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Provenance Note: The original list from which this document is derived was prepared by the Office of the Secretary of the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ Board of Curators.

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Finley, Fred William
UMR not conferred - deceased.
(Friend of the campus and Vice President of Finley Engineering Company, Inc; UMR 1941 BS Electrical Engineering)

1869

Hammett, Jonathan (Reverend)
Doctor of Divinity, UMC conferred 1869.
(Vice President of Allegheny College, Meadville Pennsylvania)

Vernon, L. M. (Reverend)
Doctor of Divinity, UMC conferred 1869.
(Sedalia, Missouri)

1870

Chauvenet, William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1870.

Clakins, Ripley R.
Master of Arts, UMC conferred 1870.

Green, Samuel G.
Doctor of Divinity, UMC conferred 1870.

Harris, William T.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1870.

Hurt, W. P.
Master of Arts, UMC conferred 1870.

White, Henry H.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1870.

1871

Conant, A. J.
Master of Arts, UMC 1871.

Harris, John W.
Master of Agriculture, UMC conferred 1871.

Shannon, Richard
Master of Arts, UMC conferred 1871.

1872

Canthorn, William A
Master of Arts, UMC conferred 1872.

Eads, James B.
Doctor of Laws, UMC Conferred 1872.

Lynch, William H.
Master of Arts, UMC conferred 1872.

McMurray, Wilson J.
Master of Arts, UMC conferred 1872.

Terrill, James W.
Master of Arts, UMC conferred 1872.

1891

Francis, David Rowland
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1891.
(Former Governor, Board of Curators member)

1892

Lawson, John Davison
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1892.

1893

Stone, William J.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1893.
(Governor of Missouri)

1894

Bryant, William M.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1894.
(St. Louis, Mo.)

Minor, Benjamin B.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1894.
(Former President of the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, resident of Richmond, Virginia)

Tigert, John J.
Doctor of Divinity, UMC conferred 1894.

1897

Barclay, Shepard
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1897.
(Chief Justice of Missouri)

Hawkins, C. M.
Doctor of Divinity, UMC conferred 1897.
(Clergyman of Kansas City)

McAlester, Alexander Walker
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1897.
(Dean of the Department of Medicine, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Schweitzer, Paul
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1897.
(Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Stephens, Lawrence Vest
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1897.
(Governor of Missouri)

1898

Adams, Elmer Bragg
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1898.
(United States District Judge of St. Louis)

Allen, Dewitt C.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1898.
(of Liberty)

Craighead, E.B.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1898.
(President of Central College of Fayette)

Gantt, James Britton
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1898.
(Chief Justice of Missouri of Jefferson City)

Greenwood, J. M.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1898.
(Kansas City)

Tyrrell, Frank G.
Doctor of Divinity, UMC conferred 1898.
(Clergyman of St. Louis)

1899

Ayers, Howard
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1899.
(BS Harvard 1883, Ph.D. Tredburg 1885)

White, Edwin Clay
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1899.
(AB, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, 1856)

1901

Moss, Woodson
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1901.
(M. D. 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, 1874)

1902

Brookings, Robert Somers
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1902.

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Mark Twain
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1902.

Galloway, Beverly Thomas
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1902.

Hitchcoch, Ethan Allen
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1902.

Wilson, James
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1902.

1903

Karnes, Joshua Van Cleve
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1903.

Trelease, William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1903.

1904

Gilzean-Reid, Hugh (Sir)
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1904.
(London, England, publisher and editor)

Hughes, Charles James, Jr.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1904.
(Denver, Colorado)

McKelway, St. Clair
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1904.
(Brooklyn, New York)

Switzler, William F.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1904.
(Columbia, Mo.)

Waddell, John Alexander Law
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1904.
(Kansas City Missouri)

1905

Colman, Norman J.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1905.
(St. Louis, Mo.)

Stephens, Edwin William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1905.
(Columbia, Mo.)

1906

Folk, Joseph Wingate
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1906.

Green, John
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1906.
(Physician)

Judson, Fred K. Newton
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1906.

Warner, William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1906.

1907

Bixby, William Keeney
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1907.

Dockery, Alexander M.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1907.

Lathrop, Gardiner
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1907.

Lehman, Frederick Wm.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1907.

Thilly, Frank
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1907.

1908

Jones, J.C.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1908.
(Future President of the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Lawson, L. M.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1908.

Richards, R.H.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1908.

Shaw, Albert
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1908.

1909

Eliot, Charles W.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1909.
(President, Harvard University)

Jesse, Richard Henry
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1909.
(Former President of the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

1910

Hadley, Herbert Spencer
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1910.

Kirkland, James Hampton
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1910.

Tuttle, Dane Sylvester
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1910.

1911

Allen, Edward Archibald
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1911.

1913

Shorey, Paul
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1913.

1914

Houston, David Franklin
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1914.

Keyser, Cassium Jackson
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1914.

Lowell, Abbott Lawrence
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1914.

Mack, William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1914.

