| Honorary degrees are granted from time to time, usually at a commencement. However, the name of the recipient and the title of the degree do not always appear in the commencement program. Degrees are awarded by action of the Board of Trustees on recommendation of the President. |
Archives has little information on the recipients of these degrees. It is quite possible that information can be found in the Mirror (RG10 S2) or in the Greeley Tribune for the following day. |
D.P.S. |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Ed.D |
Doctor of Education |
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Doctor of Human Services |
| L.H.D. |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Litt.D. |
Doctor of Letters |
| LL.D. |
Doctor of Laws |
| Mus.D. |
Doctor of Music |
| M.A. |
Master of Arts |
| Sc.D. |
Doctor of Science |
July 24, 1911 |
Emily Griffith |
Diploma |
June 9, 1933 |
Harry V. Kepner |
Ed.D. |
June 8, 1934 |
John Sexson |
Ed.D. |
Apr. 1, 1935 |
William Russell |
Ed.D. |
June 16, 1940 |
James DeForest Cline |
Mus.D. |
June 16, 1940 |
E. A. Cross |
L.H.D. |
June 16, 1940 |
Ernest Horn |
LL.D. |
June 16, 1940 |
Ruth Lowery |
Litt.D. |
June 16, 1940 |
W. B. Mooney |
LL.D. |
June 16, 1940 |
Alfred W. Swan |
L.H.D. |
June 16, 1940 |
Madeline M. Veverka |
LL.D. |
Aug. 6, 1941 |
Carey Wilson |
M.A. |
June 7, 1944 |
Frank C. Jean |
Sc.D. |
June 7, 1944 |
George A. Barker |
Sc.D. |
June 7, 1944 |
Clifford P. Rex |
Sc.D. |
May 30, 1945 |
Tom 0. Bellwood |
LL.D. |
June 5, 1946 |
Jesse L. Nusbaum |
Sc.D. |
June 5, 1947 |
Florence Rena Sabin |
Sc.D. |
Aug. 14, 1947 |
George Willard Frasier |
Sc.D. |
June 2, 1948 |
Jesse R. Morgan |
Sc.D. |
June 23, 1948 |
Ethel J. Alpenfels |
Sc.D. |
Aug. 13, 1948 |
Ray H. Brannaman |
L.H.D. |
June 8, 1949 |
Elizabeth H. Kendel |
L.H.D. |
June 7, 1950 |
Benjamin DeKalbe Wood |
Sc.D. |
June 7, 1950 |
Albert Howard Dunn |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 17, 1950 |
Helen Dolman (Blough) MacCracken |
Sc.D. |
Aug. 16, 1951 |
Jeannette Kittredge Watson |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 16, 1951 |
Thomas John Watson |
Sc.D. |
May 28, 1952 |
Anna C. Petteys |
L.H.D. |
May 28, 1952 |
Henry Trustman Ginsburg |
Mus.D. |
Aug. 14, 1958 |
Leslie J. Savage |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 14, 1958 |
Thomas L. Girault |
L.H.D. |
May 28, 1961 |
Mahmud Husain, (Vice Chancellor, Univ. of Dacca) |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 17, 1963 |
Barnard Houtchens |
LL.D. |
Aug. 19, 1964 |
Martin Weitz |
L.H.D. |
May 31, 1964 |
William Robert Ross |
Sc.D. |
May 31, 1965 |
Malcolm A. Love |
L.H.D. |
May 31, 1965 |
Henrietta Loughran |
L.H.D. |
Dec. 15, 1965 |
Kenneth E. Oberholtzer |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 18, 1966 |
Stuart McLaughlin |
L.H.D. |
May 28, 1967 |
Muhammad Osman Ghani, (Vice Chancellor, Univ. of Dacca) |
Sc.D. |
Mar. 8, 1968 |
Allan Ostar |
L.H.D. |
Mar. 14, 1969 |
Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero |
L.H.D. |
Oct. 27, 1972 |
James A. Michener |
L.H.D. |
Dec. 12, 1972 |
Robert H. Carleton |
Sc.D. |
Dec. 8, 1973 |
John A. Love |
D.P.S. |
Dec. 13, 1975 |
Lloyd Worner |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 13, 1977 |
John A. Marvel |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 12, 1978 |
Eugenia Rawls |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 12, 1978 |
Donald Seawell |
L.H.D. |
Aug. 16, 1980 |
Marion Pfaender Downs |
Doctor of Human Services |
Dec. 10, 1980 |
Paul deHart Hurd |
Sc.D. |
Dec. 11, 1982 |
John Vanderhoof |
D.P.S. |
Mar. 19, 1983 |
Malcolm S. Forbes |
LL.D. |
June 14, 1986 |
Robert K. Timothy |
LL.D. |
| June 10, 1988 |
Alvin E. Barnhart |
LL.D. |
| Dec. 17, 1988 |
Judy Farr |
L.H.D. |
| Dec. 17, 1988 |
W. D. Farr |
LL.D. |
| May 11, 1990 |
Ward Shaw |
LL.D. |
| June 25, 1990 |
Jaime Escalante
(unable to attend May 11, 1990 commencement; awarded at a special ceremony on June 25, 1990) |
LL.D. |
| May 10, 1991 |
Ruby S. Miller |
L.H.D. |
| Dec. 14, 1991 |
Rupert Goodbrod |
L.H.D. |
| Dec. 14, 1991 |
Stephen L. R. McNichols |
LL.D. |
| Aug. 8, 1992 |
Polly Baca |
L.H.D. |
| Dec. 12, 1992 |
Nel Carney |
L.H.D. |
| Dec. 11, 1993 |
Robert Tointon |
L.H.D. |
| Dec. 10, 1994 |
Eddie Aragon |
L.H.D. |
| May 10, 1996 |
Julianne Haefeli |
L.H.D. |
| May 11, 1996 |
William S. Garnsey |
L.H.D. |
| Aug. 9, 1997 |
Carol Mutter |
L.H.D. |
| Dec. 12, 1998 |
Carlotta LaNier |
L.H.D. |
| May 7, 1999 |
Tilman Bishop |
L.H.D. |
| Dec. 11, 1999 |
Richard Bond |
L.H.D. |
| May 5, 2000 |
Alvin Meiklejohn, Jr. |
LL.D. |
| Aug. 5, 2000 |
Geoffrey Gibbs |
L.H.D. |
| Aug. 10, 2001 |
Holland H. (Holly) Coors |
L.H.D. |
| May 11, 2001 |
Marie A. (Chris) Petteys |
L.H.D. |
| May 10, 2002 |
Joseph (Joe) Tennessen |
L.H.D. |
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