Honorary Degrees
Individuals honored by the University with an honorary degree for their outstanding lifetime accomplishments.
| Honorary | Discipline | Year of Award |
Lu Yongxiang |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2007 |
James Brandenburg |
Doctor of Humane Letters UM-Duluth |
2006 |
Elliot Cook Carter |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
2006 |
James A. Johnson |
Doctor of Laws HHH Insititute of Public Affairs |
2006 |
Gordon C. Marten |
Doctor of Science College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences |
2006 |
Harry Oden |
Doctor of Laws UM-Duluth |
2006 |
| Fai-nan Perng |
Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
2006 |
George Bugliarello |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2005 |
Merce Cunningham |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
2005 |
Bruce B. Dayton |
Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
2005 |
Bruce L. Laingen |
Doctor of Laws Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs |
2005 |
Richard Moe |
Doctor of Humane Letters University of Minnesota Duluth |
2005 |
Ismail Serageldin |
Doctor of Laws College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
2005 |
Tommy G. Thompson |
Doctor of Laws School of Public Health |
2005 |
Hwei-Hsein Cheng |
Doctor of Laws College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences |
2004 |
Yanni Chryssomallis |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts/Alumni Association |
2004 |
Jorge Manuel Dengo-Obregon |
Doctor of Laws Institute of Technology |
2004 |
Stanley S. Hubbard |
Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Art/General College |
2004 |
John R. Jungck |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
2004 |
Marcia K. McNutt |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2004 |
Roger D. Moe |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Crookston |
2004 |
Dale R. Olseth |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Foundation |
2004 |
Cesar Pelli |
Doctor of Humane Letters University of Minnesota Duluth |
2004 |
Doraiswami Ramkrishna |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2004 |
Norman E. Shumway |
Doctor of Science Academic Health Center |
2004 |
C. A. "Sy" Syvertson |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2004 |
Billy Taylor |
Doctor of Humane Letters University of Minnesota Duluth |
2004 |
Abdoulaye Wade |
Doctor of Laws College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
2004 |
Viviane Wade |
Doctor of Laws Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs |
2004 |
Dale Warland |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
2004 |
Jiang Zhenghua |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts/China Center |
2004 |
Charles J. Arntzen
|
Doctor of Science College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
2003 |
Thomas Buergenthal |
Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
2003 |
Elizabeth S. Close |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
2003 |
Claire M. Fraser |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
2003 |
Donald A. Henderson |
Doctor of Laws School of Public Health |
2003 |
Zenon Mroz |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2003 |
Archbishop Desmond Mplio Tutu |
Doctor of Laws College of Continuing Education |
2003 |
David F. Zentner |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Duluth |
2003 |
William A. Bardeen |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2002 |
James I. Brown |
Humane Letters College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
2002 |
Margaret B. Davis |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
2002 |
Rebecca F. Goldburg |
Doctor of Laws College of Biological Sciences |
2002 |
Robert J. Gorlin |
Doctor of Science School of Dentistry |
2002 |
Jeffrey A. Harvey |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2002 |
Louis J. lgnarro |
Doctor of Science Medical School/Pharmacology |
2002 |
Winona LaDuke |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Duluth Chancellor's Office |
2002 |
Matthew Little |
Doctor of Laws Office of the Vice President for Campus life |
2002 |
J. R. Anthony Pearson |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2002 |
James Rosenquist |
Doctor of Humane Letters General College |
2002 |
Donna E. Shalala |
Doctor of Laws College of Human Ecology |
2002 |
Fred Sherman |
Doctor of Science Medical School |
2002 |
August Wilson |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
2002 |
Heinrich Beck |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
2001 |
Russell M. Bennett II |
Doctor of Laws Law School |
2001 |
Emilie Buchwald |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
2001 |
A. W. Clausen |
Doctor of Laws Law School |
2001 |
Morton M. Denn |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2001 |
| Donald M. Fraser | Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
2001 |
Thomas L. Friedman |
Doctor of Humane Letters Office of University Relations |
2001 |
Theodore V. Galambos |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2001 |
Jane Goodall |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
2001 |
William J. Hadlow |
Doctor of Science College of Veterinary Medicine |
2001 |
William D. Hawkland |
Doctor of Laws Law School |
