Author, publisher, and notable book collector Alfred Edward Newton received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1933 Commencement exercises.
Author, poet, and Pulitzer Prize winner William Rose Benét received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1933 Commencement exercises.
Author, poet, and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Vincent Benét received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1933 Commencement exercises.
Theologian John Baillie received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1933 Commencement exercises.
Author Rollo W. Brown addressed the College as part of its 1933 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1932-33 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
Albert M. Witwer (Class of 1900), pastor and co-namesake of Witwer Hall, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1932 Commencement exercises.
United States Commissioner of Education William John Cooper addressed the College as part of its 1932 Commencement exercises. Commissioner Cooper also received an honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1931-32 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
Henry P. Fletcher, American diplomat, ambassador, and member of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1931 Commencement exercises.
Fred Pierce Corson, a pastor, received his first of two honorary degree as part of the College's 1931 Commencement exercises. Corson later served as President of Dickinson College from 1934 to 1944.
United States Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts addressed the College as part of its 1931 Commencement exercises. Justice Owens also received an honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1930-31 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
Reverend Ralph W. Sockman of New York City's Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church addressed the College as part of its 1930 Commencement exercises. Rev. Sockman also received an honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1929-30 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
Alben William Barkley, Kentucky Senator and Vice President of the United States from 1949-53, addressed the College as part of its 1929 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1928-29 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.
John James Tigert, university administrator and United States Commissioner of Education, addressed the College as part of its 1928 Commencement exercises. Dr. Tigert also received his second honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1927-28 academic year were held at Bosler Hall.
Dr. Mary Ames Raffensperger, pediatrician, women's rights activist, and Dickinson College Trustee, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1965 Commencement exercises.
Nathan Marsh Pusey, President of Harvard University from 1953-71, addressed the College as part of its 1965 Commencement exercises. Dr. Pusey also received an honorary degree from the College.
Commencement exercises for the 1964-65 academic year were held in front of Old West.
Scholar and biographer Marchette Chute received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1964 Commencement exercises.
Columnist and satirist Charles Law McCabe received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1964 Commencement exercises.
Charles Douglas Jackson, publisher, speechwriter, White House manager, employee of the Office of Strategic Services, and Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, addressed the College as part of its 1964 Commencement exercises. Mr. Jackson also received an honorary degree from the College.