Loyola University Chicago

Honorary Degree List

YearRecipientStatusAffiliation/PositionDegreeConferral VenueCitator
1878 Walter Hay MD   Dr. of Laws    
1879 Nicholas F. Cooke MD   Dr. of Laws    
1893 Daniel R. Brewer MD   Degree not listed    
1895 Daniel J. McMahon     Dr. of Laws    
1895 Richard S. Tuthill Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Morris St. Palais Thomas     Dr. of Laws    
1895 General George W. Smith     Dr. of Laws    
1895 Martin J. Russell     Dr. of Laws    
1895 Richard J. Prendergast     Dr. of Laws    
1895 William J. Onahan Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 John B. Murphy MD   Dr. of Laws    
1895 John W. Melody Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Thomas J. McDevitt Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 William Dillon Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Thomas Brenan     Dr. of Laws    
1895 Richard W. Clifford Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Thomas A. Moran Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Walter F. Daly     Dr. of Laws    
1895 Peter S. MacDonald MD   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Edmund M. Dunne Rt. Rev. ,D.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Edward F. Dunne Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Nicholas R. Finn     Dr. of Laws    
1895 John Gibbons Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1895 John Guerin MD   Dr. of Laws    
1895 Joseph A. Connell     Dr. of Laws    
1898 Daniel R. Brower MD   Dr. of Laws    
1900 Carter H. Harrison, Jr. Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1900 Franklin MacVeagh     Dr. of Laws    
1900 Patrick H. O'Donnell     Dr. of Laws    
1900 George W. Warvelle     Dr. of Laws    
1907 John J. Thometz     Dr. of Laws    
1907 Anthony Lagorio MD   Dr. of Laws    
1907 Thomas Erskine     Dr. of Laws    
1907 James J. Egan     Dr. of Laws    
1909 Charles J. O'Malley     Degree not listed    
1912 Joseph Porter Michaels     Dr. of Laws    
1912 Daniel J. Owens     Dr. of Laws    
1913 Maximilian Herzog MD   Dr. of Laws    
1913 Edward L. Moorhead MD   Dr. of Laws    
1916 Edgar M. Reading     Dr. of Laws    
1919 Desire Mercier Cardinal   Dr. of Laws    
1920 Joseph J. Thompson     Degree not listed    
1920 Arnold D. McMahon     Dr. of Laws    
1920 Very Rev. Edward F. Hoba D.D.   Degree not listed    
1920 George V. McIntyre     Dr. of Laws    
1920 Thomas Vincent Shannon Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1921 Charles Louis Mix MD   Dr. of Laws    
1921 William Edward Morgan MD   Dr. of Laws    
1921 Henry Schmitz MD   Dr. of Laws    
1922 Michale J. O'Connor Rev. ,S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1922 John F. McCormick Rev. ,S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1922 Michael V. Kannaly LL.B., A.M.   Dr. of Laws    
1922 Edgar Osgood Brown LL.B.   Dr. of Laws    
1923 Martin J. Wade Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1924 Truman W. Brophy MD, D.D.S   Dr. of Laws    
1924 Charles Nelson Johnson D.D.S.   Dr. of Laws    
1924 Hugh P. Smith Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1925 Marinasuki Chiwaki D.D.S.   Dr. of Laws    
1925 William Dever Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1925 Florestan Aguilar D.D.S.   Dr. of Laws    
1925 Richard J. Tivnen     Dr. of Laws    
1926 Thomas J. Barrett D.D.S.   Dr. of Laws    
1926 William Hoffman Gardiner     Dr. of Laws    
1926 George W. Mahoney MD   Dr. of Laws    
1926 M. Veronica Ryan Sister   Dr. of Laws    
1926 Bertha Van Hoosen MD   Dr. of Laws    
1927 John B. Furay Rev. ,S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1927 Bernard J. Sheil Rt. Rev. Ms   Dr. of Laws    
1927 John Daniel Logan PhD   Dr. of Laws    
1928 Mary Agnes Amberg     Dr. of Laws    
1928 David F. Bremner     Dr. of Laws    
1928 William Magee Rev. ,S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1928 Thomas J. Walsh Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1929 Edward A. Fitzpatrick     Dr. of Laws    
1929 Marcus A. Kavanagh Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1929 Agnes Nestor     Dr. of Laws    
1930 Edward A. Cudahy     Dr. of Laws    
1930 Katherine Pomeroy Merrill Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1930 Otto L. Schmidt MD   Dr. of Laws    
1930 Fulton J. Sheen Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1931 Patrick Joseph Mahan Rev. ,S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1931 George Villian     Dr. of Laws    
1931 John MacMahon     Dr. of Laws    
1931 James Montgomery Beck Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1932 Paul B. Malone Major Gen.   Dr. of Laws    
1932 Louis J.A. Mercier     Dr. of Science    
1932 Mother Mary Samuel O.P.   Dr. of Laws    
1933 Mother M. Isabella Kane B.V.M.   Dr. of Laws    
1933 Arend Van Hasselt     Dr. of Laws    
1933 Francis Tschan PhD   Dr. of Laws    
1933 Guglielmo Marconi     Dr. of Laws    
1933 Bernhard Gottlieb     Dr. of Laws    
1933 Walter J. Cummings     Dr. of Laws    
1933 Italo Balbo Gen.   Dr. of Laws    
1933 John Augustine Ryan Rev. ,D.D.   Dr. of Laws    
1934 Peter Guilday Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1936 John J. Burns     Dr. of Laws    
1936 Edward V. Stanford Very Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1937 William M. Foley  Rt. Rev. Ms   Dr. of Laws    
1938 Edward A. Fitzgerald Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1938 Arthur Mullen     Dr. of Laws    
1940 Samuel A. Stritch Most Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1941 Edward James Farrell     Dr. of Laws    