2001 |
Gerald W. Heaney |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Duluth |
2001 |
Prince Masahito Hitachi |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
2001 |
John L. Holland |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
2001 |
Johan Fjord Jensen |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
2001 |
Ancel Keys |
Doctor of Science School of Public Health |
2001 |
Gerhard Levy |
Doctor of Science College of Pharmacy |
2001 |
Ronald L. Libertus |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
2001 |
| Cheng-Hou Lou | Doctor of Science College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
2001 |
Henry Maier |
Doctor of Science Medical School |
2001 |
Paul E. Meehl |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
2001 |
Benjamin S. Pomeroy |
Doctor of Science College of Veterinary Medicine |
2001 |
| Antoine Predock | Doctor of Humane Letters College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
2001 |
James H. Prestegard |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2001 |
W. Harmon Ray |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2001 |
Lee R. Raymond |
Doctor of Laws Institute of Technology |
2001 |
Andreas Acrivos |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2000 |
Norman A. Berg |
Doctor of Laws College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
2000 |
Willard L. Boyd |
Doctor of Laws Law School |
2000 |
Jane E. Brody |
Doctor of Laws School of Public Health |
2000 |
Willard W. Cochrane |
Doctor of Laws College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
2000 |
Gerald M. Edelman |
Doctor of Science Medical School/Neuroscience |
2000 |
Charles Fairhust |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
2000 |
Nelson D. Goldberg |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences/Medical School |
2000 |
James L. Oberstar |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Duluth |
2000 |
Robert J. Odegard |
Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
2000 |
Carl T. Rowan |
Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
2000 |
John E. Coons |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Duluth |
1999 |
Frank O. Gehry
|
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture/Weisman |
1999 |
Beverly Goldfine |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Duluth |
1999 |
Erwin L. Goldfine |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Duluth |
1999 |
Eville Gorham |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
1999 |
Marie Manthey |
Doctor of Laws School of Nursing |
1999 |
Gangzhi Tu |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1999 |
Madeleine K. Albright |
Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
1998 |
William K. Estes |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
1998 |
William F. Hueg, Jr. |
Doctor of Laws College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
1998 |
Thomas H. Swain |
Doctor of Laws Alumni Association |
1998 |
Wei Yu |
Doctor of Laws Institute of Technology |
1998 |
Robert M. Berdahl |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
1997 |
Muriel Humphrey Brown |
Doctor of Laws Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs |
1997 |
Humphrey Doermann |
Doctor of Laws University of Minnesota Morris |
1997 |
Marian Wright Edelman |
Doctor of Laws College of Education and Human Development |
1997 |
Joan Adams Mondale |
Doctor of Humane Letters University of Minnesota Duluth |
1997 |
Walter F. Mondale |
Doctor of Humane Letters University of Minnesota Duluth |
1997 |
Paul D. Boyer |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
1996 |
Curtis L. Carlson |
Doctor of Laws Carlson School of Management |
1996 |
Daniel H. Janzen |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
1996 |
Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1996 |
Jacob Lawrence |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1996 |
Joyce C. Lebra |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1996 |
Tang Peisong |
Doctor of Science College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
1996 |
Kim Young Sam |
Doctor of Laws Academic Affairs/International Studies |
1996 |
Harold W. Stevenson |
Doctor of Science College of Education and Human Development |
1996 |
Yien-si Tsiang |
Doctor of Laws College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences |
1996 |
Herbert E. Wright, Jr. |
Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
1996 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
1995 |
Roland Dille |
Doctor of Humane Letters University of Minnesota Morris |
1995 |
Ernst R. G. Ekert |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1995 |
Vernon B. Mountcastle |
Doctor of Science Medical School |
1995 |
Winston R. Wallin |
Doctor of Laws Medical School |
1995 |
Yoweri Museveni Kaguta |
Doctor of Laws Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs |
1994 |
Ruth Meyers |
Doctor of Humane Letters University of Minnesota Duluth |
1994 |
Tanya Moiseiwitsch |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1994 |
Charles Schulz |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1994 |
Frank Thistlewaite |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
1994 |
David Cox |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
1993 |
M. Joycelyn Elders |
