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Honorary Degrees

1925

William Watts Folwell

Doctor of Laws

1931

Frank B. Kellogg

Doctor of Laws

George Edgar Vincent

Doctor of Laws

1932

Gratia Countryman

Master of Arts

College of Liberal Arts

1935

Elbert L. Carpenter

Doctor of Music

College of Liberal Arts

Charles Horace Mayo

Doctor of Laws

William James Mayo

Doctor of Laws

1936

Ada Comstock

Doctor of Laws

Sister Antonia McHugh

Doctor of Laws

1937

F. Melius Christiansen

Doctor of Music

Frederick May Eliot

Doctor of Laws

Henry Johnson

Doctor of Laws

1940

Charles P. Berkey

Doctor of Science

Thomas S. Roberts

Doctor of Science

Fred B. Snyder

Doctor of Laws

Louis B. Wilson

Doctor of Science

1943

Dimitri Mitropoulos

Doctor of Music

1945

Andrew Boss

Doctor of Science

Donald J. Cowling

Doctor of Laws

1946

Walter C. Coffey

Doctor of Science

College of Agriculture

Guy Stanton Ford

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

1947

Herman Haupt Chapman

Doctor of Science

Arville Irving Levorsen

Doctor of Science

1949

Thomas Poe Cooper

Doctor of Science

College of Agriculture

Gregg Manners Sinclair

Doctor of Laws

Edward F. Waite

Doctor of Laws

1950

Elmer Edgar Stoll

Doctor of Humane Letters

1951

Everett Fraser

Doctor of Laws

Law School

1954

Solon J. Buck

Doctor of Laws

Library

John E. Dahlquist

Master of Arts

Stanley Raymond Mickelsen

Master of Arts

Robert Newton

Doctor of Science

Elvin C. Stakman

Doctor of Science

1955

Carls F. Hellstrom

Master of Arts

1956

Edward W. Davis

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Frederick L. Hovde

Doctor of Laws

Russell A. Plimpton

Master of Arts

1957

Walter H. Brattain

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

1959

Farrington Daniels

Doctor of Science

Gunnar H. Nordbye

Doctor of Laws

1962

Robert R. Gilruth

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Laurence M. Gould

Doctor of Laws

Institute of Technology

James Lewis Morrill

Doctor of Laws

1966

Hubert Horatio Humphrey

Doctor of Laws

Law School

Frederick Russell Kappel

Doctor of Engineering

Institute of Technology

James Patrick Shannon

Doctor of Humane Letters

1969

Melvin Calvin

Doctor of Science

1971

John H. Van Vleck

Doctor of Science

1972

Harold E. Stassen

Doctor of Laws

 

1973

John Bardeen

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

1976

Roy Wilkins

Doctor of Laws

1978

Warren E. Burger

Doctor of Laws

Law School

Walter F. Mondale

Doctor of Laws

1979

Sigurd Ferdinand Olson

Doctor of Humane Letters

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Doctor of Musical Arts

1980

Alfred O. C. Nier

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

1981

Jay Phillips

Doctor of Humanities

Medical School

1982

Elmer L. Andersen

Doctor of Laws

School of Management

Norman E. Borlaug

Doctor of Science

College of Agriculture

John A. Butler

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Education

1983

Joseph Valasek

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

1985

Neal R. Amundson

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

John William Ward

Doctor of Humane Letters

Graduate School

E. W. Ziebarth

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

1986

John B. Carroll

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

Homer Hagstrum

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Jean Howard Hagstrum

Doctor of Arts and Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Francis Pettijohn

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

1987

Daniel J. Anderson

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

Max M. Kampelman

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Sandra Day O'Connor

Doctor of Laws

Law School

Robert Penn Warren

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

1988

Earl E. Bakken

Doctor of Science

Medical School

Lester Breslow

Doctor of Science

Medical School/School of Public Health

1989

Robert A. Good

Doctor of Science

Medical School

Harold G. Scheie

Doctor of Arts and Letters

Medical School

Lewis Thomas

Doctor of Science

Medical School

1990

Martin Friedman

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Lester C. Krogh

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Adam Michnik

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

1991

David Zinman

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

1992

Joseph M. Juran

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Meridel LeSueur

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

1993

David Cox

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

M. Joycelyn Elders

Doctor of Science

Medical School

Edward Lewis

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

Ednor M. Rowe

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Michael L. Rutter

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

1994

Yoweri Museveni Kaguta

Doctor of Laws

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Ruth Meyers

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of Minnesota Duluth

Tanya Moiseiwitsch

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Charles Schulz

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Frank Thistlewaite

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

 

1995

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

Roland Dille

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of Minnesota Morris

Ernst R. G. Ekert

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Vernon B. Mountcastle

Doctor of Science

Medical School

Winston R. Wallin

Doctor of Laws

Medical School

1996

Paul D. Boyer

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

Curtis L. Carlson

Doctor of Laws

Carlson School of Management

Daniel H. Janzen

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Jacob Lawrence

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Joyce C. Lebra

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Tang Peisong

Doctor of Science

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Kim Young Sam

Doctor of Laws

Academic Affairs/International Studies

Harold W. Stevenson

Doctor of Science

College of Education and Human Development

Yien-si Tsiang

Doctor of Laws

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Herbert E. Wright, Jr.