1916

Marbut, Curtis F.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1916.
(In charge of Soil Survey U. S. Department of Agriculture, Graduate 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ and Harvard)

Pound, Roscoe
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1916.
(Dean of Law, Harvard University, Graduate of University of Nebraska)

Waters, Henry Jackson
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1916.
(President, Kansas State Agricultural College, formerly Dean of the College of Agriculture, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

1917

Hall, Frederick Aldin
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1917.

1918

Withers, John W.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1918.

1919

Briggs, E. A.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1919.
(President, University of Wisconsin)

Catron, Thomas Benton
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1919.
(U. S. Senator, Santa Fe, New Mexico)

1920

Crowder, Enoch Herbert
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1920.
(Major General, U. S. Army)

Pershing, John Joseph
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1920.
(General, U. S. Army)

1921

Kessler, George Edward
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1921.

Norlin, George
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1921.

Schurman, Jacob Gould
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1921.

1922

Bolles, Frank C.
Civil Engineer (not honorary doctorate), UMR conferred 1922.

Faris, Charles Breckenridge
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1922.

Sutton, Richard L.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1922.
(Physician)

1923

Ingalls, Walter R.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1923.

Jackson, Clarence Martin
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1923.

Vaughn, Victor Clarence
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1923.

1924

Bates, Onward
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1924.

Davis, Carroll Melvin
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1924.

Guyer, Michael Frederic
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1924.

Johnston, Thomas Alexander
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1924.

Thomas, Augustus
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1924.

1925

Buehler, Henry A.
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred 1925.

Dealey, George B.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred November 10, 1925.
(Laying of Stone from St. Paul's)

Howard, Sir Esme
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred November 10, 1925.
(London, England)

1926

Coontz, Robert E. (Admiral)
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 7, 1926.
(Hampton Roads, Va.)

Cooper, Hugh Lincoln
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 7, 1926.
(Builder of Keokuk Dam)

Davis, Dwight Filley
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1926.
(Washington, D.C.)

Gwinn, Joseph Marr
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 7, 1926.
(Superintendent of Schools, San Francisco, California)

Matsudaira, Tsuneo
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred November 9, 1926.
(Japanese Ambassador to the United States)

Sanborn, Jeremiah Wilson
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1926.
(Pittsfield, N. H.)

Walker, Robert Franklin
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 7, 1926.
(Judge, Supreme Court of Missouri)

1927

Jackson, Jabez North
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 8, 1927.
(Surgeon in Kansas City General Hospital and in the Children's Hospital, President, American Medical Association)

McAulaiffe, Eugene
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1927.

Shapley, Harlow
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 8, 1927.
(Director of Harvard University Observatory)

1928

Dandy, Walter Edward
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1928.
(Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland)

Garcia, John A.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1928.

Gary, Theodore
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1928.
(Kansas City)

Jessup, Walter Albert
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1928.
(University of Iowa)

Stone, Kimbrough
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1928.
(Federal Judge, Kansas City)

1929

Allen, Edwin West
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 5, 1929.
(Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.)

Hinton, Edward Wilcox
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 5, 1929.
(University of Chicago, Law School)

Millard, Thomas Franklin Fairfax
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1929.
(American Club, Shanghai, China)

Sturtevant, Carleton William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1929.
(United States Engineer Office, Kansas City, Missouri)

White, Edward Joseph
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 5, 1929.
(Missouri Pacific Railway Company, St. Louis, Missouri)

1930

Graves, Frank Pierrepont
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1930.

Ittner, William Butts
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1930.

Ragland, William T.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1930.
(Judge)

Tainton, Urlyn Clifton
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1930.

Throop, George Reeves
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1930.
(Judge)

Von Prittwitz und Gaffron, Friedrich Wilhelm
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1930.
(German ambassador to the United States.)

1931

Cochel, W. A.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1931.
(Editor, Kansas City Weekly Star)

Hudson, Manley O.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1931.
(Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard)

Smith, William Benjamin
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1931.

Wu, Chao-Chu
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1931.
(Chinese Minister to the United States)

1932

Claudel, Paul
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1932.
(French Ambassador to the U.S.)

Rautenstrauch, Walter
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1932.
(Mechanical Engineer)

Stewart, Walter W.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1932.
(Economist)

Thompson, Guy Atwood
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1932.
(Lawyer)

1933

Bliss, Robert Woods (Colonel)
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1933.

Cárdenas, Juan Francisco de
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1933.

Hill, A. Ross
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1933.
(Former President of the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Jackling, Daniel Cowan
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1, 1933.

Loeb, Isidor
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1933.
(Former Acting President of the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Mahan, George A.
Doctor of Laws, LTMC conferred 1933.

1934

Gantt, Ernest S.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1934.

Gerling, Henry J.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1934.

May, David William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1934.

Pritchett, Henry Smith
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1934.

Seares, Frederick Hanly
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred June 6, 1934.

Yost, Casper S.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1934.

1935

Green, Allen P.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1935.

Haskell, Henry J.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1935.

Smith, Tom K.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1935.

Van Valkenburgh, A. S.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1935.
(Judge)

Wall, Edward Everett
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1935.

1936

Kelly, Mervin J.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1936.

