| Date | Recipient | Degree |
| May 21, 2017 | Alan C. Trautwig | D.H.L. |
| May 22, 2016 | Jacqueline Woodson | Litt.D. |
| May 22, 2016 | Marian Wright Edelman | LL.D. |
| May 21, 2015 | Cora Weiss | LL.D. |
| May 21, 2015 | Mark Harris | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2015 | Vartan Gregorian | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 2014 | Edward Villella | D.A. |
| May 19, 2014 | Fabiola Milord | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 2014 | Jeh Charles Johnson | LL.D. |
| May 19, 2013 | Burt Young | D.F.A. |
| May 19, 2013 | Bert Mitchell | LL.D. |
| May 19, 2013 | Doreen Miller | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 2013 | Carlton D. (‘Chuck D’) Ridenhour | D.A. |
| May 19, 2012 | Leonard Riggio | LL.D. |
| May 19, 2012 | Carmen Ortiz | LL.D. |
| May 19, 2012 | Jamaica Kincaid | D.H.L. |
| May 20, 2011 | Edwidge Danticat | D.H.L. |
| May 20, 2011 | Suzanne Farrell | D.F.A. |
| May 20, 2011 | The Honorable Ruth C. Balkin | LL.D. |
| May 18, 2010 | Betty L. Forest | D.H.L. |
| May 18, 2010 | Lynn Nottage | D.H.L. |
| May 18, 2010 | Carol A. Ammon | LL.D. |
| May 21, 2009 | Seymour Topping | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2009 | Suzy Dalton Sonenberg | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2009 | Audrey Ronning Topping | D.A. |
| November 19, 2008 | Nicholas Cummings | Sc.D. |
| September 24, 2008 | Paul Ekman | Sc.D. |
| May 19, 2008 | Lon Gorman | LL.D. |
| May 19, 2008 | Paul Taylor | D.A. |
| May 19, 2008 | Adele C. Smithers | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2007 | Judith Sue Borten | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2007 | William H. Borten | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2007 | The Honorable John Lewis | LL.D. |
| May 21, 2007 | Cecil K. Watkins | LL.D. |
| May 21, 2007 | Donna Orender | LL.D. |
| May 22, 2006 | Lilo J. Leeds | D.H.L. |
| May 22, 2006 | Brian D. McAuley | LL.D. |
| May 22, 2006 | The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton | LL.D. |
| May 15, 2005 | Robert B. Willumstad | LL.D. |
| May 15, 2005 | Amelia M. Hagedorn | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 2004 | The Honorable Judith S. Kaye | LL.D. |
| May 16, 2004 | Howard Dodson | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 2004 | Thomas Dixon Lovely | LL.D. |
| May 18, 2003 | Donald Everett Axinn | D.H.L. |
| May 18, 2003 | Carmen deLavallade | D.A. |
| May 18, 2003 | The Honorable Eliot Spitzer | LL.D. |
| May 19, 2002 | Alice Hoffman | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 2002 | Horace G. McDonell, Jr. | LL.D. |
| May 19, 2002 | Betty Jane (B.J.) Scheihing | LL.D. |
| May 20, 2001 | Richard Barton | D.H.L. |
| May 20, 2001 | His Excellence Jan Kavan | D.H.L. |
| May 20, 2001 | Horace Hagedorn | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2000 | Bunny Hoest | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2000 | Steven L. Isenberg | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2000 | Bob Beamon | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 2000 | The Honorable Charles E. Schumer | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1999 | Robert B. Catell | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1999 | Gerard G. Leeds | Sc.D. |
| May 16, 1999 | H. Carl McCall | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1998 | Geoffrey Holder | D.F.A. |
