Honorary Degrees Conferred
All biographical information is current for the time period the honorary degree was conferred.
Year | Individual | Degree |
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1917 | Wilbur Fiske Massey | Doctor of Science |
1925 | Charles E. Waddell | Doctor of Science |
1926 | Thomas Nelson | Doctor of Science |
1929 | Stuart Warren Cramer | Doctor of Science |
William Dollison Faucett | Doctor of Science | |
1932 | O. Max Gardner | Doctor of laws |
James A. Powell | Doctor of Science | |
Reuben Robertson | Doctor of Science | |
1937 | Weightman Wells Garner | Doctor of Science |
Arthur Ernest Morgan | Doctor of Engineering | |
1938 | Charles I. Burkholder | Doctor of Engineering |
William McKinney Piatt | Doctor of Engineering | |
1939 | Stephen Cole Bruner | Doctor of Science |
Junius Sidney Cates | Doctor of Agriculture | |
Adrianus J.L. Mortiz | Doctor of Science | |
Benjamin Brown Gossett | ||
(October) Wallace Carl Riddick | Doctor of Engineering | |
1940 | Clement Leinster Garner | Doctor of Engineering |
Charles Albert Cannon | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1941 | Richard Thurmond Chatham | Doctor of Textile Science |
Roger Vernon Terry | Doctor of Engineering | |
1942 | Carle Clark Zimmerman | Doctor of Science |
(October) Graham Hudson Anthony | Doctor of Engineering | |
Thomas Kenneth Mail | Doctor of Engineering | |
Charles William Burkett | Doctor of Science | |
1943 | Wilbert James Carter | Doctor of Textile Science |
Benjamin Wesley Kilgore | Doctor of Science | |
Thomas Alfred Morgan | Doctor of Engineering | |
1944 | David Clark | Doctor of Textile Science |
Louis Valvelle Sutton | Doctor of Engineering | |
1945 | Dudley Warren Bagley | Doctor of Agriculture |
William Carey Lee | Doctor of Military Science | |
Arthur Mills Dixon | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1946 | Victor Arthur Rice | Doctor of Agriculture |
Roger Williams | Doctor of Engineering | |
James Edward Millis | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1947 | John Redd Hutcheson | Doctor of Agriculture |
Charles Burt Stainback | Doctor of Engineering | |
Harry H. Strasu | Doctor of Engineering | |
John Washington Clark | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1948 | James Morgan Sherman | Doctor of Agriculture |
William Henry Sullivan | Doctor of Engineering | |
Thomas Everett Browne | Doctor of Vocational Ed | |
Franklin Warren Hobbs | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1949 | William Kerr Scott | Doctor of Agriculture |
Felix Stanton Hales | Doctor of Engineering | |
Albert Gallatin Myers | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1950 | Harry J. Reed | Doctor of Science |
Frank Porter Graham | Doctor of Humanities | |
Clyde Atkinson Erwin | Doctor of Vocational Ed. | |
Clyde Alvin Dillon | Doctor of Engineering | |
John Flood Matheson | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1951 | Ira Obed Schaub | Doctor of Agriculture |
Clarence Poe | Doctor of Agriculture Ed. | |
Harry Parker Hammond | Doctor of Engineering | |
Colin George Spencer | Doctor of Forest Science | |
Frederick Bonnett | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1952 | Junius Greene Adams | Doctor of Agriculture |
Luther Wilson Greene | Doctor of Engineering | |
Carl Alvin Schenck | Doctor of Forest Science | |
William Hagwood Ruffin | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1953 | Lynton Yates Ballentine | Doctor of Agriculture |
Walter Gropius | Doctor of Architecture | |
John Warren Smith | Doctor of Vocational Ed. | |
George William Gullette | Doctor of Engineering | |
Inman Fowler Eldredge | Doctor of Forest Science | |
Herman Cone | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1954 | John William Turrentine | Doctor of Agriculture |
R. Buckminster Fuller | Doctor of Design | |
John William Harrelson | Doctor of Education | |
James Thomas Ryan | Doctor of Engineering | |
Walter Julius Damtoft | Doctor of Forest Science | |
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens | Doctor of Textile Science | |
1955 | James Harold Hilton | Doctor of Science |
Victor Silas Bryant | Doctor of Humanities | |
Luther Hartwell Hodges | Doctor of Laws | |
Edward Eastman Clayton | Doctor of Science | |
Elwood Leonard Demmon | Doctor of Science | |
1956 | James Harold Linebarger | Doctor of Humanities |
George Waddell Snedecor | Doctor of Science | |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | Doctor of Laws | |
Lillian Lee Vaughn | Doctor of Laws | |
1957 | Leroy Argius Brothers | Doctor of Science |
Thomas Dolliver Church | Doctor of Laws | |
Harold D. Cooley | Doctor of Laws | |
Wilson Durward Leggett | Doctor of Science | |
Clifford Willard Tilson | Doctor of Humanities | |
1958 | Halbert McNair Jones | Doctor of Humanities |
William Gardner Van Note | Doctor of Science | |
Conrad Louis Wirth | Doctor of Humanities | |
1959 | Willard Holden Darst | Doctor of Science |
Henry Burton Robinson | Doctor of Science | |
Francis Xavier Schumacker | Doctor of Science | |
Carl Cleveland Taylor | Doctor of Humanities | |
1960 | William Dunford Appel | Doctor of Science |
Jonathan Worth Daniels | Doctor of Humanities | |
Granville Moorman Reed | Doctor of Science | |
Oliver Reagan Rowe | Doctor of Humanities | |
Burrhus Frederic Skinner | Doctor of Sciences | |
Thomas Benton Upchurch | Doctor of Humanities | |