Marriott, W. McKim
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1936.
(Dean, School of Medicine, Washington University)

Patterson, Edwin W.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1936.
(School of Law, Columbia University)

Ross, Charles G.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1936.
(Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

1937

Clark, Bennett Champ
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1937.

Craig, Malin (General)
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1937.
(Chief of Staff, U. S. Army)

Hutchison, Claude Burton
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1937.
(Dean, College of Agriculture, University of California)

McBaine, James Patterson
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1937.
(Professor of Law, School of Jurisprudence, University of California)

Needles, Enoch Ray
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1937.

1938

Easley, George Albert
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1938.

Gerig, William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1938.
(Head Engineer, Marine Design Division, U.S. Army, Retired)

Hisaw, Frederick L.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1938.
(Professor of Zoology, Harvard)

1939

Hedrick, Earle Raymond
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1939.
(Provost, University of California)

Lovejoy, Arthur Oncken
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1939.
(Professor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins, retired)

Rogers, James Harvey
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1939.
(Sterling Professor of Political Economy, Yale)

Young, Howard I.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1939.

1940

Green, Frederick William
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1940.

Greene, Arthur Maurice
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1940.

Longwell, Chester Ray
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1940.
(Professor of Geology, Yale)

Stanley, Louise
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1940.
(Chief, Bureau of Home Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture)

1941

Gerig, John Lawrence
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1941.
(Professor, Romance Languages, Columbia University)

Moore, William E.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1941.
(Managing Editor, Baltimore Sun)

Otis, Merrill E.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1941.
(U. S. District Judge, Western District, Missouri)

1942

Crane, Clinton H.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1942.

Hicks, Frederick Charles
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1942.
(Research Professor, Economics, University of Cincinnati)

Nelson, Donald Marr
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1942.
(Chairman, War Production Board, Washington, D. C.)

1943

Sabine, George Holland
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1943.
(Dean, Graduate School, Cornell)

Westermann, William Linn
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1943.
(Professor of History, Columbia University)

1944

Duggar, Benjamin Minge
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1944.
(Professor Emeritus of Botany, University of Wisconsin)

1945

Powell, John Benjamin
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1945.
(Former Staff member of the School of Journalism 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ; Editor and Publisher of the China Weekly Review in Shanghai)

1946

Bradley, Omar Nelson (General)
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1946.
(Administrator of Veterans Affairs)

Gill, James Presley
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1946.

Hanley, Herbert Russell
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1946.

1947

Caples, Russell Bigelow
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1947.

Good, Robert McGowan
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1947.
(President of the School of the Ozarks)

Neihardt, John G.
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred 1947.
(Author and Poet)

Rusk, Howard Archibald
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1947.
(Editorial Staff, New York Times)

Young, Lewis E.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1947.

1948

Bek, William Godfrey
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred 1948.
(Dean, College of Science, Literature and Arts, University of North Dakota)

Hyde, Laurance Mastick
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1948.
(Judge, Supreme Court of Missouri)

Remmers, Walter E.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1948.

Traubel, Helen
Doctor of Music, UMC conferred 1948.
(Opera and Concert Singer)

1949

Benton, Thomas Hart
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred 1949.
(Artist)

Fletcher, Andrew
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1949.

Kennedy, Daniel
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1949.

Meador, Lewis Elbern
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1949.
(Professor of Economics - Drury College)

Richey, Frederick David
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1949.
(Plant Geneticist)

1950

Engelmann, Edward W.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1950.

Moore, George Herbert
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1950.
(Judge United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri)

Potter, Charles J.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1950.

Prentis, Henning Webb, Jr.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1950.
(President, Armstrong Cork Company)

Rusk, Henry Perly
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1950.
(Dean, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois)

Truman, Harry S.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1950.
(President of the United States)

1951

Caldwell, Robert Breckenridge
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1951.
(Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)

Charters, Werrett Wallace
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1951.
(Educator, Research Director, Stephens College)

Given, William Barns, Jr.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1951.

Howard, Ernest Emmanuel
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1951.
(Consulting Engineer)

Taylor, Maxwell Davenport (Major General)
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1951.
(Assistant Chief of Staff, Department of the Army)

1952

Anthony, Ernest Lee
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1952.
(Dean of Agriculture, Michigan State College)

Batson, Oscar Vivian
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1952.
(Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania)

Craig, Cleo Frank
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1952.
(President, American Telephone and Telegraph Company)

Puckett, Erastus Paul
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1952.
(Dean, Central College, Fayette)

Sverdrup, Leif John
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1952.

1953

Akin, William Markham
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1953.

Doane, Duane Howard
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1953.
(Board Chairman, Doane Agricultural Service)

Penney, James Cash
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1953.
(Chairman, Board of J. C. Penney Company, Inc.)

Rubey, William Walden
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1953.
(Chairman, National Research Council)

Willson, George Clark
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1953.
(Attorney, former member of Board of Curators)

1954

Breech, Ernest Robert
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1954.
(Executive Vice President, Ford Motor Company)

Cannon, Clarence
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1954.
(Member of Congress)

Golschmann, Vladimir
Doctor of Music, UMC conferred 1954.
(Conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)

Hungerford, Clark
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1954.