| May 17, 1998 | James A. (Dolph) Norton | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1998 | Joseph Charles (X.J.) Kennedy | D.F.A. |
| May 17, 1998 | Thomas J. Donohue | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1998 | Dorothy Richardson | D.H.L. |
| May 18, 1997 | Mel Pender | D.H.L. |
| May 18, 1997 | Jonathan Larson | D.F.A. |
| May 18, 1997 | Louis Simpson | D.F.A. |
| May 18, 1997 | Mathew M. Mandery | Sc.D. |
| May 18, 1997 | The Honorable Carolyn McCarthy | LL.D. |
| May 18, 1997 | Jonathan Kozol | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1996 | John Kapioltas | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1996 | Sylvia Rhone | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1996 | John Simon | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1996 | Byron Lewis | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1996 | Conor Cruise O’Brien | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1996 | Norman Podhoretz | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1995 | William F. Buckley Jr. | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1995 | Ann M. Fudge | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1995 | Dimitris L. Avramopoulos | LL.D. |
| May 21, 1995 | Peggy Noonan | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1995 | Daniel Edward Koshland Jr. | Sc.D. |
| May 21, 1995 | Joseph N. Frank | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1995 | Gerald M. Edelman | Sc.D. |
| May 21, 1995 | Melvin Schwartz | Sc.D. |
| May 21, 1995 | Roger Scruton | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1995 | Kenneth I. Chenault | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1995 | Stanley Crouch | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1994 | Stavros Xarhakos | D.F.A. |
| May 15, 1994 | C. John Herington | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1994 | George N. Hatsopoulos | Sc.D. |
| May 15, 1994 | Ruth Nita Barrow | LL.D. |
| May 15, 1994 | Robert Conquest | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1994 | John Gross | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1993 | Walter Laqueur | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1993 | Speros Vryonis Jr. | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1993 | Paul Johnson | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1993 | John R. Searle | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1993 | Heinz Berggruen | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1993 | Donald E. Knuth | Sc.D. |
| May 16, 1993 | Carl Djerassi | Sc.D. |
| May 16, 1993 | Carolynn Reid-Wallace | D.H.L. |
| May 16, 1993 | D. Allan Bromley | Sc.D. |
| May 16, 1993 | William Bailey | D.F.A. |
| May 17, 1992 | Sheldon Weinig | Sc.D. |
| May 17, 1992 | Anna Kisselgoff | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1992 | Leon Max Lederman | Sc.D. |
| May 17, 1992 | Max M. Kampelman | LL.D. |
| May 17, 1992 | Seth Gabriel Benardete | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1992 | Dick Cheney | LL.D. |
| May 17, 1992 | Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1992 | Cleanth Brooks | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1992 | Robert LeRoy Bartley | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1991 | Aristotle Telly Savalas | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1991 | lllias Lalaounis | D.F.A. |
| May 19, 1991 | Judith Martin | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1991 | Martin Feldstein | Sc.D. |
