Wabash College boasts a robust list of recipients of honorary degrees, conferred annually during the Commencement ceremony. View the comprehensive list of all degree holders below.
| 1839 | Thomas Walker Fry | |
|---|---|---|
| William D. Griswold | ||
| Hosea Dayton Humphreys | ||
| William M. Steward | ||
| 1843 | Tilghman Ashrust Howard | |
| Elipha White | ||
| 1845 | Lucien Barbour | |
| Gustavus F. Goss | ||
| 1848 | Tryon Edwards | |
| 1850 | Ryland Thomas Brown | |
| Charles Nathan Lee | ||
| Thomas Ebenezer Thomas | ||
| 1851 | Alfred Hains | |
| Milton B. Starr | ||
| 1852 | Joshua Reynolds | |
| 1853 | Charles Butler | |
| Joshua Reynolds | ||
| 1854 | Joshua F. Leavitt | |
| William T. Sprole | ||
| 1858 | William Hanna Thomson | |
| William McClure Thomson | ||
| 1859 | Barnabas Cofin Hobbs | |
| Charles Billing Smith | ||
| 1860 | John Gerish | |
| Theodore W. McCoy | ||
| 1863 | Oscar Valentine Tousley | |
| 1864 | Thomas Wickes | |
| 1866 | D. P. Baldwin | |
| Elisha Ballentine | ||
| T.M. Dawson | ||
| James Spilman | ||
| Albert A. Sturgess | ||
| 1867 | Conrad Baker | |
| George M. Grubbs | ||
| Henry Little | ||
| Thomas J. Morgan | ||
| 1868 | Augustus T. Norton | |
| Alexander Parker | ||
| R.S. Ragan | ||
| Albert Thomas | ||
| Charles L. Thomas | ||
| Horace D. Thomas | ||
| 1869 | John Charles Black | |
| James Frazer | ||
| Robert C. Gregory | ||
| 1870 | Henry Beeebee Carington | |
| Albert F. White | ||
| 1871 | Francis S. McCabe | |
| William A. McCorkle | ||
| Richard Owen | ||
| Joseph J. Reynolds | ||
| 1872 | Daniel Pratt Baldwin | |
| Lewellyn J. Evans | ||
| Samuel B. Gookins | ||
| 1873 | John F. Kendall | |
| 1874 | William P. Black | |
| Morgan Alfred Ellis | ||
| James F. Gookins | ||
| George W. Holmes | ||
| Chester G. Thomson | ||
| 1875 | Israel W. Andrews | |
| 1876 | Michael Brown | |
| Oscar A. Hills | ||
| William Payne | ||
| 1877 | William C. Falconer | |
| Edward John Hamilton | ||
| 1878 | William C. Dickinson | |
| James Omelvena | ||
| 1879 | John Collett | |
| 1881 | Robert W. Allen | |
| E. Howard Cowan | ||
| Samuel L. Ensminger | ||
| Bayless W. Hanna | ||
| Warren H. Ristine | ||
| James P. Stratton | ||
| Harvey L. VanNuys | ||
| Lewis Wallace | ||
| 1882 | Albert A. Sturgess | |
| 1883 | George H. Fullerton | |
| Walter Quintin Gresham | ||
| Robert Gibson McNiece | ||
| Alfred R. Orton | ||
| Eben R. Palmer | ||
| John Stafford | ||
| David E. Beach | ||
| James C. Branyan | ||
| Henry S. Little | ||
| Frank M. Wiles | ||
| 1885 | Frank Bailey | |
| Augustus Hart Carrier | ||
| Abraham J. Dipboye | ||
| 1886 | William Craig | |
| 1887 | Abram Piatt Andrew | |
| Joseph Collett | ||
| Leland M. Gilleland | ||
| Matthias Loring Haines | ||
| William Patterson Kane | ||
| R. E. McDaniel | ||
| Samuel Cary Stimson | ||
| William H. Ward | ||
| 1888 | John B. Donaldson | |
| William F. Goss | ||
| 1889 | Robert J. Cunningham | |
| Robert Jeffrey | ||
| Lewis Henry Jones | ||
| Augustus P. Keil | ||
| Stuart MacKibbin | ||
| John William Perrin | ||
| Joseph N. Rose | ||
| 1890 | Robert F. Coyle | |
| C. E. Dickinson | ||
| Henry B. Sayler | ||
| Robert Brown Stimson | ||
| William H. Williamson | ||
| W.M. Wishard | ||
| 1891 | George W. Barlow | |
| Joseph Eastman | ||
| 1892 | Edwin P. Hammond | |
| Charles Harvey Little | ||
| 1893 | John Edwards Chapin | |