McReynolds, Allen
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1954.
(Missouri Statesman)

Shoemaker, Floyd
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1954.
(Secretary, State Historical Society of Missouri)

1955

Elfred, Frank Stillman
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1955.

Gibson, Phil Sheridan
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1955.
(Chief Justice of Supreme Court of California)

Godwin, Blake-More
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred 1955.
(Director, Toledo Museum of Art)

Orr, Thomas Grover
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1955.
(Surgeon, Professor Emeritus of Surgery, University of Kansas)

Ray, E. Lansing
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1955.
(Journalist, Chairman of the Board, and Editor St. Louis Globe-Democrat)

Woodman, Leon Elmer
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred 1955.

1956

Boza, Hector
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1956.
(Mining Engineering and Statesman, First Vice President of the Republic of Peru and President of the Senate of Peru)

Croy, Homer
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred 1956.
(Historical novelist, former student, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Jesse, William Polk
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1956.
(Scientist, AB 1913, M. E. 1915, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Thorne, Gerald Barclay
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1956.
(Industrial economist, BS in Agriculture 1925, AM 1930, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ. Former faculty member 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ.)

1957

Knudson, Lewis
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1957.
(Plant Physiologist, BS in Agriculture 1908, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

McDonnell, James Smith, Jr.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1957.

Reinert, Paul Clare
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1957.
(Educator, President, St. Louis University)

Shepley, Ethan A. H.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1957.
(Educator, Chancellor of Washington University)

Spurling, Roy Glenwood
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1957.
(Neurosurgeon, AB 1920, AM 1923, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

1958

Arthur, John Burwell
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1958.

Hickey, Philip J.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1958.
(Educator, Superintendent of Instruction, St. Louis Schools)

Kroll, William Justin
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1958.

Robbins, Frederick Chapman
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1958.
(Medical Scientist, AB 1936, BS in Medicine, 1938 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

White, Leander Mitchell
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1958.
(Journalist, Publisher Mexico, Missouri Ledger)

1959

Bell, Elexious Thompson
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1959.
(Emeritus Professor of Anatomy University of Minnesota, former UMC faculty member)

Dearmont, Russell Lee
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1959.
(President, Missouri Pacific Railroad, LL.B. 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Itschner, Emerson Charles
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1959.

Maestre, Sidney
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1959.
(Philanthropist, financier, former student 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Shapley, Fern Rusk
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred 1959.
(Assistant Chief Curator, National Gallery of Art, AB, AM, Ph.D., 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

1960

Blair, James T., Jr.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred in Special Convocation December 3, 1960.
(Governor of Missouri)

Caulfield, Henry S.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred in Special Convocation December 3, 1960.
(Former Governor of Missouri)

Donnell, Forrest C.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred in Special Convocation December 3, 1960.
(Former Governor of Missouri)

Donnelly, Phil M.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred in Special Convocation December 3, 1960.
(Former Governor of Missouri)

Ellis, Roy
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1960.
(President, Southwest Missouri State College, AB, BS in Education; 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Kimpton, Lawrence A.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1960.
(Chancellor, University of Chicago)

Roberts, Roy Allison
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1960.
(Outstanding Missouri journalist, President and General Manager Kansas City Star)

Smith, Forrest
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred in Special Convocation December 3, 1960.
(Former Governor of Missouri)

Stark, Lloyd Crow
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred in Special Convocation December 3, 1960.
(Former Governor of Missouri)

Taylor, Carl Cleveland
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1960.
(Distinguished Rural Sociologist, Ph.D., 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Whittelsey, Charles Chauncy
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1960.

1961

Bopp, Karl Richard
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1961.
(President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, AB, BS in Business Administration, AM, Ph.D., 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Cameron, Francis
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1961.
(President, St. Joseph Lead Company, New York)

Kahler, William Valentine
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1961.
(Industrialist, President, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, BS in Mechanical Engineering 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Nahm, Helen
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1961.
(Dean of the School of Nursing, University of California, AB, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Whitton, Rex Marion
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1961.
(Federal Highway Administrator, BS in Civil Engineering)

1962

Barclay, Thomas Swain
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1962.
(Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Stanford University, BA1915, AM 1916, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ; Ph.D. 1924, Columbia University)

Flynn, Francis Marion
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1962.
(Publisher, The New York Daily News, B.J., 1924, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Guthrie, Charles Claude
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1962.
(Scientist, Professor of Physiology and Phannacology, University of Pittsburgh, retired)

Hoover, Herbert Clark
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred at West Branch, Iowa August 10, 1962.
(Former President of the United States)

Johns, Delos Cole
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1962.
(President, Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, BA 1921, LL.B. 1923,91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, former member of Board of Curators)

McNeely, Eugene Johnson
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1962.
(President, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, BS in Electrical Engineering, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, 1922)

Tolman, Carl
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred 1962.
(Chancellor, Washington University)

1963

Briggs, Fred N.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1963.
(Dean of College of Agriculture, University of California)

Dalton, John Montgomery
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1963.
(Governor of the State of Missouri)

Hall, Joyce C.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1963.
(President of Hallmark Card Company)

McAfee, James Wesley
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1963.
(President of Union Electric Company of Missouri)

Singleton, Charles Southward
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred 1963.
(Professor of Humanistic Studies, Johns Hopkins University)

Tomasek, Anton John
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1963.
(Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Walsh Refractories Corporation, St. Louis.)

