| Joan Ganz Cooney |
L.H.D. |
1971 |
Educator |
| John King Fairbank |
LL.D. |
1971 |
Educator |
| Jose Arcadia Limon |
D.F.A. |
1971 |
Artist |
| Dorothy Maynor |
L.H.D. |
1971 |
Musician |
| Lloyd N. Morrisett, OC 1951 |
L.H.D. |
1971 |
Educator |
| William Edgar Stafford |
Litt.D. |
1971 |
Author |
| Ada Louise Huxtable |
D.F.A. |
1972 |
Architecture Critic |
| Claes Thure Oldenburg |
D.F.A. |
1972 |
Artist, Sculptor |
| Mircea Eliade |
L.H.D. |
1972 |
Religious Educator |
| E. Power Biggs |
Mus.D. |
1974 |
Musician |
| Herbert Gordon May |
L.H.D. |
1976 |
Biblical Scholar, Educator |
| George Eaton Simpson |
L.H.D. |
1976 |
Sociologist, Educator |
| Denise Scott-Brown |
D.F.A. |
1977 |
Architecture |
| Robert Venturi |
D.F.A. |
1977 |
Architecture |
| Sheppard Randolph Edmonds |
D.F.A. |
1977 |
Black Theater |
| John Stewart Service, OC 1931 |
LL.D. |
1977 |
Government Service |
| Thomas Hastings Wilson |
Sci.D. |
1977 |
Scientist, Doctor |
| Richard Newell Cooper |
LL.D. |
1978 |
Government Service |
| George Henry Crumb |
Mus.D. |
1978 |
Musician |
| Barbara Rosner Seaman, OC 1956 |
L.H.D. |
1978 |
Journalist, Civil Rights Activist |
| Luke Eby Steiner |
Sci.D. |
1978 |
Educator |
| Donald Ainslie Henderson |
Sci.D. |
1979 |
Medical Research |
| Robert Louis Kroc |
Sci.D. |
1979 |
Scientific Research |
| Jewel Stradford Lafontant |
LL.D. |
1979 |
Lawyer, Civil Rights Activist |
| Nancy Hays Teeters |
LL.D. |
1979 |
Government Service |
| Robert William Cairns |
Sci.D. |
1980 |
Scientific Technology |
| Rollo Reese May |
L.H.D. |
1980 |
Educator |
| Toni Morrison |
L.H.D. |
1980 |
Educator, Author, Journalist |
| David Henry Pinkney |
H.H.D. |
1980 |
Educator, Historian |
| Louis Stokes |
H.H.D. |
1980 |
Lawyer, Politician |
| Edwin Carlos Berry |
H.H.D. |
1981 |
Social Service |
| Dorothy Grace DeLay |
Mus.D. |
1981 |
Musician |
| John Donald Lewis (in absentia) |
LL.D. |
1981 |
Educator |
| George Stanley McGovern |
LL.D. |
1981 |
Government Service |
| August Wenzinger |
Mus.D. |
1981 |
Musician |
| Mary Dent Crisp |
LL.D. |
1982 |
Politician |
| Erwin N. Griswold |
LL.D. |
1982 |
Legal Work |
| Clyde A. Holbrook |
L.H.D. |
1982 |
Professor of Religion |
| Ellen H.E. Johnson, OC 1933 |
D.F.A. |
1982 |
Artist, Educator |
| Roger W. Sperry, OC 1935 (in absentia) |
Sci.D. |
1982 |
Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner |
| Maya Angelou |
L.H.D. |
1983 |
Author, Civil Rights Leader |
| Trisha Brown |
D.F.A. |
1983 |
Dancer |
| Frederic Gomes Cassidy |
H.H.D. |
1983 |
Linguistics |
| Charles Adams Mosher |
LL.D. |
1983 |
Politician, Governmental Work |