| James Wilson Simpson | ||
| Otis Alexander Smith | ||
| Joseph B. Swain | ||
| 1894 | Charles Matthias McCabe | |
| 1895 | John Watson Foster | |
| William A. Ketcham | ||
| John McNulta | ||
| George E. Martin | ||
| Henry Levi Nave | ||
| Everett Burbridge Thomson | ||
| 1896 | Solomon Cravens Dickey | |
| Theodore Livings | ||
| James Flynn Stutesman | ||
| 1897 | Daniel Roberts Brower | |
| James Beebee Carrington | ||
| John Coburn | ||
| Joseph M. Cravens | ||
| Elbert J. Dukes | ||
| Hugh Henry Hanna | ||
| James G. Jenkins | ||
| George Daniel McCulloch | ||
| John Franklin McCulloch | ||
| Henry Zwingli McLain | ||
| Fred R. Rosebro | ||
| Henry Goodwin Smith | ||
| Henry Lane Wilson | ||
| 1898 | John Harris Baker | |
| Henry E. Bard | ||
| Melvin Amos Brannon | ||
| John Edward Cleland | ||
| Berry Steward Crebs | ||
| Francis Morton Fox | ||
| Daniel Dickey Hains | ||
| Howard Maxwell | ||
| Robert Bruce Spilman | ||
| Harry Lin Starr | ||
| Levi Luther Todd | ||
| 1899 | Jesse Oscar Green | |
| Reuben H. Hartley | ||
| John Thomas Henderson | ||
| Arthur Albert McCain | ||
| William W. Morrow | ||
| Charles D. Pulliam | ||
| Hiram Hall Ruston | ||
| Will E. Willis | ||
| 1900 | John Ottis Adams | |
| Louis Perkins Cain | ||
| Hugh Henry Hanna | ||
| William Henry Leach | ||
| Asa Henry Morton | ||
| Finley Pogue Mount | ||
| James Atwell Mount | ||
| James Peter Roth | ||
| J. Cumming Smith | ||
| Theodore C. Steele | ||
| Clarence D. Stevens | ||
| Robert Montgomery Stevenson | ||
| Maurice Thompson | ||
| 1901 | Albert J. Alexander | |
| Louis Howland | ||
| Meredith Nicholson | ||
| Thomas MacDonald Patterson | ||
| Harold Taylor | ||
| Edwin Peck Thomson | ||
| William Stewart Young | ||
| 1902 | John Allen Blair | |
| Henry Bernard Cooper | ||
| Joseph Rius Eastman | ||
| Edgar H. Evans | ||
| Harry Millikan Fine | ||
| Hugh T. Gary | ||
| Victor W. Hedgepeth | ||
| Arthur A. Hughard | ||
| David Newton Kingery | ||
| Henry Little | ||
| Edwin A. McNutt | ||
| Edgar D. Randolph | ||
| Frederick Todd Steele | ||
| Herbert Thomson | ||
| John Chauncey Van Nuys | ||
| Walter L. VanNuys | ||
| Eben Harry Wolcott | ||
| Clarence Melvin Zener | ||
| 1903 | Daniel Pratt Baldwin | |
| Elias Compton | ||
| James Thomas Cooter | ||
| Thomas C. Day | ||
| Charles Fleming Embee | ||
| Henry Edmund Greene | ||
| Edwin Augustus Grosvenor | ||
| Louis Howland | ||
| John A. Little | ||
| Frank Nelson Palmer | ||
| James Whitcomb Riley | ||
| Otho Sylvester Thornberry | ||
| Robert Nathaniel Todd | ||
| Charles R. Williams | ||
| John A. Wilson | ||
| John G. Wishard | ||
| 1904 | Wilbur Cortz Abbott | |
| Elliott Wilber Brown | ||
| George F. Edenharter | ||
| Chase Harding | ||
| Meville E. Ingalls | ||
| William Allen McBeth | ||
| William Evert Vanderbilt | ||
| Samuel Lawrence Ward | ||
| Raymond Eugene Willis | ||
| Lozier Dan Yount | ||
| 1905 | Morland Boyd Binford | |
| Walter Wilson Chipman | ||
| Campbell Francis Coyle | ||
| Thomas Alexander Davis | ||
| James Madison Douglas | ||
| John Elsworth Groenendyke | ||
| James A. Hart | ||
| William Manson Jennings | ||
| Harry Wilson Little | ||
| Frank Potter McNutt | ||
| George Thomas Moore | ||
| Joseph Newton Tillet | ||
| Harry Stringham Wedding | ||
| Clarence Hall Wilson | ||
| 1906 | George C. Ashman | |
| Edward Price Bell | ||