Wyatt, DeMarquis Dale
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1963.
(Director, Office of Programs, NASA)

1964

Kinney, Michael
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1964.
(Missouri State Senator, St. Louis)

LaPierre, Cramer Wilson
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1964.
(Executive Vice President, General Electric)

McCluer, Franc Lewis
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1964.
(President of Lindenwood College)

Merritt, Arthur Tillman
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred 1964.
(Professor of Music, Harvard University)

Mueller, George Edwin
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1964.
(Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D. C.)

Wadsworth, Homer C.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1964.
(President of Kansas City Board of Education, Director of Kansas City Trust Foundation)

1965

Dow, Blanche Himman
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1965.
(President, Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri)

Gorman, Paul A.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1965.
(President, Western Electric Co., New York, New York)

Symington, Stuart
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1965.
(U. S. Senator from Missouri)

Thomas, Charles Allen
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1965.
(Chairman of the Board, The Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri)

1966

Barnes, Ward E.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1966.
(Superintendent of Schools, Normandy, Missouri)

Barr, Harry F.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1966.
(Vice President, Engineering Staff General Motors Corporation)

Ensminger, Douglas
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1966.
(The Ford Foundation Representative in India)

Finch, James A., Jr.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1966.
(Judge, Missouri Supreme Court, former Curator)

Hasselmann, Karl Frederick
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1966.
(President of Alumni Association)

Pake, George Edward
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred 1966.
(Provost and Professor of Physics, Washington University)

1967

Chandler, Lester V.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1967.
(Professor of Economics, Princeton University)

Cosand, Joseph P.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred June 1967.
(President of the Junior College District)

Fick, Armin Frederick
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1967.
(Vice President, Western Electric Company)

Hearnes, Warren E.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1967.
(Governor of the State of Missouri)

Heinkel, Fred V.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1967.
(President, Missouri Farmers Association, former member Board of Curators)

Kessler, Harry H.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1967.
(President, Meechanite Metal Corporation)

McNutt, V. H.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMR conferred 1967.

Shipman, Joseph C.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred June 3, 1967.
(Director, Linda Hall Library of Science and Technology)

1968

Estep, Preston
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred June 6, 1968.
(St. Louis Insurance Company Executive)

Frey, Donald Nelson
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1968.
(Vice President Product Development, Ford Motor Company)

Hitch, Charles J.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1968.
(President University of California)

McClintock, Barbara
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1968.
(Geneticist, New York, former UM Faculty Member)

Skinner, Burrus Frederick
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1968.
(Professor of Psychology, Harvard)

1969

Kentnor, Charles Berry, Jr.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1969.
(President, W. S. Rockwell Company, Fairfield Connecticut)

Lowe, William Stewart
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1969.
(President, A. P. Green Refractories Company, Mexico, Missouri)

Martin, William McChesney, Jr.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1969.
(Broker, Financier, Chairman Federal Reserve Board)

Sullivan, Leonor K.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred June 1969.
(Former Congresswoman for 3rd District)

Williams, Thomas Lanier "Tennessee"
Doctor of Humanities, UMC conferred 1969.
(Writer, Former Student College of Arts and Science and School of Journalism)

1970

Ackerman, Frank
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred 1970.
(Electrical Engineer)

Cronkite, Walter
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred 1970.
(Chief of CBS News)

Klotsche, J. Martin
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred June 1970.
(Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee)

Moore, Marianne
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred 1970.
(Poet)

Shockley, Gilbert Ralph
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1970.
(Executive Vice President and Director Reynolds Research Corporation)

Soult, John B.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1970.
(President and Chairman of the Board, Fruin-Colnon Corporation)

1971

Greene, Lorenzo
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred 1971.
(Member of the Missouri State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)

Perkins, Richard Marlin
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1971.
(Curator of the St. Louis Zoological Gardens)

Persons, Wallace Rancon
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1971.
(Executive Officer, Emerson Electric Company)

Stephens, James Wilbur
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1971.
(Vice President - Community Services, Missouri Public Service Company, Kansas City, Missouri)

Thomson, Virgil
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred 1971.
(Composer, critic, conductor)

Wilkins, Roy
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred June 10, 1971.
(Social welfare executive)

1972

Blumer, Herbert
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1972.
(Sociologist)

Carpenter, Marjorie
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred 1972.
(Educator)

Cowan, Clyde Lorrain, Jr.
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred 1972.
(Professor, Physics, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.)

Crewe, Albert V.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1972.
(Scientist, Administrator)

English, Thomas O.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1972.
(Vice President-Construction, Engineering, Purchasing and Transportation, Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA.)

