University of Pennsylvania professor Loren C. Eiseley addressed the College as part of its 1973 Commencement exercises. Dr. Eiseley also received an honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1972-73 academic year were held in the dining hall, located inside the Holland Union Building (HUB).
Psychologist Burrhus Frederic Skinner received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1972 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1971-72 academic year were held in front of Old West.
William Grady Durden (Class of 1971), President of Dickinson College from 1999-2013, graduated with a B.A. in German and Philosophy. Durden received German departmental honors and the Delta Phi Alpha Award for excellence in the study of German.
Commencement exercises for the 1970-71 academic year were held in front of Old West.
Samuel Weiler Witwer (Class of 1930), member of the Board of Trustees and co-namesake of Witwer Hall, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1970 Commencement exercises.
Author, activist, and lay theologian Frank William Stringfellow received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1970 Commencement exercises.
Rabbi and archaeologist Nelson Glueck received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1970 Commencement exercises.
Scholar Jay Saunders Redding received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1970 Commencement exercises.
Thomas Grey Wicker, reporter and columnist for the New York Times, addressed the College as part of its 1970 Commencement exercises. Mr. Wicker also received an honorary degree from the College.
Magazine editor Betsy Blackwell received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1969 Commencement exercises.
Kingman Brewster, Jr., President of Yale University from 1963-77, addressed the College as part of its 1969 Commencement exercises. Dr. Brewster also received an honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1968-69 academic year were held in front of Old West.
Literary scholar Germaine Brée received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1968 Commencement exercises.
Journalist James Barrett Reston addressed the College as part of its 1968 Commencement exercises. Mr. Reston also received an honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1967-68 academic year were held in front of Old West.
Sidney Dillon Ripley II, wildlife conservationist and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1967 Commencement exercises.