| May 19, 1991 | William Phillips | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1991 | Richard Pipes | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1991 | Leszek Kolakowski | D.H.L. |
| May 19, 1991 | Tsung-Dao Lee | Sc.D. |
| May 20, 1990 | Donald Kagan | D.H.L. |
| May 20, 1990 | Frederick Morgan | D.H.L. |
| May 20, 1990 | Betty Allen | D.F.A. |
| May 20, 1990 | Dubley Robert Herschbach | Sc.D. |
| May 20, 1990 | Robert H. Bork | LL.D. |
| May 20, 1990 | Richard D. Parsons | LL.D. |
| May 20, 1990 | Claire Shulman | LL.D. |
| May 20, 1990 | Creighton Eddy Gilbert | D.H.L. |
| May 20, 1990 | Simon Schama | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1989 | Helen Frankenthaler | D.F.A. |
| May 21, 1989 | Morris B. Abram | LL.D. |
| May 21, 1989 | Leonard Garment | LL.D. |
| May 21, 1989 | Hugo Weisgall | D.F.A. |
| May 21, 1989 | Edward Shils | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1989 | Willard Van Orman Quine | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1989 | Gertrude Himmelfarb | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1989 | Sheldon Glashow | Sc.D. |
| May 21, 1989 | Harold P. Freeman | Sc.D. |
| May 21, 1989 | James E. Cheek | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1988 | Joseph Epstein | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1988 | Agnes deMille | D.F.A. |
| May 15, 1988 | Claude Lanzmann | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1988 | Edolphus Towns | LL.D. |
| May 15, 1988 | Hortense Calisher | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1988 | Cynthia Ozick | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1988 | His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1988 | Wassily Leontief | D.H.L. |
| May 15, 1988 | Baruj Benacerraf | Sc.D. |
| May 17, 1987 | Edward Teller | Sc.D. |
| May 17, 1987 | E. L. Doctorow | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1987 | John J. Phelan Jr. | LL.D. |
| May 17, 1987 | Muriel Siebert | LL.D. |
| May 17, 1987 | Ernest L. Boyer | D.H.L. |
| May 17, 1987 | Max Lerner | LL.D. |
| May 17, 1987 | Christian B. Anfinsen | Sc.D. |
| May 17, 1987 | Robert Bruce Merrifield | Sc.D. |
| May 18, 1986 | Charles Luckman | D.F.A. |
| May 18, 1986 | Lester C. Thurow | LL.D. |
| May 18, 1986 | Nelson Goodman | Litt.D. |
| May 22, 1985 | Elaine de Kooning | D.F.A. |
| May 24, 1984 | Vernice Doris Ferguson | Sc.D. |
| May 24, 1984 | Alfred Joseph Kahn | D.H.L. |
| May 24, 1984 | Joseph Weizenbaum | Sc.D. |
| May 24, 1984 | Paul Everett Meehl | Sc.D. |
| May 23, 1983 | Richard Chatham Atkinson | Sc.D. |
| May 23, 1983 | Martin C. Barell | LL.D. |
| May 23, 1983 | Rosalyn Sussman Yalow | Sc.D. |
| May 23, 1983 | Robin H. H. Wilson | LL.D. |
| May 23, 1982 | M. Carl Holman | D.H.L. |
| May 23, 1982 | Henry J. Heimlich, M.D. | Sc.D. |
| February 14, 1982 | Edwin Robert Werner | LL.D. |
| February 14, 1982 | Chaim-Menachem Basok | LL.D. |
| February 14, 1982 | William Archibald Sawyers Jr. | Sc.D. |
| May 24, 1981 | Martin Prager Mayer | Litt.D. |
| May 24, 1981 | George James Seedman | D.C.S. |
| May 24, 1981 | Eze II Ogueri | LL.D. |
| May 24, 1981 | Leonard Nadel | LL.D. |
| May 24, 1981 | Albert Saul Gordon | Sc.D. |
| May 24, 1981 | Gertrude G. Michelson | LL.D. |
| February 8, 1981 | Fred John Davis | D.F.A. |
| May 25, 1980 | David W. Mitchell | LL.D. |
| May 25, 1980 | Percy E. Sutton | LL.D. |
| May 25, 1980 | Jack J. Spitzer | LL.D. |
| May 25, 1980 | Chaim Gross | D.F.A. |
| February 10, 1980 | The Right Reverend Jonathan Goodhue Sherman | D.H.L. |
