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Commencement 2001

Honorary Degrees Awarded at
The Johns Hopkins University

Listed in Alphabetical Order

Between 1880 and June 2001, four hundred and three (403) Honorary Degrees have been awarded by the Johns Hopkins University. The following is an ALPHABETICAL LISTING of these awards.

RECIPIENTS DEGREE AWARDED
Abrams, Herbert E. L.H.D. 1997
(received on June 7th at School of Medicine)
Abrams, Frank W. LL.D. 1955
Acheson, Dean LL.D. 1963
Adams, Henry Carter LL.D. 1915
Adrian, E. D. D.Sc. 1950
Albright, Madeleine L.H.D. 1994
Albright, William Foxwell LL.D. 1964
Alderman, Edwin Anderson LL.D. 1902
Allen, Don Cameron LL.D. 1972
Ames, Joseph Sweetman LL.D. 1936
Anderson, Marian L.H.D. 1981
Andrews, Charles McLean LL.D. 1939
Andrews, Justin M. LL.D. 1951
Angell, James Burrill LL.D. 1902
Annan, Kofi L.H.D. 2000
Ashby, Eric, Lord LL.D. 1976
Aung, Htin LL.D. 1955
Avery, Mary Ellen, Dr. L.H.D. 1999
Baetjer, Anna M. L.H.D. 1979
Baker, Benjamin M. LL.D. 1974
Baker, Russell L.H.D. 1983
Ball, Thomas Randolph A.M. 1924
Bard, Philip LL.D. 1968
Barton, Carlyle LL.D. 1958
Baruch, Bernard M. LL.D. 1933
Battaglia, Felice LL.D. 1963
Bayne-Jones, Stanhope LL.D. 1960
Beadle, George LL.D. 1965
Berlin, Sir Isaiah L.H.D. 1981
Bernstein, Leonard L.H.D. 1980
Billings, John Shaw LL.D. 1902
Bing, Richard J. L.H.D. 2000
Bleumle, Louis W. L.H.D. 1990
Blount, Clarence L.H.D. 1994
Boas, George L.H.D. 1965
Bodian, David L.H.D. 1987
Bolton, Frances Payne, Mrs. LL.D. 1969
Bond, Carroll Taney LL.D. 1929
Boorstin, Daniel J. L.H.D. 1988
Bowman, Isaiah LL.D. 1949
Braden, Spruille LL.D. 1939
Breit, Gregory LL.D. 1976
Brewster, Kingman LL.D. 1969
Brooke, Edward W. LL.D. 1968
Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon LL.D. 1969
Brown, Harrison Scott LL.D. 1969
Bryce, James LL.D. 1911
Buckler, William H. LL.D. 1940
Burden, William A. M. LL.D. 1970
Bush, George Herbert Walker L.H.D. 1990
Bush, Vannevar LL.D. 1940
Butler, Nicholas M. LL.D. 1902
Butterfield, Right Honorable Lord L.H.D. 1997
Cairns, Huntington L.H.D. 1965
Camargo, Alberto Lleras LL.D. 1960
Candau, Marcolino Gomes LL.D. 1962
Carnacini, Tito LL.D. 1976
Caspersen, Finn M.W. L.H.D. 1999
Cater, Douglass L.H.D. 1990
Cherniss, Harold F. L.H.D. 1965
Chesney, Alan M. LL.D. 1957
Chew, Samuel Claggett Litt.D. 1950
Christie, Alexander G. LL.D. 1951
Chung, Ju Yung L.H.D. 1995
Clark, A. James L.H.D. 1999
Clark, Kenneth B. LL.D. 1970
Clarke, John Mason LL.D. 1915
Cloos, Ernst, Dr. LL.D. 1973
Cochran, William G. LL.D. 1975
Cole, Johnnetta L.H.D. 1997
Comissiona, Sergiu L.H.D. 1982
Compton, Karl T. LL.D. 1937
Conklin, Edwin G. LL.D. 1940
Coolidge, Calvin LL.D. 1922
Cordier, Andrew W. LL.D. 1970
Corner, George Washington, Dr. LL.D. 1975
Corwin, Alsoph H. L.H.D. 1987
Councilman, William T. A.M. 1902
