Honorary Degree Recipients
Ken Burns delivers the Commencement address during the undergraduate Commencement ceremony on May 19, 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abella, Rosalie Silberman | Laws | 66th Commencement | 2017, 05-21 |
| 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 |
| Alberstein, Chava | Music | 67th Commencement | 2018, 05-13 |
| 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 |
| Baeck, Dr. Leo | Humane Letters | Chapel Dedication | 1955, 10-30 |
| 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 |
| Burns, Ken | Creative Arts | 73rd Commencement | 2024, 05-19 |
| Calderon, Ruth | Humane Letters | 69th Commencement | 2020, 05-24 |
| Calderone, Mary S. | Science | 24th Commencement | 1975, 06-01 |
| Canada, Geoffrey | Humane Letters | 63rd Commencement | 2014, 05-18 |
| Canham, Erwin Dain | Humane Letters | 15th Commencement | 1966, 06-12 |
| Carmi, Rivka | Science | 68th Commencement | 2019, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Coleman, Mary Sue | Science | 67th Commencement | 2018, 05-13 |
| 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 |
| Darden, Christine Mann | Science | 71st Commencement | 2022, 05-22 |
| Davidson, George F. | Humane Letters | 10th Commencement | 1961, 06-11 |
| DeBerry ’70, GSAS MA’78, PhD’79, Roy | Humane Letters | 73rd Commencement | 2024, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Dresselhaus, Mildred | Science | 65th Commencement | 2016, 05-22 |
| 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 |
| Ellenson, David | Humane Letters | 73rd Commencement | 2024, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Farrell, Suzanne | Fine Arts | 64th Commencement | 2015, 05-17 |
| 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, Frank Brandeis | Humane Letters | 65th Commencement | 2016, 05-22 |
| 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 |
| Gordon ’65, Ellen | Humane Letters | 70th Commencement | 2021, 05-23 |
| Gordon-Reed, Annette | Humane Letters | 72nd Commencement | 2023, 05-21 |
| 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 |
| Gregorian, Vartan | Humane Letters | 62nd Commencement | 2013, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Halperin-Kaddari, Ruth | Laws | 73rd Commencement | 2024, 05-19 |
| 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 P’05, David | Humane Letters | 71st Commencement | 2022, 05-22 |
| Harris, Patricia | Laws | 22nd Commencement | 1973, 06-10 |
| Hassenfeld, Alan | Humane Letters | 69th Commencement | 2020, 05-24 |
| 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 |
| Hemingway ’53, Herman | Humane Letters | 70th Commencement | 2021, 05-23 |
| 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 |
| Hodes, Richard | Science | 62nd Commencement | 2013, 05-19 |
| 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, Agnieszka | Creative Arts | 65th Commencement | 2016, 05-22 |
| 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 |
| Hrabowski III, Freeman A. | Humane Letters | 67th Commencement | 2018, 05-13 |
| 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 |
| Karikó, Katalin | Science | 72nd Commencement | 2023, 05-21 |
| Katz, Milton | Laws | 21st Commencement | 1972, 06-11 |
| Katzenbach, Nicholas | Laws | 20th Commencement | 1971, 06-13 |
| Katzir, Ephraim | Science | Katzir Convocation | 1975, 03-09 |
| Kauffman ’78, Marta | Creative Arts | 69th Commencement | 2020, 05-24 |
| 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 |
| Kelly, Ellsworth | Fine Arts | 62nd Commencement | 2013, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Kincaid, Jamaica | Humane Letters | 64th Commencement | 2015, 05-17 |
| 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 |
| Lamport, M.A.’63, Ph.D.’72, Leslie | Science | 66th Commencement | 2017, 05-21 |
| Land, Edwin Herbert | Science | 29th Commencement | 1980, 05-25 |
| Landau ’68, Jon | Music | 68th Commencement | 2019, 05-19 |
| Lander, Eric | Science | 63rd Commencement | 2014, 05-18 |
| 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 |
| Lipstadt, MA’72, PhD’76, Deborah E. | Humane Letters | 68th Commencement | 2019, 05-19 |
| Liu, Cixin | Arts | 68th Commencement | 2019, 05-19 |
| 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, P’17, Lisa M. | Humane Letters | 66th Commencement | 2017, 05-21 |
| 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, P’73, Barbara A. | Humane Letters | 68th Commencement | 2019, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Ottolenghi, Yotam | Humane Letters | 64th Commencement | 2015, 05-17 |