| Robert Morton Brockman | ||
| Arthurt Davie Cunninham | ||
| Thomas B. Eastman | ||
| Robert Barcley Miller | ||
| Paris Philemon Thomas | ||
| Edward VonTobel | ||
| 1907 | Albert Barnes Anderson | |
| Judson Arrick | ||
| Louis Perkins Cain | ||
| Joseph D. Condit | ||
| Hugh Henry Herdman | ||
| Horace Carter Hovey | ||
| William Mason Jennings | ||
| James Henry Jordan | ||
| John S. McFaddin | ||
| Neil D. McPherson | ||
| George A. Mackintosh | ||
| David R. Major | ||
| Charles White Merrill | ||
| Leander John Monks | ||
| Meredith Nicholson | ||
| Harry Nyce | ||
| John H. Oliver | ||
| Orange G. Pfaff | ||
| Carl Seward Reed | ||
| Harry Rogers Stark | ||
| Mason Blanchard Thomas | ||
| John Lockwood Wilson | ||
| 1908 | Francis William Chrisney | |
| Charles Elmer Crockett | ||
| Francis Morton Fox | ||
| Frank H. Given | ||
| Charles Douglas Herron | ||
| Walter Edwards King | ||
| James Lawrence Lardner | ||
| Henry Herbert McClure | ||
| Alvah Taylor Martin | ||
| Hugo O. Pantzer | ||
| John M. Ristine | ||
| James McCann Stoddard | ||
| Oscar Parson Welborn | ||
| 1909 | Benjamin F. Armbruster | |
| George Clements | ||
| Homer Davidson | ||
| Michael Emmett Foley | ||
| Thomas Riley Marshall | ||
| Arthur Barlett Milford | ||
| Harry N. Mount | ||
| E. C. Reyer | ||
| Ben F. Ristine | ||
| Landon Cabell Rose | ||
| 1910 | Frank C. Hood | |
| Henry Little | ||
| Albert Duy Thomas | ||
| Miki Karasawa Yamaguchi | ||
| 1911 | Charles H. Little | |
| Owen Davies Odell | ||
| 1912 | Alexander Gilchrist | |
| John Thomas Anderson | ||
| Charles Washington Moore | ||
| 1913 | John Allen Blair | |
| Frederick A. Clarke | ||
| Hugh T. Gary | ||
| Ernest G. Hildner | ||
| Walter Johnston | ||
| Charles Augustus Tuttle | ||
| 1914 | Edward Clippinger | |
| 1915 | James P. Goodrich | |
| Edward Jay Rice | ||
| Otho Sylvester Thornberry | ||
| William Everet Vanderbilt | ||
| 1916 | John H. Holliday | |
| Charles Claude Travis | ||
| 1917 | Arthur Judson Brown | |
| Walter Finney Eagleson | ||
| James P. Goodrich | ||
| William M. Herschel | ||
| 1918 | Oscar Armstrong Hills | |
| John Milton Mills | ||
| Herbert Thomson | ||
| 1919 | Adoniram Judson Arrick | |
| Edward Price Bell | ||
| Carroll Ragan | ||
| 1920 | Charles Calvin Dean | |
| Ezra Allen Van Nuys | ||
| 1921 | Edward H. Kistler | |
| Jonas O. Notestein | ||
| Augustus Whitman Soone | ||
| 1922 | Wilbur Cortez Abbott | |
| Kenesaw M. Landis | ||
| Lee L. Driver | ||
| James Ristine Frazier | ||
| 1923 | John Cole Fry | |
| Gustav A. Papperman | ||
| James Albert Woodburn | ||
| Hugh McMaster Kingery | ||
| 1924 | John Robertson McMahon | |
| William Wood Parsons | ||
| Erasmus Darwin Thomas | ||
| 1925 | Robert Worth Frank | |
| Joseph Nelson Rose | ||
| 1926 | Clarence Gordon Campbell | |
| Joseph Rilus Eastman | ||
| George W. Hall | ||
| Thomas Benjamin Noble | ||
| 1927 | Frank Moody Mills | |
| Edwin Meade Robinson | ||
| Louis Wiley | ||
| Melvine Vern Oggel | ||
| 1928 | William Firmend Shirley | |
| Ernest Vernon Smith | ||
| Herbert Edwin Hawkes | ||
| Evans Woollen | ||
| George Arthur Frantz | ||
| 1929 | Hewitt Hanson Howland | |
| William Delbert Frankhouser | ||
| Linnaeus Neal Hines | ||
| Garfield Bromley Oxam | ||
| 1930 | Joseph Howard McBroom | |
| Emerson E. Ballard | ||
| Samuel James Record | ||
| Joseph Marshall Cravens | ||