Crowe, Samuel J. D.Sc. 1955
Dabney, Charles William LL.D. 1902
Dahrendorf. Rolf L.H.D. 1982
Darden, Colgate W., Jr. LL.D. 1948
Davis, Karen Padgett L.H.D. 2001
DeCellere, V. Macchi LL.D. 1918
Decker, Alonzo G., Jr. L.H.D. 1986
Dewey, John LL.D. 1915
Dickinson, John Sharp LL.D. 1948
Dittus, Christian W. A.M. 1934
Dole, Elizabeth Hanford L.H.D. 1998
Donnan, Frederick George LL.D. 1929
Dorsey, Rhoda M. L.H.D. 1986
Dryden, Hugh L. LL.D. 1953
Dulles, John Foster LL.D. 1952
Dunning, Henry A. B. LL.D. 1942
Dykstra, Clarence A. LL.D. 1941
Eisenhart, Luther P. LL.D. 1953
Eisenhower, Dwight David LL.D. 1958
Eisenhower, Milton S. LL.D. 1952
Eliot, Charles William LL.D. 1902
Elkins, Wilson Homer LL.D. 1955
Erlanger, Joseph LL.D. 1947
Evans, George Heberton, Jr. LL.D. 1970
Evans, Herbert McLean D.Sc. 1957
Evans, John Robert L.H.D. 1978
Fairbank, John King L.H.D. 1983
Fastie, William L.H.D. 1997
Fazio, Antonio L.H.D. 1995
Feeley, Sister Kathleen L.H.D. 1996
Finley, John Huston LL.D. 1938
Firor, Warfield M. L.H.D. 1981
Flexner, Abraham LL.D. 1949
Flexner, Simon LL.D. 1915
Foch, Ferdinand LL.D. 1921
Forbes, Alexander D.Sc. 1954
Forbes, Malcolm L.H.D. 1984
Francis, Norman C. L.H.D. 1988
Franks, Sir Oliver LL.D. 1950
Freeman, Allen Weir LL.D. 1952
Freeman, Douglas S. LL.D. 1948
Fulbright, J. William L.H.D. 1988
Garland, Charles S., Sr. LL.D. 1969
Garner, Wendell L.H.D. 1983
Gasser, Herbert S. LL.D. 1947
Gebelein, Conrad M.A. 1971
Geddes, Sir Aukland C. LL.D. 1923
Gelb, Richard L. L.H.D. 1993
Gibson, Ralph Edward M.D. 1972
Gifford, Walter S. LL.D. 1953
Gilman, Benjamin I. A.M. 1902
Glaser, Robert J. L.H.D. 2000
Glenn, John M. A.M. 1902
Goethals, George Washington LL.D. 1915
Goodnow, Frank Johnson LL.D. 1930
Goodwillie, Mary C. A.M. 1940
Gorgas, William Crawford LL.D. 1912
Graham, Evarts Ambrose LL.D. 1952
Greenfield, Kent Roberts L.H.D. 1965
Gregorian, Vartan L.H.D. 1987
Greiner, John Edwin Dr.Eng. 1937
Griswold, Alfred Whitney LL.D. 1959
Griswold III, Benjamin H. L.H.D. 2000
Gwaltney, Corbin L.H.D. 1998
Hadley, Arthur Twining LL.D. 1902
Hackerman, Norman L.H.D. 1996
Hackerman, Willard L.H.D. 1990
Hall, Clayton Coleman A.M. 1902
Hall, Granville Stanley LL.D. 1902
Hallstein, Walter LL.D. 1965
Hamburger, Ferdinand, Jr. L.H.D. 1987
Hammarskjold, Dag LL.D. 1955
Hammer, Armand L.H.D. 1985
Harper, William Rainey LL.D. 1902
Harris, Patricia Roberts LL.D. 1971
Harrison, Ross G. LL.D 1942
Hartline, Haldon Keffer LL.D. 1969
Harvey, E. Newton D.Sc. 1950
Havens, Raymond Dexter LL.D. 1951
Hay, Elizabeth D. L.H.D. 1990
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard LL.D. 1881
Healy, Bernadine P. L.H.D. 2000
Heard, Alexander LL.D. 1971
Henderson, Donald A. (D.A.) L.H.D. 1994
Hernandez-Colon, Rafael LL.D. 1974
Herring, E. Pendleton LL.D. 1968
Herter, Christian Archibald L.C.D. 1961
Hesburgh, Theodore M., Rev. L.H.D. 1980
