| Year |
Individual |
Degree |
| 1917 |
Wilbur Fiske Massey |
Doctor of Science |
| 1925 |
Charles E. Waddell |
Doctor of Science |
| 1926 |
Thomas Nelson |
Doctor of Science |
| 1929 |
Stuart Warren Cramer |
Doctor of Science |
| |
William Dollison Faucett |
Doctor of Science |
| 1932 |
O. Max Gardner |
Doctor of laws |
| |
James A. Powell |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Reuben Robertson |
Doctor of Science |
| 1937 |
Weightman Wells Garner |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Arthur Ernest Morgan |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1938 |
Charles I. Burkholder |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
William McKinney Piatt |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1939 |
Stephen Cole Bruner |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Junius Sidney Cates |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
Adrianus J.L. Mortiz |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Benjamin Brown Gossett |
|
| |
(October) Wallace Carl Riddick |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1940 |
Clement Leinster Garner |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Charles Albert Cannon |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1941 |
Richard Thurmond Chatham |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| |
Roger Vernon Terry |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1942 |
Carle Clark Zimmerman |
Doctor of Science |
| |
(October) Graham Hudson Anthony |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Thomas Kenneth Mail |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Charles William Burkett |
Doctor of Science |
| 1943 |
Wilbert James Carter |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| |
Benjamin Wesley Kilgore |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Thomas Alfred Morgan |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1944 |
David Clark |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| |
Louis Valvelle Sutton |
Doctor of Engineering |
| 1945 |
Dudley Warren Bagley |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
William Carey Lee |
Doctor of Military Science |
| |
Arthur Mills Dixon |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1946 |
Victor Arthur Rice |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
Roger Williams |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
James Edward Millis |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1947 |
John Redd Hutcheson |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
Charles Burt Stainback |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Harry H. Strasu |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
John Washington Clark |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1948 |
James Morgan Sherman |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
William Henry Sullivan |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Thomas Everett Browne |
Doctor of Vocational Ed |
| |
Franklin Warren Hobbs |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1949 |
William Kerr Scott |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
Felix Stanton Hales |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Albert Gallatin Myers |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1950 |
Harry J. Reed |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Frank Porter Graham |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Clyde Atkinson Erwin |
Doctor of Vocational Ed. |
| |
Clyde Alvin Dillon |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
John Flood Matheson |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1951 |
Ira Obed Schaub |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
Clarence Poe |
Doctor of Agriculture Ed. |
| |
Harry Parker Hammond |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Colin George Spencer |
Doctor of Forest Science |
| |
Frederick Bonnett |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1952 |
Junius Greene Adams |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
Luther Wilson Greene |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Carl Alvin Schenck |
Doctor of Forest Science |
| |
William Hagwood Ruffin |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1953 |
Lynton Yates Ballentine |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
Walter Gropius |
Doctor of Architecture |
| |
John Warren Smith |
Doctor of Vocational Ed. |
| |
George William Gullette |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Inman Fowler Eldredge |
Doctor of Forest Science |
| |
Herman Cone |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1954 |
John William Turrentine |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| |
R. Buckminster Fuller |
Doctor of Design |
| |
John William Harrelson |
Doctor of Education |
| |
James Thomas Ryan |
Doctor of Engineering |
| |
Walter Julius Damtoft |
Doctor of Forest Science |
| |
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens |
Doctor of Textile Science |
| 1955 |
James Harold Hilton |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Victor Silas Bryant |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Luther Hartwell Hodges |
Doctor of Laws |
| |
Edward Eastman Clayton |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Elwood Leonard Demmon |
Doctor of Science |
| 1956 |
James Harold Linebarger |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
George Waddell Snedecor |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
Doctor of Laws |
| |
Lillian Lee Vaughn |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1957 |
Leroy Argius Brothers |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Thomas Dolliver Church |
Doctor of Laws |
| |
Harold D. Cooley |
Doctor of Laws |
| |
Wilson Durward Leggett |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Clifford Willard Tilson |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1958 |
Halbert McNair Jones |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
William Gardner Van Note |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Conrad Louis Wirth |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1959 |
Willard Holden Darst |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Henry Burton Robinson |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Francis Xavier Schumacker |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Carl Cleveland Taylor |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1960 |
William Dunford Appel |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Jonathan Worth Daniels |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Granville Moorman Reed |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Oliver Reagan Rowe |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Burrhus Frederic Skinner |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Thomas Benton Upchurch |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1961 |
John Columbus Cowan |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Frederick Carlton Gardner |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Irvine Theodore Haig |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Thelma Howell |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Thomas Franklin Parker |
Doctor of Science |
| 1962 |
Sterling Brown Hendricks |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Lennox Polk McLendon |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Laurence Hasbrouck Snyder |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Raymond Albert Wheeler |
Doctor of Science |
| 1963 |
George McMillan Darrow |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Terry Sanford |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Eli Sternberg |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Bertram Whittier Wells |
Doctor of Science |
| 1964 |
Henry Armfield Foscue |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
William Dallas Herring |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Louis Isadore Kahn |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Lillian Parker Wallace |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
David Stathem Weaver |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1965 |
Leonard David Baver |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Charles Francis Goldthwait |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Jasper Leonidas Stuckey |
Doctor of Science |
| |
John Harold Lampe |
Doctor of Science |
| 1966 |
James Gordon Hanes |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
James Herbert Jensen |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Rudolph Ivey Mintz |
Doctor of Laws |
| |
Charles Scott Mitchell |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Frances Gray Patton |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1967 |
David Stanton Coltrane |
Doctor of Humanities |
| |
Verne Lester Harper |
Doctor of Science |
| |
George Richard Herbert |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Joseph Grant Knapp |
Doctor of Science |
| |
Francis P. W. Winteringham |