| Hugh McKennan Landon | ||
| Albert George Parker | ||
| Theodore Harmond Ristine | ||
| Henry Lane Wilson | ||
| Shokichi Hata | ||
| 1931 | Ralph Brownell Dennis | |
| Herbert Hice Whetzel | ||
| Donald Bishop Prentice | ||
| Albert Craig Baird | ||
| Albert Emile LeRoy | ||
| Joseph Armstrong | ||
| Oakel Fowler Hall | ||
| Frederic Todd Steele | ||
| 1932 | Donald Bishop Prentice | |
| Albert Emile Leroy | ||
| Joseph Armstrong | ||
| Oakel Fowler Hall | ||
| Frederic Todd Steele | ||
| 1933 | John B. Steward Farrell | |
| Frank Humphrey Ristine | ||
| 1935 | Robert Naylor Whitford | |
| Ezra Vernon Hahn | ||
| Stanley Carnaghan Hughes | ||
| 1936 | Frederick Rich Henshaw | |
| Bernard Campbell Gavit | ||
| Carleton Buel McCulloch | ||
| Rufus Cutter Dawes | ||
| 1937 | David Laurence Chambers | |
| Frank Bertram Wade | ||
| Paul Clifford Stretson | ||
| Charles Douglas Herron | ||
| 1938 | Robert Edward Vaughn | |
| Richard Lieber | ||
| James Harry Cotton | ||
| George Henry Alexandr Clowes | ||
| Clyde Everett Wildman | ||
| Eli Lilly | ||
| William Lowe Bryan | ||
| 1939 | William Renwick Graham | |
| Ronald DuShane | ||
| Harry Kelso Eversull | ||
| Reginald Hall Sullivan | ||
| 1940 | John Gaylord Coulter | |
| Thomas Love Stovall | ||
| William Cullen Dennis | ||
| William Harrison Hays | ||
| 1941 | William Henry Spaulding | |
| Clyde Harrison Chase | ||
| Herver Ganse Little | ||
| Lee McCanliss | ||
| 1942 | George Valentine Kendall | |
| Elmer Davis | ||
| Herman B. Wells | ||
| 1943 | Wilson Egbert Donaldson | |
| John Laurence Prentice | ||
| DeWitt Schuyler Morgan | ||
| Byron Price | ||
| 1945 | James Mount Nicely | |
| 1947 | Robert Clarence Baltzell | |
| Samuel Seabury | ||
| 1949 | Emery Andrew Ravenstine | |
| Eugene Collins Pulliam | ||
| Pierre Frist Goodrich | ||
| 1950 | James Bert Garner | |
| Maurice O'Rear Ross | ||
| Arthur Graham Glasglow | ||
| 1951 | Glenn Albert Black | |
| Yi Pao Mei | ||
| 1952 | John Ditmarz Van Nuys | |
| Stewart William Hartfelter | ||
| Russell J. Humbert | ||
| 1953 | Norman E. Treves | |
| Joseph E. Cain | ||
| Lesemuel Ray Hesler | ||
| Charles Jackson Lynn | ||
| 1954 | Parrish Fuller | |
| David W. Peck | ||
| 1955 | Edgar Clay Britton | |
| Richard Ainslie Kirchoffer | ||
| Ivan Lester Wiles | ||
| 1956 | James Lowry Clifford | |
| Frank Hugh Sparks | ||
| Charles Franklin Kettering | ||
| 1957 | Francis William Hisch | |
| Harold Spears | ||
| 1958 | Joseph Haroutunian | Doctor of Divinity |
| Graham Phillips DuShane | Doctor of Laws | |
| James Herron Halsey | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1959 | J. R. Schramm | Doctor of Science |
| Eugene N. Beesley | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ludwig Erhard | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1960 | Dan H. Campbell | Doctor of Science |
| Richard D. Weigle | Doctor of Laws | |
| John G. DeKruyter | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Garlord Donnelley* | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1961 | Paul E. Million | Doctor of Divinity |
| Joseph J. Daniels | Doctor of Laws | |
| Richard E. Banta | Doctor of Literature | |
| John P. Collett | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1962 | Dean Rusk | Doctor of Laws |
| Sir Steven Ruciman | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Otto Paul Kretzman | Doctor of Laws | |