| 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 |
| Patrick, Deval | Laws | 66th Commencement | 2017, 05-21 |
| 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 |
| Peri, Chaim | Humane Letters | 62nd Commencement | 2013, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Pickering, Thomas R. | Laws | 64th Commencement | 2015, 05-17 |
| Pickett, Clarence E. | Humane Letters | 9th Commencement | 1960, 06-12 |
| Piel, Gerard | Science | Science Convocation | 1965, 11-07 |
| Pindell, Howardena | Fine Arts | 69th Commencement | 2020, 05-24 |
| 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 |
| Richardson ’76, Julieanna L. | Humane Letters | 65th Commencement | 2016, 05-22 |
| 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 |
| Ruderman ’88, Jay | Humane Letters | 67th Commencement | 2018, 05-13 |
| Ruderman, Shira | Humane Letters | 67th Commencement | 2018, 05-13 |
| 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 |
| Schuster, Elaine | Humane Letters | 62nd Commencement | 2013, 05-19 |
| Schusterman, Lynn | Humane Letters | 70th Commencement | 2021, 05-23 |
| 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 |
| Sherman, Malcolm L. | Humane Letters | 63rd Commencement | 2014, 05-18 |
| Shrage, Barry | Humane Letters | 66th Commencement | 2017, 05-21 |
| 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 |
| Simmons, Ruth | Humane Letters | 73rd Commencement | 2024, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Soffer ’54, Donald "Don" M. | Humane Letters | 72nd Commencement | 2023, 05-21 |
| Solarz ’62, Stephen J. | Humane Letters | 41st Commencement | 1992, 05-24 |
| Spielberg, 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 |
| Stevenson, Bryan | Laws | 70th Commencement | 2021, 05-23 |
| 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 |
| Traquina ’78, Perry M. | Humane Letters | 68th Commencement | 2019, 05-19 |
| 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 |
| Vendler, Helen Hennessy | Humane Letters | 64th Commencement | 2015, 05-17 |
| 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 |
| Weinstein, Lewis H. | Humane Letters | Founders' Day | 1986, 11-02 |
| Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe | Science | 18th Commencement | 1969, 06-08 |
| Weisskopf, Victor F. | Science | 32nd Commencement | 1983, 05-22 |
| Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, Drew | Science | 72nd Commencement | 2023, 05-21 |
| Welty, Eudora | Humane Letters | 28th Commencement | 1979, 05-27 |
| Wertheimer, Stef | Humane Letters | 58th Commencement | 2009, 05-17 |
| Wessell, Nils Y. | Humane Letters | Phi Beta Kappa Convocation | 1961, 10-08 |
| Wexner, Leslie Herbert | Humane Letters | 37th Commencement | 1988, 05-29 |
| Wharton Jr., Clifton R. | Humane Letters | 30th Commencement | 1981, 05-24 |
| Whitten, Jack | Fine Arts | 65th Commencement | 2016, 05-22 |
| Wien, Lawrence Arthur | Laws | 11th Commencement | 1962, 06-10 |
| Wiesel, Elie | Humane Letters | 29th Commencement | 1980, 05-25 |
| Wieseltier, Leon | Humane Letters | 62nd Commencement | 2013, 05-19 |
| Wiesner, Jerome B. | Science | Science Convocation | 1965, 11-07 |
| Wilson, Blenda J. | Humane Letters | 55th Commencement | 2006, 05-21 |
| Windham-Bannister, Heller PhD'77, Susan | Humane Letters | 68th Commencement | 2019, 05-19 |
| Winokur, Barton J. | Humane Letters | 50th Commencement | 2001, 05-20 |
| Witten ’71, Edward | Science | Founders’ Day | 1987, 10-24 |
| Wolfensohn, James D. | Humane Letters | 53rd Commencement | 2004, 05-23 |
| Wolff, Sheldon M. | Science | 42nd Commencement | 1993, 05-23 |
| Wolfson, Harry Austryn | Humane Letters | 7th Commencement | 1958, 06-08 |
| Wolfson, Sir Isaac | Laws | 18th Commencement | 1969, 06-08 |
| Woods, Donald | Humane Letters | 27th Commencement | 1978, 05-28 |
| Woodward, C. Vann | Humane Letters | 32nd Commencement | 1983, 05-22 |
| Woodward, Robert Burns | Science | Science Convocation | 1965, 11-07 |
| Wyzanski Jr., Charles E. | Laws | 5th Commencement | 1956, 06-10 |
| Yadin, Yigael | Humane Letters | 8th Commencement | 1959, 06-07 |
| Young Jr., Andrew J. | Humane Letters | 27th Commencement | 1978, 05-28 |
| Zacharias, Jerrold | Science | 34th Commencement | 1985, 05-19 |
| Zakim, Leonard P. | Humane Letters | 45th Commencement | 1996, 05-19 |
| Zariski, Oscar | Science | Science Convocation | 1965, 11-07 |
| Zimmer ’68, Robert J. | Humane Letters | 70th Commencement | 2021, 05-23 |