1941 James Aloysius Griffin Most Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1941 Francis B. Magner Most Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1941 William David O'Brien Most Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1943 Paul Yu-Pin Most Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1947 Francis Cardinal Spellman His Eminence   Dr. of Laws    
1947 Frank J. Lewis     Dr. of Laws    
1948 Edgar D. Coolidge     Dr. of Laws    
1950 Francis B. Matthews     Dr. of Laws    
1950 Herbert E. Schmitz MD   Dr. of Science    
1950 Francis P. Smith Rev., C.S.   Dr. of Laws    
1950 Andrew C. Ivy PhD, MD   Dr. of Laws    
1951 Paul V. Galvin     Dr. of Laws    
1951 Simon A. Baldus     Dr. of Laws    
1951 Homer J. Buckley     Dr. of Laws    
1952 Robert Elkington Wood Gen.   Dr. of Laws    
1952 Harry Sicher MD   Dr. of Science    
1952 Francis Millet Rogers MD   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1953 John J. Wright Most Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1954 Beltie Shah Gilani     Dr. of Laws    
1955 Valerian Cardinal Gracias     Dr. of Laws    
1955 Patrick J. Ryan Rt. Rev. Ms   Dr. of Laws    
1955 John F. Cuneo     Dr. of Laws    
1955 General Mark W. Clark     Dr. of Laws    
1955 Richard E. Berlin     Dr. of Laws    
1956 Theodore V. Houser     Dr. of Laws    
1956 Lenox Riley Lohr     Dr. of Laws    
1956 Victor F. Hess     Dr. of Science    
1957 Paul C. Reinert Very Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1957 Helen C. White     Dr. of Letters    
1957 David B. Steinman     Dr. of Letters    
1957 George N. Shuster     Dr. of Letters    
1957 James J. Mertz Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Letters    
1957 Thomas A. Gonser     Dr. of Laws    
1957 Francis J. Gerty MD   Dr. of Science    
1957 John Nash Ott, Jr.     Dr. of Science    
1958 Edwin E. Witte     Dr. of Laws    
1958 John A. Zvetina     Dr. of Laws    
1958 Emory William Morris D.D.S.   Dr. of Science    
1958 John L. McCaffrey     Dr. of Laws    
1958 Clem Lane Mr. & Mrs.   Dr. of Laws    
1958 Weymouth Kirkland     Dr. of Laws    
1958 Harold Hillenbrand Dr. & Mrs.   Dr. of Science    
1959 William J. Stebler     Dr. of Laws    
1959 Thomas A. Dooley MD   Dr. of Science    
1959 William E. McManus Very Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1959 Ignatius A. O'Shaughness     Dr. of Laws    
1959 James A. Shannon PhD, MD   Dr. of Science    
1959 Henry T. Chamberlain     Dr. of Laws    
1960 Arthur Keating     Dr. of Laws    
1960 Frederick D. Rossini     Dr. of Science    
1960 Charles C. Kerwin     Dr. of Laws    
1960 William C. Devane     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1960 William F. Albright     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1960 Vincent W. Cooke Rt. Rev. Ms   Dr. of Laws    
1961 John E. Barrett Rt. Rev. Ms   Dr. of Laws    
1961 James J. Callahan MD   Dr. of Science    
1961 Malachy P. Foley Rt. Rev. Ms   Dr. of Laws    
1961 Mother Mary Gerald  O.P.   Dr. of Laws    
1961 Allan Nevins Prof.    Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1961 Fritz Reiner     Dr. of Laws    
1961 William J. Sinek     Dr. of Laws    
1962 Fritz Reiner     Dr. of Laws    
1962 Taizo Ishizaka     Dr. of Laws    
1962 Alan T. Waterman     Dr. of Science    
1962 Edward B. Roonet Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1962 Walter A. Buchmann D.D.S.   Dr. of Science    
1962 John J. Madden MD   Dr. of Science    
1962 Alfred H. Gruenther Gen.   Dr. of Laws    
1962 Ruth L. Butler     Dr. of Laws    
1962 Charles H. Kellstadt     Dr. of Laws    
1963 Louis T. Benezet     Dr. of Laws    
1963 James O. Burke     Dr. of Laws    
1963 Giovanni Gronchi Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1963 Herbert E. Longnecker     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1963 Antonio Segni His Excellency   Dr. of Laws    
1963 Robert C. Weaver     Dr. of Laws    
1964 Paul L. O'Connor Very Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1964 John F. Smith, Jr.     Dr. of Laws    
1964 Gordon E. Murphy Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1964 Alexander Eulenberg     Dr. of Laws    
1964 John R. Emens     Dr. of Laws    
1964 Archibald Cox Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1964 Bolton Sullivan     Dr. of Laws    
1964 Joseph P. Evans  MD   Dr. of Science    
1965 Thomas A. Dean     Dr. of Laws    
1965 Frederick W. Specht     Dr. of Laws    
1965 John Courtney Murray Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1965 Charles I. Doyle Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1965 Ward Darley MD   Dr. of Laws    
1965 Edgar H.S. Chandler     Dr. of Laws    
1965 Robert McAfee Brown     Dr. of Laws    
1965 Cushman B. Bissell     Dr. of Laws    
1965 Raymond M. Hilliard     Dr. of Laws    
1966 Vernon R. Alden     Dr. of Laws    
1966 Edith Green Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1966 John T. O'Connell MD   Dr. of Laws    
1966 Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski     Dr. of Laws    
1966 Joseph E. Merrion     Dr. of Laws    
1966 Walter C. Langsam     Dr. of Laws    
1966 Richard J. Daley Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1966 John Cardinal Cody Archbishop   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1966 Timothy L. Bouscaren Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1966 Joseph Cardinal Beran     Dr. of Laws    
1966 George Packer Berry MD   Dr. of Laws    