Linowitz, Sol M.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 18, 1972.
(Chairman of the National Urban Coalition)

Riggs, Lawrason, III
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1972.
(Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, St. Joe Minerals Corporation, New York, New York)

1973

Aly, Bower
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred 1973.
(Professor of Rhetoric and Public Address at University of Oregon)

McNeal, Theodore D.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 17, 1973.
(Former State Senator, Head of St. Louis Police Board and Curator)

Ong, Walter J.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred 1973.
(Catholic clergyman, distinguished scholar and teacher at St. Louis University)

Veatch, Nathan Thomas
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1973.
(Black & Veatch Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Kansas City, Missouri)

1974

Baskin, Leonard,
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred 1974.
(Sculptor, graphic artist, educator)

Eisendrath, William N., Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 1974.
(St. Louis Art Historian)

Gardner, John W.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1974.
(Chairman, Urban Coalition, New York)

Hanley, John W.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1974.
(President and Chief Executive Officer, Monsanto Company)

Mag, Arthur
Doctor of Laws and Literature, UMKC conferred May 11, 1974.

Scott, William Wallace
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1974.
(Scientist, Physician, Educator)

Sickman, Laurence
Doctor of Literature, UMKC conferred May 11, 1974.

1975

Conroy, John W.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 10, 1975.

Draper, Charles Stark
Doctor of Engineering, UMR not conferred 1975.
(Scientist and Engineer)

Freeman, Frankie Muse
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 18, 1975.
(St. Louis attorney and Civil Rights Leader)

Griffths, Martha W.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1975.
(Former member of the United States House of Representatives)

Hansen, Robert C.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1975.
(Consulting Engineer)

Lower, Elmer
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred 1975.
(Vice President, Corporate Affairs of the American Broadcasting Co.)

Roos, Lawrence K.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred January 5, 1975.
(Supervisor of St. Louis County)

Schwartz, Charles W.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1975.
(Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation)

Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1975.
(Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation)

Stever, Horton Guyford
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred May 1975.
(Director, National Science Foundation)

Strubinger, Margaret Hickey
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 18, 1975.
(Senior Editor - Public Affairs - Ladies Home Journal)

Sutton, Richard L., Jr.
Doctor of Science, UMKC conferred May 10, 1975.

1976

Dowling, Paul Thomas
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 1976.
(Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Nooter Corporation)

Knight, Charles F.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 16, 1976.
(Chairman of the Board and CEO of Emerson Electric)

Mantia, Richard
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 16, 1976.
(St. Louis Labor Leader)

Ray, Dixy Lee
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred May 1976.
(Scientist)

Straus, Roger W., Jr.
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred 1976.
(Publisher and Editor, B. J., 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

1977

Basie, William "Count"
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred October 1, 1977.
(Composer, Band Leader)

Engel, Albert E. J.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1977.
(Geology Department, University of California, San Diego)

Glass, Bentley
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1977.

Hahn, Emily
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 1977.
(Distinguished author, former UMSL faculty member)

McDermott, John Francis
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 7, 1977.
(Distinguished St. Louis Historian)

Perry, Earnest L.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1977.
(President, Frain Colnon International Limited)

1978

Ames, Donald P.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 14, 1978.
(Staff Vice President, McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories)

Duncan, David Douglas
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred 1978.
(Photojournalist and author)

Hill, Henry Aaron
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred May 1978.
(President of Riverside Research Laboratories)

Keyserling, Leon H.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 13, 1978.
(Director of the Conference on Economics Progress, Washington, D.C.)

McMillian, Theodore
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 6, 1978.
(Lawyer and Jurist)

Murphy, James J.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 1978.

Peltason, Jack Walter
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred 1978.
(President of the American Council in Education, BA and MA from UM)

Trova, Ernest T.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 8, 1978.
(Prominent St. Louis Sculptor)

1979

Boyer, Ernest L.
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred 1979.
(United States Commissioner of Education)

Callison, Charles H.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred 1979.
(Conservationist, President of Public Lands Institute)

Cookingham, L. Perry
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 12, 1979.
(Former City Manager of Kansas City)

Dudman, Richard
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 1979.
(World famous journalist, head of the Washington Office of theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Foster, John Stuart, Jr.
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred May 13, 1979.
(Vice President and General Manager, Energy Systems Group, TRW)

Freund, Margaret Drey
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 7, 1979.
(Prominent St. Louis humanitarian)

Hungate, William L.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 1979.
(Former member of Congress and former staff member UMSL)

May, Marjorie N.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 1979.
(Prominent St. Louis humanitarian and patron of the arts)

May, Morton D.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 1979.
(Prominent St. Louis humanitarian and patron of the arts)

Quenon, Robert H.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 16, 1979.
(President and Chief Executive Officer, Peabody Coal Company)

1980

Buford, Marie Charles (Sister)
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 3, 1980.