| Richard S. Schreiber | Doctor of Science | |
| 1963 | Walter R. Sharp | |
| Lawrence H. Gipson | Doctor of Laws | |
| Paul C. Beaver | Doctor of Science | |
| John Allen Saunders | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1964 | Landrum R. Bolling | |
| Rev. Theodore Hesburgh | ||
| Clarence A. Jackson | Doctor of Laws | |
| Dean Rusk | ||
| Walter R. Sharp | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1965 | Rev. Theodore Hesburgh | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Landrum Bolling | Doctor of Laws | |
| Gaylord Donnelley | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1966 | Ray Ehrensberger | Doctor of Laws |
| Frederic M. Hadley | Doctor of Laws | |
| O. C. Carmichael | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1967 | Stuart Guy Tipton | Doctor of Laws |
| Charles D. LaFollette | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Richard U. Byerrum | Doctor of Science | |
| Warren W. Shearer | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1968 | Cleo W. Blackburn | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| George Banta, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | |
| Phillip Boyd | Doctor of Laws | |
| Edmund F. Ball | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1969 | William Hudnut III | Doctor of Divinity |
| Abbie Man Sparks | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Bennett E. Kline | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lucian A. Smith, | M.D, Doctor of Science | |
| 1970 | William J. Haines | Doctor of Science |
| Lloyd B. Howell | Doctor of Science | |
| John A. Logan | Doctor of Science | |
| Richard G. Lugar | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1971 | Richard O. Ristine | Doctor of Laws |
| Peter Edson | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Dr. Charles S. Huneman | Doctor of Laws | |
| Herbert C. Morrison | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1972 | Albert M. Campbell | Doctor of Laws |
| Neil C. Hutsinpillar | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| William H. Hays, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | |
| J. Frederic Larson | ||
| 1973 | Willis H. Johnson | Doctor of Science |
| Thomas Mastin | Doctor of Science | |
| Melvin Schoonover | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1974 | William Yost Fulton | Doctor of Laws |
| John Jeffery Auer | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Daniel X. Freeman | Doctor of Science | |
| Byron Pierce Hollett | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1975 | Alexander Elvin Jones | Doctor of Laws |
| Virginia Beall Ball | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| John P. Craine | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Cleon H. Foust | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1976 | Daniel Fraley Evans | Doctor of Laws |
| August Henry Doermann | Doctor of Science | |
| Hudson Ralph Sours | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1977 | John Wilson Black | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| David Salzer Broder | Doctor of Laws | |
| Donald Lauren Curtis | Doctor of Science | |
| Martin Marty | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1978 | Harvey Lewis Carter | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Edward Lauth Haenisch | Doctor of Science | |