1961 | John Columbus Cowan | Doctor of Humanities |
Frederick Carlton Gardner | Doctor of Science | |
Irvine Theodore Haig | Doctor of Science | |
Thelma Howell | Doctor of Science | |
Thomas Franklin Parker | Doctor of Science | |
1962 | Sterling Brown Hendricks | Doctor of Science |
Lennox Polk McLendon | Doctor of Humanities | |
Laurence Hasbrouck Snyder | Doctor of Humanities | |
Raymond Albert Wheeler | Doctor of Science | |
1963 | George McMillan Darrow | Doctor of Science |
Terry Sanford | Doctor of Humanities | |
Eli Sternberg | Doctor of Humanities | |
Bertram Whittier Wells | Doctor of Science | |
1964 | Henry Armfield Foscue | Doctor of Humanities |
William Dallas Herring | Doctor of Humanities | |
Louis Isadore Kahn | Doctor of Humanities | |
Lillian Parker Wallace | Doctor of Humanities | |
David Stathem Weaver | Doctor of Humanities | |
1965 | Leonard David Baver | Doctor of Science |
Charles Francis Goldthwait | Doctor of Science | |
Jasper Leonidas Stuckey | Doctor of Science | |
John Harold Lampe | Doctor of Science | |
1966 | James Gordon Hanes | Doctor of Humanities |
James Herbert Jensen | Doctor of Science | |
Rudolph Ivey Mintz | Doctor of Laws | |
Charles Scott Mitchell | Doctor of Science | |
Frances Gray Patton | Doctor of Humanities | |
1967 | David Stanton Coltrane | Doctor of Humanities |
Verne Lester Harper | Doctor of Science | |
George Richard Herbert | Doctor of Science | |
Joseph Grant Knapp | Doctor of Science | |
Francis P. W. Winteringham | Doctor of Science | |
1969 | none | |
1970 | none | |
1971 | none | |
1972 | Gordon Kennedy Middleton | Doctor of Science |
1973 | none | |
1974 | none | |
1975 | John Tyler Caldwell | Doctor of Laws |
1976 | none | |
1977 | none | |
1978 | none | |
1979 | Lodwick Charles Hartley | Doctor of Humanities |
1980 | none | |
1981 | none | |
1982 | none | |
1983 | none | |
1984 | Theodore W. Schultz | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1984 | Theodore W. Schultz | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1985 | Harwell H. Harris | Doctor of Fine Arts |
Samuel D. Proctor | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
1986 | Phillip M. Smith | Doctor of Science |
1987 | none | |
1988 | Richard G. Walser | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1989 | Gertrude B. Elion | Doctor of Science |
1990 | none | |
1991 | Nyle C. Brady | Doctor of Science |
William C. Friday | Doctor of Public Service | |
12/1992 | Eugene Butler | Doctor of Agriculture |
5/1993 | George Wallace Giles | Doctor of Sciences |
12/1993 | Ernest L. Boyer | Doctor of Humane Letters |
5/1994 | John Hope Franklin | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Frank Hawkins Kenan | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/1994 | Benjamin S. Carson, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Edward E. Hood, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/1995 | William Brantley Aycock | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Gen. Maxwell Reid Thurman | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/1995 | Raymond H. Dawson | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/1996 | Fred McFeely Rogers | Doctor of Humane Letters |
12/1996 | Prezell R. Robinson | Doctor of Humane Letters |
5/1997 | none | |
12/1997 | Albert Carnesale | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Ben Rankin Morris | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/1998 | Hugh Shelton | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/1998 | Nicholaas Bloembergen | Doctor of Sciences |
Joab L. Thomas | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/1999 | Kaye Gibbons | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Kathryn Stinson | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/1999 | John Thomas Biggers | Doctor of Humane Letters |
5/2000 | Reverend Billy Graham | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Donna Shalala | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/2000 | Ray C. Anderson | Doctor of Humane Letters |
F. Albert Cotton | Doctor of Sciences | |
Peter C. Doherty | Doctor of Sciences | |
Theodore M. Hesburgh | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Hipolito Mejia | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Vernon Owens | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/2001 | T. Ming Chu | Doctor of Sciences |
Harm J. de Blij | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Walter Fitch | Doctor of Sciences | |
Jane Henney | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Neal Lane | Doctor of Sciences | |
Ruby Vann Crumpler McSwain | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/2001 | Hon. James B. Hunt Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Robert H. Buckman | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Alan T. Dickson | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Charles E. Hamner | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Larry K. Monteith | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Douglas M. Orr Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/2002 | Dr. James P. Comer | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. James J. Duderstadt | Doctor of Sciences | |
Ms. Lee Smith | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Mr. William James Raspberry | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Dr. Charles M. Vest | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2002 | Dr. James Goodnight | Doctor of Sciences |
