| Honorary Degree Recipients | ||||||
| Pierce | Archer | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | |||
| John | M. | Campbell | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | ||
| Charles | H.A. | Esling | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | ||
| Alfred | C. | Ferris | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | ||
| James | A. | Flaherty | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | ||
| William | F. | Harrity | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | ||
| Edward | D. | McLauglin | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | ||
| John | D. | O'Bryan | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | ||
| Edmund | Randall | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | |||
| Albert | H. | Rosewig | Doctor of Music | 1901 | ||
| Richard | P. | White | Doctor of Laws | 1901 | ||
| Garret | H. | Lampen | Doctor of Literature | 1907 | ||
| Emile | B. | DeSauze | Doctor of Philosophy | 1908 | ||
| Charles | E. | Sajous | Doctor of Laws | 1909 | ||
| Charles | B. | Connolly | Doctor of Philosophy | 1911 | ||
| Edward | J. | DuMee | Master of Arts | 1918 | ||
| Arthur | H. | Quinn | Doctor of Letters | 1918 | ||
| John | J. | Sullivan | Doctor of Laws | 1918 | ||
| Rev. William | P. | McNally | Doctor of Laws | 1924 | ||
| Rev. Joseph | M. | O'Hara | Doctor of Laws | 1924 | ||
| Charles | A. | Lindbergh | M.S. in Aeronautics | 1927 | ||
| Rev. William | J. | Lallou | Doctor of Literature | 1928 | ||
| Rev. Francis | X. | Talbot, SJ | Doctor of Literature | 1928 | ||
| Charles | A. | Waters | Doctor of Laws | 1928 | ||
| Edward | J. | Galbally | Doctor of Literature | 1929 | ||
| Rev. Wilfred | Parsons, SJ | Doctor of Literature | 1929 | |||
| Edward | S. | Dore | Doctor of Laws | 1930 | ||
| Charles | F. | Nassau | Doctor of Science | 1931 | ||
| Rev. Matthew | L. | Fortier, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1934 | ||
| Edward | A. | Strecker | Doctor of Science | 1934 | ||
| John | A. | Kolmer | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1935 | ||
| Thomas | A. | Logue | Doctor of Laws | 1935 | ||
| Clare | G. | Fenerty | Doctor of Jurisprudence | 1936 | ||
| Henry | J. | Gideon | Doctor of Laws | 1936 | ||
| John | A. | McCarthy | Doctor of Laws | 1936 | ||
| Most Rev. Gerald | P. | O'Hara | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1936 | ||
| Most Rev. Hugh | L. | Lamb | Doctor of Laws | 1937 | ||
| Patrick | F. | Scanlan | Doctor of Letters | 1937 | ||
| Arthur | W. | Howes | Doctor of Letters | 1938 | ||
| David | I. | Walsh | Doctor of Laws | 1938 | ||
| Cajetan | Flynn | Doctor of Laws | 1939 | |||
| William | P. | Grady | Doctor of Laws | 1939 | ||
| Ignatius | J. | Horstmann | Doctor of Laws | 1939 | ||
| Frank | Murphy | Doctor of Laws | 1939 | |||
| Rev. John | J. | Bonner | Doctor of Laws | 1940 | ||
| Rev. Paul | A. | McNally, SJ | Doctor of Science | 1940 | ||
| Thosmas | A. | O'Brien | Doctor of Laws | 1940 | ||
| Mother Katherine | Drexel | Doctor of Laws | 1941 | |||
| James | A. | McNulty | Doctor of Laws | 1941 | ||
| Louise | Drexel | Morrell | Doctor of Laws | 1941 | ||
| Herbert | R. | O'Conor | Doctor of Laws | 1941 | ||
| Rev. Richard | B. | Schmidt, SJ | Doctor of Science | 1941 | ||
| Rev. William | D. | Campbell | Doctor of Laws | 1942 | ||
| Joseph | P. | Gaffney | Doctor of Laws | 1942 | ||
| William | L. | Long | Doctor of Laws | 1942 | ||
| Emile | G. | Perrot | Doctor of Laws | 1942 | ||
| Daniel | J. | Dougherty | Doctor of Laws | 1943 | ||
| Rev. Joseph | R.N. | Maxwell, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1943 | ||
| Rev. Edmund | A. | Walsh, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1943 | ||
| Rev. W. | Coleman | Nevils, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1944 | ||
| Rev. John | A. | Cartin | Doctor of Laws | 1945 | ||
