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Honorary Degrees

1947

Doctor of Science
Andrew Conway Ivy, MD, PhD
Charles William McCorkle Poynter, MD

1948

Doctor of Science
Alfred Washington Adson, MD

Master of Nursing
Josephine Chamberlin, RN

1949

Doctor of Science
Arthur Charles Bachmeyer, MD

1950

Doctor of Science
Alan Richards Moritz, MD

1951

Doctor of Humanities
Walter H. Judd, MD

1952

Doctor of Science
Charles Augustus Weymuller, MD

1953

Doctor of Science
Edgar van Nuys Allen, MD

1954

Doctor of Science
Howard Kramer Gray, MD

1955

Doctor of Science
Donald Marion Pillsbury, MD

1956

Doctor of Science
Ward Darley, MD

1961

Doctor of Laws
Howard F. Ahmanson

1963

Doctor of Science
Thomas James Hartford, MD

1964

Doctor of Laws
Vestor Joseph Skutt

1965

Doctor of Laws
Lowell Thomas

1966

Doctor of Science
Carruth J. Wagner, MD

1968

Doctor of Science
Sam Foster Seeley, MD

1970

Doctor of Science
Robert John Moes, MD
Claude Emerson Welch, MD

1971

Doctor of Science
Martin M. Cummings, MD

1972

Doctor of Science
William Charles Keettel, MD

1973

Doctor of Science
Mary Lois Murphy, MD

1975

Doctor of Science
Jessie M. Scott, RN
Wayne O. Southwick, MD

1977

Doctor of Humane Letters
Roman L. Hruska, LLB, LLD

1978

Doctor of Pharmacy
Joseph D. Williams, BS

Doctor of Science
August George Swanson, MD

1979

Doctor of Science
Andrew Pattullo
Jack K. Wickstrom, MD

1980

Doctor of Science
Magdalena Wagner, BA
Robert P. Giovacchini, PhD
Robert G. Volz, MD

1981

Doctor of Pharmacy
Rex C. Higley, RPh

Doctor of Science
Myrtle K. Aydelotte, RN, PhD
Eugene A. Conley, CLU

1982

Doctor of Science
John G. Freymann, MD

1983

Doctor of Science
John W. Henderson, MD
Joseph G. Noh, BS

1984

Doctor of Science
Robert H. Storz

1985

Doctor of Science
Melvin R. Gibson, PhD
Herbert C. Modlin, MD
Gladys E. Sorensen, EdD

1986

Doctor of Science
Tom S. Miya, PhD
C. John Tupper, MD, FACP

1987

Doctor of Science
Norman H. Cromwell, PhD
Varro E. Tyler, PhD
Austin L. Vickery Jr., MD
Rena E. Boyle, PhD

1988

Doctor of Science
Yorio Hinuma, MD
Ralph Leonard Ireland, DDS
Cecil L. Wittson, MD, DSc

1989

Doctor of Science
Carroll M. Leevy, MD
Leon S. McGoogan, MD
Joseph D. Williams, BS

1990

Doctor of Science
Kathryn E. Barnard, PhD
Gretchen C. Berggren, MD
Warren L. Berggren, MD

1991

Doctor of Science
Eva Klein, MD
George Klein, MD

1992

Doctor of Science
Ada Sue Hinshaw, MSN, PhD

1994

Doctor of Science
F. Gene Dixon, DDS
Nobuyuki Ito, MD, PhD

1995

Doctor of Science
J. Leonard Goldner, MD
Dorothy H. Olson, RN
Leland J. Olson, MD

1997

Doctor of Science
Leroy B. Townsend, PhD

2000

Doctor of Science
Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD

2001

Doctor of Science
Bruce A. Chabner, MD

2002

Doctor of Science
Guinter Kahn, MD

2003

Doctor of Science
Marla E. Salmon, ScD, RN, FAAN

2004

Doctor of Science
Jack L. Pulec, MD

2005

Doctor of Science
Linda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN

2006

Doctor of Science
John W. Kenagy, MD

2007

Doctor of Science
David Satcher, MD, PhD

2008

Doctor of Science
Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD

2009

Doctor of Science
Le Kang, PhD

2010

Doctor of Science
Xiaoming Shen, MD, PhD

2011

Doctor of Science
Louis W. Sullivan, MD

2012

Doctor of Science
Gang Pei, PhD

2013

Doctor of Science
Kimberly A. Siniscalchi, MSN

2015

Doctor of Science
Janet Gilsdorf, MD
Thomas Novotny, MD

2016

Doctor of Science
Sina Bavari, PhD

2018

Doctor of Science
Lois Nora, MD, JD

2019

Doctor of Science
Darrell Kirch, MD
Doctor of Health Sciences
Jordan Cohen, MD

2020

Doctor of Science
Doyt L. Conn, MD

2021

Doctor of Science
William Mobley, MD, PhD

2022

Doctor of Science
Robert Kadlec, MD

2023

Doctor of Science
Iftikher Mahmood, MD