Mr. Thomas Karl | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/2003 | Ken Burns | Doctor of Fine Arts |
Edward Carroll Joyner | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
William G. Hill | Doctor of Sciences | |
Cyma Rubin | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
12/2003 | Shirley Ann Jackson | Doctor of Sciences |
Dan K. McNeill | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
John P. Sall | Doctor of Sciences | |
E. Travis York | Doctor of Sciences | |
5/2004 | Eva Clayton | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Harvey K. Littleton | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Steve Wozniak | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2004 | Richard Benedick | Doctor of Sciences |
Robert Ward | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
R. Scott Wallinger | Doctor of Sciences | |
5/2005 | Johnnetta B. Cole | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Richard Meier | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Patrick A. Moore | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2005 | Dean Kamen | Doctor of Sciences |
W. Duke Kimbrell | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Hugh Morton | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
William R. McNeal | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/2006 | Ralph Cicerone | Doctor of Sciences |
David Effron | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
J. Stuart Hunter | Doctor of Sciences | |
Daniel McFadden | Doctor of Sciences | |
John Ruffin | Doctor of Sciences | |
George Tolley | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2006 | Roscoe R. Braham, Jr. | Doctor of Sciences |
Lynn Margulis | Doctor of Sciences | |
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Rex M. Nettleford | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
5/2007 | Kenneth Olden | Doctor of Sciences |
Eduardo Catalano | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
Roger Milliken | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2007 | David H. Blackwell | Doctor of Sciences |
Walter Royal Davis | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Billy Ray Hall | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Arlinda F. Locklear | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Arthur Tab Williams | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Gianfranco Zaccai | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/2008 | Pat Mora | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Richard G. Robb | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
C.D. Spangler, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/2008 | Freeman A. Hrabowski, III | Doctor of Sciences |
Carl Wieman | Doctor of Sciences | |
5/2009 | John Seely Brown | Doctor of Sciences |
Sarita E. Brown | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Wayne A. Fuller | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2009 | Jack Ward Thomas | Doctor of Sciences |
G. Smedes York | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/2010 | I. King Jordan | Doctor of Humane Letters |
William Julius Wilson | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/2010 | Deanna Bowling Marcum | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Richard Sapper | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
5/2011 | Robert Weiss | Doctor of Fine Arts |
James E. Rogers | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/2011 | Ray A. Buchanan | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Rajendra K. Pachauri | Doctor of Sciences | |
Robert G. Stanton | Doctor of Sciences | |
5/2012 | Robert B. Jordan III | Doctor of Sciences |
David H. Murdock | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2012 | James H. Woodward | Doctor of Sciences |
5/2013 | Indra Nooyi | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Michael Wingfield | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2013 | Tony Badger | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Hayden White | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
5/2014 | David Ferriero | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Thomas Sayre | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
12/2014 | George M. Whitesides | Doctor of Sciences |
5/2015 | Betsy M. Bennett | Doctor of Sciences |
Clara Adams-Ender | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
12/2015 | Karl Eikenberry | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Pedro Sanchez | Doctor of Sciences | |
5/2016 | Admiral Michelle Howard | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dr. Jean Schensul | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
Dr. Larry Wheeler | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
12/2016 | Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus | Doctor of Sciences |
5/2017 | David Christian | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Philip G. Freelon | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
12/2017 | Martine Rothblatt | Doctor of Sciences |
Masahiro Shima | Doctor of Sciences | |
5/2018 | Marian Wright Edelman | Doctor of Humane Letters and Speaker |
Temple Grandin | Doctor of Sciences | |
12/2018 | Christine Darden, PhD | Doctor of Sciences and Speaker |