| Year | Date | Speaker | Honorary Degrees | Distinguished Service Awards | Great Teacher Award | Teaching Excellence Award |
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1958
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June 15 | |||||
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1958
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August 8 | |||||
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1959
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June 17 | |||||
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1959
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August 14 | |||||
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1960
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June 14 | Governor William G. Stratton | ||||
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1960
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August 12 | |||||
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1961
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June 15 | Harold Taylor | ||||
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1961
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August 11 | |||||
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1962
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June 14 | John W. Schwada | ||||
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1962
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August 10 | |||||
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1963
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June 14 | Robert Clifton Weaver | Robert Clifton Weaver Doctor of Laws |
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1963
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August 9 | |||||
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1964
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June 11 | Rexford Guy Tugwell | ||||
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1964
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August 7 | |||||
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1965
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June 17 | Harold B. Gores | ||||
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1965
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August 28 | Howard Dene Southwood | ||||
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1966
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June 11 | Delyte Wesley Morris | ||||
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1966
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September 3 | Leonard Van Camp | ||||
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1967
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June 9 | Harold R.W. Benjamin | ||||
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1967
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September 1 | Stanley B. Kimball | Congressman Melvin Price | |||
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1968
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June 8 | Harold Boeschenstein | ||||
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1968
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August 31 | Daniel F. Havens | Arnold Harold Maremont Doctor of Laws |
Arthur C. Boeker | ||
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1969
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June 10 | Former Senator Paul H. Douglas | Former Senator Paul H. Douglas Doctor of Laws | Thomas F. Williams | ||
| Walter Susskind Doctor of Humanities |
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1969
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August 29 | George R. Mace | Katherine Dunham Robert H. Levis, II |
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1970
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June 13 | R. Buckminster Fuller | Jennie L. Kaeser Doctor of Literature |
Henry D. Karandjeff | ||
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1970
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September 4 | Patrick Riddleberger | Gwendolyn Brooks Doctor of Literature |
Robert B. Lynn | ||
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1971
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June 11 | Peter Muirhead | David Harold Blackwell Doctor of Science |
Ernest E. Tosovosky, Sr. | ||
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1971
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September 3 | Gertrude Marti | Mary Kelly Mullane Doctor of Science |
Suzanne Wicks | ||
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1972
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June 10 | Senator Charles H. Percy | James Daniel Collins Doctor of Literature |
Mary Chenault Hershey | ||
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1972
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September 2 | G. William Linden | George Peter Murdock Doctor of Science |
Lola Becker Reed | ||
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1973
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June 9 | John S. Rendelman | Delyte Wesley Morris Doctor of Humane Letters |
Christopher Columbus Jones | ||
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1973
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August 31 | Carol A. Keene | William Henry Danforth, Doctor of Science |
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| Paul Clare Reinert, Doctor of Letters |
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1974
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June 8 | Marshall Flaum | Marshall Flaum Doctor of Fine Arts |
Albert Cassens | Marilyn L. Livingston
John L. Oldani |
Nancy R. Parker (sr.)
Leonard Van Camp (sr.) Wayne David Santoni (jr.) Paul H. Phillips (jr.) Stephen M. Brown (jr.) Galen K. Pletcher (jr.) Susan M.W. Nall (jr.) |
| Melvin C. Lockard Doctor of Laws |
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1974
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August 29 | Carl D. Tubbesing | Herbert Blumer Doctor of Science |
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1975
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June 13 | John S. Rendleman | Clarence W. Stephens Doctor of Humane Letters |
Dorothy E. Tulloss | David E. Ault (sr.)
Wilbur C. McAfee (sr.) Robert Anderson (jr.) |
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1975
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August 28 | Edwin E. Dale | ||||
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1976
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June 11 | Andrew J. Kochman | John S. Rendleman Doctor of Humane Letters |
Billy John Rogers
Dickie A. Spurgeon |
John L. Oldani (sr.)
Joseph A. Munshaw (jr.) |
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1976
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September 2 | Robert S. Hoeke | Benny Goodman Doctor of Music |
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1977
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June 10 | Kenneth A. Shaw | Harold Robert Fisher | Robert A. Williams | Ann L. Carey (sr.)
