Honorary Degrees and Commencement Speaker - Previous Recipients
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| Last Name | First Name | Award | Year | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells | Heber M. (Gov.) | CS | 1899 | |
| Varian | C.S. | CS | 1903 | |
| Wells | Heber M. (Gov.) | CS | 1903 | |
| Hammond | (Sec. of State) | CS | 1904 | |
| Kerr | William J. (Pres.) | CS | 1905 | |
| Allison | (Attorney) | CS | 1906 | |
| Nelson | A.C. | CS | 1907 | |
| Spry | William | CS | 1909 | |
| Powers | Orlando W. | CS | 1910 | |
| Nibley | Charles W. | CS | 1911 | |
| Spry | William | CS | 1912 | |
| Spry | William | CS | 1913 | |
| Langton | Willard Samuel | CS | 1914 | |
| Widstoe | John A. | HD | 1914 | Doctor of Laws |
| Macewan | E.J. | CS | 1915 | |
| Adney | C.G. | HD | 1915 | Master of Scientific Agriculture |
| Caine | John T. Sr. | HD | 1915 | Master of Scientific Agriculture |
| Sanborn | Jeremiah W. | HD | 1915 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wheelon | J.C. | HD | 1915 | Master of Scientific Agriculture |
| Ball | Elmer Darwin | CS | 1916 | |
| Goshen | Elmer I. | CS | 1917 | |
| Bryan | E.A. | CS | 1918 | |
| Simpkin | P.A. | CS | 1919 | |
| Richards | Stephen L. | CS | 1920 | |
| Hines | Frank Thomas | HD | 1920 | Doctor of Laws |
| Leary | William H. | CS | 1921 | |
| Upham | A.H. | CS | 1922 | |
| Stephens | Frank B. | CS | 1923 | |
| Armstrong | W.W. | CS | 1924 | |
| Jardine | William M. | CS/HD | 1925 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sanborn | Jeremiah W. | CS | 1926 | |
| Eaton | George A. | CS | 1927 | |
| Dern | George H. | CS | 1928 | |
| Kelly | F.J. | CS | 1929 | |
| Devine | James H. | CS | 1930 | |
| Blood | Henry H. | CS | 1931 | |
| Thompson | W.O. | CS | 1932 | |
| Stephens | Frank B. | CS | 1933 | |
| Wallace | Henry A. | CS | 1934 | |
| Ivins | Anthony Woodward | HD | 1934 | Doctor of Laws |
| Champ | Frederick P. | CS | 1935 | |
| Lipman | Charles B. | CS | 1936 | |
| Meiklejohn | Alexander | CS | 1937 | |
| Sproul | Robert Gordon | CS | 1938 | |
| Eaton | George A. | HD | 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hedrick | Ulysses Prentiss | HD | 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kerr | William Jasper | HD | 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Marlatt | Abby L. | HD | 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Farrell | F.D. | CS | 1939 | |
| Lyman | Richard R. | CS | 1940 | |
| Thomas | Elbert D. | CS | 1941 | |
| Hornbeck | Stanley K. | CS | 1942 | |
| Berle | Adolf A. Jr. | CS | 1943 | |
| Hines | Frank Thomas | CS | 1944 | |
| Beus | J.R. | HD | 1944 | Master of Agriculture |
| Pedersen | N.A. | CS | 1945 | |
| Peterson | Elmer George | HD | 1945 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lilienthal | David E. | CS | 1946 | |
| Peterson | William | HD | 1946 | Doctor of Science |
| Moulton | Arthur W. | CS | 1947 | |
| Jardine | James Tertius | HD | 1947 | Doctor of Science |
| Jardine | William M. | HD | 1947 | Doctor of Laws |
| Peterson | Phoebe N. (Mrs. E.G.) | HD | 1947 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Peterson | William | HD | 1947 | Doctor of Science |
| Richards | Stephen L. | CS | 1948 | |
| Cardon | Philip Vincent | HD | 1948 | Doctor of Laws |
| Howell | James Albert | HD | 1948 | Doctor of Laws |
| Nichols | John R. | CS | 1949 | |
| Humphrey | George D. | CS | 1950 | |
| Bowman | Albert Elijah | HD | 1950 | Doctor of Laws |
| Harris | Franklin S. | HD | 1950 | Doctor of Science |
| McKay | David O. | HD | 1950 | Doctor of Laws |
| Moen | Johanna | HD | 1950 | Doctor of Laws |
| Eccles | Marriner S. | CS | 1951 | |
| Adney | C.G. | HD | 1951 | Doctor of Science |
| Caine | John T. III | HD | 1951 | Doctor of Science |
| Palmer | William R. | HD | 1952 | Doctor's Degree |
| Wallace | William R. | HD | 1952 | Doctor's Degree |
| Farrell | F.D. | CS | 1953 | |
