Honorary Degrees and Citations
This list has been compiled from records in the President's Office, Office of Alumni Relations, and the College archives.
| 1891 | C. E. Dowman | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1908 | Henry Elmer Bierly | Doctor of Literature |
| James Perdue | Citation | |
| 1910 | Josephus Anderson | Doctor of Laws |
| 1911 | L. W. Moore | Doctor of Divinity |
| T. J. Nixon | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Ira S. Patterson | Doctor of Divinity | |
| S. M. Sparkman | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1926 | William Benjamin Beauchamp | Doctor of Divinity |
| 1927 | R. Ira Barnett | Doctor of Laws |
| Samuel H. G. Burgin | Doctor of Laws | |
| Elmer Talmadge Clark | Doctor of Laws | |
| Isaac C. Jenkins | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1928 | Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs | Doctor of Literature |
| Ivan Lee Holt | Doctor of Laws | |
| Leon P. McCord | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Marvin H. Norton | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1929 | Herbert J. Drane | Doctor of Laws |
| Lincoln Hulley | Doctor of Education | |
| William A. Lambeth | Doctor of Literature | |
| Samuel Emory Thomasson | Doctor of Literature | |
| Hibbird Austin Tucker | Doctor of Laws | |
| A. Fred Turner | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1930 | Will W. Alexander | Doctor of Laws |
| J. H. Daniels | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Oscar E. Rice | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Guy Everett Snavely | Doctor of Literature | |
| Y. C. Yang | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1932 | Edwin Anderson | Doctor of Divinity |
| John Ringling | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1933 | Winslow S. Anderson | Doctor of Laws |
| J. F. Bell | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Carl S. Cox | Doctor of Education | |
| H. J. Haeflinger | Doctor of Divinity | |
| John J. Tigert | Doctor of Literature | |
| 1934 | Mrs. Roger Babson | Doctor of Education |
| J. R. Cason | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Smith Hardin | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Bishop Samuel R. Hay | Doctor of Laws | |
| Harrison E. Howe | Doctor of Laws | |
| Mrs. J. D. Randall | Doctor of Humanities | |
| G. S. Roberts | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1935 | Paul Wesley Ellis | Doctor of Divinity |
| William Preston Few | Doctor of Education | |
| Felix R. Hill, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | |
| A. M. Hughlett | Doctor of Divinity | |
| John S. Taylor | Doctor of Laws | |
| B. A. Whitmore | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1936 | Bowman F. Ashe | Doctor of Literature |
| P. M. Boyd | Doctor of Divinity | |
| H. P. Carpenter | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Paul A. Fletcher | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Pat M. Neff | Doctor of Literature | |
| E. L. Robinson | Doctor of Laws | |
| James W. Workman | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1937 | Robert Lee Allen | Doctor of Divinity |
| Henry Webster Blackburn | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Francis Marvin Durrance | Doctor of Laws | |
| John Colin English | Doctor of Laws | |
| A. K. Fleming | Doctor of Laws | |
| Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes | Doctor of Humanities | |
| John Miller | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Ralph Washington Sockman | Doctor of Literature | |
| Alfred H. Wagg | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1938 | Frederick Bohn Fisher | Doctor of Literature |
| Welthy Honsinger Fisher | Doctor of Literature | |
| William Gregory Fletcher | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Frank Dreux Jackson | Doctor of Laws | |
| Curtis Hamilton Muncie | Doctor of Science | |
| Finley J. Patterson | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Isaiah Tillman Pearson | Doctor of Education | |
| Paul Quillian | Doctor of Laws | |
| Robert Z. Tyler | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1939 | Frederick Raymond Chenault | Doctor of Literature |
| Henry Hitt Crane | Doctor of Laws | |
| Elam Carlton Doyle | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Henry Carter Hardin | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Harry Henry | Doctor of Divinity | |
| James D. Hurt | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Mary Lowe West | Master of Arts | |
| 1940 | John Warren Branscomb | Doctor of Divinity |
| Francis Dana Coman | Doctor of Laws | |
| George Elbert Farrar | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Ruel B. Gilbert | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Sir Wilfred Greenfell | ||
| John Wallace Hamilton | Doctor of Divinity | |
| John Louis Horton | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Paul McNutt | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Raimundo de Ovies | Doctor of Laws | |
| Thomas Vernor Smith | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1941 | M. W. Carothers | Doctor of Laws |
| Spessard L. Holland | Doctor of Laws | |
| Harold D. Meyer | Doctor of Laws | |
| Arthur J. Moore | Doctor of Laws | |