| Francis | J. | Myers | Doctor of Laws | 1945 | ||
| Rev. Clarence | E. | Shaffrey, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1946 | ||
| Vincent | A. | Carroll | Doctor of Laws | 1947 | ||
| Most Rev. J. | Carroll | McCormick | Doctor of Laws | 1947 | ||
| Frank | M. | Folsom | Doctor of Laws | 1948 | ||
| Brother Emilian | James, F.S.C. | Doctor of Laws | 1948 | |||
| Rev. Francis | X. | McGuire, O.S.A. | Doctor of Laws | 1948 | ||
| James | J. | Breen | Doctor of Laws | 1949 | ||
| Rev. Joseph | G. | Cox | Doctor of Laws | 1949 | ||
| Edward | J. | Flanigan | Doctor of Laws | 1949 | ||
| Rev. Francis | J. | Furey | Doctor of Laws | 1949 | ||
| Gen. Frank | L. | Howley | Doctor of Laws | 1949 | ||
| Thomas | F. | Murphy | Doctor of Laws | 1950 | ||
| Thomas | K. | Quirk | Doctor of Laws | 1950 | ||
| William | Balderston | Doctor of Science | 1951 | |||
| Dr. George | A. | Bennett | Doctor of Science | 1951 | ||
| Most Rev. Amieto | G. | Cicognani | Doctor of Laws | 1951 | ||
| John | Foster | Dulles | Doctor of Laws | 1951 | ||
| Most Rev. Thomas | J. | Feeney, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1951 | ||
| Thomas | K. | Finletter | Doctor of Laws | 1951 | ||
| Rev. William | C. | Gianera, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1951 | ||
| Hugh | G. | Grady | Doctor of Science | 1951 | ||
| William | J. | Green, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1951 | ||
| Joseph | C. | O'Mahoney | Doctor of Civil Law | 1951 | ||
| Hugh | Stott | Taylor | Doctor of Science | 1951 | ||
| J. | Cullen | Ganey | Doctor of Laws | 1952 | ||
| Francis | G. | Nash | Doctor of Laws | 1952 | ||
| Charles | W. | Perelle | Doctor of Business Administration | 1952 | ||
| Most Rev. Daniel | J. | Gercke | Doctor of Laws | 1953 | ||
| John | J. | Hearne | Doctor of Laws | 1953 | ||
| Rev. John | J. | Maher | Doctor of Letters | 1953 | ||
| John | McShain | Doctor of Business Administration | 1953 | |||
| Joseph | L. | Breen | Doctor of Laws | 1954 | ||
| Frank | J. | Hardart | Doctor of Laws | 1954 | ||
| Most Rev. John | F. | O'Hara, C.S.C. | Doctor of Laws | 1954 | ||
| Joseph | C. | Cox | Doctor of Laws | 1955 | ||
| Rev. John | J. | Daly | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1955 | ||
| Bernard | C. | Duffy | Doctor of Laws | 1955 | ||
| John | A. | Diemand | Doctor of Laws | 1956 | ||
| Thomas | C. | Egan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1956 | ||
| Paul | F. | Harron | Doctor of Laws | 1956 | ||
| Joseph | E. | Heffernan | Doctor of Laws | 1956 | ||
| Gen. Lloyd | P. | Hopwood | Doctor of Laws | 1956 | ||
| J. | Harry | LaBrum | Doctor of Laws | 1956 | ||
| Most Rev. Joseph | McShea | Doctor of Laws | 1956 | |||
| Leo | L. | Tully | Doctor of Laws | 1956 | ||
| Laura | Leggett | Barnes | Doctor of Horticultural Science | 1957 | ||
| Charles | W. | Carvin | Doctor of Laws | 1957 | ||
| Frank | I. | Casey | Doctor of Laws | 1957 | ||
| William | C. | Bullitt | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1958 | ||
| Jozsef | Cardinal | Mindszenty | Doctor of Laws | 1958 | ||
| Bernard | P. | Widmann | Doctor of Science | 1958 | ||
| Michael | P. | Boland | Doctor of Laws | 1959 | ||
| Rev. James | A. | Donellon, O.S.A. | Doctor of Letters | 1959 | ||
| Kathryn | E. | Granahan | Doctor of Laws | 1959 | ||
| John | F. | Horstmann | Doctor of Laws | 1959 | ||
| Robert | D. | Murphy | Doctor of Laws | 1959 | ||
| Albert | J. | Nesbitt | Doctor of Laws | 1959 | ||
| Baron | Silvercruys | Doctor of Laws | 1959 | |||
| Charles | J. | Bonhage | Doctor of Letters | 1960 | ||
| James | A. | Farley | Doctor of Laws | 1960 | ||
| Millard | E. | Gladfelter | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1960 | ||
| Edward | Hopkinson, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1960 | |||
| William | F. | Kelly | Doctor of Commercial Science | 1960 | ||
