Honorary Degree Recipients

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Last Name, First Name
  Type of Honorary Award, Nominating College, Date Award Presented

Acrivos, Andreas
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 5, 2000

Albright, Madeleine K.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, June 14, 1998

Amundson, Neal R.
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 31, 1985

Andersen, Elmer L.
  Doctor of Laws, Carlson School of Management, June 13, 1982

Anderson, Daniel J.
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, May 29, 1987

Angelou, Maya
  Doctor of Humane Letters, Nursing, October 14, 2007

Argento, Dominick J.
   Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, June 4, 2008

Arntzen, Charles J
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, December 16, 2003

Bakken, Earl E.
  Doctor of Science, Medical School, June 3, 1988

Bancroft, Ann
  Doctor of Laws, May 17, 2008

Bardeen, John
  Doctor of Science, Physics and Astronomy, December 12, 1973

Bardeen, William A.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 10, 2002

Bassett, Florence Knoll
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, February 21, 2008

Beck, Heinrich
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, November 6, 2001

Benaissa, Mohamed
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, December 4, 2007

Bennett II, Russell M.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, May 12, 2001

Berdahl, Robert M.
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, June 15, 1997

Berg, Norman
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, November 5, 2000

Berkey, Charles P.
  Doctor of Science, June 15, 1940

Borlaug, Norman E.
  Doctor of Science, College of Agriculture, June 8, 1982

Boss, Andrew
  Doctor of Science, June 16, 1945

Boyd, Willard L.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, May 13, 2000

Boyer, Paul D.
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, April 13, 1996

Brattain, Walter H.
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, June 15, 1957

Brandenburg, James
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 13, 2006

Breslow, Lester
  Doctor of Science, Medical School/Public Health, June 3, 1988

Brody, Jane E.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, School of Public Health, December 1, 2000

Brown, James L.
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, September 9, 2002

Brown, Muriel Humphrey
  Doctor of Laws, Humphrey Institute, June 15, 1997

Bubis, Gerald B.
  Doctor of Laws, College of Education and Human Development, May 10, 2007

Buchwald, Emilie
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, May 13, 2001

Buck, Solon J.
  Doctor of Laws, Library, June 12, 1954

Buergenthal, Thomas
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, May 18, 2003

Bugliarello, George
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 6, 2005

Burger, Warren E.
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, April 4, 1978

Butler, John A.
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Education, October 8, 1982

Butler, Jon
  Doctor of Science, December 10, 2006

Calvin, Melvin
  Doctor of Science, December 20, 1969

Campbell, James R.
  Doctor of Laws, Carlson School of Management, September 2, 2008

Carlson, Curtis L.
  Doctor of Laws, Carlson School of Management, June 9, 1996

Carlson Nelson, Marilyn
  Doctor of Laws, Carlson School of Management/HHH Institute of Public Affairs, October 7, 2008

Carmona, Richard H.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, April 10, 2008

Carpenter, Elbert H.
  Doctor of Music, College of Liberal Arts, June 17, 1935

Carroll, John Bissell
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, December 7, 1986

Carter, Elliot Cook
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, March 9, 2006

Chapman, Herman Haupt
  Doctor of Science, June 14, 1947

Cheng, Hwei-Hsein
  Doctor of Laws, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, May 9, 2004

Christiansen, F. Melius
  Doctor of Music, June 14, 1937

Chryssomallis, Yanni
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts/Alumni Association, May 6, 2004

Clausen, A. W.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, May 12, 2001

Clinton, Hillary
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, June 11, 1995

Close, Elizabeth S.
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Architecture and Landscape Arrchitecture, May 17, 2003

Cochrane, Willard W.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, October 27, 2000

Coffey, Walter Castella
  Doctor of Science, College of Agriculture, April 25, 1946

Comstock, Ada
  Doctor of Laws, June 15, 1936

Coons, John E.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 22, 1999

Cooper, Thomas Poe
  Doctor of Science, College of Agriculture, June 11, 1949

Countryman, Gratia
  Master of Arts, College of Liberal Arts, June 6, 1932

Cowling, Donald J.
  Doctor of Laws, June 16, 1945

Cox, David
  Doctor of Science, December 12, 1993

Cunningham, Merce
Biography
  Doctor of Human Lettters, College of Liberal Arts, November 3, 2005