| Annie M. Pfeiffer | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Roy L. Smith | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| J. H. Therrell | Doctor of Laws | |
| C. K. Vliet | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1944 | Robert C. Holmes | Doctor of Divinity |
| Francis J. McConnell | Doctor of Literature | |
| Edward Julian Pendergrass | Doctor of Divinity | |
| T. T. Scott | Doctor of Laws | |
| Thomas George Walker | Doctor of Laws | |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | Doctor of Laws | |
| G. Floyd Zimmerman | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1945 | John Kenneth Boulton-Jones | Doctor of Laws |
| Millard Fillmore Caldwell | Doctor of Laws | |
| John Zabud Fletcher | Doctor of Laws | |
| Rembert Arthur Guy | Doctor of Divinity | |
| George Franklin Scott | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Harris Gordon Sims | Doctor of Laws | |
| Ray V. Sowers | Doctor of Laws | |
| Vilhjalmur Stefansson | Doctor of Literature | |
| Shelby Augustus Wilson | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1946 | Everett Ross Clinchy | Doctor of Laws |
| Emile Emdon Watson | Doctor of Laws | |
| William Clarence Webster | Citation | |
| Herbert Edward Wolfe | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1947 | Juan Jose Arevalo | Doctor of Laws |
| Doak Sheridan Campbell | Doctor of Laws | |
| Jerome Davis | Doctor of Literature | |
| Benjamin Clifford Douglas Eckardt | Doctor of Laws | |
| Horace Threston Freeman, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | |
| John Owen Gross | Doctor of Literature | |
| Perry Benjamin James, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Edward Elsworth Johnson | Doctor of Laws | |
| S. C. Olliff | Doctor of Divinity | |
| James Hardin Peterson | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Clifford H. Reason | Citation | |
| Garland Dee Runnels | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1948 | Eleanor Steber Bilby | Doctor of Music |
| Gordon Peter Campbell | Doctor of Laws | |
| Earl Evans | Doctor of Music | |
| William Ewart Gladstone Murray | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lewis Audubon Raulerson | Doctor of Laws | |
| William Pearson Tolley | Doctor of Education | |
| 1949 | Thomas David Bailey | Doctor of Laws |
| John Avery Guyton | Doctor of Laws | |
| Roy Hunter Short | Doctor of Laws | |
| Thomas John Watson | Doctor of Social Science | |
| 1950 | Ernest Aubrey Bailey | Doctor of Laws |
| Boris Blai | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Frederick W. Coffing | Doctor of Laws | |
| Thomas L. Dunbar | Doctor of Science | |
| Michael M. Engle | Citation | |
| Daniel J. McCarthy | Citation | |
| Clinton Vane McClurg | Doctor of Laws | |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1951 | Emile DuBose Anthony, Sr. | Citation |
| Henry Styles Bridges | Doctor of Literature | |
| Bruce Franklin Gannaway | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Stanley Grumbacher | Citation | |
| John Howard Hanger | Doctor of Divinity | |
| John William Horsey | Doctor of Laws | |
| Cyril Lord | Doctor of Laws | |
| Daniel Justin McCarthy | Doctor of Laws | |
| Don H. Murdoch | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Clifford Hamilton Reason | Doctor of Laws | |
| Richard Neil Stein | Master of Arts | |
| Joseph Augustus Tolle | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1952 | Alfred Raymond Barrios | Master of Arts |
| John Philip Bell | Doctor of Laws | |
| Charles Francis Coe | Doctor of Laws | |
| Don Alvin Cooke | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Michael M. Engel | Doctor of Laws | |
| R. Barnwell Fuller | Doctor of Laws | |
| Albert Dale Hagler | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Nathan Alexander Perilman | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1953 | Ford Christopher Frick | Doctor of Laws |
| Laurel Irvin Geiszler | Master of Arts | |
| John Granville Stradley | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Kenneth Dale Wells | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1954 | Nathan Cummings | Doctor of Laws |
| Garfield Evans | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Joseph Raymond Fazzano | Doctor of Laws | |
| Sarann Butler Kazanjian | Doctor of Humanities | |
| James Magurno | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Kent McKinley | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lucius Pond Ordway | Doctor of Laws | |
| Francis Earl Shaw | Citation of Meritorious Service | |
| 1955 | Clare Marden Cotton | Doctor of Divinity |
| Lynn Farnol | Doctor of Laws | |
| Charles Warren Hawkins | Doctor of Laws | |
| Joseph Winstead Hicks | Doctor of Laws | |
| John Edwin Larson | Doctor of Laws | |
| Laurie Graydon Ray | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Letcher Frank Roper | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1956 | Aston Aubra Almand | Doctor of Divinity |
| Thomas Leroy Collins | Doctor of Laws | |
| John Milburn McLeod | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Thomas Henry Mitchell | Doctor of Laws | |
| Kenneth Gerald Rogers | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Hy Jordan Sobiloff | Doctor of Laws | |