| February 10, 1980 | Max Raydner Traurig | LL.D. |
| May 20, 1979 | Evelyn Berezin | LL.D. |
| May 20, 1979 | Benny Goodman | Mus.D |
| May 20, 1979 | J. Peter Grace | LL.D. |
| May 20, 1979 | Ellis Laurimore Phillips, Jr. | LL.D. |
| May 20, 1979 | Rozella Schlotfeldt | Sc.D. |
| May 21, 1978 | Bayard Rustin | D.H.L. |
| May 21, 1978 | Harry Forster Chapin | Litt.D. |
| May 21, 1978 | John Sampson Toll | LL.D. |
| May 21, 1978 | Herman Heine Goldstine | Sc.D. |
| May 21, 1978 | Ernesta Gertrude Procope | LL.D. |
| May 21, 1978 | Richard Earl Booth | D.H.L. |
| February 12, 1978 | Bertram S. Brown, M.D. | D.H.L. |
| May 22, 1977 | Elizabeth Bishop | Litt.D. |
| May 22, 1977 | Alvin Ailey | D.F.A. |
| May 22, 1977 | Ewald B. Nyquist | Litt.D. |
| May 22, 1977 | David Ogilvy | Litt.D. |
| May 22, 1977 | Allyn Preston Robinson | Litt.D. |
| May 22, 1977 | Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D. | D.H.L. |
| May 23, 1976 | Felix G. Rohatyn | LL.D. |
| May 23, 1976 | Clive Barnes | Litt.D. |
| May 23, 1976 | Erwin Dain Canham | Litt.D. |
| May 23, 1976 | Norman V. Lourie | D.H.L. |
| May 23, 1976 | Patricia Roberts Harris | LL.D. |
| May 25, 1975 | Frederick Hainfeld, Jr. | LL.D. |
| May 25, 1975 | Robert L. Payton | Litt.D. |
| May 25, 1975 | Mrs. Marty Mann | D.H.L. |
| May 25, 1975 | Kenneth Bancroft Clark | D.H.L. |
| February 9, 1975 | Alvin L. Schorr | D.H.L. |
| May 26, 1974 | Mitchell I. Ginsberg | D.H.L. |
| May 26, 1974 | John Fentress Gardner | Litt.D. |
| May 26, 1974 | Henry Steele Commager | Litt.D. |
| May 26, 1974 | Chien-Shiung Wu | Sc.D. |
| May 26, 1974 | Theodore Black | LL.D. |
| May 27, 1973 | Rosalind Everdell Havemeyer | D.H.L. |
| May 27, 1973 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | D.F.A. |
| May 27, 1973 | Jerome Heartwell Holland | LL.D. |
| May 27, 1973 | Joseph S. Lindemann | Sc.D. |
| May 27, 1973 | Henry Alexander Murray, M.D. | Sc.D. |
| June 4, 1972 | Randall Pomeroy Mclntyre | LL.D. |
| June 4, 1972 | Francis Taylor Pearsons Plimpton | D.H.L. |
| June 4, 1972 | Grace M. Stanistreet | D.F.A. |
| June 4, 1972 | James D. Watson | Sc.D. |
| June 4, 1972 | George H.W. Bush | LL.D. |
| June 6, 1971 | Dr. Ralph Waldo Ellison | D.H.L. |
| June 6, 1971 | William Javanovich | D.H.L. |
| June 6, 1971 | Dr. Mary Calderone | Sc.D. |
| June 6, 1971 | George James, M.D. | D.H.L. |
| June 6, 1971 | Walter J. Hickel | LL.D. |
| June 7, 1970 | Richard Tucker | D.F.A. |
| June 7, 1970 | Margaret Chase Smith | D.H.L. |
| June 7, 1969 | H. Bentley Glass | Sc.D. |
| June 7, 1969 | Robert G. Olmsted | LL.D. |
| June 7, 1969 | Hanya Holm | D.F.A. |
| June 9, 1968 | Dr. Eveline M. Burns | D.H.L. |
| June 9, 1968 | Theodor Reik | LL.D. |
| June 9, 1968 | Dr. Mildred L. Montag | D.H.L. |
| June 9, 1968 | J. Alfred Valentine | LL.D. |
| June 9, 1968 | Harold II Howe | LL.D. |
| June 4, 1967 | Dr. E. Clinton Towl | LL.D. |
| June 4, 1967 | Dr. Linus Pauling | Sc.D. |
| June 4, 1967 | Dr. Alwin Thaler | D.H.L. |
| June 11, 1966 | Buell G. Gallagher | D.H.L. |
| June 2, 1966 | Paul Peter Ewald | Sc.D. |
| June 2, 1966 | Alfred A. Knopf | Litt.D. |
| June 2, 1966 | Blanche W. Knopf | Litt.D. |
| June 2, 1966 | James A. Lenin | LL.D. |
| March 6, 1966 | Frank Porter Graham | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1965 | Dr. Clifford Lee Lord | LL.D. |
| June 3, 1965 | Dr. Richard Courant | Sc.D. |
| June 3, 1965 | Martha Hill Davies | D.H.L. |
| June 3, 1965 | Whitney Moore Young, Jr. | D.H.L. |