Bumbry, Grace.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 1980.
(International Opera Star)

Dillard, Irving
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred December 21, 1980.
(Former member of St. Louis Post Dispatch, writer and lecturer)

King, James Ambrose
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred February 10, 1980.
(For outstanding contributions to field of Music)

Lambeth, Jennings R.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 18, 1980.
(President, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company)

Moore, Nesby
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 3, 1980.
(President and Chief Executive Officer of Union-Sarah Economic Development Corporation)

Mornin, Bob L.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 21, 1980.
(President, Coors Container Corporation)

Stark, Nathan J.
Doctor of Laws, UMKC conferred May 10, 1980.
(Undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare)

Thomson, Virgil
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred October 3, 1980.
(Composer, critic, conductor)

Van Ravenswaay, Charles
Doctor of Humanities, UMC conferred 1980.
(Cultural Historian, publishing extensively on subjects related to Missouri)

Yergin, Daniel Howard
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred 1980.
(Lecturer at the Kennedy School at Harvard)

1981

Danforth, William Henry
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 9, 1981.
(Chancellor of Washington University)

Davis, Julia
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 1981.
(Researcher and teacher of black St. Louis History)

Holland, Jerome Heartwell
Doctor of Humanities, UMKC conferred April 29, 1981.
(Ambassador and Educator)

Holmes, Thomas Arthur
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 17, 1981.
(President and Director, Ingersoll-Rand Company)

Kay, Ulysses Simpson
Doctor of Humanities, UMKC conferred November 6, 1981.
(Eminent American Composer)

McBride, Lloyd
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 9, 1981.
(President of United Steelworkers)

Miller, Paul
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred July 31, 1981.
(Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gannett Company)

Newman, Eric P.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 20, 1981.
(Leading innovator of major philanthropic projects in St. Louis)

Newman, Evelyn Edison
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 20, 1981.
(Leading innovator of major philanthropic projects in St. Louis)

Reuss, Lloyd E.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 20, 1981.
(Director of Engineering, Chevrolet Motor Division-Engineering Center)

Slatkin, Leonard
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 1981.
(Music Director and Conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)

Starr, Chester
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred July 31, 1981.
(AB and MA, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, Professor of Ancient History)

Ternberg, Jessie L.
Doctor of Science, UMSL conferred May 17, 1981.
(Director of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and Professor of Surgery in Pediatrics at Washington University and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at St. Louis Children's Hospital)

Towell, William E.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 9, 1981.
(Conservationist, Former Director of Missouri Department of Conservation)

Wilson, Lanford
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred September 20, 1981.
(Contemporary American Playwright)

1982

Baer, Howard F.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 1, 1982.
(Civic Leader)

Crum, E. Jefferson
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1982.
(Retired Consultant with R. H. Miller)

Fulbright, James William
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 15, 1982.
(U. S. Senator from Arkansas)

Lyons, John H.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1982.
(General President, International Association of Iron Workers)

Nemerov, Howard
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 1982.
(Distinguished man of letters and Pulitzer-prize winning poet)

Schork, John E.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 1982.
(Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Research-Cottrell, Inc.)

Shira, Robert B.
Doctor of Science, UMKC conferred May 1, 1982.
(Distinguished American dentist and dental educator)

Weinstein, Noah
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 1, 1982.
(Distinguished jurist)

Young, Virginia
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred August 6, 1982.
(Librarian, Educator)

1983

Brackbill, Robert M.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1983.
(President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph E. Seagram-Texas Pacific Oil Company)

Calloway, DeVerne Lee
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 1983.
(Distinguished former legislator)

Ciardi, John Anthony
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred October 18, 1983.
(Distinguished American Poet, editor and critic)

Fite, Gilbert C.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 1983.
(Research historian, College Professor, University President, Ph.D.1945, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Harrison, Anna J.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 1983.
(Chemist, four degrees from UM)

Hook, Harold S.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 1983.
(BS, MA and Faculty member UMC, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American General Corporation)

Leber, Walter P.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred 1983.
(Vice President for International Operations for Harza Engineering Company of Chicago, Illinois)

Rommel, Manfred
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 9, 1983.
(Mayor of Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany)

Schnetzler, Estill Everett
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred August 1, 1983.
(Distinguished teacher in Poultry Science, BSA. and MA, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Snow, Edgar
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred posthumously May 14, 1983.
(Internationally recognized journalist)

Wells, Ben H.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred July 31, 1983.
(Civic and cultural leader)

Wells, Katherine Gladney
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred July 31, 1983.
(Civic and cultural leader)

Worner, Lloyd Edson
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred August 1, 1983.
(President Emeritus of Colorado College, MA and Ph.D. and Instructor, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Young, Andrew
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 1983.
(Clergyman, Civil Rights Leader and Congressman)

1984

Angelou, Maya
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL not conferred 1984.
(Autobiographical novelist, poet, playwright, composer, actress, singer and dancer)

Bayse, Paul Edmond
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred July 27, 1984.
(Distinguished author, teacher and lawyer, UM 1923 Graduate)

Buntain, Daniel Mark
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred July 27, 1984.
(Evangelist and operator of the Calcutta Mission of Mercy)

Dawson, Donald S.
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred May 1984.
(Distinguished attorney in Washington, UM 1930 Graduate)

Gaddes, Richard
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred January 8, 1984.
(General Director Opera Theatre of St. Louis)

Kummer, Frederick S.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 1984.
(President of Hospital Building and Equipment Corporation of Creve Coeur, Mo.)