| Lex King Souter | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Edgar Sullins Vaught | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1957 | Henry Boris Burns | Doctor of Laws |
| Eugene Clayton Calhoun, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Ray Clements | Doctor of Laws | |
| Millard Carson Cleveland | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Morris Fishbein | Doctor of Laws | |
| Claude McEuen Harden, Sr. | Doctor of Laws | |
| George Washington Jenkins | Doctor of Laws | |
| David Bernard Steinman | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Henry Melton Ware | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1958 | Ben Hill Griffin | Doctor of Laws |
| Sidney Walter Martin | Doctor of Laws | |
| John Henry Teeter | Doctor of Laws | |
| Walter Winchell | Doctor of Humanities | |
| 1959 | Harry Silett | Doctor of Laws |
| 1960 | Arthur James Armstrong | Doctor of Divinity |
| Ernest Cuneo | Doctor of Laws | |
| Elizabeth Skinner Jackson | Master of Arts | |
| Christine McGuire | Master of Music | |
| 1961 | Farris Bryant | Doctor of Laws |
| Stanley Kresge | Doctor of Laws | |
| Victor Lee Rankin | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1962 | Raymond A. Alley | Doctor of Divinity |
| Samuel M. Fleming | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1963 | Gaylon Leon Howe | Doctor of Divinity |
| Charles Coolidge Parlin | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1964 | Milburn Peter Akers | Doctor of Laws |
| W. Scott Bozeman | Doctor of Divinity | |
| John James Rooks | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1965 | Richard Holcomb Cooper | Doctor of Laws |
| Marjorie Mitchell McKinley | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| 1967 | John William Donahoo | Doctor of Laws |
| James W. Henley | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Benjamin Campbell Thornal | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1968 | Charles Durward McDonell | Doctor of Divinity |
| Wendell Phillips | Doctor of Business Administration | |
| 1969 | Christiaan N. Barnard | Doctor of Science |
| Andy Griffith | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| Alfred Hedberg | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1970 | Lord Caradon | Doctor of Laws |
| 1971 | Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. | Doctor of Laws |
| C. Glenn Mingledorff | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Mary Duke Semans | Doctor of Fine Arts | |
| 1972 | Reubin O’Donovan Askew | Doctor of Laws |
| Harry J. Heeb | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Walter Nadeem Kalaf | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1973 | Howard J. Barnum, Jr. | Doctor of Science |
| Bishop Robert M. Blackburn | Doctor of Laws | |
| Charles C. Edwards | Doctor of Laws | |
| Edna Hallett Ewerts | Honorary Alumna | |
| Charles Puryear Hamilton | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Gordon S. Hodgson | Doctor of Literature | |
| Bishop Joel D. McDavid | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Richard Warren Pearce | Doctor of Laws | |
| T. Terrell Sessums | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1974 | George Washington English | Doctor of Laws |
| James Marvin Sweat, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Eugene Morris Zimmerman | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1975 | Frances Langford Evinrude | Honorary Alumna |
| Marion McCoy Gibbs | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Ethel McCullough Gray | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Paul Lambuth Hartsfield | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Bob Hope | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Richard Vernon Moore | Doctor of Laws | |
| Fletcher Gray Rush | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1976 | Patrick Wyley McBride, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity |
| Ruth Springer Wedgworth | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Carl Eugene West | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1977 | John Lewis Hall | Doctor of Laws |
| Thomas Calvin Kelsey | Doctor of Divinity | |
| James Thomas Laney | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Cushman Shelton Radebaugh | Doctor of Laws | |
| Eldon Simmons | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1978 | Earl J. McGrath | Doctor of Laws |
| James Clayton Rowan | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Alfred Bryan Vaught | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1979 | Bascom W. Carlton | Doctor of Divinity |
| Walter Cronkite | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Monroe C. Hatch | Doctor of Divinity | |
| William M. Hollis, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sean McBride | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1980 | Edward Lee Dinkins, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity |
| Marcus E. Drewa | Doctor of Science in Commerce | |
| David G. Hortin | Doctor of Divinity | |
| James Carlisle Rogers | Doctor of Laws | |
| James Hunter Williams | Doctor of Laws | |
| Warren Waite Willis | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1981 | Robert Bledsoe | Doctor of Divinity |
| Jerome Hines | Doctor of Music | |