| June 3, 1965 | Merle Curti | D.H.L. |
| December 16, 1964 | The Very Reverend Harold F. Lemoine | D.H.L. |
| June 13, 1964 | The Otis Pike | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1964 | Stuart Gracey | D.H.L. |
| June 10, 1964 | Alfred Kazin | Litt.D. |
| June 10, 1964 | Anthony Lewis | Litt.D. |
| June 10, 1964 | Gilbert Highet | D.H.L. |
| February 17, 1964 | George Loring Hubbell, Jr. | LL.D. |
| February 17, 1964 | Arthur Hobson Dean | LL.D. |
| October 20, 1963 | Richard J. Neutra | LL.D. |
| October 20, 1963 | Vice Admiral William Alton Schoech, USN | Sc.D. |
| October 20, 1963 | Henry R. Luce | D.F.A. |
| September 20, 1963 | Kenneth B. Keating | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1963 | Perry B. Duryea, Jr. | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1963 | Fred Ambellan | D.H.L. |
| June 12, 1963 | Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr. | D.F.A. |
| June 12, 1963 | James J. Rorimer | D.F.A. |
| June 12, 1963 | Ruth St. Denis | D.F.A. |
| June 12, 1963 | Leopold Stokowski | Mus.D. |
| June 12, 1963 | August Heckscher II | LL.D. |
| June 12, 1963 | William H. Schuman | D.F.A. |
| February 9, 1963 | Arthur Roth | LL.D. |
| February 9, 1963 | Cecil L. Hall | LL.D. |
| February 9, 1963 | John Harland Gibbs Pell | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1962 | Isidor Rabi | Sc.D. |
| June 13, 1962 | William H. G. FitzGerald | D.C.S. |
| June 13, 1962 | Walter Hallstein | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1962 | The Honorable George W. Ball | LL.D. |
| May 8, 1962 | Wilbur J. Cohen | D.H.L. |
| May 8, 1962 | Robert J. Havighurst | D.H.L. |
| November 10, 1961 | Earl Vandermeulen | D.H.L. |
| June 14, 1961 | Ogden Nash | D.H.L. |
| June 14, 1961 | Joseph E. Ridder | LL.D. |
| June 14, 1961 | Leroy Randle Grumman | LL.D. |
| June 14, 1961 | Edward Lee Norton | LL.D. |
| June 14, 1961 | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | LL.D. |
| June 14, 1961 | Dr. Ruth M. Adams | D.H.L. |
| June 15, 1960 | Brooks Atkinson | Litt.D. |
| June 15, 1960 | Norman Cousins | D.H.L. |
| June 15, 1960 | Edna Ferber | D.H.L. |
| June 15, 1960 | Robert W. Dowling | D.F.A. |
| June 15, 1960 | Luther Harris Evans | Litt.D. |
| October 28, 1959 | Anthony Drexel Duke | D.H.L. |
| June 10, 1959 | Dr. Hugh Latimer Dryden | LL.D. |
| June 10, 1959 | Lt. General Clarence S. Irvine | Sc.D. |
| June 10, 1959 | Dr. Wernher von Braun | LL.D. |
| June 10, 1959 | Hans Herbert Hueter | Sc.D. |
| June 10, 1959 | Willy Ley | D.H.L. |
| June 10, 1959 | Lt. General Bernard Adolph Schriever | Sc.D. |
| June 10, 1959 | Dr. John Peter Hagen | Sc.D. |
| February 11, 1959 | Dr. James E. Allen, Jr. | LL.D. |
| February 11, 1959 | Eugene J. Taylor | D.H.L. |
| February 11, 1959 | Arthur Sherwood Flemming | LL.D. |
| February 11, 1959 | Samuel A. Levine, M.D. | Sc.D. |
| February 11, 1959 | Albert M. Austin | LL.D. |
| June 4, 1958 | Douglas Stuart Moore | Mus.D. |
| June 4, 1958 | Albert Dorne | D.F.A. |
| June 4, 1958 | Anson Conger Goodyear | D.F.A. |
| June 4, 1958 | Harold Kleinert Guinzburg | D.H.L. |
| May 1, 1958 | Dr. John H. Furbay | Order of Fellow of Adelphi, Award of Honor |
| May 1, 1958 | Frank Pace, Jr. | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1958 | Ambassador Charles T. O. King | Order of Fellow of Adelphi, Award of Honor |
| October 23, 1957 | Conrad Nicholson Hilton | LL.D. |
| October 23, 1957 | Milo J. Sutliff | LL.D. |
