George Richard Crooks (Class of 1840), writer, educator, and Methodist minister, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree, his first of two honorary degrees from Dickinson, as part of the College's 1857 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1856-57 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Physician and Methodist missionary Isaac William Wiley receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1858 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1857-58 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
John McClintock, Methodist minister, Dickinson College trustee from 1849-59, and partial namesake of Baird-McClintock Hall, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1859 Commencement exercises.
Henry Slicer, three-time Chaplain to the United States Senate, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1860 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1859-60 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
George Fisher McFarland, educator and later Civil War hero, receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1861 Commencement exercises.
Baptist minister and abolitionist William Henry Brisbane receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1861 Commencement exercises.
Edward Bates, United States Attorney General from 1861-64, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1861 Commencement exercises.
James Hutchinson Graham (Class of 1827), Pennsylvania State District Attorney from 1839-45 and head of the Dickinson College law department from 1862-82, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1862 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1861-62 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Methodist Episcopal Missionary Robert Samuel Maclay (Class of 1845) receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1864 Commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1863-64 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Charles Dexter Cleveland, peace advocate and former Dickinson professor and librarian, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1866 Commencement exercises.
John Fletcher Hurst (Class of 1854), clergyman and first Chancellor of American University, receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree (his first of two honorary degrees from Dickinson) as part of the College's 1866 Commencement exercises.
Clergyman Robert Newton Baer (Class of 1858) receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of Dickinson's 1884 Commencement exercises.
John A. J. Creswell (Class of 1848), politician, United States Postmaster General from 1869-74, and first member of Congress to propose a constitutional amendment banning slavery, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1871 Commencement exercises.