Dahlquist, John Emest
  Master of Arts, June 12, 1954

Dangermond, Jack
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Science/College of Liberal Arts/Institute of Technology, April 2, 2008

Daniels, Farrington
  Doctor of Science, June 13, 1959

Davis, Edward W.
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, June 9, 1956

Davis, Margaret B.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, May 18, 2002

Dayton, Bruce B.
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, April 13, 2005

Dengo-Obregon, Jorge Manuel
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, IT, May 7, 2004

Denn, Morton M.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, March 29, 2001

Denny, Charles M.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Public Affairs, November 8, 2006

Dille, Roland
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Morris, June 9, 1995

Doermann, Humphrey
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Morris, October 15, 1997

Eckert, Ernst
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, June 2, 1995

Edelman, Gerald M.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Neuroscience, April 26, 2000

Edelman, Marian Wright
  Doctor of Laws, College of Education and Human Development, June 9, 1997

Elders, Joycelyn M.
  Doctor of Science, Medical School, June 4, 1993

Eliot, Frederick May
  Doctor of Laws, June 14, 1937

Estes, William K.
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, June 14, 1998

Fairhurst, Charles
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 5, 2000

Folwell, William Watts
  Doctor of Laws, June 15, 1925

Ford, Guy Stanton
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of liberal Arts, April 25, 1946

Fraser, Claire M.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, May 5, 2003

Fraser, Donald
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, May 13, 2001

Fraser, Everett
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, February 15, 1951

Friedman, Martin
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, June 10, 1990

Friedman, Thomas L.
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University Relations, February 23, 2001

Galambos, Theodore V.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 4, 2001

Gehry, Frank O.
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture/Weisman, June 12, 1999

Gilruth, Robert R.
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, June 9, 1962

Goldberg, Luella Gross
  Doctor of Laws, University Foundation, May 7, 2007

Goldberg, Nelson D.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences/ Medical School, May 12, 2000

Goldburg, Rebecca
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Biological Sciences, May 18, 2002

Goldfine, Beverly
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 22, 1999

Goldfine, Erwin L.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 22, 1999

Good, Robert A.
  Doctor of Science, Medical School, June 2, 1989

Goodall, Jane
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, May 12, 2001

Gorham, Eville
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences/Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, June 12, 1999

Gorlin, Robert J.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, School of Dentistry, May 17, 2002

Gould, Lawrence H.
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts/Economics/International Programs, May 24, 2007

Haarde, Geir H.
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, May 13, 2000

Hadlow, William
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, May 26, 2001

Hagstrum, Homer
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, June 6, 1986

Hagstrum, Jean Howard
  Doctor of Arts and Letters, College of Liberal Arts, June 6, 1986

Halonen, Tarja K.
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth, July 25, 2008

Harvey, Jeffrey A.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 10, 2002

Hawkland, William D.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, May 12, 2001

Heaney, Gerald
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth/Chancellor's Office, May 12, 2001

Hellstrom, Carl F.
  Master of Arts, December 15, 1955

Henderson, Donald A.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, School of Public Health, June 10, 2003

Hitachi, Prince Masahito
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, April 18, 2001

Holland, John L.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, October 19, 2001

Hovde, Frederick L.
  Doctor of Laws, June 9, 1956

Hubbard, Stanley S.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts/College of Education and Human Development/Medical School/Minnesota Medical Foundation, May 13, 2004

Hueg, William F.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, June 7, 1998

Humphrey, Hubert Horatio
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, June 11, 1966

Ignarro, Louis J.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Medical School - Pharmacology, May 10, 2002

Janzen, Daniel
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, June 8, 1996

Jensen, Johan Fjord
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, November 6, 2001

Johnson, Henry
  Doctor of Laws, June 14, 1937

Johnson, James A.
  Doctor of Laws, Public Affairs, May 14, 2006

Jungck, John R.
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, May 15, 2004

Juran, Joseph M.
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 7, 1992

Kampelman, Max M.
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, December 13, 1987