Doctor of Science |
| 1969 |
none |
|
| 1970 |
none |
|
| 1971 |
none |
|
| 1972 |
Gordon Kennedy Middleton |
Doctor of Science |
| 1973 |
none |
|
| 1974 |
none |
|
| 1975 |
John Tyler Caldwell |
Doctor of Laws |
| 1976 |
none |
|
| 1977 |
none |
|
| 1978 |
none |
|
| 1979 |
Lodwick Charles Hartley |
Doctor of Humanities |
| 1980 |
none |
|
| 1981 |
none |
|
| 1982 |
none |
|
| 1983 |
none |
|
| 1984 |
Theodore W. Schultz |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1984 |
Theodore W. Schultz |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1985 |
Harwell H. Harris |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
Samuel D. Proctor |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1986 |
Phillip M. Smith |
Doctor of Science |
| 1987 |
none |
|
| 1988 |
Richard G. Walser |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1989 |
Gertrude B. Elion |
Doctor of Science |
| 1990 |
none |
|
| 1991 |
Nyle C. Brady |
Doctor of Science |
| |
William C. Friday |
Doctor of Public Service |
| 12/1992 |
Eugene Butler |
Doctor of Agriculture |
| 5/1993 |
George Wallace Giles |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/1993 |
Ernest L. Boyer |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/1994 |
John Hope Franklin |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Frank Hawkins Kenan |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/1994 |
Benjamin S. Carson, Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Edward E. Hood, Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/1995 |
William Brantley Aycock |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Gen. Maxwell Reid Thurman |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/1995 |
Raymond H. Dawson |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/1996 |
Fred McFeely Rogers |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/1996 |
Prezell R. Robinson |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/1997 |
none |
|
| 12/1997 |
Albert Carnesale |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Ben Rankin Morris |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/1998 |
Hugh Shelton |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/1998 |
Nicholaas Bloembergen |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Joab L. Thomas |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/1999 |
Kaye Gibbons |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Kathryn Stinson |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/1999 |
John Thomas Biggers |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/2000 |
Reverend Billy Graham |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Donna Shalala |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/2000 |
Ray C. Anderson |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
F. Albert Cotton |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Peter C. Doherty |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Theodore M. Hesburgh |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Hipolito Mejia |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Vernon Owens |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/2001 |
T. Ming Chu |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Harm J. de Blij |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Walter Fitch |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Jane Henney |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Neal Lane |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Ruby Vann Crumpler McSwain |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/2001 |
Hon. James B. Hunt Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Robert H. Buckman |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Alan T. Dickson |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Charles E. Hamner |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Larry K. Monteith |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Douglas M. Orr Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/2002 |
Dr. James P. Comer |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Dr. James J. Duderstadt |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Ms. Lee Smith |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
Mr. William James Raspberry |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Dr. Charles M. Vest |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/2002 |
Dr. James Goodnight |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Mr. Thomas Karl |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/2003 |
Ken Burns |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
Edward Carroll Joyner |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
William G. Hill |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Cyma Rubin |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 12/2003 |
Shirley Ann Jackson |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Dan K. McNeill |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
John P. Sall |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
E. Travis York |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 5/2004 |
Eva Clayton |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Harvey K. Littleton |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
Steve Wozniak |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/2004 |
Richard Benedick |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Robert Ward |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
R. Scott Wallinger |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 5/2005 |
Johnnetta B. Cole |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Richard Meier |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
Patrick A. Moore |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/2005 |
Dean Kamen |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
W. Duke Kimbrell |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Hugh Morton |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
William R. McNeal |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/2006 |
Ralph Cicerone |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
David Effron |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
J. Stuart Hunter |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Daniel McFadden |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
John Ruffin |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
George Tolley |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/2006 |
Roscoe R. Braham, Jr. |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Lynn Margulis |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Rex M. Nettleford |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 5/2007 |
Kenneth Olden |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Eduardo Catalano |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
Roger Milliken |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/2007 |
David H. Blackwell |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Walter Royal Davis |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Billy Ray Hall |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Arlinda F. Locklear |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Arthur Tab Williams |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Gianfranco Zaccai |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/2008 |
Pat Mora |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Richard G. Robb |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
C.D. Spangler, Jr. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/2008 |
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Carl Wieman |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 5/2009 |
John Seely Brown |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Sarita E. Brown |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Wayne A. Fuller |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/2009 |
Jack Ward Thomas |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
G. Smedes York |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 5/2010 |
I. King Jordan |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Charlie Rose |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
William Julius Wilson |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/2010 |
Deanna Bowling Marcum |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Richard Sapper |
Doctor of Fine Arts
|
| 5/2011 |
Robert Weiss |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| |
James E. Rogers |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 12/2011 |
Ray A. Buchanan |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Rajendra K. Pachauri |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
Robert G. Stanton |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 5/20/2012 |
Robert B. Jordan III |
Doctor of Sciences |
| |
David H. Murdock |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 12/15/2012 |
James H. Woodward |
Doctor of Sciences |
| 5/11/2013 |
Indra Nooyi |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| |
Michael Wingfield |
Doctor of Sciences |