| John Edward Horner | Doctor of Laws | |
| A. Malcolm McVie, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1979 | Hans Frei | Doctor of Divinity |
| Harold Q. Fuller | Doctor of Science | |
| Benjamin Arnold Rogge | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1980 | Thomas Wyatt Binford | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Robert S. Harvey | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Louis Spilman | Doctor of Laws | |
| Robert Wedgeworth | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1981 | Thomas Creigh, Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| David Charles Gerard | Doctor of Humane Letter | |
| George Victor Campbell Morgan Powell | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1982 | William Hickman Diddel | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| James Marion Kirtley | Doctor of Laws | |
| Frank Perry Lloyd | Doctor of Laws | |
| John Frederick Charles | Doctor of Literature | |
| Charles Ainley Hammond | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Robert Throop Powers | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1983 | Harrison Eiteljorg | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Mitsuya Goto | Doctor of Laws | |
| Warren James Haas | Doctor of Literature | |
| Willis Paul Tippet | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1984 | Robert Eugene Allen | Doctor of Laws |
| Herman Berg | Doctor of Music | |
| Mary Grace Ludwig | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Thaddeur Seymour | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1985 | Donald Bonnell Fobes | Doctor of Laws |
| Watson McMillan Laetsch | Doctor of Science | |
| Robert Karl Winter | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1986 | Walter Youshia Elisha | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| James M. Gustafson | Doctor of Divinity | |
| John W. Ryan | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1987 | Otis Ray Owen | Doctor of Laws |
| Wing-tsit Chan | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| James W. Daniel | Doctor of Science | |
| James Lyman Keyes | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lewis Spencer Salter | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1988 | Omer Hiram Foust | L.H.D. |
| Thomas Allen Klingaman | LL.D. | |
| Jaroslav Pelikan | Litt.D. | |
| 1989 | George Paul McNichol | D. Sc. |
| Millard Eugene Cloncs | L.H.D. | |
| John Henry Schroeder | L.H.D. | |
| Lee Herbert Hamilton | LL.D. | |
| 1990 | Robert Gayle Roeder | D. Sc. |
| Jean J. Kirkpatrick* | ||
| Phillip Sawyer Wilder | L.H.D. | |
| John William Bachmann | LL.D. | |
| 1991 | Richard Earl Chapin | L.H.D. |
| Richard De Gennaro | L.H.D. | |
| Wayne Clayson Booth | L.H.D. | |
| Paul H. Buchanan, Jr. | LL.D. | |
| Jean J. Kirkpatrick* | ||
| James Pierpont Comer | D. Sc. | |
| Ruth Lilly | L.H.D. | |
| 1992 | Randolph H. Deer | L.H.D. |
| Charles William Goering | LL.D. | |
| Lee B. Jones | D. Sc. | |
| 1993 | David Wayne Cuschman | Sc. D. |
| Peter Ferdinand Drucker | LL.D. | |
| Stephen Goldsmith | LL.D. | |
| Joseph Irwin Miller | L.H.D. | |
| David Nathaniel Baker, Jr. | L.H.D. | |
| Floyd Willis Colemen | L.H.D. | |
| Thomas Van Veit | L.H.D. | |
| 1994 | Charles L. Bowerman | LL.D. |
| Thomas A. Hays | LL.D. | |