Kappel, Frederick Russell
  Doctor of Engineering, Institute of Technology, June 11, 1966

Kellogg, Frank B.
  Doctor of Laws, June 8, 1931

Keys, Ancel
Biography
  Doctor of Science, School of Public Health, April 12, 2001

Krogh, Lester C.
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 18, 1990

LaDuke, Winona
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth/Chancellor's Office, May 16, 2002

Laingen, Bruce L
  Doctor of Laws, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, June 15, 2005

Lawrence, Gwendolyn M
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, January 2, 1996

Lawrence, Jacob
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, January 2, 1996

Lebra, Joyce C.
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, June 9, 1996

LeSueur, Meridel
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, June 14, 1992

Levorsen, Arville Irving
  Doctor of Science, June 14, 1947

Levy, Gerhard
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Pharmacy, May 12, 2001

Lewis, Edward
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, November 1, 1993

Libertus, Ronald
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, May 12, 2001

Little, Matthew
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Vice President for Campus Life, May 3, 2002

Lou, Cheng-Hou
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Agicultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, November 5, 2001

Maier, Henry
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Medical School, May 8, 2001

Manthey, Marie
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, School of Nursing, June 18, 1999

Marten, Gordon C.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences, April 10, 2006

Mayo, Charles Horace
  Doctor of Laws, June 17, 1935

Mayo, William James
  Doctor of Laws, June 17, 1935

McHugh, Sister Antonia
  Doctor of Laws, June 15, 1936

McNutt, Marcia K.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology/Geology, November 18, 2004

Meehl, Paul Everett
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, October 19, 2001

Michnik, Adam
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, October 25, 1990

Mickelsen, Stanley Raymond
  Master of Arts, June 12, 1954

Mitropoulos, Dimitri
  Doctor of Music, June 12, 1943

Moe, Richard
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 14, 2005

Moe, Roger D
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Crookston, May 8, 2004

Moiseiwitsch, Tanya
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, September 29, 1994

Mondale, Joan Adams
  Doctor of Humane Letters, U of M Duluth, May 24, 1997

Mondale, Walter F.
  Doctor of Laws, April 4, 1978

Mondale, Walter F.
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 24, 1997

Morrill, James Lewis
  Doctor of Laws, June 9, 1962

Mountcastle, Vernon B.
  Doctor of Science, Medical School, April 28, 1995

Mroz, Zenon
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, December 12, 2003

Museveni Kaguta, Yoweri
  Doctor of Laws, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, June 23, 1994

Myers, Ruth
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Duluth, November 19, 1994

Newton, Robert
  Doctor of Science, June 12, 1954

Nier, Alfred O. C.
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, December 14, 1980

Nordbye, Gunnar H.
  Doctor of Laws, June 13, 1959

Nurse, Sir Paul M.
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, August 2, 2007

Oberstar, James L.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 13, 2000

O'Connor, Sandra Day
  Doctor of Laws, Law School, November 20, 1987

Odegard, Robert J
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, February 11, 2000

Oden, Harry
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 13, 2006

Ojakangas, Beatrice, Luoma
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Duluth/Chancellor's Office, May 12, 2007

Olseth, Dale R.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota Foundation, May 13, 2004

Olson, Sigurd Ferdinad
  Doctor of Humane Letters, October 5, 1979

Ornstein, Norman J.
  Doctor of Laws, HHH Institute of Public Affairs, May 13, 2007

Pearson, J.R. Anthony
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, December 16, 2002

Peisong, Tang
  Doctor of Science, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, November 28, 1996

Pelli, Cesar
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 15, 2004

Perkins, Sr., Leigh H.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Natural Resources, October 8, 2001

Perng, Fai-nan
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, August 21, 2006

Pettijohn, Francis
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 8, 1986

Phillips, Jay
  Doctor of Humanities, Medical School, September 8, 1981

Plimpton, Russell A.
  Master of Arts, June 9, 1956

Pomeroy, Benjamin
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, May 26, 2001

Predock, Antoine
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Architecture and Landscape Arch., May 12, 2001

Prestegard, James H.
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, September 27, 2001