| R. | George | Rincliffe | Doctor of Laws | 1960 | ||
| Horace | Stern | Doctor of Laws | 1960 | |||
| Bro. Daniel | Bernian, F.S.C. | Doctor of Laws | 1961 | |||
| Rev. Leo | G. | Fink | Doctor of Letters | 1961 | ||
| Gerald | F. | Flood | Doctor of Laws | 1961 | ||
| J. | Peter | Grace | Doctor of Latin American Relations | 1961 | ||
| Charles | Klein | Doctor of Jurisprudence | 1961 | |||
| Most Rev. John | J. | Krol | Doctor of Laws | 1961 | ||
| Augustus | Long | Doctor of Laws | 1961 | |||
| Joseph | A. | Mattern | Doctor of Letters | 1961 | ||
| Laurian | Cardinal | Rugambwa | Doctor of Laws | 1961 | ||
| Most Rev. Msgr. Francis | J. | Brennan | Doctor of Laws | 1962 | ||
| James | Creese | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1962 | |||
| Richard | J. | Hughes | Doctor of Laws | 1962 | ||
| Myer | B. | Marcus | Doctor of Laws | 1962 | ||
| Thomas | B. | McCabe | Doctor of Laws | 1962 | ||
| Howard | C. | Petersen | Doctor of Laws | 1962 | ||
| Most Rev. Egidio | Vagnozzi | Doctor of Laws | 1962 | |||
| J. | Gordon | Wright | Doctor of Letters | 1962 | ||
| Philip | H. | Cooney | Doctor of Laws | 1963 | ||
| Rev. Bishop Fred | Pierce | Corson | Doctor of Letters | 1963 | ||
| Hubert | J. | Horan, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1963 | ||
| Most Rev. Gerald | V. | McDevitt, D.D. | Doctor of Letters | 1963 | ||
| Daniel | J. | O'Conor | Doctor of Laws | 1963 | ||
| Raymond | E. | Trainer | Doctor of Laws | 1963 | ||
| Lee | Smith | Bickmore | Doctor of Commercial Science | 1964 | ||
| Richard | C. | Bond | Doctor of Letters | 1964 | ||
| Most Rev. John | J. | Graham | Doctor of Letters | 1964 | ||
| Allan | Price | Kirby | Doctor of Laws | 1964 | ||
| John | Anthony | Murphy | Doctor of Laws | 1964 | ||
| Rev. Msgr. Anthony | L. | Ostheimer | Doctor of Letters | 1964 | ||
| Allen | H. | Wetter | Doctor of Letters | 1964 | ||
| Augustin | Cardinal | Bea | Doctor of Jurisprudence | 1965 | ||
| Hon. Genevieve | Blatt | Doctor of Civil Law | 1965 | |||
| Rev. Edward | B. | Bunn, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1965 | ||
| Thomas | C. | Butler | Doctor of Laws | 1965 | ||
| Robert | G. | Dunlop | Doctor of Laws | 1965 | ||
| Rev. Joseph | A. | Flaherty, O.S.A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1965 | ||
| Hon. Orville | L. | Freeman | Doctor of Laws | 1965 | ||
| Theodore | R. | Gamble | Doctor of Laws | 1965 | ||
| William | B. | Murphy | Doctor of Laws | 1965 | ||
| Stuart | T. | Saunders | Doctor of Laws | 1965 | ||
| Cardinal Josef | Beran | Doctor of Laws | 1966 | |||
| W. | Donald | Cooke | Doctor of Science | 1966 | ||
| Rev. Msgr. | Edward | Hughes | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1966 | ||
| Michael | W. | McCarthy | Doctor of Commercial Science | 1966 | ||
| Raymond | J. | Petersen | Doctor of Journalism | 1966 | ||
| Luther | Leonidas | Terry | Doctor of Science | 1966 | ||
| F. | Bruce | Baldwin, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1967 | ||
| Joseph | F. | Burke | Doctor of Laws | 1967 | ||
| Hon. Ralph | A. | Dungan | Doctor of Jurisprudence | 1967 | ||
| R. | Sturgis | Ingersoll, Esq. | Doctor of Humanities | 1967 | ||
| William | F. | Kellow, M.D. | Doctor of Science | 1967 | ||
| Lawrence | W. | Pierce, Esq. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1967 | ||
| Rabbi Marc | H. | Tanenbaum | Doctor of Religious Education | 1967 | ||
| Howard | Butcher, III | Doctor of Civil Law | 1968 | |||
| Mike | Douglas | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1968 | |||
| Most Rev. George | H. | Guilfoyle, D.D. | Doctor of Humanities | 1968 | ||
| Vincent | P. | McDevitt, Esq. | Doctor of Laws | 1968 | ||
| Alfred | H. | Weber | Doctor of Science | 1968 | ||
| John | J. | Bunting | Doctor of Business Administration | 1969 | ||
| Rev. | Avery | Dulles, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1969 | ||