Douglas J. Eder (jr.) Patricia A. Goehe (jr.) |
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| Jess A. Wilson | ||||||
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1977
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September 1 | Kenneth A. Shaw | Henriette D. Avram Doctor of Science |
Anne Zimmerman | ||
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1978
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June 9 | Kenneth A. Shaw | President Leopold Sedar Senghor Doctor of Humane Letters |
Russell C. Solomon | Wayne D. Santoni | Anthony C. Wilbraham (sr.)
Paul Goldenbaum (jr.) |
| Peter Ferdinand Drucker Doctor of Economics and Business Management |
David W. Shaw | |||||
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1979
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June 8 | Kenneth A. Shaw | R. Buckminster Fuller Doctor of Humane Letters |
C. Kenneth Anderson | Arthur E. Prell | Richard R. Boedecker (sr.)
Michael E. Landis (jr.) |
| Charles Guenther Doctor of Humane Letters |
Karl L. Monroe | |||||
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1980
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June 6 | Earl Lazerson | John Francis McDermott Doctor of Humane Letters |
Olin W. Stratton | Donald T. King | Noble R. Thompson (sr.)
Paul R. Tarpey (jr.) |
| J. Faye Wham | ||||||
| Imogene M. King Doctor of Humane Letters |
John Page Wham | |||||
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1981
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June 12 | James M. Furman | James M. Furman Doctor of Education |
George M. Irwin | Patrick Riddleberger | David F. Schwartz (sr.)
Wayne D. Santoni (sr.) Dennis D. Staley (jr.) |
| Grace Murray Hopper Doctor of Science |
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1982
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June 11 | John I. Goodlad | John I. Goodlad Doctor of Humane Letters |
Carl H. Basler | Betty Tyree Osiek | Lyman S. Holden (sr.)
Shirley Carlson (jr.) |
| John D. Randall Doctor of Humane Letters |
Jack A. Simon | |||||
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1983
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June 10 | Peter H. Raven | Katherine Dunham Doctor of Fine Arts |
Robert Hyland | David F. Schwartz | Henry D. Drew
Chung-wu Ho |
| Carolyn W. Losos | ||||||
| Carl E. Mathias | ||||||
| Peter H. Raven Doctor of Science |
Wilber R.L. Trimpe | |||||
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1984
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June 8 | Walter Jackson Ong | Walter Jackson Ong Doctor of Humane Letters |
George A. Killenberg | William G. Ward | Douglas J. Eder
Norma L. Pinnell |
| Martha R. O'Malley | ||||||
| G. Duncan Bauman | ||||||
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1985
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June 8 | Earl Lazerson | Vincenzo Buonocore Doctor of Humane Letters |
Joyce L. Armstrong | W. Deane Wiley | |
| Josephine Marley Beckwith | ||||||
| Malcolm W. Martin | ||||||
| Gordon F. Moore | ||||||
| M. Kathleen Quinn | ||||||
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1986
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June 14 | Earl Lazerson | Ernest L. Boyer Doctor of Humane Letters |
Bryon L. Farrell | Larry N. Moehn | |
| Robert A. Weis | ||||||
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1987
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June 13 | Earl Lazerson | Robert McCormick Adams Doctor of Humane Letters |
Melvin L. Fowler | Vasil Vasileff | |
| Robert G. Hardy | ||||||
| Donald R. McBride | ||||||
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1988
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June 11 | Earl Lazerson | Kenneth B. Clark Doctor of Humane Letters |
Ralph Korte | William Slattery | Sheila S. Ruth |
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1989
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June 10 | Earl Lazerson | Harlan Cleveland Doctor of Humane Letters |
Edward E. Hightower | Martha J. Welch | Emily J. Krohn Theresa R. Love |
| Charles B. Meness | ||||||
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1990
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June 9 | Earl Lazerson | James R. Thompson Doctor of Humane Letters |
Robert G. Gibson | Regan Carpenter | James R. McClure |
| John Edward Jacob Doctor of Humane Letters |
Ronald L. Thompson | |||||
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1991
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June 8 | Earl Lazerson | Ruth Hubbard Doctor of Humane Letters |
Robert Shannon | Paul H. Phillips | Betty Richardson |
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1992
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June 13 | Earl Lazerson | Gene Allsup | Paul Phillips | ||
| Lynn Ward | ||||||
| Edward Hightower | ||||||
| David M. Oates | ||||||
| John Oeltjen | ||||||
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1993
