Each year during commencement exercises, the Colleges award honorary degrees to individuals who, by virtue of their dedication to the Colleges or through actions that mimic the values set forth by our founders, are true members of the Hobart and William Smith community.

 

Year Awarded Recipient

2008

Debra K. DeMeis

2008

Charles H. Salisbury Jr. '63

2007

Judy Woodruff

2007

Michael F. Nozzolio

2007

Albert R. Hunt

2007

Marge Shanahan

2006

Clarence E. Butler

2006

John Carlton King

2006

Thomas H. Poole '61

2006

Mary Patterson McPherson

2005

Arthur E. de Cordova '56

2005

Ruth Freeman

2005

Margaret Jane (Dee Dee) Myers

2005

Jane Shepard Ritter '48

2004

Emily H. Fisher

2004

Grady E. Jensen '44

2004

Christopher J. Matthews

2004

Will K. Weinstein '60

2004

Elizabeth Jean Perry '69

2003

Andrea Mitchell

2003

Thomas E. Tighe

2003

Elizabeth (Lib) Eaton White '33

2002

L. Thomas Melly '52

2002

Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr. '52

2002

Mark Shields

2002

Judy Collins

2001

Rodney P. Frelinghuysen '69

2001

Bruce Bensley '51

2001

Gwen Ifill

2000

Judith Haslam Cross '52

1999

Marvin Bram

1999

Richard H. Hersh

1998

Gloria Steinem

1997

William T. Whitaker, Jr. '73

1995

Hunter R. Rawlings III

1994

Dr. Priscilla A. Schaffer '64

1994

Wangari Maathai

1993

Eric M. A. Lax '66

1992

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

1992

Charles Francis Smithers, Jr. '52

1992

John S. Witte

1992

Kenji Tanaka

1991

Carroll W. Brewster

1991

Amory Houghton, Jr.

1990

Barbara Lynch Springstead '57

1990

Eugene Francis Murphy

1989

Dr. Willis A. Adcock '44

1989

Matthew H. Clark

1988

Edward Everett Griffith

1987

Lindsay A. J. Lafford

1987

G. Garth Fagan

1987

Dr. Robert Peter Gale '66

1987

Daisy Weeks Buchholz '12

1986

Mary McCormick Scott-Craig

1986

Benjamin Peter Atkinson

1985

Edward Johnson

1985

Fred Rogers

1984

Marian Wright Edelman

1984

Kathryn Dapp Cook

1983

William Sloane Coffin

1983

Blandina Worcester Brewster

1983

H. Merrill Roenke, Jr. '38

1982

Anthony S. Bridwell

1982

Elie Wiesel

1982

Anthony S. Bridwell '49

1982

Allan A. Kuusisto

1981

Blyth Katharine Danner

1981

Elizabeth Herendeen Odell '22

1980

Blanchard Bartlett Walker

1980

Roy Dexheimer '55

1980

Calvin Onderdonk Schofield, Jr. '59

1979

Edgar Lawrence Doctorow

1979

Marian Costello Witmer '32

1979

Roderic H. Ross '52

1978

Rose Bampton

1977

Hon. Edward V. Regan '52

1977

Brooks Otis

1976

Helen Thorworth Williamson '49

1975

R. Buckminster Fuller

1974

Herbert J. Stern '58

1974

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

1973

Arnold W. Pratt '44

1972

Caroline W. Gannett

1972

B.F. Skinner

1970

Ewald B. Nyquist

1970

Richard Waters '50

1969

Robert Arthur Bristol '31

1969

Frank Pye Smith '36

1968

James William Bampton '32

1967

G. Donald Whedon '36

1967

William Scandling '49

1967

Harry W. Anderson '49

1967

William P. Laughlin '49

1967

Robert C. Rusack '47

1967

Theodore Tellefsen Odell

1966

Merle A. Gulick '30

1966

Eda B. Hirshson

1965

Ben J. Wattenberg '55

1965

Nat King Cole

1965

Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr.

1963

Hilton C. Buley '27

1962

Alexandra Lvovna Tolstoy

1961

Dean Amadon '34

1961

Louis M. Hirshson

1961

Laura Richardson Houghton

1960

Charles Francis Boynton

1959

Walter Hetherington Durfee

1959

Paul M. Herzog

1958

Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr.

1958

Warren Hunting Smith

1958

Marjorie Merriweather Post May

1957

Earl B. Mahoney '30

1956

Ella Russ McCann '35

1956

Horace N. Hubbs

1955

Thomas Jean Hargrave

1954

Princess of Romania Ileana

1951

Ethel Cermak '34

1951

Belle Willard Roosevelt

1947

Amory Houghton

1947

Eleanor Roosevelt

1947

Edward Peck Curtis

1946

Marian Cruger Coffin

1940

Dr. Willard M. Allen '26

1939

Thomas Mann

1938

Milton Haight Turk

1937

Murray Bartlett

1937

Frank Ernest Gannett

1935

Blanchard Howard Bartlett

1933

Hobart Brown Upjohn

1932

Cuthbert Winfred Pound

1929

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1929

Alanson Bigelow Houghton

1926

Charles Fiske

1924

Benjamin Ficklin Finney

1922

William Pitt Durfee

1919

Charles Henry Brent

1911

Andrew D. White

1907

James Fullarton Muirheid

1904

Charles Delamater Vail