| Lee | Harold B. | HD | 1953 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Reeder | Ella V. | HD | 1953 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Watts | Lyle F. | HD | 1953 | Doctor of Science |
| Raubenheimer | Albert Sydney | CS | 1954 | |
| Brossard | Edgar B. | HD | 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| Bullen | Herschel Jr. | HD | 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| Champ | Frederick P. | HD | 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| McKay | Emma Ray Riggs | HD | 1954 | Doctor of Humanities |
| McDonald | Howard S. | CS | 1955 | |
| Astin | Allen V. | CS | 1956 | |
| Dixon | Henry Aldous | HD | 1956 | Doctor of Laws |
| Isaacson | Thorpe B. | HD | 1956 | Doctor of Laws |
| Petersen | T.S. | CS | 1957 | |
| Peterson | Mrs. Elmer George | HD | 1957 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Shaw | Byron Thomas | HD | 1957 | Doctor of Laws |
| Pett | L.F. | CS | 1958 | |
| Benson | Ezra Taft | HD | 1958 | Doctor of Laws |
| Clyde | George Dewey | HD | 1958 | Doctor of Science |
| Warne | William E. | CS | 1959 | |
| Larsen | Ernest O. | HD | 1959 | Doctor of Science |
| Musser | Mrs. Burton W. | HD | 1959 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wright | Delbert F. | CS | 1960 | |
| Bailey | Reed Warner | HD | 1960 | Doctor of Science |
| Romney | Ernest Lowell | HD | 1960 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Zahedi | Ardeshir | HD | 1960 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ching | Hung Wo | HD | 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Moyle | Henry D. | HD | 1961 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Ritchey | Harold W. | HD | 1961 | Doctor of Science |
| Morgan | William E. | CS | 1962 | |
| Israelsen | Orson Winso | HD | 1962 | Doctor of Science |
| Michaelson | Charles Donald | HD | 1962 | Doctor of Science |
| Pedersen | Nels Alvin | HD | 1962 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Chase | Daryl | CS | 1963 | |
| Eccles | Marriner Stoddard | HD | 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ercanbrack | Fern B. | HD | 1963 | Doctor of Humanities |
| West | Franklin L. | HD | 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hannah | John A. | CS | 1964 | |
| Brooks | Juanita Leavitt | HD | 1964 | Doctor of Letters |
| Richards | LeGrande | HD | 1964 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Sanders | Newell V. | HD | 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Merrill | M.R. | CS | 1965 | |
| Bullen | Richard Hatch | HD | 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Cliff | Edward Parley | HD | 1965 | Doctor of Science |
| Phillips | Lucy Ann | HD | 1965 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Udall | Stewart Lee | CS/HD | 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Larson | Arthur | CS/HD | 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Chase | Daryl | CS | 1968 | |
| Abravanel | Maurice | HD | 1968 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Barrientos | Rene Ortuno | HD | 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| Tanner | Obert C. | HD | 1968 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Wilson | Owen Meredith | CS/HD | 1969 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Condie | Richard Palfreyman | HD | 1969 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Eccles | George Stoddard | CS/HD | 1970 | Doctor of Laws |
| Merrill | Milton Rees | HD | 1970 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Harrar | J. George | CS/HD | 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Chase | Daryl | HD | 1971 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Hesburgh | Theodore M. | HD | 1971 | Doctor of Humanities |
| McGauhey | Percy Harold | HD | 1971 | Doctor of Science |
| Sonne | Alma | HD | 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Stegner | Wallace Earle | CS/HD | 1972 | Doctor of Literature |
| Bickmore | Lee S. | HD | 1972 | Doctor of Agribusiness |
