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Honorary Degrees
1947
Doctor of ScienceAndrew Conway Ivy, MD, PhD
Charles William McCorkle Poynter, MD
1948
Doctor of ScienceAlfred Washington Adson, MD
Master of Nursing
Josephine Chamberlin, RN
1949
Doctor of ScienceArthur Charles Bachmeyer, MD
1950
Doctor of ScienceAlan Richards Moritz, MD
1951
Doctor of HumanitiesWalter H. Judd, MD
1952
Doctor of ScienceCharles Augustus Weymuller, MD
1953
Doctor of ScienceEdgar van Nuys Allen, MD
1954
Doctor of ScienceHoward Kramer Gray, MD
1955
Doctor of ScienceDonald Marion Pillsbury, MD
1956
Doctor of ScienceWard Darley, MD
1961
Doctor of LawsHoward F. Ahmanson
1963
Doctor of ScienceThomas James Hartford, MD
1964
Doctor of LawsVestor Joseph Skutt
1965
Doctor of LawsLowell Thomas
1966
Doctor of ScienceCarruth J. Wagner, MD
1968
Doctor of ScienceSam Foster Seeley, MD
1970
Doctor of ScienceRobert John Moes, MD
Claude Emerson Welch, MD
1971
Doctor of ScienceMartin M. Cummings, MD
1972
Doctor of Science
William Charles Keettel, MD
1973
Doctor of ScienceMary Lois Murphy, MD
1975
Doctor of ScienceJessie M. Scott, RN
Wayne O. Southwick, MD
1977
Doctor of Humane LettersRoman L. Hruska, LLB, LLD
1978
Doctor of PharmacyJoseph D. Williams, BS
Doctor of Science
August George Swanson, MD
1979
Doctor of ScienceAndrew Pattullo
Jack K. Wickstrom, MD
1980
Doctor of ScienceMagdalena Wagner, BA
Robert P. Giovacchini, PhD
Robert G. Volz, MD
1981
Doctor of PharmacyRex C. Higley, RPh
Doctor of Science
Myrtle K. Aydelotte, RN, PhD
Eugene A. Conley, CLU
1982
Doctor of ScienceJohn G. Freymann, MD
1983
Doctor of ScienceJohn W. Henderson, MD
Joseph G. Noh, BS
1984
Doctor of ScienceRobert H. Storz
1985
Doctor of ScienceMelvin R. Gibson, PhD
Herbert C. Modlin, MD
Gladys E. Sorensen, EdD
1986
Doctor of ScienceTom S. Miya, PhD
C. John Tupper, MD, FACP
1987
Doctor of ScienceNorman H. Cromwell, PhD
Varro E. Tyler, PhD
Austin L. Vickery Jr., MD
Rena E. Boyle, PhD
1988
Doctor of ScienceYorio Hinuma, MD
Ralph Leonard Ireland, DDS
Cecil L. Wittson, MD, DSc
1989
Doctor of ScienceCarroll M. Leevy, MD
Leon S. McGoogan, MD
Joseph D. Williams, BS
1990
Doctor of ScienceKathryn E. Barnard, PhD
Gretchen C. Berggren, MD
Warren L. Berggren, MD
1991
Doctor of ScienceEva Klein, MD
George Klein, MD
1992
Doctor of ScienceAda Sue Hinshaw, MSN, PhD
1994
Doctor of ScienceF. Gene Dixon, DDS
Nobuyuki Ito, MD, PhD
1995
Doctor of ScienceJ. Leonard Goldner, MD
Dorothy H. Olson, RN
Leland J. Olson, MD
1997
Doctor of ScienceLeroy B. Townsend, PhD
2000
Doctor of ScienceThomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD
2001
Doctor of ScienceBruce A. Chabner, MD
2002
Doctor of ScienceGuinter Kahn, MD
2003
Doctor of ScienceMarla E. Salmon, ScD, RN, FAAN
2004
Doctor of ScienceJack L. Pulec, MD
2005
Doctor of ScienceLinda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN
2006
Doctor of ScienceJohn W. Kenagy, MD
2007
Doctor of ScienceDavid Satcher, MD, PhD
2008
Doctor of ScienceLawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD
2009
Doctor of ScienceLe Kang, PhD
2010
Doctor of ScienceXiaoming Shen, MD, PhD
2011
Doctor of ScienceLouis W. Sullivan, MD
2012
Doctor of ScienceGang Pei, PhD
2013
Doctor of ScienceKimberly A. Siniscalchi, MSN
2015
Doctor of ScienceJanet Gilsdorf, MD
Thomas Novotny, MD
2016
Doctor of ScienceSina Bavari, PhD
2018
Doctor of ScienceLois Nora, MD, JD
2019
Doctor of ScienceDarrell Kirch, MD
Doctor of Health Sciences
Jordan Cohen, MD
2020
Doctor of ScienceDoyt L. Conn, MD
2021
Doctor of ScienceWilliam Mobley, MD, PhD
2022
Doctor of ScienceRobert Kadlec, MD
2023
Doctor of ScienceIftikher Mahmood, MD