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Commencement 2000

Honorary Degrees Awarded at
The Johns Hopkins University

Listed in Chronological Order

Between 1880 and June 2000, three hundred and ninety-nine (399) Honorary Degrees have been awarded by the Johns Hopkins University. The following is a CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING of these awards.

NAME DEGREE AWARDED DECEASED
1880
Rowland, Henry Augustus Ph.D. 1880 1901
1881
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard LL.D. 1881 1893
1882-1899
None
1900 - 1901
None
1902
Alderman, Edwin Anderson LL.D. 1902 1931
Angell, James Burrill LL.D. 1902 1916
Billings, John Shaw LL.D. 1902 1913
Butler, Nicholas M. LL.D. 1902 1947
Councilman, William T. A.M. 1902 1933
Dabney, Charles William LL.D. 1902 1945
Eliot, Charles William LL.D. 1902 1926
Gilman, Benjamin I. A.M. 1902 1933
Glenn, John M. A.M. 1902 1950
Hadley, Arthur Twining LL.D. 1902 1930
Hall, Clayton Coleman A.M. 1902 1916
Hall, Granville Stanley LL.D. 1902 1924
Harper, William Rainey LL.D. 1902 1905
Jameson, John Franklin LL.D. 1902 1937
Jordan, David S. LL.D. 1902 1931
Loudon, James LL.D. 1902 1916
Mallet, John William LL.D. 1902 1912
Marburg, Theodore A.M. 1902 1946
Marbury, William Luke A.M. 1902 1935
1902
Newcomb, Simon LL.D. 1902 1909
Patton, Rev. Francis L. LL.D. 1902 1932
Peterson, Sir William LL.D. 1902 1921
Pritchett, Henry Smith LL.D. 1902 1939
Randolph, Robert Lee A.M. 1902 1919
Riggs, Lawrason A.M. 1902 1940
Royce, Josiah LL.D. 1902 1916
Schouler, James LL.D. 1902 1920
Thomas, Henry M. A.M. 1902 1925
Walcott, Charles Doolittle LL.D. 1902 1927
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide LL.D. 1902 1927
White, Andrew Dickson LL.D. 1902 1912
White, Julian LeRoy A.M. 1902 1923
Wilson, Edmund Beecher LL.D. 1902 1939
Wilson, Woodrow LL.D. 1902 1924
1903
None
1904
Thompson, Sir Joseph John LL.D. 1904 1940
1905
Osler, Sir William LL.D. 1905 1920
Pfister, Albert Von LL.D. 1905 1907
1906 - 1909
None
1910
Von-Bernstorff, Johann LL.D. 1910 1939
1911
Bryce, James LL.D. 1911 1922
1912
Gorgas, William Crawford LL.D. 1912 1920
Mitchell, Silas Weir LL.D. 1912 1914
Ramsay, Sir William LL.D. 1912 1917
1913 - 1914
None
1915
Adams, Henry Carter LL.D. 1915 1921
Clarke, John Mason LL.D. 1915 1925
Dewey, John LL.D. 1915 1952
Flexner, Simon LL.D. 1915 1946
Goethals, George Washington LL.D. 1915 1928
Kittredge, George Lyman LL.D. 1915 1941
Lowel, Abbott Lawrence LL.D. 1915 1943
Morgan, Thomas Hunt LL.D. 1915 1945
Pupin, Michael Idovorsky LL.D. 1915 1935
Shorey, Paul LL.D. 1915 1934
White, Henry LL.D. 1915 1927
Woodward, Robert Simpson LL.D. 1915 1924
1916 - 1917
None
1918
DeCellere, V. Macchi LL.D. 1918 1919
1919
None
