. |
Humane Letters |
15th Commencement |
1966, 06-12 |
| Switzer, Mary Elizabeth |
Humane Letters |
19th Commencement |
1970, 06-06 |
| Syrkin, Marie |
Humane Letters |
28th Commencement |
1979, 05-27 |
| Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert |
Science |
Science Convocation |
1965, 11-07 |
| Szilard, Leo |
Humane Letters |
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation |
1961, 10-08 |
| Szold, Robert |
Humane Letters |
5th Commencement |
1956, 06-10 |
| Taft, Charles Phelps |
Humane Letters |
10th Commencement |
1961, 06-11 |
| Talal, Hassan bin |
Humane Letters |
55th Commencement |
2006, 05-21 |
| Taylor, Telford |
Laws |
37th Commencement |
1988, 05-29 |
| Thier, Samuel O. |
Humane Letters | 43rd Commencement |
1994, 05-22 |
| Tillich, Paul J. |
Humane Letters |
Chapel Dedication |
1955, 10-30 |
| Trilling, Lionel |
Humane Letters |
23rd Commencement |
1974, 05-19 |
| Truman, Harry S. |
Laws |
6th Commencement |
1957, 06-09 |
| Tutu, Desmond M. |
Humane Letters |
49th Commencement |
2000, 05-21 |
| Uhlenbeck, PhD'68, Karen |
Science |
57th Commencement |
2008, 05-18 |
| Ullman, Liv | Humane Letters | 42nd Commencement | 1993, 05-23 |
| Updike, John | Humane Letters | 37th Commencement | 1988, 05-29 |
| Vance, Cyrus Roberts | Laws | 20th Commencement | 1971, 06-13 |
| Veil, Simone | Humane Letters | 39th Commencement | 1990, 05-20 |
| Vishnevskaya, Galina | Humane Letters | 48th Commencement | 1999, 05-23 |
| Volpe, John Anthony | Humane Letters | 16th Commencement | 1967, 06-11 |
| Waksman, Selman A. | Science | 3rd Commencement | 1954, 06-13 |
| Walsh, Michael Patrick | Laws | 15th Anniversary Convocation | 1963, 10-06 |
| Walzer '56, Michael L. | Humane Letters | 30th Commencement | 1981, 05-24 |
| Warburg, Edward M.M. | Laws | 4th Commencement | 1955, 06-12 |
| Ward, Barbara Lady | Laws | Phi Beta Kappa Convocation | 1961, 10-08 |
| Warren, Earl | Laws | Centennial Convocation | 1956, 11-11 |
| Wasserman, Lew R. | Humane Letters | 33rd Commencement | 1984, 05-20 |
| Watson, James Dewey | Science | 22nd Commencement | 1973, 06-10 |
| Watts, André | Music | 38th Commencement | 1989, 05-21 |
| Webb, James Edwin | Science | Science Convocation | 1965, 11-07 |
| Weber, Max | Humane Letters | 6th Commencement | 1957, 06-09 |
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