Wed., Jun. 10, 1908 Educator, scholar, and author James Main Dixon received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree as part of Dickinson's 1908 Commencement exercises. Event Type Academic Ceremonies Related Entries 1908 Commencement Edwin Sydney Stuart Gives Address John Franklin Fort Gives Address Marlin Edgar Olmstead Gives Address James Brander Matthews Gives Address Bradford P. Raymond Gives Address Leslie Mortimer Shaw Receives Honorary Degree Hugh McCormick Smith Receives Honorary Degree Harry Bixler Stock '91 Receives Honorary Degree