Hewlett, William R. L.H.D. 1985
Heyssel, Robert M. L.H.D. 1992
Hill, Archibald Vivian D.Sc. 1950
Hiss, Alger LL.D. 1947
Hoobler, Sibley W. L.H.D. 1985
Hood, Leroy E. L.H.D. 1990
Hoover, Herbert C. LL.D. 1920
Horne, Marilyn L.H.D. 1989
Horwitz, Abraham L.H.D. 1992
Houseman, John L.H.D. 1985
Hubel, David H. L.H.D. 1990
Hulburt, Edward Olson L.H.D. 1980
Iacocca, Lee L.H.D. 1992
Inverchapel, Lord Archibald LL.D. 1947
Jacobsen, Josephine L.H.D. 1993
Jameson, John Franklin LL.D. 1902
Jeans, Sir James Hopwood LL.D. 1931
Jenkins, Martin D. LL.D. 1969
Jessup, Philip Caryl LL.D. 1970
Johnson, D. Mead L.H.D. 1990
(deceased)
Johnson, Edgar A. J. LL.D. 1972
Johnson, Gerald W. LL.D. 1977
Johnson, Lady Bird L.H.D. 1990
Jordan, David S. LL.D. 1902
Kandel, Eric R. L.H.D. 1986
Kaplan, Louis L. L.H.D. 1993
Kelly, Howard Atwood LL.D. 1939
Kerr, Chester L.H.D. 1978
Kerr, Malcolm H. L.H.D. 1984
(posthumously)
Khadduri, Majid L.H.D. 1985
Killian, James Rhyne, Jr. LL.D. 1959
Kirk, Grayson LL.D. 1956
Kittredge, George Lyman LL.D. 1915
Knott, Henry J., Sr. L.H.D. 1986
Ko‡ Rahmi M. L.H.D. 1998
Koop, C. Everett L.H.D. 1992
Koppel, Ted L.H.D. 1995
Kouwenhoven, William B. LL.D.,
M.D.
1962 and
1969
Kraushaar, Otto F. LL.D. 1963
Krieger, Zanvyl L.H.D. 1992
Kripka, Saul L.H.D. 1997
Laign, Gordon Jennings LL.D. 1938
Lane, Frederic C. LL.D. 1974
Langmuir, Alexander Duncan L.H.D. 1978
Langmuir, Irving LL.D. 1936
Lashley, Karl S. LL.D. 1953
Lawler, Elsie M. A.M. 1935
Leone, Lucille P., Mrs. L.H.D. 1995
Levi, Robert H. L.H.D. 1990
Levinson, Barry L.H.D. 1993
Levi-Strauss, Claude L.H.D. 1978
Levy-Bruhl, Lucien LL.D. 1926
Lillie, Frank R. LL.D. 1942
Linowitz, Sol M. L.H.D. 1990
Longcope, Warfield T. LL.D. 1951
Loudon, James LL.D. 1902
Lovejoy, Arthur O. LL.D. 1951
Lowel, Abbott Lawrence LL.D. 1915
Ludwig, Daniel K. L.H.D. 1980
MacLeish, Archibald LL.D. 1940
MacMillan, Harold, The Hon. LL.D. 1958
Mallet, John William LL.D. 1902
Malone, Kemp L.H.D. 1965
Mandel, Marvin LL.D. 1973
Mann, Alfred E. L.H.D. 2001
Mann, William Neville L.H.D. 1986
Maragall, Pasqual L.H.D. 1997
Marburg, Theodore A.M. 1902
Marbury, William Luke A.M. 1902
Marshall, Charles Burton L.H.D. 1987
Marshall, Thurgood, The Hon. LL.D. 1966
(deceased)
Martin, William H. D.Sc. 1957
McCarty, Maclyn L.H.D. 2001
McCollum, Elmer V. LL.D. 1951
McCormack, James LL.D. 1966
McElroy, William David, Dr. LL.D. 1977
McIntosh, Millicent Carey Litt.D. 1955
McKusick, Victor A. L.H.D. 2000
Menotti, Gian Carlo L.H.D. 1987
Merrell, Margaret L.H.D. 1981
Merrick, Robert Graff L.H.D. 1984
Meyerhoff, Harvey M. L.H.D. 2000
Meyerhoff, Joseph L.H.D. 1983
Mikulski, Barbara A., The Hon. L.H.D. 1995
Miller, Merton H. L.H.D. 1993
Minzhang, Chen L.H.D. 1998
(Note: Chen Minzhang didn't attend in person due to a serious illness. Dean Sommer, HPH,delivered the degree to him in China.)
