Honorary Degree Recipients
|
Name |
Degree |
Year Awarded |
|
Enos L. Scruggs |
A.M. |
1898 |
|
James W. Baldwin |
A.M. |
1898 |
|
Joseph Silar Harris |
B.S.D. |
1900 |
|
William T. Vernon |
A.M. |
1901 |
|
J.H. Kenner |
A.M. |
1909 |
|
J.S. Simms |
A.M. |
1909 |
|
C.C. Hubbard |
A.M. |
1911 |
|
John B. Davis |
A.M. |
1912 |
|
Leslie B. Quinn |
A.M. |
1915 |
|
Oscar Spenser |
A.M. |
1915 |
|
Victor H. Collins |
A.M. |
1915 |
|
Romeo A. West |
A.M. |
1915 |
|
W.H. Jones |
A.M. |
1915 |
|
J.R.A. Crossland |
Laws |
1916 |
|
Joe E. Herriford |
A.M. |
1916 |
|
Richard T. Cole |
A.M. |
1916 |
|
David E. Gordon |
A.M. |
1916 |
|
Charles H. Brown |
A.M. |
1916 |
|
Walter H. Harrison |
A.M. |
1917 |
|
Hugh V. Wallace |
A.M. |
1917 |
|
William H. Jones |
A.M. |
1917 |
|
W.J. Hale |
A.M. |
1918 |
|
Ernest O. Boone |
A.M. |
1918 |
|
J. Ernest Wilkins, Sr. |
Laws |
1941 |
|
Paul Williams |
Science |
1941 |
|
Name |
Degree |
Year Awarded |
|
Julia Childs Curtis |
Humanities |
1953 |
|
Joseph Doliver Eliff |
Education |
1953 |
|
Dr. John Edward Perry |
Science |
1953 |
|
H. Byron Masterson |
Education |
1956 |
|
Thomas Hart Benton |
Letters |
1957 |
|
Theodore D. McNeal |
Humanities |
1968 |
|
James McKinely Neal |
Humanities |
1968 |
|
Thurgood Marshall |
Laws |
1970 |
|
Senator Edward Brooke |
Laws |
1971 |
|
Senator Edgar J. Keating |
Laws |
1971 |
|
John H. Johnson |
Laws |
1971 |
|
Samuel Shephard |
Laws |
1971 |
|
Walter C. Daniel |
Laws |
1972 |
|
Judge Scovel Richardson |
Laws |
1973 |
|
Robert R. Wheeler |
Laws |
1973 |
|
Percy L. Julian |
Science |
1975 |
|
Lionel H. Newsom |
Humanities |
1975 |
|
Gordon Parks |
Humanities |
1975 |
|
Frederick O'Neal |
Humanities |
1976 |
|
Owen Vincent Dodson |
Letters |
1977 |
|
Kenneth B. Billups |
Humanities |
1977 |
|
Moses Carl Holman |
Laws |
1978 |
|
Jesse Hill |
Laws |
1979 |
|
Lucille Bluford |
Humanities |
1980 |
|
Thomas Shropshire |
Laws |
1980 |
|
Name |
Degree |
Year Awarded |
|
Judge Lewis W. Clymer |
Letters |
1981 |
|
Joseph S. McDuffie |
Letters |
1981 |
|
Theodore McMillian |
Letters |
1981 |
|
Earl Wilson, Jr. |
Letters |
1981 |
|
E. De La Garza, II |
|
1982 |
|
Nathan B. Young |
Laws |
1984 |
|
Bernard C. Watson |
Laws |
1984 |
|
Paul J. Kofmehl |
Laws |
1984 |
|
Bernie D. Dunlap |
Fine Arts |
1985 |
|
Jerome Jones |
Laws |
1985 |
|
Henry Givens, Jr. |
Humane Letters |
1985 |
|
Gene Leroy Schwilck |
Humane Letters |
1985 |
|
John Morton-Finney |
Letters |
January 1985 |
|
Larry D. Folkins |
Laws |
Summer 1985 |
|
Patsy H. Sampson |
Laws |
May 1986 |
|
Inez Kaiser |
Laws |
May 1986 |
|
Richard Johnson |
Humane Letters |
May 1986 |
|
A.C. Searles |
Humane Letters |
May 1986 |
|
Luna Isaac Mishoe |
Science |
August 1986 |
|
Ann E. Smith |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1987 |
|
Ollie W. Gates |
Humane Letters |
May 1987 |
|
Ronald L. Townson |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1987 |
|
Paul Findley |
Letters |
May 1988 |
|
Senator J.B. "Jet" Banks |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
May 1989 |
|
Leonard H.O. Spearman |
Humanities |
May 1989 |
|
Jospeh Deighton Gibson, Jr. Jack the Rapper |
Humanities |
1990 |
|
John Patrick Jordan |
Humanities |
1990 |
|
Mrs. William Weldon (Betty) |
Doctor of Humane Letters – L.H.D |
May 1990 |
|
Mrs. Yvonne Starks Wilson |
Doctor of Humanities – HH.D |
May 1991 |
|
Stephen E. Tallent |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
May 1991 |
|
Julius Jay Hollis |
Doctor of Humanities – HH.D |
May 1991 |
|
Dr. Muriel W. Battle |
Doctor of Humanities – HH.D |
May 1992 |
|
Mr. Dwayne Crompton |
Doctor of Humanities – HH.D |
May 1992 |
|
BG Donald L. Scott |
Laws |
1992 |
|
James B. Appleberry |
Humane Letters |
1993 |
|
Mr. Charles Edward Coursey |
Doctor of Humanities – HH.D |
May 1993 |
|
Mrs. Susie Lenora Coursey |
