George Richard Crooks (Class of 1840), writer, educator, and Methodist minister, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, his second honorary degree from Dickinson, as part of the College's 1873 Commencement exercises.

Commencement exercises for the 1874-75 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Commencement exercises for the 1876-77 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Richard Wigginton Thompson, Indiana politician and co-founder of the now-defunct Constitutional Union Party, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1878 Commencement exercises.

Benjamin Harris Brewster, New Jersey politician and United States Attorney General from 1881-85, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1879 Commencement exercises.

John Fletcher Hurst (Class of 1854), clergyman and first Chancellor of American University, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (his second honorary degree from Dickinson) as part of the College's 1880 Commencement exercises.

Commencement exercises for the 1881-82 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Poet and editor Richard Watson Gilder receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1883 Commencement exercises.

Commencement exercises for the 1883-84 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Clergyman Robert Newton Baer (Class of 1858) receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1884 Commencement exercises.

John Franklin Goucher (Class of 1868), minister, missionary, educator, and namesake of what would become Goucher College, receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree (his first of two honorary degrees) as part of Dickinson's 1885 Commencement exercises.