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.
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.
Dr. Wilford Scott, Director of Adult Programs for the National Gallery of Art, led a common hour discussion entitled "Interpretations of Visual Documents of Our Past" in conjunction with a Trout Gallery exhibit on art of the American West.
David Schwartzman, Professor Economics at the New School for Social Research, NYC, gave a lecture entitled "Games of Chicken" as part of the Risks of Nuclear War program.
Spencer Weart, cultural critic, lectured on the psychological underpinnings of the nuclear age as part of the Risks of Nuclear War program.
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.
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.
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.
Stewart Lee Udall, United States Secretary of the Interior from 1961-69, addressed the College as part of its 1963 Commencement exercises. Mr. Udall also received an honorary degree from the College.
John W. McConnell, Dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, addressed the College as part of its 1962 Commencement exercises.
U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania Hugh Scott, former chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1948-49, addressed the College as part of its 1959 Commencement exercises. Senator Scott also received an honorary degree from the College.
Arthur B. Langlie, Governor of Washington from 1941-45 and 1949-57, addressed the College as part of its 1958 Commencement exercises. Governor Langlie also received an honorary degree from the College.
Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States from 1953-57, addressed the College as part of its 1957 Commencement exercises. Mr. Brownell also received an honorary degree from the College.
Otto Kraushaar, President of Goucher College from 1948-67, addressed Dickinson College as part of its 1956 Commencement exercises. Dr. Kraushaar also received an honorary degree from the College.
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Leonard Carmichael addressed the College as part of its 1955 Commencement exercises. Dr. Carmichael also received an honorary degree from the College.
Goodrich Cook White, President of Emory University, addressed the College as part of its 1954 Commencement exercises. Dr. White also received an honorary degree from the College.
Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior of the United States, addressed the College as part of its 1953 Commencement exercises. Mr. McKay also received an honorary degree from the College.
An alumni symposium entitled "Four Dickinsonians with Professions in the Arts" was held in the Weiss Center in conjunction with a retrospective exhibit of Professor Dennis Akin's works.
Harold Edward Stassen, Governor of Minnesota from 1939-43 and President of the University of Pennsylvania from 1948-53, addressed the College as part of its 1951 Commencement exercises. Dr. Stassen also received an honorary degree from the College.
John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, President of West Virginia Wesleyan College and United States Senator from West Virginia, addressed the College as part of its 1974 Commencement exercises. Senator Rockefeller also received an honorary degree from the College.
University of Pennsylvania professor Loren C. Eiseley addressed the College as part of its 1973 Commencement exercises. Dr. Eiseley also received an honorary degree from the College.