Alphabetical Listing
Honorary Degree Designations
DD: Doctor of Divinity
DL: Doctor of Laws
DH: Doctor of Humanities
DHL: Doctor of Humane Letters
A
Annie M. Abrams, DHL, 1996
William Adams, DHL, 1990
Hilmar Andres-Fick, DH, 1970
Jim Argue, Jr., DHL, 1999
B
Daisy Lee Bates, DHL, 1980
Al Bell, DHL, 1972
Al Bell, DHL, 2011
Robert F. Birch, Jr., DHL, 2013 Arvill C. Brannon, DD, 1980
Robert L. Brown, DHL, 1992
Shrum Burton, DD, 1964 Linda Byrd, DHL, 2019
C
E. J. Callaway, Jr., DHL, 1984
Gladys L. Campbell, DHL, 1984
Albert Edward Campion, DD, 1945
William T. Carter, DD, 1982
Linda Pondexter Chesterfield, DHL, 2018
James Clifton Christopher, DHL, 2001
M. W. Clair, DD, 1952
William Edward, Clark, DD, 1943
Alfred Clay, DD, 1953
Cecil W. Cone, DHL, 1981
James H. Cone, DD, 1981
Charles N. Crutchfield, DHL, 2012
D
Freddie R. Dixon, Sr., DD, 1979 Charles Donaldson, DHL, 2019 Mable Donaldson, DHL, 2021
Ethan W. Dodgen, DD, 1983
Clifford Droke, DD, 1984
Clarence J. Duvall, Jr., DHL, 2013
E
Christopher F. Edley, DHL, 1986
C. Dennis Edwards, DHL, 1994
M. Joycelyn Jones Elders, DHL, 1988
F
W. Harold Flowers, DL, 1971
William H. Fowler, DH, 1970
Raymond Frank, DD, 1968
G
Marc A. Garcia, DHL, 2016
Harry P. Gibson, Jr., DD, 1968
Curtis D. Gillespie, DHL, 1984
Joe Louis Gipson, DD, 1977
L. R. Grant, DD, 1936
Mai H. Gray, DHL, 1981
Cornelius J. Gray, Sr., DD, 1975
Paul Grime, DD, 1957
Dave Grundfest, Sr., DH, 1967 Harold Gwatney, DHL, 2017
H
Willie D. Hamilton, DHL, 1988
Oscar Hamilton, DHL, 2002
Lawrence Hamilton, DHL, 2016
G. D. Hancock, DD, 1936
William T. Handy, Jr., DHL, 1982
Norman W. Handy, Jr., DHL, 1983 Linda Harding, DHL, 2020
Rush Harding, III, DHL, 2017
Geneva Nelson, Harris, DHL, 1977
Edward W. Harris, DD, 1980
Elijah Harris, DHL, 2004 Hill Harper, DHL, 2022
Isaac Hayes, DHL, 1972
Bernice Shields Hayman, DHL, 1997
Leonard L. Haynes, Jr., DHL, 1990
John B. Hays, DD, 1980
Walter R. Hazzard, DL, 1974
Sherman Hemsley, DHL, 2003
John E. Hines, DL, 1966
C. Ray Hosendorf, DHL, 1979 Asa Hutchinson, DHL, 2021
I
Georg G. Iggers, DHL, 2002
J
M. A. Jackson, DL, 1978 Frank James, DHL, 2022
Simon Peter Jenkins, DD, 1947
Rendus J. Jenkins, DD, 1974
Willie L. Johnson, DHL, 1996
H. H. Jones, DD, 1953
Charles R. Jones, DHL, 1994
Tom Joyner, DHL, 2010
K
Edward Wendell Kelly, DD, 1945
Joseph E. King, DH, 1967
L
W. D. Lester, DD, 1952
W. D. Lester, DL, 1969 Raphael O. Lewis, DHL, 2019
J. Walter Lofton, DD, 1983
M
Mahlon Adrian Martin, DHL, 1988
Marjorie S. Matthews, DD, 1983
Felton E. May, DHL, 2017
Charlie E. McAdoo, DHL, 1992
Roddy McCaskill, DHL, 2009
Emma D. McFarlin, DHL, 1997
Henry L. McHenry, DHL, 1987
Wesley Evans McKelvoy, DD, 1964
Clifford E. Minton, DHL, 1991 Arthur Montgomery, DHL, 2019
N-O
William Nash, DL, 1968
Benjamin F. Neal, DD, 1935
C. T. R. Nelson, DD, 1959
Lawrence Dale Nicholson, DHL, 1991
Frances "Freddie" Nixon, DHL, 1995
Randolph W. Nugent, DHL, 1999
P-Q
M. D. Pembroke, DD, 1959
Fred M. Perkins, Jr., DHL, 2000
Coleman H. Peterson, DHL, 2003
David H. Pryor, DHL, 2004
R
Lou Rawls, DHL, 2002
C. N. Richmond, DD, 1953
Kenneth W. Ricks, DL, 1978
S. M. Riley, DD, 1953
Harry Roberson, Jr., DHL, 2010
Max Robinson, DHL, 1985
Alphonse Robinson, DHL, 1993
William H. Robinson, Jr., DHL, 2001
Winthrop P. Rockefeller, DHL, 1985
Josephine Raye Rodgers, DHL, 1999
Doyle W. Rogers, Sr., DHL, 1986
Larry W. Ross, DHL, 1994 James Rush, DHL, 2021
S
Kenneth H. Sausama, DD, 1935
J. D. Scott, DH, 1970 Frank Scott Jr., DHL, 2020
Julius S. Scott, Jr., DHL, 1983
Lottie Lee Holt Shackelford, DHL, 1988
William Shepherd, DHL, 1971
Willie Mae Shockley, DHL, 1998
Thomas B. Shrophsire, DHL, 1985
F. Herbert Skeete, DHL, 1983
R. E. Skelton, DD, 1936
Rodney E. Slater, DHL, 2002
Jackson T. Stephens, DHL, 1987
Charles O. Stewart, DHL, 1992
Ozell Sutton, DHL, 1971
T-V
Stanley R. Tarr, DHL, 1992
Sherman Ellis Tate, DHL, 1988
Prince Albert Taylor, DL, 1956
Joseph E. Taylor, DD, 1968
Henrietta Harris Torrence, DHL, 1978
W-Z
John W. Walker, Esq., DHL, 2000
Larry C. Wallace, DHL, 1991
Don Paul Weeks, DHL, 2001
DePriest W. Whyte, DD, 1974
M. M. Wilbun, DD, 1953
Esther Birch Wiley, DHL, 2000
Henry Wilkins, IV, DHL, 1998 Annie Winkler Williams, DHL, 2020
Erma Power Williams, DHL, 2014
Bennie R. Williams, DHL, 2014
Darnell Williams, DHL, 2018
Mary Louise Williams, DHL, 2018
Robert Willingham, Jr., DHL, 1995
Carol Willis, DHL, 1993
William H. Woods, DHL, 2015
John Sparks Workman, DD, 1977
Kathryn F. Worthen, DHL, 2003