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Honorary Degree Previous Recipients:
- 2001 - Present
- 1950 - 2000
| Year | Name | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Crystal Arlene Kuykendall | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2024 | Jimmy Wright | Doctor of Arts |
| 2023 | John M. O'Neal | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2023 | Julie Panepinto | Doctor of Community Health |
| 2023 | Bryan Stevenson | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2022 | Richard Hunt | Doctor of Public Arts |
| 2022 | Cho-Yee To | Doctor of Educational Leadership |
| 2021 | Harry L. Crisp, II | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2021 | Ngozi O. Ezike | Doctor of Community Health |
| 2021 | Pamela K. Pfeffer | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2020 | Robert John Odenkirk | Doctor of Performing Arts |
| 2020 | Jacquelyn D. Spinner | Doctor of Media Arts |
| 2020 | Pamela J. Wilson | Doctor of Community Health |
| 2019 | Thanu Kulachol | Doctor of Education |
| 2019 | Melissa McCarthy | Doctor of Performing Arts |
| 2019 | Charles Neblett | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2018 | Janice L. Jacobs | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2018 | Richard W. Peck | Doctor of Literary Arts |
| 2018 | Richard Roundtree | Doctor of Performing Arts |
| 2017 | General Larry O. Spencer | Doctor of Public Service |
| 2017 | Susan K. McClary | Doctor of Music Arts |
| 2017 | Howard A. Peters III | Doctor of Humane Arts |
| 2016 | Joan E. Higginbotham | Doctor of Aerospace Science |
| 2016 | Donald L. Beggs, Ph.D | Doctor of Education Leadership |
| 2015 | Captain William Norwood | Doctor of Aviation Science |
| 2015 | Dixie B. Fortis | Posthumous Doctor of Commerce |
| 2015 | The Honorable Jim Edgar | Doctor of Humane Arts |
| 2013 | Robert L. Murphy | Doctor of Humanities |
| 2012 | Deirdre McCloskey | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2011 | Nuruddin Farah | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2011 | Amy Goodman | Doctor of Humane Discourse |
| 2008 | Hedayat Amin-Arsala | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2007 | Minnijean Brown Trickey | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2006 | Judge Abner J. Mikva | Doctor of Laws |
| 2006 | Daisaku Ikeda | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2005 | Jagdish N. Bhagwati | Doctor of Arts |
| 2005 | Constance Baker Motley | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2004 | Jo Ann Boydston | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2003 | James M. Rosser | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2003 | Burnell Kraft | Doctor of Commercial Science |
| 2003 | Jie-fu Huang | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2002 | Thomas Yongbong Chung | Doctor of Humanities |
| 2002 | Mark J. Ashley | Doctor of Science |
| 2001 | Oscar Arias | Doctor of Human Letters |