| Bishop Earl Gladstone Hunt, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Nelson C. White | Doctor of Science | |
| 1982 | Roland Herbert Bainton | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Jameson Jones | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Prime F. Osborn | Doctor of Laws | |
| Arnold Palmer | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Carter Durwood Poland, Jr. | Doctor of Commerce | |
| 1983 | Hugh Anderson | Doctor of Divinity |
| John R. Harrison | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Jimmy S. Jones | Doctor of Divinity | |
| E. Ronal Mudd | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Edward W. Norman | Doctor of Divinity | |
| E. Cardon Walker | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1984 | Gerald R. Ford | Doctor of Laws |
| George D. Kennedy | Doctor of Business | |
| Curtis Peterson | Doctor of Laws | |
| John Thomas Sofge, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Roland Vanzant | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1985 | Terrel H. Bell | Doctor of Laws |
| Sayer Loyal Frisbie | Doctor of Letters | |
| Ann Hammond Hansen | Doctor of Science | |
| Mark C. Hollis | Doctor of Business Administration | |
| Nathan Milstein | Doctor of Music | |
| Thomas Glenn Mitchell | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Thomas Price | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Renata Scotto | Doctor of Music | |
| 1986 | Dennis M. Campbell | Doctor of Divinity |
| Thomas Marshall Hahn | Doctor of Laws | |
| D. Burke Kibler | Doctor of Laws | |
| Scott Linder | Doctor of Laws | |
| Thomas S. Monaghan | Doctor of Laws | |
| Nils M. Schweizer | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1987 | James Lloyd Knox | Doctor of Divinity |
| Terence H. Waite | Doctor of International Laws Presented in absentia to Canon S. J. Habiby | |
| James L. Waits | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1988 | Jack M. Berry | Doctor of Laws |
| Harold Hasbrouck Hughes, Jr. | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Andrew P. Ireland | Doctor of Laws | |
| Charles Howard Jenkins, Sr. | Doctor of Laws | |
| John Philip Simon | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1989 | Elizabeth B. Castor | Doctor of Laws |
| Sam T. Dell | Doctor of Laws | |
| Emerson Keith Ewing | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Robert Eugene Fannin | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Roger W. Ireson | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| William Wesley Peters | Doctor of Architecture | |
| Robert Lawson Shaw | Doctor of Sacred Music | |
| 1990 | George T. Crutchfield | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Margaret M. O’Shaugnessy Heckler | Doctor of Humanities | |
| Riley Phillips Short | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 1991 | Ernest L. Boyer | Doctor of Laws |
| Marie M. Miller | Doctor of Aeronautical Science | |
| Truman W. Miller | Doctor of Aeronautical Science | |
| Fred R. Millsaps | Doctor of Laws | |
| John M. Scheb | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1992 | John Charles Allanson Barrett | Doctor of Divinity |
| Charles W. Courtoy | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Sir John Marks Templeton | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1993 | David T. Brewer | Doctor of Divinity |
| Lynne V. Cheney | Doctor of Liberal Arts | |
| Arthur Lee Eberly, Jr. | Doctor of Science | |
| 1994 | Winifred C. “Peggy” Brown | Doctor of Public Service |
| Phyllis Davis | Doctor of Music | |
| Joe Hale | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Andrew H. Hines, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Clark Maxwell, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1995 | William S."Bill” Barnes | Doctor of Divinity |
| Bob Graham | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Lanier Upshaw | Doctor of Commerce | |
| 1996 | Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Donald L. Kerrick | Doctor of Diplomacy | |
| Burton “Bud” Stone | Doctor of Science, Film Technology | |
| Dorotha Cunningham Tanner | Doctor of Humanitarian Service | |
| 1997 | Frank Brogan | Doctor of Public Service |
| Eleanor Honeyman Miller | Doctor of Music | |
| John Raymond Miller II | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sandra B. Mortham | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Chris Wallace | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1998 | Carol Barnett | Doctor of Public Service |
| Hoyt R. “Barney” Barnett | Doctor of Public Service | |
| J. Larry Durrence | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Gary Mason | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum | Citation | |
| George T. Miller | Doctor of Commerce | |
| James Robert Waller | Citation | |
| Charles E. Wilhelm | Doctor of Public Service | |
| 1999 | Lawrence H. Fuchs | Doctor of Commerce |
| Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. | Citation | |
| E. Vane McClurg | Doctor of Laws | |
| Marjorie H. Roberts | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Robert R. Sharp | Doctor of Business | |
| Richard J. Wills | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 2000 | Nancy J. Aumann | Citation |