1966 John E. Fogarty Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1967 Jodn D. DeButts     Dr. of Laws    
1967 Michael P. Walsh Very Rev.   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1967 Francis L. Schmehl     Dr. of Laws    
1967 Lawrence F. O'Brien Postmsr. G   Dr. of Laws    
1967 Donald M. Mackenzie     Dr. of Laws    
1967 Joseph r. Jarabak DDS   Dr. of Laws    
1967 William J. Campbell Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1967 Sidney R. Korshak     Dr. of Laws    
1968 Dean Rusk Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1968 Josyf Cardinal Slipyj     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1968 Logan Wilson     Dr. of Laws    
1968 William Arrowsmith     Dr. of Laws    
1968 John S. Gleason, Jr.     Dr. of Laws    
1968 Angelo Cardinal Dell'Acqu     Dr. of Laws    
1968 Ernest J. Primeau Most Rev.   Dr. of Laws    
1968 Miller Upton     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1969 Donald B. Lindsley     Dr. of Science    
1969 Hans L. Martensen His Excellency   Dr. of Laws    
1969 Eran McMullin     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1969 Joseph P. McMurray     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Don McNeil     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Robert J. Nelson     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1969 Whitney M. Young, Jr.     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Jean Piaget     Dr. of Science    
1969 Samaul Reynolds Dr.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1969 Paul Simon Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1969 Joseph H. Sittler     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1969 Eugene L. Smith     Dr. of Laws    
1969 James S. Tong Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1969 Seymour S. Kety MD   Dr. of Science    
1969 George H. Dunne Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1969 Walter P. Reuther     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Robert Denkewalter     Dr. of Science    
1969 Edmund N. Bacon     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Daniele Bovet     Dr. of Science    
1969 John Hope Franklin     Dr. of Laws    
1969 William G. Caples     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Richard Jung     Dr. of Science    
1969 Eduardo deRobertis Prof.    Dr. of Science    
1969 John C. Eccles Sir   Dr. of Science    
1969 John Kenneth Galbraith     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Eli Ginzberg     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Ragnar Granit     Dr. of Science    
1969 Phillp M. Hauser     Dr. of Laws    
1969 Robert J. Henle Very Rev.   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1969 Robert E. Joyce     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1969 Bernard B. Brodie     Dr. of Science    
1970 Peter Berger     Dr. of Laws    
1970 John B. Amberg Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Marian Anderson     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Hannah Arendt     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Kenneth Boulding     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 John T. Rettaliata     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Lewis B. Mayhew      Dr. of Laws    
1970 William D. McElroy     Dr. of Science    
1970 Robert K. Merton     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Leonard B. Meyer     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Lloyd S. Michael     Dr. of Laws    
1970 Robert S. Morison     Dr. of Science    
1970 F. Emmett Morrissey Hon.   Degree not listed    
1970 Rosemary Park     Dr. of Laws    
1970 Davis Y. Paschall     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Michael Polanyi     Dr. of Laws    
1970 Konrad Lorenz     Dr. of Science    
1970 Nicholas Rescher     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 J. Roscoe Miller MD   Dr. of Humane Letters     
1970 Joseph R. Shapiro     Dr. of Arts    
1970 J. Raymond Sheriff     Dr. of Laws    
1970 R. Ninian Smart     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 C.P. Snow The Rt. Hon   Dr. of Laws    
1970 Claude R. Sowle     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Stephen Spender     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Clarence C. Walton     Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1970 Rolf A. Weil     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Edward Bennett Williams     Dr. of Laws    
1970 Cecil L. Wittson MD   Dr. of Science    
1970 George W. Beadle     Dr. of Science    
1970 Nathan Pusey     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Mircea Eliade     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Gwendolyn Drooks     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Leo C. Brown Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1970 Robert E. Burns     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Noam Chomsky     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 John R. Cortelyou Very Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Anne Morrissey     Degree not listed    
1970 Rene Dubos     Dr. of Science    
1970 Emmanuel Levinas     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Edgar Faure     Dr. of Laws    
1970 Paul Feyerabend     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 John Hurt Fisher Dr.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Luther H. Foster     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Viktor E. Frankl     Dr. of Laws    