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

1997

Robert M. Berdahl

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

Muriel Humphrey Brown

Doctor of Laws

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Humphrey Doermann

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Morris

Marian Wright Edelman

Doctor of Laws

College of Education and Human Development

Joan Adams Mondale

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of Minnesota Duluth

Walter F. Mondale

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of Minnesota Duluth

1998

Madeleine K. Albright

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

William K. Estes

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

William F. Hueg, Jr.

Doctor of Laws

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Thomas H. Swain

Doctor of Laws

Alumni Association

Wei Yu

Doctor of Laws

Institute of Technology

1999

John E. Coons

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Duluth

Frank O. Gehry

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture/Weisman

Beverly Goldfine

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Duluth

Erwin L. Goldfine

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Duluth

Eville Gorham

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

Marie Manthey

Doctor of Laws

School of Nursing

Gangzhi Tu

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

2000

Andreas Acrivos

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Norman A. Berg

Doctor of Laws

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Willard L. Boyd

Doctor of Laws

Law School

Jane E. Brody

Doctor of Laws

School of Public Health

Willard W. Cochrane

Doctor of Laws

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Gerald M. Edelman

Doctor of Science

Medical School/Neuroscience

Charles Fairhust

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Nelson D. Goldberg

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences/Medical School

James L. Oberstar

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Duluth

Robert J. Odegard

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

Carl T. Rowan

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

2001

Heinrich Beck

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Russell M. Bennett II

Doctor of Laws

Law School

Emilie Buchwald

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

A. W. Clausen

Doctor of Laws

Law School

Morton M. Denn

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Thomas L. Friedman

Doctor of Humane Letters

Office of University Relations

Theodore V. Galambos

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Jane Goodall

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

William J. Hadlow

Doctor of Science

College of Veterinary Medicine

William D. Hawkland

Doctor of Laws

Law School

Gerald W. Heaney

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Duluth

Prince Masahito Hitachi

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

John L. Holland

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

Johan Fjord Jensen

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Ancel Keys

Doctor of Science

School of Public Health

Gerhard Levy

Doctor of Science

College of Pharmacy

Ronald L. Libertus

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Henry Maier

Doctor of Science

Medical School

Paul E. Meehl

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts

Antoine Predock

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Donald M. Fraser

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

Cheng-Hou Lou

Doctor of Science

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Benjamin S. Pomeroy

Doctor of Science

College of Veterinary Medicine

James H. Prestegard

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Leigh H. Perkins, Sr.

Doctor of Laws

College of Natural Resources

W. Harmon Ray

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Lee R. Raymond

Doctor of Laws

Institute of Technology

2002

William A. Bardeen

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

James I. Brown

Humane Letters

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Margaret B. Davis

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

Rebecca F. Goldburg

Doctor of Laws

College of Biological Sciences

Robert J. Gorlin

Doctor of Science

School of Dentistry

Jeffrey A. Harvey

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Louis J. lgnarro

Doctor of Science

Medical School/Pharmacology

Winona LaDuke

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Duluth Chancellor's Office

Matthew Little

Doctor of Laws

Office of the Vice President for Campus life

J. R. Anthony Pearson

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

James Rosenquist

Doctor of Humane Letters

General College

Donna E. Shalala

Doctor of Laws

College of Human Ecology

Fred Sherman

Doctor of Science

Medical School

August Wilson

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

2003

Charles J. Arntzen

Doctor of Science

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Thomas Buergenthal

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

Elizabeth S. Close

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Claire M. Fraser

Doctor of Science

College of Biological Sciences

Donald A. Henderson

Doctor of Laws

School of Public Health

Zenon Mroz

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Archbishop Desmond Mplio Tutu

Doctor of Laws

College of Continuing Education

David F. Zentner

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Duluth

2004

Hwei-Hsein Cheng

Doctor of Laws

College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences

Yanni Chryssomallis

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts/Alumni Association

Jorge Manuel Dengo-Obregon

Doctor of Laws

Institute of Technology

Stanley S. Hubbard

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Art/General College

John R. Jungck

Doctor of Science

 College of Biological Sciences

Marcia K. McNutt

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Roger D. Moe

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Crookston

Dale R. Olseth

Doctor of Laws

University of Minnesota Foundation

Cesar Pelli

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of Minnesota Duluth

Doraiswami Ramkrishna

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Norman E. Shumway

Doctor of Science

Academic Health Center

C. A. "Sy" Syvertson

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Billy Taylor

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of Minnesota Duluth

Abdoulaye Wade

Doctor of Laws

College of Agricultural, Food  and Environmental Sciences

Viviane Wade

Doctor of Laws

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Dale Warland

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Jiang Zhenghua

Doctor of Science

College of Liberal Arts/China Center

2005

George Bugliarello

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology

Merce Cunningham

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

Bruce B. Dayton

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

Bruce L. Laingen

Doctor of Laws

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Richard Moe

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of Minnesota Duluth

Ismail Serageldin

Doctor of Laws

College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Tommy G. Thompson

Doctor of Laws

School of Public Health

2006

James Brandenburg

Doctor of Humane Letters

UM-Duluth

Elliot Cook Carter

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Liberal Arts

James A. Johnson

Doctor of Laws

HHH Insititute of Public Affairs

Gordon C. Marten

Doctor of Science

College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences

Harry Oden

Doctor of Laws

UM-Duluth

Fai-nan Perng

Doctor of Laws

College of Liberal Arts

2007

Lu Yongxiang

Doctor of Science

Institute of Technology



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