| James Lawrence Powell |
Sci.D. |
1983 |
Scientist, Educator |
| Victor Jerome Stone |
LL.D. |
1983 |
Legal Educator |
| David Joel Zinman |
Mus.D. |
1983 |
Musician |
| Mary Frances Berry |
LL.D. |
1983 |
Educator, Civil Rights Leader |
| A. Bartlett Giamatti |
H.H.D. |
1983 |
Educator |
| Elizabeth Topham Kennan |
L.H.D. |
1983 |
Educator |
| George Frost Kennan (in absentia) |
LL.D. |
1983 |
Governmental Work, Diplomatic Work |
| Benjamin Elijah Mays |
H.H.D. |
1983 |
Educator, Civil Rights Leader |
| George Theophilus Walker |
Mus.D. |
1983 |
Musician |
| Andrew Young |
LL.D. |
1983 |
Politician, Civil Rights Leader |
| Ralph Eugene Ellsworth |
L.H.D. |
1983 |
Academic Leadership |
| Walter King Bailey, OC 1919 |
H.H.D. |
1984 |
Businessperson |
| Dalton Graf Baldwin, OC 1953 |
Mus.D. |
1984 |
Musician |
| Francine du Plessix Gray |
Litt.D. |
1984 |
Writer |
| Warren Dexter Niederhauser, OC 1939 |
Sci.D. |
1984 |
Scientist |
| Sinichi Suzukii |
Mus.D. |
1984 |
Music Educator |
| Anna Vivian Brown |
H.H.D. |
1985 |
Administrator, Geriatric Research |
| Bernard Louis Gladieux |
LL.D. |
1985 |
Public Administrator |
| Miroslav Holub |
L.H.D. |
1985 |
Poet |
| Magdeleine Hours |
D.F.A. |
1985 |
Artist |
| Annette Kaufman |
Mus.D. |
1985 |
Musician |
| Louis Kauffman |
Mus.D. |
1985 |
Musician |
| Maynard Mack |
Litt.D. |
1985 |
Educator |
| Janet Taylor Spence |
Sci.D. |
1985 |
Scientist, Educator |
| Andrei Voznesensky |
L.H.D. |
1985 |
Poet |
| John Roland Brown, Jr., OC 1933 |
Sci.D. |
1986 |
Scientist |
| Cristoph von Dohnanyi |
Mus.D. |
1986 |
Musician |
| Wilbur James Gould |
H.H.D. |
1986 |
Doctor, Musician |
| Erich Bloch (in absentia) |
Sci.D. |
1987 |
Scientist |
| John Halle Gutfreund |
H.H.D. |
1987 |
Businessperson |
| Bishop Desmond Tutu |
D.D. |
1987 |
Statesman, Bishop |
| Ellen Taafe Zwillich |
Mus.D. |
1987 |
Composer |
| James Arthur Campbell |
Sci.D. |
1988 |
Scientist, Educator |
| John Harold Kander, OC 1951 |
Mus.D. |
1988 |
Musician, Composer |
| Steven Alan Monter |
H.H.D. |
1988 |
Community Service |
| Donald James Pease |
LL.D. |
1988 |
Governmental Service |
| Gardner Calvin Taylor, OC 1940 |
D.D. |
1988 |
Preacher |
| Jesse Philips, OC 1937 |
H.H.D. |
1988 |
Businessperson, Philanthropist |
| Niara Sudarkasa, OC 1957 |
H.H.D. |
1988 |
Civil Rights Activist, Educator |
| Stanley Cohen, OC 1945 |
Sci.D. |
1989 |
Scientist |
| Audre Lorde |
Litt.D. |
1989 |
Writer, Professor |
| Montgomery Nelson McKinney |
H.H.D. |
1989 |
Businessperson, Philanthropist |
| Howard Morton Metzenbaum |
LL.D. |
1989 |
Governmental Service |
| Jack Warner Schaefer |
Litt.D. |
1989 |
