Frederick Brown Harris (Class of 1909), Methodist clergyman and Chaplain of the United States Senate from 1942-47 and 1949-69, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of the College's 1924 Commencement exercises.
Edmund Davison Soper (Class of 1898), theologian and professor at Northwestern University, addressed the College as part of its 1924 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1923-24 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.
Educator and librarian Bernard Christian Steiner received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree as part of the College's 1923 Commencement exercises.
William Wistar Comfort, President of Haverford College from 1917-40, addressed Dickinson as part of its 1923 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1922-23 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.
Robert von Moschzisker, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, addressed the College as part of its 1922 Commencement exercises. Justice von Monschzisker also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1921-22 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.
George Edward Reed, President of Dickinson from 1889-1911, addressed the College as part of its 1921 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1920-21 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall. Bishop Charles Wesley Burns gave the Baccalaureate Services Sermon, Bishop Ernest G. Richardson gave Vesper Services at which Bosler Memorial hall was dedicated, and Dr. George Reed was the orator fo the commencement exercises.
Sylvester Baker Sadler, administrator at the Dickinson School of Law and justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1920 to 1931, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1920 Commencement exercises.
Abram Winegardner Harris, President of the University of Maine from 1896-1906 and of Northwestern University from 1906-16, addressed the College as part of its 1920 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1919-20 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall.
Boyd Lee Spahr (Class of 1900), acting president of Dickinson from 1945-46 and namesake of the Boyd Lee Spahr Library (later the Waidner-Spahr Library), received an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree as part of the College's 1950 Commencement exercises.
Sebastian Spering Kresge, businessman and founder of what would become the Kmart Corporation, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1950 Commencement exercises.
Author and biographer Catherine Drinker Bowen received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree as part of the College's 1950 Commencement exercises.
Garfield Bromley Oxnam, Methodist Episcopal bishop and president of DePauw University from 1928-36, addressed the College as part of its 1950 Commencement exercises. Bishop Oxnam also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1949-50 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
John Wesley Snyder, businessman and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Harry S. Truman from 1946-53, addressed the College as part of its 1949 Commencement exercises. Mr. Snyder also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1948-49 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
On Saturday, September 28, Nancy A. Roseman, former dean of Williams College, was inaugurated as the 28th president of Dickinson College on the John Dickinson Campus in front of Old West. President Roseman was the first women to be chosen to serve as president of the College. Morton Shapiro, president of Northwestern University and former president of Williams College, gave remarks at the ceremony, which also featured a performance by a student/faculty string quartet and a reunion of past members of the Glee Club and the Octals to sing the Alma Mater.
Frederick Moore Vinson, politician, Secretary of the Treasury under President Harry S. Truman from 1945-46, and the Chief Justice of the United States from 1946-53, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1948 Commencement exercises.
C. Scott Althouse, inventor, entrepreneur, and namesake of Althouse Science Hall, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1948 Commencement exercises.
Pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick addressed the College as part of its 1948 Commencement exercises. Rev. Fosdick also received an honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1947-48 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.