1920
Hoover, Herbert C. LL.D. 1920 1964
1921
Foch, Ferdinand LL.D. 1921 1929
1922
Coolidge, Calvin LL.D. 1922 1933
Thomas, M. Carey LL.D. 1922 1935
1923
Geddes, Sir Aukland C. LL.D. 1923 1954
1924
Ball, Thomas Randolph A.M. 1924 1929
1925
Young, Owen D. LL.D. 1925 1962
1926
Levy-Bruhl, Lucien LL.D. 1926 1939
1927 - 1928
None
1929
Bond, Carroll Taney LL.D. 1929 1943
Donnan, Frederick George LL.D. 1929  
1930
Goodnow, Frank Johnson LL.D. 1930 1939
Smuts, Gen. Rt. Hon. Jan C. LL.D. 1930 1950
1931
Jeans, Sir James Hopwood LL.D. 1931 1946
1932
None
1933
Baruch, Bernard M. LL.D. 1933 1965
1934
Dittus, Christian W. A.M. 1934 1955
1935
Lawler, Elsie M. A.M. 1935 1962
1936
Ames, Joseph Sweetman LL.D. 1936 1943
Langmuir, Irving LL.D. 1936 1957
Willoughby, Westel W. LL.D. 1936 1945
Wilmer, William Holland LL.D 1936 1936
1937
Compton, Karl T. LL.D. 1937 1954
Greiner, John Edwin Dr.Eng. 1937 1942
Thomas, Carl Clapp Dr.Eng. 1937 1938
Wagner, Herbert A. Dr.Eng 1937 1947
Wolman, Abel Dr.Eng 1937  
1938
Finley, John Huston LL.D. 1938 1940
Laign, Gordon Jennings LL.D. 1938 1945
Stamp, Josiah-Lord of Shortlands LL.D. 1938 1941
1939
Andrews, Charles McLean LL.D. 1939 1943
Braden, Spruille LL.D. 1939  
Kelly, Howard Atwood LL.D. 1939 1942
Shotwell, James T. LL.D. 1939  
1940
Buckler, William H. LL.D. 1940 1952
Bush, Vannevar LL.D. 1940 1974
Conklin, Edwin G. LL.D. 1940 1952
Goodwillie, Mary C. A.M. 1940 1949
MacLeish, Archibald LL.D. 1940  
1941
Dykstra, Clarence A. LL.D. 1941 1950
Willard, Daniel LL.D. 1941 1942
1942
Dunning, Henry A. B. LL.D. 1942 1962
Harrison, Ross G. LL.D 1942 1959
Lillie, Frank R. LL.D. 1942 1947
1943 - 1946
None
1947
Erlanger, Joseph LL.D. 1947 1965
Gasser, Herbert S. LL.D. 1947 1963
Hiss, Alger LL.D. 1947 deceased.
year?
Inverchapel, Lord Archibald LL.D. 1947 1951
Opie, Eugene L. LL.D. 1947 1971
Whipple, George H. LL.D. 1947 1976
1948
Darden, Colgate W., Jr. LL.D. 1948  
Dickinson, John Sharp LL.D. 1948 1952
Freeman, Douglas S. LL.D. 1948 1953
Rogers, Lindsay LL.D. 1948 1970
Wolman, Leo LL.D. 1948 1961
1949
Bowman, Isaiah LL.D. 1949 1950
Flexner, Abraham LL.D. 1949 1959
Richards, Alfred Newton LL.D. 1949 1966
1950
Adrian, E. D. D.Sc. 1950 1977
Chew, Samuel Claggett Litt.D. 1950 1960
Franks, Sir Oliver LL.D. 1950  
Harvey, E. Newton D.Sc. 1950 1959
Hill, Archibald Vivian D.Sc. 1950 1977
Moreland, Edward Leyburn Dr.Eng. 1950 1951
Owens, (James) Hamilton LL.D. 1950 1967
Schmitt, Francis O. D.Sc. 1950  
Tuve, Merle Anthony D.Sc. 1950 1977
1951
Andrews, Justin M. LL.D. 1951 1967
Christie, Alexander G. LL.D. 1951 1964
Havens, Raymond Dexter LL.D. 1951 1954
Longcope, Warfield T. LL.D. 1951 1953
Lovejoy, Arthur O. LL.D. 1951 1962
McCollum, Elmer V. LL.D. 1951 1967