Mitchell, Silas Weir LL.D. 1912
Mock, Alois, The Hon. L.H.D. 1995
Moe, Henry Allen LL.D. 1951
Moos, Malcolm LL.D. 1969
Moreland, Edward Leyburn Dr.Eng. 1950
Morgan, Thomas Hunt LL.D. 1915
Muller, Steven L.H.D. 2000
Mulroney, Brian L.H.D. 1992
Murphy, Franklin D. L.H.D. 1981
Murrow, Edward R. LL.D. 1961
Nakasone, Yasuhiro L.H.D. 1984
Nakayama, Sohei L.H.D. 1988
Nason, John William LL.D. 1960
Newcomb, Simon LL.D. 1902
Nitze, Paul Henry LL.D. 1967
Odhiambo, Thomas L.H.D. 1991
Ogata, Sadako, Mrs. L.H.D. 1996
Olin, John M. LL.D. 1974
Opie, Eugene L. LL.D. 1947
Osler, Sir William LL.D. 1905
Owens, (James) Hamilton LL.D. 1950
Pahlavi, Ashraf, Imperial Highness LL.D. 1976
Park, Edwards A. LL.D. 1951
Patton, Rev. Francis L. LL.D. 1902
Patz, Arnall L.H.D. 2001
Pearson, Lester B. LL.D. 1964
Penfield, Wilder LL.D. 1970
Perez de Cuellar, Javier L.H.D. 1989
Pertini, Sandro L.L.D. 1985
(in Bologna, Italy)
Peterson, Sir William LL.D. 1902
Pettijohn, Francis John L.H.D. 1978
Pfister, Albert Von LL.D. 1905
Pinkard, Anne M. L.H.D. 1994
Press, Frank L.H.D. 1981
Pritchett, Henry Smith LL.D. 1902
Pupin, Michael Idovorsky LL.D. 1915
Pusey, Nathan M. LL.D. 1957
Ramsay, Sir William LL.D. 1912
Randolph, Robert Lee A.M. 1902
Reed, Lowell J. LL.D. 1957
Reid, E. Emmet D.Sc. 1972
Rhodes, Frank L.H.D. 1982
Richards, Alfred Newton LL.D. 1949
Richardson, William C. L.H.D. 1995
Richter, Curt Paul LL.D. 1970
Riggs, Lawrason A.M. 1902
Ripley, S. Dillon II L.H.D. 1984
Robins, Charles H.B.A. 1995
Rocard, Michel L.H.D. 1992
Rogers, Lindsay LL.D. 1948
Rome, Benjamin L.H.D. 1982
Ross, Richard S. L.H.D. 1994
Rouse, James W. L.H.D. 1985
Roversi-Monaco, Fabio L.H.D. 1988
Rowland, Henry Augustus Ph.D. 1880
Royce, Josiah LL.D. 1902
Rukeyser, Louis R. L.H.D. 1986
Rusk, Dean LL.D. 1963
Sadik, Nafis L.H.D. 1989
Sanford, Terry LL.D. 1975
Sarnoff, Robert W. LL.D. 1974
Sawyer, John E. L.H.D. 1988
Schlossberg, Leon L.H.D. 1998
Schmidt, Benno C., Jr. L.H.D. 1987
Schmidt, Helmut LL.D. 1976
Schmitt, Francis O. D.Sc. 1950
Schouler, James LL.D. 1902
Schuman, William L.H.D. 1985
Scranton, William W. LL.D. 1975
Sculley, John L.H.D. 1989
Shallenberger, Clyde R., Rev. L.H.D. 1999
Shapiro, Sam L.H.D. 1998
Shaw, Robert L. L.H.D. 1990
Shehan, Lawrence Joseph, Cardinal LL.D. 1968
Shock, Nathan Wetherill L.H.D. 1981
Shorey, Paul LL.D. 1915
Shotwell, James T. LL.D. 1939
Simon, Jennifer Jones L.H.D. 1987