| Charles T. Canady | Citation | |
| Duncan L. Gray | Doctor of Divinity | |
| R. Fred Lewis | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Charles W. “Jack” Sahlman | Doctor of Business | |
| Harold M. “Hal” Smeltzly | Citation | |
| Robert S. Trinkle | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Beverly D. Wolff | Doctor of Music | |
| 2001 | Joan Buccino | Citation |
| Hazel Haley | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Dan Johnson | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Eleanor Honeyman Miller | Citation | |
| John Raymond Miller II | Citation | |
| Adam Putnam | Citation | |
| Robert Arthur Riedel | Doctor of Business | |
| Chesterfield Smith | Doctor of Public Service | |
| 2002 | Charles W. Courtoy | Citation |
| Jerome King Del Pino | Doctor of Divinity | |
| Frank H. Furman, Jr. | Doctor of Public Service | |
| James Lloyd Knox | Citation | |
| Rodell F. Roberts | Citation | |
| Emiliano Jose "E. J." Salcines | Doctor of Laws | |
| Robert L. Ulrich | Citation | |
| Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| William Dean Witten | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 2003 | Myles Brand | Doctor of Public Service |
| James Quinton Rumph | Doctor of Public Service | |
| 2004 | Marcene H. Christoverson | Doctor of Business |
| Millard Fuller | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Lorraine L. Spivey | Doctor of Public Service | |
| John V. Verner | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Sally Prosser Verner | Doctor of Public Service | |
| 2005 | Frances Mayes | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Roberta Peters | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sarah Dukes McKay | Doctor of Public Service | |
| 2006 | Sir Harold W. Kroto | Doctor of Science |
| Robert A.M. Stern | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robert S. Jepson, Jr. | Doctor of Business | |
| 2007 | Robert MacLaurin MacDonald | Doctor of Music |
| James Hadley Billington | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Louis Stephen Saco | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Madame Shao Fang Sheng | Doctor of Art | |
| Tom Morris | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Senator Bill Nelson | Doctor of Public Service | |
| Joe P. Ruthven | Doctor of Public Service | |
| 2008 | Michael D. Griffin | Doctor of Public Service |
| Robert L. Fryer, Jr. | Doctor of Public Service | |
| J. Hal Roberts, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | |
| 2009 | G. Wayne Clough | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Alex Sink | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Bonnie Burnham | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Lester Wishnatzki | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2010 | Domingo Moreira | Doctor of Business |
| 2011 | H. Fisk Johnson | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| R. William Becker | Doctor of Business | |
| 2012 | Bonnie McElveen-Hunter | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Marcus M. Weinstein | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Steve Forbes | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2013 | John M. Fahey, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John A. Rodda | Doctor of Business | |
| 2014 | Ted Turner | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ted Bell | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| H. Kenneth Walker | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| T. Boone Pickens | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2015 | David P. Lyons | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Abbe Raven | Doctor or Humane Letters | |
| 2016 | Nicholas Sparks | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John C. Maxwell | Doctor of Business | |
| W. Edwin Crenshaw | Doctor of Business | |
| Jürgen Moltmann | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 2017 | Glenn Lowry | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Craig Menear | Doctor of Business | |
| Gerard Baker | Doctor of Business | |
| Robert Puterbaugh | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2018 | Richard Smucker | Doctor of Business |
| Guy Harvey | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Patrick Geraghty | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sherry Magill | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2019 | John Ferriola | Doctor of Business |
| Mae Jemison | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Charles T. Canady | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Richard C. Jensen | Doctor of Business | |
| Richard T. Fulton | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2020 | Todd Jones | Doctor of Business |
| 2021 | Ann B. Edwards | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| A. Ward Edwards, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2022 | Carole M. Weinstein | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Richard Thompson | Doctor of Business | |
| Thomas L. Williams | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| M. Jeffrey Baker | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2023 | Fred D. Gray, Sr. | Doctor of Public Service |
| Elizabeth Krystyn | Doctor of Business | |