Moe, Henry Allen LL.D. 1951 1975
Park, Edwards A. LL.D. 1951 1969
Weed, Lewis H. LL.D. 1951 1952
Whitehead, John B. LL.D. 1951 1954
Wood, Robert W. LL.D. 1951 1955
1952
Dulles, John Foster LL.D. 1952 1959
Eisenhower, Milton S. LL.D. 1952 1985
Freeman, Allen Weir LL.D. 1952 1954
Graham, Evarts Ambrose LL.D. 1952 1957
1953
Dryden, Hugh L. LL.D. 1953 1965
Eisenhart, Luther P. LL.D. 1953 1965
Gifford, Walter S. LL.D. 1953 1966
Lashley, Karl S. LL.D. 1953 1958
Soper, Morris A. LL.D. 1953 1963
Verhoeff, Frederick LL.D. 1953 1968
1954
Forbes, Alexander D.Sc. 1954 1965
Smith, Winford H. LL.D. 1954 1961
1955
Abrams, Frank W. LL.D. 1955 1976
Aung, Htin LL.D. 1955  
Crowe, Samuel J. D.Sc. 1955 1955
Elkins, Wilson Homer LL.D. 1955  
Hammarskjold, Dag LL.D. 1955 1961
McIntosh, Millicent Carey Litt.D. 1955  
1956
Kirk, Grayson LL.D. 1956  
1957
Chesney, Alan M. LL.D. 1957 1964
Evans, Herbert McLean D.Sc. 1957 1971
Martin, William H. D.Sc. 1957 1974
Pusey, Nathan M. LL.D. 1957  
Reed, Lowell J. LL.D. 1957 1966
Sonneborn, Tracy M. D.Sc. 1957  
1958
Barton, Carlyle LL.D. 1958 1962
Eisenhower, Dwight David LL.D. 1958 1969
MacMillan, Harold, The Hon. LL.D. 1958  
1959
Griswold, Alfred Whitney LL.D. 1959 1963
Killian, James Rhyne, Jr. LL.D. 1959  
1960
Bayne-Jones, Stanhope LL.D. 1960 1970
Camargo, Alberto Lleras LL.D. 1960  
Nason, John William LL.D. 1960  
1961
Herter, Christian Archibald L.C.D. 1961 1966
Murrow, Edward R. LL.D. 1961 1965
1962
Candau, Marcolino Gomes LL.D. 1962  
Kouwenhoven, William B. LL.D. 1962 1975
Stratton, Julius Adams LL.D. 1962  
1963
Acheson, Dean LL.D. 1963 1971
Battaglia, Felice LL.D. 1963  
Kraushaar, Otto F. LL.D. 1963  
Rusk, Dean LL.D. 1963  
1964
Albright, William Foxwell LL.D. 1964 1971
Pearson, Lester B. LL.D. 1964 1972
1965
Beadle, George LL.D. 1965  
Boas, George L.H.D. 1965  
Cairns, Huntington L.H.D. 1965  
Cherniss, Harold F. L.H.D. 1965  
Greenfield, Kent Roberts L.H.D. 1965 1967
Hallstein, Walter LL.D. 1965  
Malone, Kemp L.H.D. 1965 1971
1966
Marshall, Thurgood, The Hon. LL.D. 1966 deceased.
year?
McCormack, James LL.D. 1966 1975
1967
Nitze, Paul Henry LL.D. 1967  
1968
Bard, Philip LL.D. 1968 1977
Brooke, Edward W. LL.D. 1968  
Herring, E. Pendleton LL.D. 1968  
Shehan, Lawrence Joseph, Cardinal LL.D. 1968 deceased.
year?
1969
Bolton, Frances Payne, Mrs. LL.D. 1969 1977
Brewster, Kingman LL.D. 1969  
Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon LL.D. 1969  
Brown, Harrison Scott LL.D. 1969  
Garland, Charles S., Sr. LL.D. 1969 1971
Hartline, Haldon Keffer LL.D. 1969  
Jenkins, Martin D. LL.D. 1969  
Kouwenhoven, William B. M.D. 1969 1975
Moos, Malcolm LL.D. 1969  
Wolman, Abel LL.D. 1969 deceased.
year?
1970
Burden, William A. M. LL.D. 1970  