| Goudsmit | Samuel Abraham | HD | 1972 | Doctor of Science |
| Salisbury | Norman D. | HD | 1972 | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Stone | James M. | HD | 1972 | Doctor of Science |
| Christensen | William F. | HD | 1973 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Eyring | Henry A. | CS/HD | 1973 | Doctor of Science |
| Darby | William J. | HD | 1973 | Doctor of Science |
| Kelley | Fern Shipley | HD | 1973 | Doctor of Humanities |
| West | Allan M. | HD | 1973 | Doctor of Education |
| Christiansen | Henry N. | MC | 1973 | |
| Ford | Gerald R. | CS/HD | 1974 | Doctor of Laws |
| Henderson | LaVell Merl | HD | 1974 | Doctor of Science |
| Platt | John R. | HD | 1974 | Doctor of Psychology |
| Rampton | Lucybeth Cardon | HD | 1974 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Richards | Lorenzo A. | HD | 1974 | Doctor of Science |
| Schreiner | Alexander | HD | 1974 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Hope | Bob | CS/HD | 1975 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Gardner | Marjorie Hyer | HD | 1975 | Doctor of Education |
| Kimball | Spencer W. | HD | 1975 | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thorne | David Wynne | HD | 1975 | Doctor of Science |
| Wilkinson | Denys Haigh | HD | 1975 | Doctor of Science |
| Wynn | Daniel Webster | HD | 1975 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Varner | Durward B. | CS/HD | 1976 | Doctor of Science |
| Christiansen | Jerald Emmett | HD | 1976 | Doctor of Science |
| Harris | Jay Dee | HD | 1976 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Mason | Alpheus Thomas | HD | 1976 | Doctor of Science |
| Quinney | Samuel Joe | HD | 1976 | Doctor of Laws |
| Revelle | Roger | HD | 1976 | Doctor of Science |
| Vanocur | Sander | CS/HD | 1977 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Crandall | Bliss H. | HD | 1977 | Doctor of Science |
| Hill | Reuben L. | HD | 1977 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Rampton | Calvin L. | HD | 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Rector | Hartman Jr. | HD | 1977 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Thomas | Bert L. | HD | 1977 | Doctor of Business |
| Schlesinger | Arthur M. Jr. | CS/HD | 1978 | Doctor of Education |
| Broadhead | Daken K. | HD | 1978 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Chase | Alice | HD | 1978 | Doctor of Education |
| Evans | David W. | HD | 1978 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Nelson | Lowry | HD | 1978 | Doctor of Science |
| Peterson | Dean Freeman III | HD | 1978 | Doctor of Science |
| Taggart | Glen L. | CS/HD | 1979 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Clawson | James Harold | HD | 1979 | Doctor of Business Management |
| Daines | Robert Hendry | HD | 1979 | Doctor of Science |
| Hanks | Marion D. | HD | 1979 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Madsen | Louis L. | HD | 1979 | Doctor of Science |
| Richardson | Ralph W. Jr. | HD | 1979 | Doctor of Science |
| Murphy | Reg | CS/HD | 1980 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Hewlett | William R. | HD | 1980 | Doctor of Engineering |
| Page | Louise | HD | 1980 | Doctor of Science |
| Zobell | Claude E. | HD | 1980 | Doctor of Science |
| Johnson | Wyatt Thomas | CS/HD | 1981 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Carson | Dorothy Myers | HD | 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gardner | Eldon J. | HD | 1981 | Doctor of Science |
| Maxwell | Neal A. | HD | 1981 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Hawkins | Paula | CS/HD | 1982 | Doctor of Laws |
| Arrington | Leonard J. | HD | 1982 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Wittwer | Sylvan H. | HD | 1982 | Doctor of Science |
| Hwang | K. Philip | CS/HD | 1983 | Doctor of Engineering |
| Robins | W.B. | HD | 1983 | Doctor of Agribusiness |
| Scripps | James G. | HD | 1983 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Swinyard | Ewart A. | HD | 1983 | Doctor of Science |