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June 12 | William Julius Wilson | William Julius Wilson Doctor of Humane Letters |
Helen Delicate | Pat Goehe | Don McCabe |
| Edward M. Schroeder | ||||||
| Hulas King | ||||||
| Ralph Korte | Louis E. Tiemann | |||||
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1994
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May 7 | Nancy Belck | John Kendall | Leonard Van Camp | Rahim Karimpour | |
| Ann Beatty | ||||||
| Larry Walker | ||||||
| Mitch Meyers | ||||||
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1995
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May 6 | Barbara Ann Teer | Barbara Ann Teer Doctor of Humane Letters |
Gary Berkley | Randall Smith | Wayne Santoni |
| Paul E. Riley | ||||||
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1995
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August 5 | Peter Maer | ||||
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1995
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December 16 | Don Baden | ||||
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1996
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May 4 | Senator Paul Simon | Senator Paul Simon Doctor of Humane Letters |
Nader Saniei | ||
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1996
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August 3 | Clinton R. Van Zandt | Kyong Park Doctor of Science |
Noble Thompson | ||
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1996
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December 14 | Gilbert Rutman | Buck Jones | |||
| Leo Wolf | ||||||
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1997
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May 10 | James Appleberry | James Appleberry Doctor of Humane Letters |
Mildred Arnold | Mark Bolyard | |
|
1997
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August 9 | Fernando Aguirre | ||||
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1997
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December 20 | Mary Ann Boyd | Richard Mark | |||
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1998
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May 9 | Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner | Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner Doctor of Humane Letters |
Charlote Frisbie
Eric Voss |
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| Hans Vonk Doctor of Fine Arts |
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1998
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August 8 | John J. Klobnak | Gilbert Rutman | |||
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1998
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December 19 | Charles A. Corr | Robert A. Wetzel | |||
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1999
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May 8 | Gyo Obata | Gyo Obata Doctor of Fine Arts |
Chung-Wu Ho | ||
| Irving L. Dilliard Doctor of Humane Letters |
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1999
|
August 7 | William P. Plashke | Lela DeToye | |||
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1999
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December 18 | Maurice L. Hirsch, Jr | Clinton and Anna Lee Rogier | |||
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2000
|
May 6 | William T. Going | William T. Going Doctor of Humane Letters |
James M. Brown | Elizabeth A Fonsecca | |
| Patrick W. Riddleberger | Patrick W. Riddleberger Doctor of Humane Letters |
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2000
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August 5 | David R. Herndon | David R. Herndon
Tadas Kicielinski |
Madhav Segal | ||
|
2000
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December 16 | Shirley J. Portwood | Ruth Slenczynska Kerr Doctor of Fine Arts |
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2001
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May 5 | Lee S. Shulman | Lee S. Shulman Doctor of Humane Letters |
Randall S. Pearson | ||
|
2001
|
August 4 | William Gray Potter, Jr. | William Gray Potter, Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters |
Robert M. Wagner | ||
|
2001
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December 15 | Harlan H. Bengtson | ||||
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2002
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May 4 | Kenneth A. Shaw | Kenneth A. Shaw Doctor of Humane Letters |
Michael J. Shaw | ||
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2002
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August 3 | Stephen E. Jankowski | Susan L. Thomas | |||
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2002
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December 14 | Marilynn Livingston | Evelyn M. Bowles | |||
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2002
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December 14 | Donald S. Elliott, Jr. | ||||
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2003