Clark, Kenneth B. LL.D. 1970  
Cordier, Andrew W. LL.D. 1970 1975
Evans, George Heberton, Jr. LL.D. 1970  
Jessup, Philip Caryl LL.D. 1970  
Penfield, Wilder LL.D. 1970 1976
Richter, Curt Paul LL.D. 1970  
Smith, Gerard Coad LL.D. 1970  
Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein LL.D. 1970 1974
Wharton, Clifton R., Jr. LL.D. 1970  
Willier, Benjamin Harrison LL.D. 1970 1972
1971
Gebelein, Conrad M.A. 1971  
Harris, Patricia Roberts LL.D. 1971  
Heard, Alexander LL.D. 1971  
1972
Allen, Don Cameron LL.D. 1972 1972
Gibson, Ralph Edward M.D. 1972  
Johnson, Edgar A. J. LL.D. 1972 1972
Reid, E. Emmet D.Sc. 1972 1973
Walsh, Frank B. LL.D. 1972  
1973
Cloos, Ernst, Dr. LL.D. 1973 1974
Mandel, Marvin LL.D. 1973  
Temkin, Owsei, Dr. LL.D. 1973  
Warren, Earl, The Hon. LL.D. 1973 1974
1974
Baker, Benjamin M. LL.D. 1974  
Hernandez-Colon, Rafael LL.D. 1974  
Lane, Frederic C. LL.D. 1974  
Olin, John M. LL.D. 1974  
Sarnoff, Robert W. LL.D. 1974  
1975
Cochran, William G. LL.D. 1975  
Corner, George Washington, Dr. LL.D. 1975  
Sanford, Terry LL.D. 1975  
Scranton, William W. LL.D. 1975  
1976
Ashby, Eric, Lord LL.D. 1976  
Breit, Gregory LL.D. 1976  
Carnacini, Tito LL.D. 1976  
Pahlavi, Ashraf, Imperial Highness LL.D. 1976  
Schmidt, Helmut LL.D. 1976  
Thomas, Lewis LL.D. 1976  
Thomas, Vivien LL.D. 1976  
1977
Johnson, Gerald W. LL.D. 1977  
McElroy, William David, Dr. LL.D. 1977  
Warren, Robert Penn LL.D. 1977  
Wheeler, John Archibald, Dr. LL.D. 1977  
1978
Evans, John Robert L.H.D. 1978  
Kerr, Chester L.H.D. 1978  
Langmuir, Alexander Duncan L.H.D. 1978  
Levi-Strauss, Claude L.H.D. 1978  
Pettijohn, Francis John L.H.D. 1978  
Thomson, Virgil L.H.D. 1978  
1979
Baetjer, Anna M. L.H.D. 1979  
Skinner, B. F. L.H.D. 1979 1990
Stern, Isaac L.H.D. 1979  
Yalow, Rosalyn S. L.H.D. 1979  
1980
Bernstein, Leonard L.H.D. 1980 deceased.
year?
Hesburgh, Theodore M., Rev. L.H.D. 1980  
Hulburt, Edward Olson L.H.D. 1980  
Ludwig, Daniel K. L.H.D. 1980  
Stein, Jules L.H.D. 1980  
1981
Anderson, Marian L.H.D. 1981 deceased.
year?
Berlin, Sir Isaiah L.H.D. 1981  
Firor, Warfield M. L.H.D. 1981  
Merrell, Margaret L.H.D. 1981  
Murphy, Franklin D. L.H.D. 1981  
Press, Frank L.H.D. 1981  
Shock, Nathan Wetherill L.H.D. 1981  
1982
Comissiona, Sergiu L.H.D. 1982  
Dahrendorf, Rolf L.H.D. 1982  
Rhodes, Frank L.H.D. 1982  
Rome, Benjamin L.H.D. 1982 1994
White, Robert M. L.H.D. 1982  
1983
Baker, Russell L.H.D. 1983  
Fairbank, John King L.H.D. 1983  
Garner, Wendell L.H.D. 1983  
Meyerhoff, Joseph L.H.D. 1983 deceased.
year?
Stellar, Eliot L.H.D. 1983  
Woolf, Harry L.H.D. 1983  
1984
Forbes, Malcolm L.H.D. 1984 deceased.
year?
Kerr, Malcolm H. L.H.D. 1984
(posthumously)
 