| October 23, 1957 | Mary E. Switzer | LL.D. |
| October 23, 1957 | Herman E. Hilleboe, M.D. | LL.D. |
| October 23, 1957 | William C. Menninger, M.D. | LL.D. |
| October 23, 1957 | Dr. Howard A. Rusk | D.H.L. |
| October 23, 1957 | Alger B. Chapman | LL.D. |
| June 12, 1957 | Theodore V. Houser | LL.D. |
| June 12, 1957 | William S. Paley | LL.D. |
| June 12, 1957 | S. Paul Johnston | Sc.D. |
| June 12, 1957 | Austin J. Tobin | LL.D. |
| June 12, 1957 | General Carlos P. Romulo | LL.D. |
| June 12, 1957 | Ogden R. Reid | LL.D. |
| June 12, 1957 | Mark Van Doren | D.H.L. |
| May 1, 1957 | Edward J. Noble | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1957 | Leon A. Swirbul | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1956 | Reverend James N. Gettemy | D.H.L. |
| May 1, 1956 | Frank Moore | LL.D. |
| July 21, 1955 | David Askin | Sc.D. |
| June 16, 1955 | Dr. Jerome Hunsaker | Sc.D. |
| June 1, 1955 | Benjamin Fairless | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1955 | Mrs. Elisabeth Luce Moore | D.H.L. |
| May 1, 1955 | Dr. Agnes Snyder | Pd.D. |
| May 1, 1955 | Dr. Theodore Distler | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1955 | H. AIarik W. Myrin | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1955 | Dr. Henry Wriston | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1955 | Jack I. Straus | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1955 | Mrs. Ida Poole Brown Patrick | D.H.L. |
| June 16, 1954 | Judge Charles W. Froessel | LL.D. |
| June 16, 1954 | Edward M. Bernecker, M.D. | LL.D. |
| June 16, 1954 | Preston Bassett | LL.D. |
| June 16, 1954 | Rear Admiral Gordon McLintock | LL.D. |
| October 12, 1953 | Owen Griffith Groves | D.H.L. |
| October 12, 1953 | Chester Leonard Barrows | D.H.L. |
| October 12, 1953 | G. Keith Funston | LL.D. |
| October 12, 1953 | Ruth Fanshaw Waldo | LL.D. |
| October 12, 1953 | John B. Dougall | LL.D. |
| August 1, 1953 | Dr. Winifred L. Ward | D.H.L. |
| June 11, 1952 | Leon D. Howell | LL.D. |
| June 11, 1952 | Frank Wassung | D.H.L. |
| June 11, 1952 | Francis G. Hooley | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1951 | John R. Dunning | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1951 | Melvin A. Glasser | LL.D. |
| June 14, 1950 | Robert Montgomery | D.F.A. |
| June 14, 1950 | George Loring Hubbell | LL.D. |
| June 14, 1950 | Marion W. Sheahan | D.H.L. |
| May 1, 1950 | Ruth Stratton Harley | D.H.L. |
| April 26, 1950 | The Rt. James Bowes Morrell | LL.D. |
| September 18, 1946 | Lily Pons | D.H.L. |
| June 1, 1946 | James Stiles | LL.D. |
| June 1, 1946 | Lise Meitner | Sc.D. |
| June 1, 1946 | James Pernette DeWolfe | LL.D. |
| June 1, 1946 | James Michael Mead | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1946 | Maurice Garabrandt | Mus.D. |
| May 1, 1946 | Lucille Petry Leone | D.H.L. |
| May 1, 1946 | Edwiene Schmitt | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1944 | Christopher Morley | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1944 | Paul Dawson Eddy | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1944 | John M. Gallagher | LL.D. |
| June 13, 1942 | Kate T. (Mrs. Henry P.) Davison | D.H.L. |
| June 13, 1942 | Genevieve Beavers Earle | LL.D. |
| May 1, 1917 | Emma Louisa Johnston | M.A. |
| June 15, 1916 | Kate Estelle Turner | M.A. |
| June 10, 1915 | Anna Elizabeth Harvey | M.A. |
| June 11, 1908 | Helen Baldwin | M.A. |
| June 14, 1904 | Charlotte Morrill | M.A. |
| May 1, 1904 | William Ordway Partridge | M.A. |