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May 10 | Roy Curtiss III | Roy Curtiss III Doctor of Science |
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2003
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May 10 | George Arnold | George Arnold | |||
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2003
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May 10 | John "Bucky" Pizzarelli, Sr. | John "Bucky" Pizzarelli, Sr. Doctor of Music |
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2003
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August 9 | Lendell A. Phelps | Debra Reichert Hoge | |||
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2003
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December 20 | Susan M.W.Nall George L. Engel |
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2004
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May 8 | John Baricevic Robert Remini |
Robert Remini Doctor of Humane Letters |
John Baricevic | Thomas M. Foster | |
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2004
|
August 7 | Philip J. Rarick | Christina De Meo | |||
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2004
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December 18 | John R. Danley Mary Konya Weishaar |
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2005
|
May 7 | Gary Evan Moulton
Lois Wood |
Gary Evan Moulton Doctor of Humane Letters |
Lois Wood | Thomas M. Jordan | |
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2005
|
August 6 | Shelby Steele | David Kauzlarich | Victoria Scott | ||
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2005
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December 17 | Lela M. DeToye
Shirley Portwood |
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2006
|
May 6 | Peter Pastreich
Rita Hardy |
Peter Pastreich Doctor of Humane Letters |
Rita Hardy | ||
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2006
|
August 5 | John Simmons | Robert R. Phillips | |||
|
2006 |
December 16 | Rudolph G. Wilson | ||||
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2007 |
May 5 |
Peter Maer Robert McClellan |
Peter Maer
Doctor of Humane Letters |
Robert McClellan | ||
|
2007 |
August 4 | Keith M. Alper | Barbara Regnell | |||
|
2007 |
Dec 15 | William G. Hendey Paul Seaburg |
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2008 |
May 10 | Eugene Redmond Carol Wetzel |
Eugene Redmond
Doctor of Humane Letters |
Carol Wetzel | Brian M. Harward | |
|
2008 |
August (not held because of VC Gym Renovations) | |||||
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2008 |
December 20 | Brian M. Harward | ||||
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2009 |
May 8 | |||||
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2009 |
May 9 | David Oates Jane Henney |
Jane Henney
Doctor of Humane Letters |
David Oates | Jennifer A. Rehg | |
|
2009 |
August 8 | Laura Pawlow | Laura Pawlow | |||
|
2009 |
Dec 19 | Jennifer Rehg | ||||
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2010 |
May 7 | Ralph Korte | Ralph Korte
Doctor of Humane Letters |
Valerie Yancey | ||
|
2010 |
May 8 | Charles J. Tosovsky | Charles J. Tosovsky | |||
|
2010 |
August 7 | Nahid Shabestary | Nahid Shabestary | |||
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2010 |
Dec 18 | Valerie Yancey | ||||
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2011 |
May 6 | Dolores H. Rohrkaste | Dolores H. Rohrkaste | |||
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2011 |
May 7 | Clinton R. Van Zandt | Clinton R. Van Zandt
Doctor of Humane Letters |
Jason Stacy | ||
|
2011 |
August 6 | Bradley Noble | Bradley Noble | |||
| 2011 | December 17 | None | ||||
| 2012 | May 4 and 5 |
Fernando Aguirre |
Fernando Aguirre | Paige St. John | ||
| 2012 | August 4 | None | David Kaplan | |||
| 2012 | December 15 | None | ||||
| 2013 | May 3 and 4 | Mary and Jerry Kane | Mary and Jerry Kane | |||
| 2013 | August 3 | None | Jeff Skoblow | |||
| 2014 | May 9 and 10 | Dixie Engelman John Simmons |
John Simmons | Dixie Engelman | ||
| 2014 | December 13 | Kelly Gable | Eric "Duff" Wrobbel | Kelly Gable | ||
| 2015 | May 8 and 9 | Kay Werner David Werner |
David Werner | Kay Werner | Stephen Hupp | Wendy Fuchs |
| 2016 | May 6 and 7 | Stephen Hansen Camille Emig-Hill |
Thelma Mothershed Wair | Camille Emig-Hill | Dayna Henry | |
| 2016 | December 17 | Chris Gordon | Chris Gordon | |||
| 2017 | May 5 and 6 | Frankie Muse Freeman | Frankie Muse Freeman | Gyo Obata Johnetta Randolph Haley |
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| 2017 | December 16 | McKenzie Ferguson | Jack Glassman | McKenzie Ferguson | ||
| 2018 | May 4 and 5 | Vaughn Vandegrift | Vaughn Vandegrift | William "Bill" Haine | Sarah VanSlette | Sandra Weissinger |
Prepared by:
Stephen Kerber, Amanda Bahr-Evola, and Angela Collins Custer
of Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections, Lovejoy Library.
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