Merrick, Robert Graff L.H.D. 1984  
Nakasone, Yasuhiro L.H.D. 1984  
Ripley, S. Dillon II L.H.D. 1984  
Volcker, Paul L.H.D. 1984  
1985
Hammer, Armand L.H.D. 1985  
Hewlett, William R. L.H.D. 1985  
Hoobler, Sibley W. L.H.D. 1985  
Houseman, John L.H.D. 1985 deceased.
year?
Khadduri, Majid L.H.D. 1985  
Pertini, Sandro L.H.D. 1985
(in Bologna,
Italy)
 
Rouse, James W. L.H.D. 1985  
Schuman, William L.H.D. 1985  
Walker, A. Earl L.H.D. 1985  
1986
Decker, Alonzo G., Jr. L.H.D. 1986  
Dorsey, Rhoda M. L.H.D. 1986  
Kandel, Eric R. L.H.D. 1986  
Knott, Henry J., Sr. L.H.D. 1986  
Mann, William Neville L.H.D. 1986  
Rukeyser, Louis R. L.H.D. 1986  
1987
Bodian, David L.H.D. 1987  
Corwin, Alsoph H. L.H.D. 1987  
Gregorian, Vartan L.H.D. 1987  
Hamburger, Ferdinand, Jr. L.H.D. 1987  
Marshall, Charles Burton L.H.D. 1987  
Menotti, Gian Carlo L.H.D. 1987  
Schmidt, Benno C., Jr. L.H.D. 1987  
Simon, Jennifer Jones L.H.D. 1987  
Spadolini, Giovanni L.H.D. 1987  
Stebbins, Ernest L. L.H.D. 1987  
Williams, Harold M. L.H.D. 1987  
1988
Boorstin, Daniel J. L.H.D. 1988  
Francis, Norman C. L.H.D. 1988  
Fulbright, J. William L.H.D. 1988 deceased.
year?
Nakayama, Sohei L.H.D. 1988  
Roversi-Monaco, Fabio L.H.D. 1988  
Sawyer, John E. L.H.D. 1988  
1989
Horne, Marilyn L.H.D. 1989  
Perez de Cuellar, Javier L.H.D. 1989  
Sadik, Nafis L.H.D. 1989  
Sculley, John L.H.D. 1989  
Stern, Milton R. L.H.D. 1989  
Sullivan, Louis W. L.H.D. 1989  
Wenk, Edward, Jr. L.H.D. 1989  
Young, Leo L.H.D. 1989  
1990
Bleumle, Louis W. L.H.D. 1990  
Bush, George Herbert Walker L.H.D. 1990  
Cater, Douglass L.H.D. 1990  
Hackerman, Willard L.H.D. 1990  
Hay, Elizabeth D. L.H.D. 1990  
Hood, Leroy E. L.H.D. 1990  
Hubel, David H. L.H.D. 1990  
Johnson, D. Mead L.H.D. 1990 1992
Johnson, Lady Bird L.H.D. 1990  
Levi, Robert H. L.H.D. 1990  
Linowitz, Sol M. L.H.D. 1990  
Shaw, Robert L. L.H.D. 1990  
Trudeau, Garry L.H.D. 1990  
Wiesel, Torsten Nils L.H.D. 1990  
Wolfe, Thomas K., Jr. L.H.D. 1990  
1991
Odhiambo, Thomas L.H.D. 1991  
Turner, Thomas B. L.H.D. 1991  
Woodward, C. Vann L.H.D. 1991  
1992
Heyssel, Robert M. L.H.D. 1992  
Horwitz, Abraham L.H.D. 1992  
Iaccocca, Lee L.H.D. 1992  
Koop, C. Everett L.H.D. 1992  
Krieger, Zanvyl L.H.D. 1992  
Mulroney, Brian L.H.D. 1992
(was main
speaker)
 