1970 John R. Gorman Rt. Rev. Ms   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Gaylord R. Harnwell     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Fred Harvey Harrington     Dr. of Laws    
1970 Walter W. Heller     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Edward H. Levi     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 David D. Henry     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Theodore M. Hesburg Rev., C.S.C.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Gyorgy Kepes     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Hans Kung     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1970 Edwin H. Land     Dr. of Science    
1970 Sister Ann Ida Gannon  B.V.M.   Dr. of Laws    
1970 William Theodore DeBarry     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1971 Milton Freidman     Dr. of Laws    
1971 Bela Varga Rt. Rev. Ms   Dr. of Laws    
1971 G. Kerry Smith     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1971 George C. Higgins Rev. Msgr.   Dr. of Laws    
1971 Edmund D. Pellegrino MD   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1972 Giulio Andreotti     Dr. of Laws    
1972 Benjamin L. Masse Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1972 Foster G. McGaw     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1972 Karl A. Menninger MD   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1972 Giuseppe Petrilli     Dr. of Laws    
1972 George P. Schultz     Dr. of Laws    
1972 Robert Tucci Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1972 Roy Wilkins     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1973 Daniel Linehan Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Science    
1973 John A. Volpe Hon.   Dr. of Laws    
1973 Magda Arnold     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1973 Gerard C. Smith     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1973 Mary Kelly Mullane     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1974 George L. Clements     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1974 Eileen Farrell     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1974 Clarence W. Friedman Rev.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1974 John A. Wilson     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1975 Henry Steele Commager     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1975 Anne Zimmerman     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1975 Marguerite Piazza     Dr. of Laws    
1975 Walter F. Mullady, Sr.     Dr. of Laws    
1975 Elisabeth Kubler-Ross MD   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1975 Joseph P. Fitzpatrick Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1975 Elisha Gray II     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1976 Irving B. Harris     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1976 William F. Masterson Rev., S.J.   Degree not listed    
1976 Edward E. Swanstrom Rev., D.D.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1976 Elkan R. Blout     Dr. of Science    
1976 George D. Cukor     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1976 Robert Stuart Fitzgerald     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1976 Mother Teresa of Calcutta     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1977 John Tracy Ellis Msgr.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1977 George E. Ganss Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1977 Lewis W. Hill     Dr. of Laws    
1977 Richard Kinney     Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1977 James F. Maguire Rev.,S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1978 Robert I. Burns Rev.,S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1978 Maria Piers     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1978 Bernard J. Lonergan Rev.,S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1978 Morris I. Leibman     Dr. of Laws    
1978 Frederick C. Copleston Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1978 John J. Dunlop     Dr. of Laws    
1979 John Pope-Hennessy Sir   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1979 Theodore Cooper MD   Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1979 Joseph M. Becker Rev.,S.J.   Dr. of Science    
1979 Jean Childs Young  Mrs.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1979 Andre E. Hellegers MD   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1979 Mary Lou Williams     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1979 Joseph P. Hannon Dr.   Dr. of Laws    
1979 Samuel E. Carter Archbishop   Dr. of Laws    
1979 Geno Baroni Msgr.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1979 John W. Clarke Mr. & Mrs.   Dr. of Laws    
1979 James O'Gara Mr.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1980 Virgil C. Blum Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1980 Karthryn Patricia Cross     Dr. of Science    
1980 Moon Landrieu     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1980 Joseph B. Lanterman     Dr. of Laws    
1980 William C. McInnes Rev.,S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1980 Jerome W. Van Gorkom     Dr. of Laws    
1981 Robert F. Hogan     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1981 Melinda Roper Sister, M.M.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1981 Grace Murray Hooper Capt., USN   Dr. of Science    
1981 Edward L.C. Broomes MD   Dr. of Laws    
1981 Howard R. Bowen     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1981 George N. Rainsford     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1981 Robert F. Drinan Rev.,S.J.   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1982 Frank Miller     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1982 Jown W. Moutoussamy     Dr. of Laws    