| Norris | William C. | CS/HD | 1984 | Doctor of Science |
| Abrahamson | James A. | HD | 1984 | Doctor of Engineering |
| Plowman | Rex G. | HD | 1984 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Peterson | Esther | CS/HD | 1985 | Doctor of Consumer Affairs |
| Blackham | Ralph S. | HD | 1985 | Doctor of Agribusiness |
| Jones | Emma Eccles | HD | 1985 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Parry | Robert W. | HD | 1985 | Doctor of Science |
| Simons | Daryl B. | CH | 1985 | DA/College of Engineering |
| Van Alstyne | Arvo | HD | 1985 | Doctor of Laws |
| Pelczar | Michael J. Jr. | CS/HD | 1986 | Doctor of Science |
| Bell | William Earl | HD | 1986 | Doctor of Engineering |
| Ellsworth | Homer S. | HD | 1986 | Doctor of Medical Sciences |
| Hinckley | Gordon B. | HD | 1986 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Gardner | David Pierpont | CS/HD | 1987 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Cronquist | Arthur | HD | 1987 | Doctor of Biological Sciences |
| Moe | Edward O. | HD | 1987 | Doctor of Social Sciences |
| Swenson | May | HD | 1987 | Doctor of Letters |
| Austad | Mark E. | CS/HD | 1988 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Armstrong | Ellis L. | HD | 1988 | Doctor of Engineering |
| Hoffmann | Robert S. | HD | 1988 | Doctor of Biological Sciences |
| Leone | Nicholas C. | HD | 1988 | Doctor of Medical Sciences |
| Shingo | Shigeo | HD | 1988 | Doctor of Management |
| Sowell | Thomas | CS/HD | 1989 | Doctor of Letters |
| Matheson | Scott M. | HD | 1989 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Nelson | Russell M. | HD | 1989 | Doctor of Medical Sciences |
| Spendlove | Rex S. | HD | 1989 | Doctor of Science |
| Eigen | Manfred | CS/HD | 1990 | Doctor of Science |
| Falkenstein | Claire | HD | 1990 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Hughes | Jonathan Roberts Tyson | HD | 1990 | Doctor of Social Sciences |
| Levine | Philip | HD | 1990 | Doctor of Letters |
| Reeve | Eldrow "Dutch" | HD | 1990 | Doctor of Agribusiness |
| Cheney | Lynne V. | CS/HD | 1991 | Doctor of Letters |
| Hansen | R. Gaurth | HD | 1991 | Doctor of Science |
| Jensen | Marcus M. | HD | 1991 | Doctor of Biological Sciences |
| Jordan | I. King | HD | 1991 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Reed | Joseph Verner | HD | 1991 | Doctor of Environmental Law |
| Volcker | Paul A. | CS/HD | 1992 | Doctor of Economics |
| Bangerter | Norman H. | HD | 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| Cazier | Stanford | HD | 1992 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Kim | Jong Pil | HD | 1992 | Doctor of Political Science |
| Weigand | William K. Rev. | HD | 1992 | Doctor of Social Sciences |
| Garn | E.J. (Jake) | CS/HD | 1993 | Doctor of Political Science & Aerospace Studies |
| Bringhurst | Royce S. | HD | 1993 | Doctor of Agricultural Sciences |
| Kerr | William Rolfe | HD | 1993 | Doctor of Education |
| Price | Jay H. Jr. | HD | 1993 | Doctor of Accounting |
| Smith | Terry | HD | 1993 | Doctor of Geography & Earth Resources |
| Huntsman | Jon M. | CS/HD | 1994 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Elion | Gertrude B. | HD | 1994 | Doctor of Medical Sciences |
| Funk | C. Reed | HD | 1994 | Doctor of Agricultural Sciences |
| Van Kampen | Kent R. | HD | 1994 | Doctor of Biological Sciences |
| Dowdeswell | Elizabeth | CS/HD | 1995 | Doctor of Environmental Management |
| Madsen | Arch L. | HD | 1995 | Doctor of Communication |
| Rallison | Richard D. | HD | 1995 | Doctor of Electro-Optical Engineering |
| Schriever | Bernard A. | HD | 1995 | Doctor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
| Wanlass | Kathryn Caine | HD | 1995 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Eccles | Spencer F. | CS/HD | 1996 | Doctor of Finance |
| Colton | Kent W. | HD | 1996 | Doctor of Business & Economic Development |
