Daniel H. Hastings Receives Honorary Degree
Daniel Hartman Hastings, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1895-99, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1895 Commencement exercises.
Charles William Super '66 Receives Honorary Degree
Charles William Super (Class of 1866), President of Ohio University from 1884-96 and 1899-1901, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1894 Commencement exercises.
Charles Brown Lore '52 Receives Honorary Degree
Charles Brown Lore (Class of 1852), politician and Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1893 to 1909, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1894 Commencement exercises.
Moncure Daniel Conway '49 Receives Honorary Degree
Moncure Daniel Conway (Class of 1849), author, clergyman, abolitionist, and namesake of two separate buildings (both named Conway Hall), receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of Dickinson's 1892 Commencement exercises.
Caleb Thomas Winchester Receives Honorary Degree
Caleb Thomas Winchester, author, literary critic, and professor Wesleyan University, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1891 Commencement exercises.
Willis Fletcher Johnson Receives First Honorary Degree
Author and journalist Willis Fletcher Johnson receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1891 Commencement exercises, his first of two honorary degrees from the College.
John Howard Harris Receives Honorary Degree
John Howard Harris, President of Bucknell University from 1889-1919, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1896 Commencement exercises.
1896 Commencement
Degrees were awarded to more than 50 students during the annual Commencement exercises.
1895 Commencement
Commencement exercises for the 1894-95 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
1894 Commencement
Commencement exercises for the 1893-94 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
1893 Commencement
Commencement exercises for the 1892-93 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
1892 Commencement
Commencement exercises for the 1891-92 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
1891 Commencement
Commencement exercises for the 1890-91 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Edmund Davison Soper Receives Honorary Degree
Edmund Davison Soper (Class of 1898), theologian and professor at Northwestern University, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1927 Commencement exercises.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt Gives Address
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant United States Attorney General from 1921-29, addressed the College as part of its 1926 Commencement exercises. Mrs. Willebrandt also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.
1927 Commencement
Commencement exercises for the 1926-27 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.
Herbert N. Shenton Receives Honorary Degree
Samuel Parkes Cadman Receives Honorary Degree
Simeon D. Fess Gives Address
1926 Commencement
Commencement exercises for the 1925-26 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.
Augustus Lukeman Receives Honorary Degree
Sculptor Augustus Lukeman received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1925 Commencement exercises.
Edgar Fahs Smith Gives Address
Edgar Fahs Smith, science historian and Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1911-20, addressed the College as part of its 1925 Commencement exercises. Dr. Smith also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.
1925 Commencement
Commencement exercises for the 1924-25 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.
J. Horace McFarland Receives Honorary Degree
J. Horace McFarland, civic planner and early environmentalist, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1924 Commencement exercises.