Honorary Degrees

View of Zatae Longsdorff Straw (Class of 1887) with President Corson (Class of 1917) and Dean of Women Josephine Meredith (Class of 1901) at Commencement in 1937. 

Left to Right: Dr. Straw ; President Corson ; Dean Meredith

Dr. Zatae Longsdorff Straw (Class of 1887) and Dean of Women Josephine Meredith (Class of 1901) at Commencement in 1937.

Dr. Julia Morgan (Class of 1911) receives an honorary degree at Commencement on June 1, 1942. 

Left to Right: President Fred Pierce Corson (Class of 1917) ; Dr. Julia Morgan ; [unknown]

A group picture taken in Memorial Hall on the occasion of the Founders Day Convocation, May 1, 1952.  This special Founders Day, in honor of Dickinson women, was held to celebrate the dedication of Drayer Hall, the first residence hall built by the college for the express purpose of housing women students.

Front Row, left to right: Edith Alice Ford, Marianne Craig Moore, William Wilcox Edel, and Millicent Todd Bingham.

Back Row, left to right: Vashti Burr Whittington, Cora L. Handwork (class of 1914), Ethel Wagg Selby (class of 1915), Josephine Brunyate Meredith (class of 1901), and Mary Love Collins (class of 1902)

President William Edel (class of 1915) awards an honorary degree to Ethel Wagg Selby (class of 1915) during the Founders Day Convocation ceremony in Bosler Hall on May 1, 1952.

Honorary degree recipient Marianne Craig Moore is the third person sitting from the left.

The honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 4, 1961.

Honorary degree recipients are sitting in the front row and they are, from left to right, Rev. Dr. John W. Mckelvey, Colonel Richard H. Ellis, Bishop W. Vernon Mddleton, President Malcolm, Ambassador Wiley T. Buchanan Jr., and Judge Charles Klein. 

Sponsors are sitting in the back row and they are, from left to right, Rev. Dr. F. La Mont Henninger, Dr. Edward C. Raffensperger, Dr. Howard L. Rubendall, Rev Dr. Edward G. Latch Jr., and Dean Morris L. Shafer.

President Howard Rubendall (left) presents an honorary degree during his inauguration on October 28, 1961. The event is held in Allison Memorial Methodist Church.

Whitfield J. Bell, a member of the Class of 1935, receives an Honorary Doctor of Laws from President Rubendall at Commencement on June 7, 1964.

Left to Right: Trustee Roy Kuebler, Dr. Bell, President Rubendall

A group shot inside of Old West of the honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 7, 1964. 

Seated from left to right: Charles Law McCabe, C.D. Jackson, Marchette Chute, President Howard L. Rubendall, Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., Bishop Newel Snow Booth, and Reverend Leslie Davison.  All except President Rubendall ('31) are honorary degree recipients. 

Standing from left to right: Professor Horace E. Rogers ('24), Rolland L. Adams, Professor William R. Bowden, Roy R. Kuebler, Jr., Reverend Lester A Welliver, and Glenn E. Todd.

A group photograph of honorary degree recipients (sitting) and their sponsors at Commencement on June 6, 1965. 

Seated from left to right:  John M. Hoerner ('31), Dr. Mary D. Ames, President Howard L. Rubendall ('31), Nathan M. Pusey, Judge Robert Lee Jacobs ('32), and Dean Charles Wesley Ranson.  Everyone seated except President Rubendall were the honorary degree recipients

Standing from left to right: Glenn E. Todd ('12), Helen Douglass Gallagher ('26), Samuel W. Witwer ('30), Robert E. Woodside ('26), and Reverend F. LaMont Henninger ('24)

Dr. Craig R. Thompson receives an Honorary Doctor of Letters at the 193rd Commencement on June 5, 1966.

Left to Right: President Howard Rubendall, Dr. Thompson, and Prof. Charles Sellers

A group photo of the honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 4, 1967.

Seated from left to right: Frederick K. Miller, John H Sibben Jr., President Howard Lane Rubendall ('31), Prince Albert Taylor, and Sidney D. Ripley II.  Everyone except President Rubendall is a honorary degree recipients.

Standing from left to right: Professor Joseph Schiffmann, Elmer C. Herber, Harry Booth, and Milton E. Flower ('31)

Honorary degree recipients and their sponsors pose for a group photograph during Commencement on May 24, 1970.

Standing from Left to Right: Professor Joseph Schiffman, Professor Horace Rogers ('24), Professor Paul Kaylor, Professor William Dornemann, and Professor Dan Bechtel.

Seated from Left to Right: Jay S. Redding, Samuel W. Witwer ('30), Tom Grey Wicker, President Howard Lane Rubendall ('31), William Stringfellow, and Nelson Glueck.

Matina Horner receives an honorary Doctor of Laws from President Howard Rubendall ('31) at Commencement on May 20, 1973. Horner's faculty sponsor, English Professor Dorothy Culp (center), looks on.

United States Senator Adlai Stevenson III (center) receives an honorary Doctor of Laws from President Banks while trustee Samuel Witwer ('30) looks on at Commencement on May 16, 1976.

Charles Coleman Sellers (center) receives a honorary degree from President Samuel A. Banks as Dean George Allan looks on. Sitting behind President Banks is George F. Kennan.

Julius Held receives an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from President Banks at Commencement on May 22, 1983.

Bishop Desmond Tutu (right) and Illinois Senator Paul Simon talk after Baccalaureate on May 19, 1984. Both men receive honorary degrees from Dickinson College.

Bishop Desmond Tutu receives an honorary degree from President Banks at Commencement on May 20, 1984.

Professor Harry Booth and Dean George Allan doing the hooding.

Jurgen Timm, rector of Bremen University, receives an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Acting President George Allan at a Mid-Year Convocation on January 20, 1987.

Robert A. Waidner receives an Honorary Doctor of Finance at Commencement on May 21, 1995. President Fritschler is speaking at the podium.

Winfield Cook '32 receives an honorary Doctor of International Commerce degree at Commencement on May 19, 1996.  President Fritschler and Professor John S. Henderson congratulate.

Oscar Arias Sanchez at a reception after he receives his honorary Doctor of Humanitarian Service degree on May 18, 1997.

Beatriz Quintero, professor of Spanish, stands to the left of Oscar Arias Sanchez.

Helen Mercer Witt '55 speaks at Commencement on May 18, 1997, at which she received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Professor of Political Science James M. Hoefler stands to right of Helen Witt.

Susan A. Stewart '73 receives an honorary Doctor of Letters degree at the 1998 Commencement ceremony on May 17, 1998. Stewart is the Donald T. Regan Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.

Left to Right: Professor Susan Perabo ; Dean Betsy Emerick ; Dr. Stewart ; Trustee Earl D. Weiner '60