| Jordan | Amos A. | HD | 1996 | Doctor of International Relations |
| Packer | Boyd K. | HD | 1996 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Plowman | R. Dean | HD | 1996 | Doctor of Agricultural Sciences |
| Edelman | Marian Wright | CS/HD | 1997 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Anderson | Jack | HD | 1997 | Doctor of Communication |
| Brown | C. Stuart | HD | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sesaweech | Tweesackdi | HD | 1997 | Doctor of Agricultural Science |
| Cleave | Mary L. | CS/HD | 1998 | Doctor of Engineering Science |
| Mortimer | William James | HD | 1998 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Osguthorpe | John E. | HD | 1998 | Doctor of Agriculture |
| Staheli | Donald L. | HD | 1998 | Doctor of Agribusiness |
| Young | Adele Christensen | HD | 1998 | Doctor of Education |
| Young | Dale W. | HD | 1998 | Doctor of Agicultural Sciences |
| Mills | William "Billy" | CS/HD | 1999 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Anderson | Richard W. | HD | 1999 | Doctor of Engineering |
| Bullen | Reed | HD | 1999 | Doctor of Business |
| Christensen | Gordon Johnson | HD | 1999 | Doctor of Science |
| Jardine | Winnifred C. | HD | 1999 | Doctor of Family & Consumer Food Sciences |
| Thorne | Kip S. | CS/HD | 2000 | Doctor of Science |
| Leftwich | William E. III | HD | 2000 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Marshall | Ray | HD | 2000 | Doctor of Economics |
| Olsen | Donald B. | HD | 2000 | Doctor of Agriculture |
| Thorne | Alison Comish | HD | 2000 | Doctor of Family & Consumer Sciences |
| Covey | Stephen R. | CS/HD | 2001 | Doctor of Business |
| Lawson | Janet Q. | HD | 2001 | Doctor of Natural Resources |
| Simplot | J.R. | HD | 2001 | Doctor of Agricultural Sciences & Food Industry |
| Williams | John Towner | HD | 2001 | Doctor of Music |
| Williams | Terry Tempest | HD | 2001 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Irish | Carolyn Tanner | CS/HD | 2002 | Doctor of Social Sciences |
| Brown | Oren L. | HD | 2002 | Doctor of Music |
| Cornwell | Patricia | HD | 2002 | Doctor of Letters |
| Lopez | Barry | HD | 2002 | Doctor of Environmental Studies |
| Molina | Mario J. | HD | 2002 | Doctor of Atmospheric Sciences |
| Reid | Harry | HD | 2002 | Doctor of Political Science |
| Gee | E. Gordon | CS/HD | 2003 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Carr | Gregory C. | HD | 2003 | Doctor of Humanities |
| Hale-Wilson | Larzette G. | HD | 2003 | Doctor of Business |
| Williams | John W. | HD | 2003 | Doctor of Arts |
| Johnson | Jane Clayson | CS/HD | 2004 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Novak | Ruth L. | HD | 2004 | Doctor of Science & Engineering |
| Olsen | Merlin | HD | 2004 | Doctor of Business |
| Wallentine | C. Booth | HD | 2004 | Doctor of Agriculture |
| Olsen | Merlin | CS | 2005 | |
| Gandhi | Niranjan R. | HD | 2005 | Doctor of Agriculture |
| McCowin | Bernice H. | HD | 2005 | Doctor of Education |
| Sant | David G. | HD | 2005 | Doctor of Engineering |
| Wanlass | George Ralph | HD | 2005 | Doctor of Arts |
| Magrath | C. Peter | CS/HD | 2006 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Hoopes | Lorenzo N. | HD | 2006 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Russell | Manon Caine | HD | 2006 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Lawson | Frederick Quinney | CS/HD | 2007 | Doctor of Divinity |
| Foxley | Cecelia Harrison | HD | 2007 | Doctor of Education |
| Hong | Young-Chul | HD | 2007 | Doctor of Business |
| Laub | James D. | HD | 2007 | Doctor of Business and Entrepreneurship |
| Quigley | James H. | CS/HD | 2008 | Doctor of Business |
| Giles | Clark P. | HD | 2008 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hansen | W. Eugene | HD | 2008 | Doctor of Laws |
| Perry | L. Tom | HD | 2008 | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sorenson | Beverley T. | HD | 2008 | Doctor of Arts Education |