1982 Gladys Kiniery     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1982 Rosemary Connelly Sister, R.S.   Dr. of Laws    
1982 Irenauys Chekouras Sister, R.S.   Dr. of Laws    
1982 John W. O'Malley Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1982 Robert W. Mulligan Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1982 Amintore Fanfani     Dr. of Laws    
1983 William P. Schoen, Jr. DDS   Dr. of Science    
1983 Theodore V. Purcell Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1983 Roy C. Page DDS   Dr. of Science    
1983 Susan Rink Sister, B.V.M.   Dr. of Laws    
1983 Howard T. Markey     Dr. of Laws    
1983 Franz Kaspar Dr. (Msgr.)   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1983 Joseph L. Bernadin Cardinal   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1983 Claudia Carlen Sister, I.H.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1983 Paul M. Plunkett     Dr. of Laws    
1984 Patricia Caron Crowley     Dr. of Laws    
1984 Thomas R. Donahue     Dr. of Laws    
1984 John J. Egan Msgr.   Dr. of Laws    
1984 Nevin W. Hayes Bishop, O.C.   Dr. of Laws    
1984 Jewel Lafontant     Dr. of Laws    
1984 Matthew H. Schoenbaum     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1985 Eleanor C. Lambertsen     Dr. of Laws    
1985 Arthur Simon     Dr. of Laws    
1985 Franklin McMahon     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1985 Daniel M. Cantwell Msgr.   Dr. of Laws    
1985 Mary Brian Costello Sr., R.S.M.   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1985 John J. Connelly     Dr. of Laws    
1985 Donald S. Perkins     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1985 Mitchell P. Kobelinski     Dr. of Laws    
1986 Ardis Krainik     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1986 Clarie Zeisler     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1986 Martin E. Marty     Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1986 Lawrence Kohlberg     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1986 Ignacio Ellacuria Rev.,S.J.   Degree not listed    
1986 Frank W. Considine     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1986 Rembert Weakland  Archbishop   Dr. of Laws    
1987 Loret M. Ruppe     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1987 Carlo Rubbia     Dr. of Science    
1987 Richard C. Becker PhD   Dr. of Laws    
1987 Joseph Pittau Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws    
1987 Rita Levi-Montalcini MD   Dr. of Science    
1987 Umberto Eco     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1987 Salvatore Pappalardo Cardinal   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1987 Bruno Bartoletti     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1987 Umberto Nordio     Dr. of Laws    
1987 J. Donald Monan Rev., S.J.   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1987 Seamus Heany     Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1987 Irene Dugan Sister, R.C.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1987 Adriano Bausola Prof.    Dr. of Laws    
1988 Booker T. Ashe Brother, O.   Dr. of Laws    
1988 Placido Rodriguez Bishop, O.C.   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1988 Michael R. Quinlan     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1988 Sheila Lyne Sister, R.S.   Dr. of Laws    
1988 Mariette LeBlanc     Dr. of Laws    
1988 Rosemary Donley Sister, S.C.   Dr. of Laws    
1988 Joseph A. Fitzmyer S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1989 George N. Leighton     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1989 Gung-Hsing Wang     Dr. of Laws    
1989 Ralph W. Tyler     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1989 Dominic Ekandem of Niger Cardinal   Dr. of Laws    
1989 Joan D. Chittister Sr., O.S.B.   Dr. of Laws    
1989 Lawrence W. Towner     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1989 Richard A. McCormick S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1990 Avery Dulles S.J.   Dr. of Letters    
1990 Monika Konrad Hellwig     Dr. of Laws    
1990 Margaret O'Brien Steinfels     Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1990 F. Virgil Boyd     Dr. of Laws    
1990 William J. Quinn     Dr. of Laws    
1990 Alice Gallin Sr., O.S.U.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1990 Lauro F. Cavazos     Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1990 George H. Clements Rev.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1991 Edward A. Marciniak     Dr. of Laws    
1991 Vytautas Landsbergis Pres.   Dr. of Laws    
1991 Myra Estrin Levine     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1991 Edmund A. Stephan     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1991 Robert A. Wild S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1991 Mary L. Nelson     Dr. of Laws    
1991 Jown W. Padberg S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1991 Michael & Lelo Salmon-Leg     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1991 Robert A. Mitchell S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1991 Barbara Ehrler Sr., R.C.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1991 James A. Joseph     Dr. of Laws    
1992 John A. Coleman S.J.   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1992 Francesco Cossiga Pres.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1992 Barbara M. Brodie     Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