Rocard, Michel L.H.D. 1992  
1993
Gelb, Richard L. L.H.D. 1993  
Jacobsen, Josephine L.H.D. 1993  
Kaplan, Louis L. L.H.D. 1993  
Levinson, Barry L.H.D. 1993  
Miller, Merton H. L.H.D. 1993 2000
Tosteson, Daniel C. L.H.D. 1993  
von Weizsaecker, Richard L.H.D. 1993  
1994
Albright, Madeleine L.H.D. 1994  
Blount, Clarence L.H.D. 1994  
Henderson, D.A. L.H.D. 1994  
Pinkard, Anne M. L.H.D. 1994  
Ross, Richard S. L.H.D. 1994  
1995
Chung, Ju Yung L.H.D. 1995  
Fazio, Antonio L.H.D. 1995  
Koppel, Ted L.H.D. 1995  
Leone, Lucille P., Mrs. L.H.D. 1995  
Mikulski, Barbara A., The Hon. L.H.D. 1995  
Mock, Alois, The. Hon. L.H.D. 1995  
Richardson, William C. L.H.D. 1995  
Robins, Charles H.B.A. 1995
(Presented at
private
ceremony.)
 
Sirikit, Queen (of Thailand) L.H.D. 1995  
1996
Feeley, Sister Kathleen L.H.D. 1996  
Hackerman, Norman L.H.D. 1996  
Ogata, Sadako, Mrs. L.H.D. 1996  
Wilson, William Julius L.H.D. 1996  
1997
Abrams, Herbert E. L.H.D. 1997
(received
June 7th at
School of
Medicine.)
 
Butterfield, Right Hon. Lord L.H.D. 1997  
Cole, Johnnetta, Dr. L.H.D. 1997  
Fastie, William L.H.D. 1997  
Kripke, Saul, Dr. L.H.D. 1997  
Maragall, Pasqual, Dr. L.H.D. 1997  
Watts, Andre' L.H.D. 1997  
1998
Dole, Elizabeth Hanford L.H.D. 1998  
Gwaltney, Corbin L.H.D. 1998  
Koc, Rahmi M. L.H.D. 1998  
Minzhang, Chen L.H.D. 1998  
Schlossberg, Leon L.H.D. 1998  
Shapiro, Sam L.H.D. 1998  
Sussmuth, Rita L.H.D. 1998  
1999
Avery, Mary Ellen, Dr. L.H.D. 1999  
Clark, A. James L.H.D. 1999  
Caspersen, Finn M.W. L.H.D. 1999  
Shallenberger, Clyde R., Rev. L.H.D. 1999  
Van Allen, James L.H.D. 1999  
2000
Annan, Kofi L.H.D. 2000  
Bing, Richard J. L.H.D. 2000  
Glaser, Robert J. L.H.D. 2000  
Griswold III, Benjamin H. L.H.D. 2000  
Healy, Bernadine P. L.H.D. 2000  
McKusick, Victor A. L.H.D. 2000  
Meyerhoff, Harvey M. L.H.D. 2000  
Muller, Steven L.H.D. 2000  

Revised: June 6, 2000


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