| Gaylord | P. | Harnwell | Doctor of Humanities | 1969 | ||
| Christopher | Hollis | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1969 | |||
| Hon. James | H.J. | Tate | Doctor of Laws | 1969 | ||
| Alan | D. | Ameche | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1970 | ||
| Hon. William | T. | Cahill | Doctor of Civil Law | 1970 | ||
| Violette | deMazia | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1970 | |||
| Louis | C. | Fischer | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1970 | ||
| Marcus | A. | Foster | Doctor of Pedagogy | 1970 | ||
| Fred | M. | Hechinger | Doctor of Journalism | 1970 | ||
| Max | M. | Leon | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1970 | ||
| His Excellency | Francios | Tombalbaye | Doctor of Laws | 1970 | ||
| Harry | A. | Kuljian | Doctor of Science | 1971 | ||
| John | R. | McConnell | Doctor of Laws | 1971 | ||
| Donald | H. | McGannon | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1971 | ||
| Edward | Bennett | Williams | Doctor of Laws | 1971 | ||
| Loren | Eiseley | Doctor of Science | 1972 | |||
| Rev. Bernard | Lonergan, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1972 | |||
| Marion | Spencer | Fay | Doctor of Science | 1973 | ||
| Edward | J. | Piszek | Doctor of Human Relations | 1973 | ||
| Leon | H. | Sullivan | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1973 | ||
| Rev. Dennis | J. | Comey, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1974 | ||
| R. | Buckminister | Fuller | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1974 | ||
| William | B. | Nixon | Doctor of Laws | 1974 | ||
| Harry | Boyer | Doctor of Laws | 1975 | |||
| Robert | F. | Drinan, SJ | Doctor of Jurisprudence | 1975 | ||
| Martha | Wright | Griffiths | Doctor of Laws | 1975 | ||
| Harry | R. | Halloran | Doctor of Laws | 1975 | ||
| Philip | J. | Scharper | Doctor of Journalism | 1975 | ||
| Dr. Joseph | N. | Barlett | Doctor of Laws | 1976 | ||
| Hon. William | J. | Green | Doctor of Laws | 1976 | ||
| F. | Otto | Haas | Doctor of Laws | 1976 | ||
| James | L. | Hayes | Doctor of Business Law | 1976 | ||
| Rev. Thomas | J. | Higgins, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1976 | ||
| Archbishop Jean | Jadot | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1976 | |||
| James | V. | Lennon | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1976 | ||
| Rev. William | F. | Maloney, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1976 | ||
| Rev. Terrence | Toland, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1976 | |||
| Rev. Walter | J. | Burghardt, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1977 | ||
| Sr. Elizabeth | Carroll, R.S.M. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1977 | |||
| Edgar | H. | Griffiths | Doctor of Laws | 1977 | ||
| Roy | T. | Peraino | Doctor of Business Administration | 1977 | ||
| Rev. Charles | F. | Donovan, SJ | Doctor of Humanities | 1978 | ||
| Judge Michael | J. | Eagen | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1978 | ||
| Renee | C. | Fox | Doctor of Science | 1978 | ||
| Lowell | Thomas | Doctor of Public Service | 1978 | |||
| Bernardin | Cardinal | Gantin | Doctor of Public Service | 1979 | ||
| Mildred | Fay | Jefferson | Doctor of Public Service | 1979 | ||
| James | A. | Michener | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1979 | ||
| John | F. | Whitaker | Doctor of Humanities | 1979 | ||
| Hon. William | H. | Gray, III | Doctor of Public Service | 1980 | ||
| Adolfo | Perez-Esquivel | Doctor of Humanities | 1980 | |||
| Joseph | J. | Saker | Doctor of Commercial Science | 1980 | ||
| Rev. Michael | P. | Walsh, SJ | Doctor of Laws | 1980 | ||
| Hon. Joseph | R. | Biden | Doctor of Laws | 1981 | ||
| Fred | M. | Kirby, II | Doctor of Laws | 1981 | ||
| Rev. George | D. | Ruggieri, SJ | Doctor of Science | 1981 | ||