1992 Francis Paul Prucha S.J.   Dr. of Humane Letters    
1992 David E. Kuhl     Dr. of Humane Letters    
1992 James E. Malone Bishop   Dr. of Laws Commencement  
1993 Richard C. Leach   Publisher, RCL Enterprises Dr. of Humane Letters   John Powell, S.J.
1993 Philip Gleason Prof.  Prof. of Hist., Notre Dame Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Michael Perko, S.J.
1993 John R. Tobin, Jr. Dean Emeritus Dean Emeritus, Loyola School of Med. Dr. of Science   Anthony L. Barbato
1993 Helen K. Grace   V.P. Emeritus Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Eileen M. Dvorak
1993 Peter Francis Steinfels   Sr. Rel.Corres. Of New York Times Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Joseph Gagliano
1993 Naomi Long Madgett Prof. Emeritus Prof. Emerita of E. Mich. U. Dr. of Humane Letters   Edward I. Sidlow
1993 Roland E. Murphy O. Carm. Prof. of Biblical Studies, G.W. Ivey Dr. of Humane Letters   Urban C. von Wahlde
1994 George V. Coyne Rev., S.J. Director, Vatican Observatory Dr. of Science Commencement Michael Grace, S.J.
1994 T. Berry Brazelton Dr. Prof. Emeritus, Pediatrics, Harvard Med. Dr. of Science   Deborah Holmes
1994 George F. Keane   Pres. Emeritus & Sr. Advisor, Common Fund Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Stephen F. Kasbeer
1994 Bernice Weissbourd Pres. Pres., Family Focus, Inc. Dr. of Humane Letters   Charles F. Lange
1994 Arnold R. Weber   Pres., Northwestern U. Dr. of Laws   James L. Wiser
1994 Robertson Davies Prof. Emeritus Prof. Emritus, Massey College, U.of Toronto Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Anne M. Callahan
1994 Alice B. Hayes   Provost & Exec. V.P., St. Louis U. Dr. of Science   Sonia J. Ringstrom
1995 Anne E. Carr B.V.M. Prof. of Theo.&Hum., Divinity School, U.Chic. Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Carolyn Farrell, BVM
1995 Jaroslav Pelikan   Sterling Prof. of History Yale U.  Dr. of Science   James L. Wiser
1995 Antona Ebo F.S.M Pastoral Associate, St. Nicholas Church Dr. of Humane Letters   Fr. William Grogan
1995 Gustav Victor R. Born   Dir. Wm. Harvey Research Inst Dr. of Science   Daniel Winship
1995 Daniel D. Rostenkowski   Former Congressman Dr. of Humane Letters   Weldon Rougeau
1995 William J. Bryon S.J. Distinguised Prof., Jesuit Rector, Georgetown Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Urban C. von Wahlde
1996 Phillip H. Corboy Esq. Attorney, Corboy & Demetrio Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Nina Appel
1996 Riccardo Ruggeri   CEO, New Holland Ltd. Dr. of Laws   William Bryan
1996 Teddy Kollek   Former Myr., Jerusalem Dr. of Humane Letters   William French
1996 Claire M. Fagin   Prof., U. of Penn, School of Nursing Dr. of Science   Karen Egenes
1996 Julia A. Lane   Former Dean, Nursing, LUC Dr. of Humane Letters   Shirley Dooling
1996 Bradley Schaeffer S.J. Provincial, Chicago Province Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement James L. Wiser