| Stanley H. Huntsman | LL.D. | |
| 1995 | Raymond Leppard | D.M. |
| Robert Wood Lynn | D.D. | |
| Emmanuel G. Olawale Rotimi | L.H.D. | |
| Daniel Joseph Simmons | L.H.D. | |
| William Jewell Stout | LL.D. | |
| 1996 | Richard D. Cudahy | LL.D. |
| Paul Caylor McKinney | L.H.D. | |
| Nathan A. Scott, Jr. | D.D. | |
| 1997 | Robert Worth Frank, Jr. | L.H.D. |
| Carlen Anderson Hills | LL.D. | |
| Mead C. Killion | Sc. D. | |
| 1998 | Victor G. Rosenblum | LL.D. |
| Ronald F. Thiemann | L.H.D. | |
| Helen Hennessy Vendler | L.H.D. | |
| Paul Theodore Mielke | Sc. D. | |
| 1999 | James K. Baker | LL.D. |
| Sarah Evans Barker | LL. D. | |
| 2000 | John McCormick Buchanan | LL.D. |
| George Flaming Jones '55 | LL.D. | |
| Martha C. Nussbaum | L.H.D. | |
| 2001 | James T. Morris | LL.D. |
| K. Donald Shelbourne | M.D. Sc. D. | |
| Randall T. Tobias | LL.D. | |
| Thomas M. Lofton | LL.D. | |
| La Verne E. Newsome | L.H.D. | |
| Judith A. O'Bannon | L.H.D. | |
| 2002 | Donald V. Fites | L.H.D. |
| Frank Galati | L.H.D. | |
| David William Tracy | L.H.D. | |
| 2003 | James Alan Henderson | LL.D. |
| B. Joseph White | L.H.D. | |
| Ralph G. Yount | Sc. D. | |
| Charles A. Miller '49 | Sc. D. | |
| Stephen H. Randak '67 | Sc. D. | |
| Thomas McCoy Roberts '70 | Sc. D. | |
| 2004 | James Edward Benecke, Jr. | M.D., Sc. D. |
| Richard James Wood | L.H.D. | |
| 2005 | Alecia A. DeCoudreaux | LL. D. |
| Lee S. Schulman | L.H.D. | |
| 2006 | Bruce Roland Baker '65 | L.H.D. |
| Alexander A. Miller '71 | L.H.D. | |
| Andrew Thomas Ford H'03 | L.H.D. | |
| 2007 | Russell L. Nichols, Jr. '63 | LL. D. |
| Raymond Brady Williams H'68 | D. D. | |
| 2008 | Joseph D. Barnette, Jr. '61 | LL.D. |
| Earl L. Johnson '38 | LL. D. | |
| Tim O'Brien | L.H.D. | |
| 2009 | Reverend Edward A. Malloy | C.S.C., D. D. |
| N. Clay Robbins '79 | LL. D. | |
| Max E. Servies '58 | L.H.D. | |
| 2010 | William Robert 'Bill' Cook '66 | L.H.D. |
| David Evan Kendall '66 | LL.D. | |
| Will Shortz | L.H.D. | |
| 2011 | Robert Charles '59 | L.H.D. |
| Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. | LL.D. | |
| Dr. Walter E. Massey | Sc. D. | |
| 2012 | Stephen G. Miller | L.H.D. |
| Randall T. Shepard | LL.D. | |
| 2013 | Geoffrey W. Coates '89 | Sc. D. |
| Craig Richard Dykstra | L.H.D. | |
| Dean F. Reynolds '70 | L.H.D. | |
| Patrick E. White | L.H.D. | |
| 2014 | Stephen L. Ferguson '63 | L.H.D. |
| David Warren Givens '55 | L.H.D. | |
| David J. Lahey '60 | L.H.D. | |
| 2015 | Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. | L.H.D. |
| John E. Fischer H'70 | L.H.D. | |
| 2016 | Susan W. Brooks | L.H.D. |
| Thomas J. Brooks '85 | L.H.D. | |
| 2017 | Stephen S. Bowen '68 | L.H.D. |
| John L. Myers '74 | L.H.D. | |
| David N. Shane '70 | L.H.D. | |
| 2018 | John N. Fox, Jr. '66 | L.H.D. |
| Remington A. Johnston III '55 | L.H.D. | |
| John C. Schroeder '69 | L.H.D. | |
| 2019 | Mauri A. Ditzler | L.H.D. |
| Robert H. Johnson | L.H.D. | |
| 2020 | No In Person Commencement, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic | |
| 2021 | Melissa Ann Butler | L.H.D. |
| Gregory Dawson Hess | L.H.D. | |
| 2022 | Norman E. Schumaker '63 | Sc. D. |
| Richard B. Gunderman '83 | L.H.D. | |
| 2023 | Dr. Kristina M. Box | L.H.D. |
| Nathaniel Mary Quinn '00 | L.H.D. | |
| 2024 | Dennis E. Bland | L.H.D. |
| Paul Woolls '75 | L.H.D. | |