Ramkrishna, Doraiswami
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology/Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, September 10, 2004

Ray, W. Harmon
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, March 29, 2001

Raymond, Lee
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Institute of Technology, May 16, 2001

Roberts, Thomas S.
  Doctor of Science, June 15, 1940

Rosenquist, James
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, General College, May 18, 2002

Rowan, Carl T.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Liberal Arts, May 14, 2000

Rowe, Ednor M.
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, October 18, 1993

Rutter, Michael L.
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, May 14, 1993

Salmela, David
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 12, 2007

Sam, Kim Young
  Doctor of Laws, Academic Affairs/International Studies, December 3, 1996

Scheie, Harold G.
  Doctor of Humane Letters, Medical School, January 1, 1989

Schulz, Charles
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, October 2, 1994

Serageldin, Ismail
  Doctor of Laws, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, March 24, 2005

Shalala, Donna
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Human Ecology, May 15, 2002

Shannon, James Patrick
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College od Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, June 11, 1966

Sherman, Fred
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Medical School, November 11, 2002

Shumway, Norman E.
  Doctor of Science, Acadaemic Health Center, October 19, 2004

Sinclair, Gregg Manners
  Doctor of Laws, June 11, 1949

Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
  Doctor of Musical Arts, October 8, 1979

Snyder, Fred B.
  Doctor of Laws, June 15, 1940

Stakman, Elvin
  Doctor of Science, June 12, 1954

Stassen, Harold
  Doctor of Laws, December 13, 1972

Stevenson, Harold
  Doctor of Science, College of Education and Human Development, June 3, 1996

Stoll, Elmer Edgar
  Doctor of Humane Letters, June 15, 1950

Swain, Thomas H.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Alumni Association, August 13, 1998

Syvertson, C. A. "Sy"
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 7, 2004

Taylor, Billy
  Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Minnesota-Duluth, March 5, 2004

Thistlewaite, Frank
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, June 12, 1994

Thomas, Lewis
  Doctor of Science, Medical School, June 2, 1989

Thompson, Tommy G.
  Doctor of Laws, School of Public Health, May 16, 2005

Tsiang, Yien-si
  Doctor of Laws, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, June 2, 1996

Tu, Gangzhi
Biography
  Doctor of Science, School of Earth Sciences/Geology and Geophysics, May 21, 1999

Tutu, Archbishop Desmond Mpilo
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Continuing Education, February 25, 2003

Valasek, Joseph
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, June 11, 1983

Van Vleck, John H.
  Doctor of Science, December 15, 1971

Vanska, Osmo
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, October 18, 2008

Vessey Jr, John W.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, Dentistry, May 16, 2008

Vincent, George Edgar
  Doctor of Laws, June 8, 1931

Wade, Abdoulaye
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences/Agricultural Policy/HHH Institute of Public Affairs, September 24, 2004

Wade, Viviane
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, HHH Institute of Public Affairs, September 24, 2004

Waite, Edward F.
  Doctor of Laws, June 11, 1949

Wallin, Winston R.
  Doctor of Laws, Medical School, April 18, 1995

Ward, John William
  Doctor of Humane Letters, Graduate School, May 23, 1985

Warland, Dale
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, October 23, 2004

Warren, Robert Penn
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, June 14, 1987

White, Joseph L.
  Doctor of Laws, System Academic Administration, May 10, 2007

Wilkins, Roy
  Doctor of Laws, June 12, 1976

Wilson, August
Biography
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, October 9, 2002

Wilson, Louis B.
  Doctor of Science, June 15, 1940

Wright, Herbet E.
  Doctor of Science, College of Biological Sciences, April 13, 1996

Yongxiang, Lu
Biography
  Doctor of Science, Institute of Technology, May 21, 2007

Yu, Wei
  Doctor of Laws, Institute of Technology, December 7, 1998

Zentner, David F.
Biography
  Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota-Duluth, May 17, 2003

Zhenghua, Jiang
Biography
  Doctor of Science, College of Liberal Arts, China Center, November 2, 2004

Ziebarth, E. W.
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, June 15, 1985

Zinman, David
  Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Liberal Arts, June 9, 1991