Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Thomas Bowman (Class of 1837), Methodist Episcopal bishop and Chaplain of the United States Senate from 1864-65, receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1872 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1872-73 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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 1873-74 academic year were held in Emory Chapel, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1874-75 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 185-76 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.
Commencement exercises for the 1877-78 academic year were held at Emory Chapel, 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.
Commencement exercises for the 1878-79 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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.
Commencement exercises for the 1879-80 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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 1880-81 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1881-82 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1882-83 academic year, labeled "Centennial," were held at the Carlisle Opera House, 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.
Samuel Jackson Randall, Civil War veteran, politician, and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1876-1881, 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.
Robert Emory Pattison, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1883-87 and 1891-95, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1884 Commencement exercises.
Clergyman Robert Newton Baer (Class of 1858) receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1884 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1884-85 academic year were held at the Carlisle Opera House, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
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.
Commencement exercises for the 1885-86 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Abraham Wehrley Rudisill (Class of 1870), amateur scientist and Civil War veteran, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1886 Commencement exercises.