Sirikit, Queen of Thailand L.H.D. 1995
Skinner, B. F. L.H.D. 1979
Smith, Gerard Coad LL.D. 1970
Smith, Winford H. LL.D. 1954
Smuts, Gen. Rt. Hon. Jan C. LL.D. 1930
Sonneborn, Tracy M. D.Sc. 1957
Soper, Morris A. LL.D. 1953
Spadolini, Giovanni L.H.D. 1987
Stamp, Josiah-Lord of Shortlands LL.D. 1938
Stebbins, Ernest L. L.H.D. 1987
Stein, Jules L.H.D. 1980
Stellar, Eliot L.H.D. 1983
Stern, Isaac L.H.D. 1979
Stern, Milton R. L.H.D. 1989
Stratton, Julius Adams LL.D. 1962
Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein LL.D. 1970
Sullivan, Louis W. L.H.D. 1989
Sssmuth, Rita L.H.D. 1998
Temkin, Owsei, Dr. LL.D. 1973
Thomas, Carl Clapp Dr.Eng. 1937
Thomas, Henry M. A.M. 1902
Thomas, Lewis LL.D. 1976
Thomas, M. Carey LL.D. 1922
Thomas, Vivien LL.D. 1976
Thompson, Sir Joseph John LL.D. 1904
Thomson, Virgil L.H.D. 1978
Tosteson, Daniel C. L.H.D. 1993
Trudeau, Garry L.H.D. 1990
Turner, Thomas B. L.H.D. 1991
Tuve, Merle Anthony D.Sc. 1950
Van Allen, James L.H.D. 1999
Verhoeff, Frederick LL.D. 1953
Volcker, Paul L.H.D. 1984
Von-Bernstorff, Johann LL.D. 1910
von Weizsaecker, Richard L.H.D. 1993
Wagner, Herbert A. Dr.Eng 1937
Walcott, Charles Doolittle LL.D. 1902
Walker, A. Earl L.H.D. 1985
Walsh, Frank B. LL.D. 1972
Warren, Earl, The Hon. LL.D. 1973
Warren, Robert Penn LL.D. 1977
Watts, Andre' L.H.D. 1997
Weatherall, Sir David J. L.H.D. 1990
Weed, Lewis H. LL.D. 1951
Wenk, Edward, Jr. L.H.D. 1989
Wharton, Clifton R., Jr. LL.D. 1970
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide LL.D. 1902
Wheeler, John Archibald, Dr. LL.D. 1977
Whipple, George H. LL.D. 1947
White, Andrew Dickson LL.D. 1902
White, Henry LL.D. 1915
White, Julian LeRoy A.M. 1902
White, Robert M. L.H.D. 1982
Whitehead, John B. LL.D. 1951
Wiesel, Torsten Nils L.H.D. 1990
Willard, Daniel LL.D. 1941
Williams, Harold M. L.H.D. 1987
Willier, Benjamin Harrison LL.D. 1970
Willoughby, Westel W. LL.D. 1936
Wilmer, William Holland LL.D 1936
Wilson, Edmund Beecher LL.D. 1902
Wilson, William Julius L.H.D. 1996
Wilson, Woodrow LL.D. 1902
Wolfe, Thomas K., Jr. L.H.D. 1990
Wolman, Abel Dr.Eng,
LL.D.
1937 and
1969
Wolman, Leo LL.D. 1948
Wood, Robert W. LL.D. 1951
Woodward, Robert Simpson LL.D. 1915
Woodward, C. Vann L.H.D. 1991
Woolf, Harry L.H.D. 1983
Yalow, Rosalyn S. L.H.D. 1979
Young, Leo L.H.D. 1989
Young, Owen D. LL.D. 1925

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