1997 John Quinn Archbishop   Dr. of Humane Letters   Dr. Ronald Walker
1997 Roberto C. Goizueta     Dr. of Humane Letters   Dr. James Wiser
1997 Agnes Cunningham S.S.C.M.   Dr. of Humane Letters   Rev. William Grogan
1997 John Wozniak     Dr. of Humane Letters   Walter Krolikowski, S.J.
1998 Paul Freeman     Dr. of Humane Letters   Weldon Rougeau
1998 Jozef Glemp Cardinal   Dr. of Laws   Dr. Helena Lopata
1998 Richard Matre     Dr. of Humane Letters   Raymond Baumhart, S.J.
1999 John T. Noonan, Jr. JD Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th District Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement John M. Breen, JD
1999 Dieter Welzel PhD University of Regensberg Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Jawed Fareed, JD
1999 Jewel L. Prestage  PhD Prof., Prairie View A&M U. Sthrn. U.  Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Weldon J. Rougeau, JD
1999 Paul G. Vallas   CEO, Chicago Public Schools Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Margaret L. Fong, PhD
1999 Donald F. Rowe S.J. Founder, D'Arcy Gallery, Pres. St.Ign.Clg. Prep.  Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Larry A. Braskamp. PhD
1999 Gery J. Chico   Pres.,Chicago School Reform BOT Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Nina S. Appel, JD
2000 Yvonne Bezerra de Mello   Founder, Project Uere  Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Joseph A. Walsh, PhD
2000 Ted Koppel   Reporter, News Anchor - ABC News Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement John P. Pelissero, PhD
2000 Theodore Holmes Bullock PhD Associate Prof. of Biology Dr. of Science Commencement John G. New, PhD
2000 Gregory Thomas Schaffer Rev. Msgr. Senior Chaplain, Stricth School of Med. Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Brenda Eagan, IBVM
2000 Reverend Andrew Greeley    Sociologist, novelist Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement  
2000 Leo Melamed   Principal, Shatkin, Arbor & Karlov Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Patrick Arbor
2001 Edward Cassidy Cardinal Cardinal Deacon, Santa Maria in Via Lata Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Mary Ann McDermott, RN
2001 Elaine M. Schuster PhD Schools Supt, Chgo Archdiocese Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Margaret L. Fong, PhD
2001 Sandra Cisneros   Author Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement David Kaplan
2001 Bob Newhart   Comedian Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement William J. Hank
2001 Frank McGarr   Judge, U.S. Court Northern District IL Dr. of Laws Commencement Nina S. Appel, JD
2001 Scott Turow   Author Dr. of Laws Commencement Timothy R. Austin
2001 John D. Callaway   Journalist, Radio/TV Host Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement John Frendreis, PhD
2002 Catherine Bertini   Exec Director, UN World Food Program Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Dr. Enrique Venta
2002 Umberto G. Cornelli MD Molecular Biologist, Stritch Faculty Dr. of Science Commencement Dr. Israel Hanin
2002 John M. Buchanan Rev. Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Larry A. Braskamp. PhD
2002 Judith A. Moberly Mayotte PhD Humanitarian, Author, Ethicist Dr. of Humane Letters Commencement Dr. Ann Harrington, B.V.M
2002 Michael J. & Katherine Birck   Founder, Tellabs, Philanthropists Dr. of Homane Letters Commencement Dr. Joseph G. Sandman
2003 Richard Sennett   Sociologist Dr. of Humane Letters Grad School Commencement  
2003 Anthony J. Rudis   Conservationist Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement  
2003 Mary P. Rudis   Philanthropist Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement  
2003 William J. McCarter   President & CEO, WTTW Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement  
2003 Anna J. Schwartz   Economist Dr. of Humane Letters SBA Commencement  
2004 Phil Ponce   Television Journalist Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement  
2005 Leroy Hood   Biologist Dr. of Humane Letters Grad School Commencement Katherine Knight, PhD
2005 Sylvester J. Gates, Jr.   Physicist Dr. of Humane Letters Grad School Commencement Asim Gangopadhyaya
2005 Jeanne M. Sullivan   Philanthropist Dr. of Humane Letters SCPS Commencement Nenad Princip
2005 Joseph P. Sullivan   Philanthropist & Entrepreneur Dr. of Humane Letters SCPS Commencement Nenad Princip
2005 Martin J. Koldyke    Founder & Chair Emeritus, Frontenac Co. Dr. of Humane Letters SOE Commencement  
2006 Studs Terkel Ph.B, J.D. Journalist, Radio Host, Author Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement Phil Ponce