Doctor of Humanities – HH.D |
May 1993 |
|
Dr. James Frank |
Doctor of Humanities – L.H.D |
May 1993 |
|
Congressman Ike Skelton |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
May 1994 |
|
Walter H. Sanderson |
Humanities |
1994 |
|
Allan William Ostar |
Humane Letters |
1995 |
|
Clinita Arnsby Ford |
Doctor of Humane Letters – L.H.D |
May 1995 |
|
Joseph David Johnson |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
May 1995 |
|
President Bakili Muluzi |
Laws |
Fall 1995 |
|
Louis W. Smith |
Humanities |
1996 |
|
Garner Cotton Sr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1997 |
|
William "Bill" Quigg |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
May 1997 |
|
LTG Joe N. Ballard |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
May 1998 |
|
Herbert Ellis |
Doctor of Humane Letters – L.H.D |
May 1998 |
|
Raymond Marsh |
Doctor of Humane Letters – L.H.D |
May 1998 |
|
Hon. Rep. Gracia Yancey Backer |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
December 1999 |
|
Hon. Rep. Paula J. Carter |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
December 1999 |
|
Hon. Senator Larry Rohrbach |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
December 1999 |
|
Congresswoman Maxine Waters |
Laws |
Spring 2000 |
|
Congressman William Lacy Clay |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
May 2001 |
|
Mrs. Bette Spence-Dix |
Doctor of Humane Letters – L.H.D |
May 2001 |
|
Honorable Bob Holden, II |
Doctor of Laws – LL.D |
May 2001 |
|
Mr. Joe Torry |
Doctor of Humane Letters – L.H.D |
May 2002 |
|
Dr. N. Joyce Payne |
Doctor of Humane Letters – L.H.D |
May 2002 |
|
Mr. Jack Oliver |
Doctorate of Laws |
May 2003 |
|
Hon. Ann M. Veneman, JD |
Doctorate of Laws |
May 2003 |
|
Mr. Wilbert Bryant |
Doctorate of Laws |
May 2004 |
|
Dr. Julius Dix |
Doctorate of Laws |
December 2005 |
|
Major General Henry W. (Hank) Stratman |
Doctor of Humane Letters – L.H.D |
May 2006 |
|
Mr. Charles "Charlie" Sifford |
Doctorate of Laws |
May 2007 |
|
Dr. Boyce Courtney Williams |
Doctorate of Humane Letters - L.H.D. |
May 2008 |
|
Mr. Troy J. Davis |
Doctor of Science |
May 2010 |
|
Mr. Richard Williams, Sr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 2010 |
|
Mr. Joe E. Outlaw |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2012 |
|
Hon. Senator Michael Kehoe |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2014 |
|
Mrs. Patricia Russell-McCloud, J.D. |
Doctor of Laws |
May 2015 |
|
Mr. Cedric "The Entertainer" Kyles |
Doctor of Fine Arts and Humane Letters |
May 2015 |
|
Ms. Alice Bingham'50 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2015 |
|
Hon. William Blaine Luetkemeyer'74 |
Doctor of Laws |
May 2015 |
|
Dr. Thomas Pawley III |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
May 2015 |
|
Mr. David Steward |
Doctor of Science |
May 2015 |
|
Mrs. Valerie Daniels-Carter |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2016 |
|
Ms. Jennifer Holliday |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
May 2016 |
|
Judge Jon Gray |
Doctor of Laws | May 2016 |
|
Brigadier General Tammy Smith |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2016 |
|
Nathaniel Jones |
Doctor of Humane Letters | May 2017 |
| Attorney A. Visanio Johnson |
Doctor of Laws |
May 2018 |
|
Mrs. Dorothy Steward |
Doctor of Humane Letters | May 2019 |
|
Galveston Lee Roy Shipley |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2022 |
|
Ms. Barbara Hill-Moore |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
May 2023 |
|
Mr. Andrew "Andy" Kampeter |
Doctor of Letters |
May 2023 |
|
Mr. Michael J. Kampeter |
Doctor of Letters |
May 2023 |
|
Honorable William Clay |
Laws |
Year Unknown |
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Mayor John G. Christy |
Humanities |
Year Unknown |