Governmental Service |
| Gunther Alexander Schuller |
Mus.D. |
1989 |
Composer, Educator |
| John Noot Stern, OC 1939 |
H.H.D. |
1989 |
Businessperson, Philanthropist |
| Lawrence William Funkhouser, OC 1943 |
Sci.D. |
1990 |
Scientist |
| Bronislaw Geremek |
H.H.D. |
1990 |
Businessperson, Philanthropist |
| Trinh Minh-ha |
D.F.A. |
1990 |
Fine Artist |
| Eric Thomas Nord |
Sci.D. |
1990 |
Scientist, Businessperson |
| Tatayana Ivanova Zaslavskaya |
LL.D. |
1990 |
Sociologist, Economist |
| Hans Haacke |
D.F.A. |
1991 |
Sculptor |
| Half David Hotchkiss, OC 1969 |
Sci.D. |
1991 |
Inventor, Humanitarian |
| Robert Nathaniel Mann |
Mus.D. |
1991 |
Musician, Educator |
| Fay Wattleton |
H.H.D. |
1991 |
Administrator, Humanitarian |
| Jon Carter Covell |
D.F.A. |
1992 |
Asian Art Historian |
| Antonia Hernandez |
LL.D. |
1992 |
Human Rights Lawyer |
| David Weikart |
Sci.D. |
1992 |
Psychologist, Educator |
| June E. Osborn, OC 1957 |
Sci.D. |
1993 |
Educator, Humanitarian |
| Amartya Sen |
L.H.D. |
1993 |
Philosopher, Economist |
| Muhammad Yunus |
H.H.D. |
1993 |
Economist, Humanitarian |
| Romulus Z. Linney, OC 1953 |
Litt.D. |
1994 |
Playwright, Teacher |
| Sheldon S. Wolin, OC 1944 |
LL.D. |
1994 |
Political Theorist |
| Johnnetta B. Cole, OC 1957 |
H.H.D. |
1995 |
Educator, Humanitarian |
| Peter T. Flawn, OC 1946 |
Sci.D. |
1995 |
Geologist, Educator |
| Robert Shaw |
Mus.D. |
1995 |
Choral Musician, Educator |
| Avery F. Brooks, OC 1970 |
D.F.A. |
1996 |
Actor, Educator |
| Robert Coles |
H.H.D. |
1996 |
Psychiatrist, Educator |
| Harry Barkus Gray |
Sci.D. |
1996 |
Chemist/Researcher |
| Christopher Rouse, OC 1971 |
Mus.D. |
1996 |
Composer, Educator |
| Philip Hanawalt, OC 1954 |
Sci.D. |
1997 |
DNA Researcher, Educator |
| Allan Spear, OC 1958 |
H.H.D. |
1997 |
Legislator, Human Rights Leader |
| Edith Wiens, OC 1975 |
Mus.D. |
1997 |
Singer, Educator |
| Jerry Greenfield, OC 1978 |
H.H.D. |
1998 |
Humanitarian in Business |
| Denyce Graves, OC 1985 |
Mus.D. |
1998 |
Singer |
| The Hon. Damon J. Keith |
LL.D. |
1998 |
U.S. Circuit Judge, Activist |
| F. Champion Ward, OC 1932 |
H.H.D. |
1998 |
Statesman, Educator |
| Frederick S. Cross, OC 1942 |
Sci.D. |
1999 |
Surgeon, Inventor |
| Robert M. Kingdon, OC 1949 |
H.H.D. |
1999 |
Historian |
| John J. Sweeney |
LL.D. |
1999 |
Labor Leader, Activist |
| Oscar Arias Sanchez |
LL.D. |
2000 |
World Leader, Peace Advocate |
| Louis Lane |
Mus.D. |
2000 |
Conductor |
| Eleanor Gould Packard, OC 1938 (in absentia) |
H.H.D. |
2000 |
Grammarian, Editor |
| William R. Perlik, OC 1948 |
LL.D. |
2000 |
Board Chair, Lawyer, Mediator |