| F. | Albert | Cotton | Doctor of Science | 1982 | ||
| Most Rev. Louis | A. | DeSimone | Doctor of Public Service | 1982 | ||
| Benjamin | Fox | Doctor of Business Administration | 1982 | |||
| Rev. Walter | Ong, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1982 | |||
| Most Rev. Francis | B. | Schulte | Doctor of Humanities | 1982 | ||
| William | T. | Coleman, Jr., Esq. | Doctor of Laws | 1983 | ||
| Sr. Marie | Lenehan, R.S.M. | Doctor of Public Service | 1983 | |||
| Harold | A. | Sorgenti | Doctor of Science | 1983 | ||
| Joseph | P. | Dougherty | Doctor of Laws | 1984 | ||
| Rev. Joseph | T. | Durkin, SJ | Doctor of Humanities | 1984 | ||
| Hon. W. | Wilson | Goode | Doctor of Laws | 1984 | ||
| Eileen | Egan | Doctor of Public Service | 1985 | |||
| Archbishop John | P. | Foley | Doctor of Laws | 1985 | ||
| Rev. Michael | J. | Smith, SJ | Doctor of Religious Education | 1985 | ||
| Hon. John | Hume, M.P., M.E.P. | Doctor of Laws | 1986 | |||
| Rev. Donald | I. | MacLean, SJ | Doctor of Public Service | 1986 | ||
| Joseph | F. | McKinney | Doctor of Business Administration | 1986 | ||
| Henry | Julian | Abraham | Doctor of Letters | 1987 | ||
| Daniel | N. | DeLuca | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1987 | ||
| Franklin | H. | Littell | Doctor of Human Relations | 1988 | ||
| Sr. Mary | Scullion, R.S.M. | Doctor of Human Relations | 1988 | |||
| Lt. Gov. Mark | S. | Singel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1988 | ||
| Dr. George | J. | Beichl | Doctor of Science | 1989 | ||
| Gov. Robert | P. | Casey | Doctor of Public Service | 1989 | ||
| Norman | Hugh | MacKenzie | Doctor of Letters | 1989 | ||
| Nicholas | F. | Brady | Doctor of Public Service | 1990 | ||
| Rev. Cesar | Jerez-Garcia, SJ | Doctor of Public Service | 1990 | |||
| Rev. William | J. | Richardson, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1990 | ||
| Rev. Edward | J. | Brady, SJ | Doctor of International Human Development | 1991 | ||
| Dr. Dorothy | McKenna | Brown | Doctor of Public Service | 1991 | ||
| Edward | G. | Sutula | Doctor of Accountancy | 1991 | ||
| Alvaro | deSoto | Doctor of Laws | 1992 | |||
| Erivan | Karl | Haub | Doctor of Business Administration | 1992 | ||
| Helga | Haub | Doctor of Public Service | 1992 | |||
| Maira | Julia | Hernandez | Doctor of Public Service | 1992 | ||
| Marcel | Roche, M.D. | Doctor of Science | 1992 | |||
| Rev. William | J. | Byron, SJ | Doctor of Public Service | 1993 | ||
| Gary | Graffman | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1993 | |||
| Prof. Ciriaco | Moron | Arroyo | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1994 | ||
| Hon. Charles | Bowsher | Doctor of Public Service | 1994 | |||
| Albert | Reynolds | Doctor of Public Service | 1994 | |||
| Rev. Joseph | A. | Fitzmeyer, SJ | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1995 | ||
| Dr. Kathleen | Hall | Jamieson | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1996 | ||
| Msgr. Robert | J. | Coll | Doctor of Public Service | 1997 | ||
| Paul | E. | Kelly | Doctor of Business Administration | 1997 | ||
| Hon. Claiborne | deBorda | Pell | Doctor of Public Service | 1997 | ||
| Sr. Anne | Boniface | Doyle | Doctor of Public Service | 1998 | ||
| Amb. Thomas | M. | Foglietti | Doctor of Diplomacy | 1998 | ||
| Joe | Walsh | Doctor of Public Service | 1999 | |||
| W. | Dirk | Warren | Doctor of International Business | 1999 | ||
| Elie | Weisel | Doctor of Humane Letters | 2000 | |||
| David | Pincus | Doctor of Business | 2001 | |||
| Cokie | Roberts | Doctor of Journalism | 2001 | |||
| Corinne | Boggs | Doctor of Diplomacy | 2001 | |||
| Michael | W. | Duffy | Doctor of Business Administration | 2002 | ||
| Sang | J. | Kim | Doctor of Diplomacy | 2002 | ||
| Brother Richard | J. | Curry, SJ | Doctor of Public Service | 2002 | ||
| Senator Rick | Santorium | Doctor of Public Service | 2003 | |||