2006 Anthony Fauci M.D. Medical researcher Dr. of Science CAS Commencement Kimberly Williamson, PhD 
2007 Daniel J. Berrigan, SJ     Dr. of Humane Letters LUC Peace Conference  
2007 Shirin S. Ebadi     Dr. of Humane Letters LUC Speaker's Event  
2007 Vijay V. Kakkar M.D. Founder/Dir. Thrombosis Research Inst. Dr. of Science Grad School Commencement Jawed Fareed, PhD
2007 Larry Cox B.A. Exe. Dir. Amnesty International Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement Vincent A. Mahler, PhD
2007 Raymond Baumhart, SJ D.B.A. Past President-LUC Dr. of Humane Letters SBA Commencement John Boatright PhD
2007 Gregory J. Boyle, SJ M.A. & M.Div. Founder of Homeboy Industries Dr. of Humane Letters First Year  Convocation  
2008 Minnijean Brown Trickey   Integrated Little rock HS. Congressional Medal of Honor 1999 Dr. of Humane Letters Grad School Commencement Patricia Mooney-Melvin, PhD
2008 Ramsey Lewis   Musician & Recording Artist Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement Isiaah Crawford, PhD
2008 Anne M. Burke   Justice of Illinois Supreme Court Dr. of Laws Law School Commencement Hon. Mary Ann G. McMorrow
2009 Juan Andrade Jr.   Pres. & Exe. US Hispanic Leadership Dr. of Humane Letters Grad School Commencement Samuel A. Attoh, PhD 
2009 Paul Rusesabagina   Humanitarian, Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Found.  Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement Elliot B. Lefkovitz, PhD
2009 Terry Charlton, SJ   Co-founder Gonzaga HS in Kenya Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement Danial Hartnett S.J.PhD
2009 Annamaria Campanini PhD Professor of Social Work, U of Milan Dr. of Humane Letters SOW Commencement Jack Wall, PhD
2009 Greg Mortenson   Founder Central Asia Institute & Pennies for Peace Dr. of Humane Letters First Year  Convocation  
2010 Ebrahim Sadruddin Patel PhD Interfaith Youth Core Dr. of Humane Letters Grad School Commencement Robert Ludwig, PhD
2010 Kevin Bales  PhD  Free the Slaves Dr. of Humane Letters CAS Commencement Francis Fennell PhD 
2010 Philip Zimbardo PhD  PBS-Discovering Psychology Dr. Of Science CAS Commencement Arthur Lurigio, PhD 
2010 B. Muthuraman   Tata Steel Group Dr. of Humane Letters SBA Commencement Abol Jalilvand, PhD 
2010 Sibin Wang   Peking University Profesor of Soc Dr. of Humane Letters SSW Commencement Jack Wall, PhD
2010 H. Jack Geiger, MD    CUNY Medical School Dr. of Humane Letters SSOM Commencement Richard Gamelli, MD 
2011 Margaret Daniels Tyler MPA Gates Millennium Scholars Dr. Of Humane Letters Grad School Commencement Samuel A. Attoh, PhD 
2011 Thomas J. Dart   Cook County Sheriff Dr. Of Science CAS Commencement Francis L. Fennell, PhD 
2011 Ignazio Frencesco Caramazza   Italian Jurist Dr. of Laws Law Commencement David N. Yellen, JD
2011 Bryan A. Stevenson   Equal Justice Initiative Dr. Of Humane Letters SSOM Commencement Richard Gamelli, MD
2012 Lekha Adik Pathak   Cardiologist Dr. of Science Grad School Commencement Samuel A. Attoh, PhD 
2012 Thomas E. Lovejoy PhD Professor, Author, Pres. Heinz Center Doctor of Science CAS Commencement Christopher G. Peterson, PhD
2012 Peter I. Buerhaus  PhD, RN, FAAN Nurse and HealthCare Economist Doctor of Science MNSON Commencement Vicki Keough, PhD, RN, APN/ACNP-BC
2012 Rev. Vladimiro Valdes Montoya S.J. Founder of Migrant Services Organizations Dr. of Humane Letters SSW Commencement Darrell Wheeler, PhD.
2013 Debra W. Stewart PhD Pres. Council of Graduate Schools Dr. of Humane Letters Grad School Commencement Samuel A. Attoh, PhD 
2013 Luis Alberto Urrea   Author & Prof. U of Chicago Dr. of Humane letters CAS Commencement Elizabeth M. Lozano-Rocha, PhD
2013 Diann Jordan PhD Author, Educational Consultant, Prof. Dr. of Science CAS Commencement Reinhard Andress, PhD
2013 J.C. Gonzalez-Mendez   Senior VP McDonald's Pres & CEO McDonald's Charities Dr. of Humane Letters QSB Commencement Brian B. Stanko, PhD, CPA
2013 The Honorable Gino L. DiVito JD Partner, Tablet DiVito & Rothstein LLC Dr. of Laws Law Commencement David N. Yellen, JD
2013 Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada MD Exe. VP/Chief Takeda Pharm. Corp. Dr. of Science SSOM Commencement Linda Brubaker, MD, MS
2014 Tererai Trent PhD Founder, Tinogona Foundation Dr. of Humane Letters CAS-AM Commencement Brian Endless, PhD
2014 Rev. Jon Sobrino, S.J.   Director, Oscar Romero Pastoral Center Dr. of Humane Letters Ignatian Heritage Event  
2015 Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi   Pres., Pontifical Council for Culture Dr. of Humane Letters Diaz Installation Edmondo Lupieri
2015 Alison Thompson   Humanitarian, Filmmaker Dr. of Humane Letters CAS-AM Commencement Anne Figert, PhD