Doctor of Science Medical School |
1993 |
| Edward Lewis | Doctor of Science College of Biological Sciences |
1993 |
| Ednor M. Rowe | Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1993 |
Michael L. Rutter |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
1993 |
Joseph M. Juran |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1992 |
Meridel LeSueur |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1992 |
David Zinman |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1991 |
Martin Friedman |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1990 |
| Lester C. Krogh | Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1990 |
| Adam Michnik | Doctor of Laws College of Liberal Arts |
1990 |
Robert A. Good |
Doctor of Science Medical School |
1989 |
| Harold G. Scheie | Doctor of Arts and Letters Medical School |
1989 |
| Lewis Thomas | Doctor of Science Medical School |
1989 |
Earl E. Bakken |
Doctor of Science Medical School |
1988 |
| Lester Breslow | Doctor of Science Medical School/School of Public Health |
1988 |
Daniel J. Anderson |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
1987 |
| Max M. Kampelman | Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1987 |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Doctor of Laws Law School |
1987 |
Robert Penn Warren |
Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1987 |
John B. Carroll |
Doctor of Science College of Liberal Arts |
1986 |
| Homer Hagstrum | Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1986 |
| Jean Howard Hagstrum | Docotor of Arts and Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1986 |
| Francis Pettijohn | Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1986 |
Neal R. Amundson |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1985 |
| John William Ward | Doctor of Humane Letters Graduate School |
1985 |
| E.W. Ziebarth | Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1985 |
Joseph Valasek |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1983 |
Elmer L. Andersen |
Docotor of Laws School of Management |
1982 |
| Norman E. Borlaug | Doctor of Science College of Agriculture |
1982 |
| John A. Butler | Doctor of Humane Letters College of Education |
1982 |
Jay Phillips |
Doctor of Humanities Medical School |
1981 |
Alfred O. C. Nier |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1980 |
Sigurd Ferdinand Olson |
Doctor of Humane Letters | 1979 |
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski |
Doctor of Musical Arts | 1979 |
Warren E. Burger |
Doctor of Laws Law School |
1978 |
| Walter F. Mondale | Doctor of Laws |
1978 |
Roy Wilkins |
Doctor of Laws | 1976 |
John Bardeen |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1973 |
Harold E. Stassen |
Doctor of Laws | 1972 |
John H. Van Vleck |
Doctor of Science | 1971 |
Melvin Calvin |
Doctor of Science | 1969 |
Hubert Horatio Humphrey |
Doctor of Laws Law School |
1966 |
| Frederick Russell Kappel | Doctor of Engineering Institute of Technology |
1966 |
James Patrick Shannon |
Doctor of Humane Letters | 1966 |
Robert R. Gilruth |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1962 |
| Laurence M. Gould | Doctor of Laws Institute of Technology |
1962 |
James Lewis Morrill |
Doctor of Law | 1962 |
Farrington Daniels |
Doctor of Science | 1959 |
Gunnar H. Nordbye |
Doctor of Laws | 1959 |
Walter H. Brattain |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1957 |
Edward W. Davis |
Doctor of Science Institute of Technology |
1956 |
Frederick L. Hovde |
Doctor of Laws | 1956 |
Russell A. Plimpton |
Master of Arts | 1956 |
Carls F. Hellstrom |
Master of Arts | 1955 |
Solon J. Buck |
Doctor of Laws Library |
1954 |
John E. Dahlquist |
Master of Arts | 1954 |
Stanley Raymond Mickelsen |
Master of Arts | 1954 |
Robert Newton |
Doctor of Science | 1954 |
Elvin C. Stakman |
Doctor of Science | 1954 |
Everett Fraser |
Doctor of Laws Law School |
1951 |
Elmer Edgar Stoll |
Doctor of Humane Letters | 1950 |
Thomas Poe Cooper |
Doctor of Science College of Agriculture |
1949 |
Gregg Manners Sinclair |
Doctor of Laws | 1949 |
Edward F. Waite |
Doctor of Science | 1949 |
Herman Haupt Chapman |
Doctor of Science | 1947 |
Arville Irving Levorsen |
Doctor of Science | 1947 |
Walter C. Coffey |
Doctor of Science College of Agriculture |
1946 |
| Guy Stanton Ford | Doctor of Humane Letters College of Liberal Arts |
1946 |
Andrew Boss |
Doctor of Science | 1945 |
Donald J. Cowling |
Doctor of Laws | 1945 |
Dimitri Mitropoulos |
Doctor of Music | 1943 |
Charles P. Berkey |
Doctor of Science | 1940 |
Thomas S. Roberts |
Doctor of Science | 1940 |
Fred B. Snyder |
Doctor of Laws | 1940 |
Louis B. Wilson |
Doctor of Science | 1940 |
F. Melius Christiansen |
Doctor of Music | 1937 |
Frederick May Eliot |
Doctor of Laws | 1937 |
Henry Johnson |
Doctor of Laws | 1937 |
Ada Comstock |
Doctor of Laws | 1936 |
Sister Antonia McHugh |
Doctor of Laws | 1936 |
Elbert L. Carpenter |
Doctor of Music College of Liberal Arts |
1935 |
Charles Horace Mayo |
Doctor of Laws | 1935 |
William James Mayo |
Doctor of Laws | 1935 |
Gratia Countryman |
Master of Arts College of Liberal Arts |
1932 |
Frank B. Kellogg |
Doctor of Laws | 1931 |
George Edgar Vincent |
Doctor of Laws | 1931 |
William Watts Folwell |
Doctor of Laws | 1925 |
(updated March 30, 2007)