Menees, Charles
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 5, 1984.
(Noted writer, teacher, broadcaster and collector of jazz)

Musial, Stanley Frank
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 13, 1984.
(Professional Baseball Player)

Nevins, Marvin E., Jr.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1984.
(Consultant to ARCO, Inc.)

Pellegrino, Edmund
Doctor of Humanities, UMC conferred May 1984.
(Physician/Humanist)

Walton, Sam M.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 1984.
(Founder Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Graduate of 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

1985

Eagleton, Thomas F.
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred May 18, 1985.
(U. S. Senator)

Forgotson, James M., Sr.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 15, 1985.
(A pioneer oil and gas explorationist)

Geiger, Louis G.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred August 2, 1985.
(Professor of History and author)

Gould, David S.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 15, 1985.
(Executive Vice President, Caterpillar Tractor Company)

Hua, Huang
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred at Edgar Snow Symposium. April 29, 1985.
(Vice Premier and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)

Hyland, Robert
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 12, 1985.
(Outstanding figure in the field of broadcasting)

McDonnell, Sanford N.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 4, 1985.
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, McDonnell Douglas Corporation)

Partridge, Robert D.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 18, 1985.
(Executive Vice President and General Manager of NRECA, Retired)

Piel, Gerard
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred August 2, 1985.
(President of American Association for the Advancement of Science)

Roberts, John Payne
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 4, 1985.
(Founder of the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis)

Rowan, Carl T.
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred May 18, 1985.
(Prize winning correspondent)

Smith, Bert Kruger
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 18, 1985.
(Writer and nationally and internationally recognized expert in the field of mental health.)

Starkloff, Max
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 6, 1985.
(An activist on behalf of the disabled)

Strauss, Leon R.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 12, 1985.
(A builder and rebuilder of cities - driving force behind much of neighborhood and commercial redevelopment now occurring in St. Louis)

Strauss, Mary B.
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred May 12, 1985.
(Utilized her academic specialty of art history to restore the legendary Fox Theatre)

Toomey, John B.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1985.
(President, Operating Manager and Chairman of the Board of VSE Company)

1986

Bay, Robert D.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 21, 1986.
(Engineering Manager, Black and Veatch Consulting Engineers and Architects)

Buck, Jack
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 3, 1986.
(Sports announcer)

Doll, Paul N.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 17, 1986.
(Agricultural Engineer - spokesman for professionalism and professional ethics in engineering)

Hatem, George Ma Hai
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 1986.
(Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. State Department specializing in the field of public diplomacy)

Lum, Herman
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 17, 1986.
(Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii)

Niederlander, Ann Quill
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred January 5, 1986.
(Recognized nationally as providing a model program of legal services for the public)

Shange, Ntozake
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred May 11, 1986.
(Playwright, poet, novelist and teacher)

Smith, Harry B.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 1986.
(Group Vice President for Defense of Westinghouse Electric Corporation)

Sprinkel, Beryl
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 17, 1986.
(Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers)

Tuch, Hans N. "Tom"
Doctor of Laws, UMKC conferred May 1986.
(Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. State Department specialized in field of public diplomacy)

Vineyard, George H.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 17, 1986.
(Member of staff of the Physics Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and served as Director, former faculty member UMC)

1987

Brinkman, William F.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 16, 1987.
(Vice President of Research, Sandia National Laboratories)

Dunham, Katherine
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred May 10, 1987.
(Dancer, educator, ethnologist dance historian, actress and author)

Forbes, Malcolm S.
Doctor of Laws, UMKC conferred May 1987.
(Entrepreneur, publisher, author and world adventurer)

Gillespie, William G. (Reverend)
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 4, 1987.
(Minister and Civic Leader)

Jones, Vernon T.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 17, 1987.
(President of the Williams Companies)

Kauffman, Ewing Marion
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 16, 1987.
(Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marion Laboratories, Inc.)

Liberman, Lee M.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 10, 1987.
(Leader in the public utilities field)

Millsap, Marvin McCoy
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred July 31, 1987.
(Philanthropist, entrepreneur, former student 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Phillips, Harvey G.
Doctor of Humanities, UMC conferred July 31, 1987.
(Musician - supreme artist on the tuba)

Rutledge, William A.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 20, 1987.
(Vice Chairman, Emerson Electric Company - Retired)

Schlafly, Daniel L.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 4, 1987.
(Advocate for citizen involvement in determining educational outcomes)

Umansky, Martin
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred May 16, 1987.
(Chairman of the Board of the KAKELAND Stations, a Division of Chronicle Broadcasting Company)

1988

Ashley, George E.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred August 5, 1988.
(Attorney, AB 1947, LL.B 1949 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Banks, Robert L.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 15, 1988.
(Senior Research Associate, Phillips Petroleum Company, Retired, BS1944, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ-Rolla)

Billington, James Hadley
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL not conferred 1988.
(Historian, author, educator and administrator, 13th Librarian of Congress)

Broeder, Lynn R.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 1988.
(Executive Director for the Ecumenical Housing Production Corporation in St. Louis County)

Budd, Louis J.
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred May 6, 1988.
(Professor of English, Duke University, BA, MA 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, former Instructor, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Clifford, Clark McAdams
Doctor of Laws, UMSL not conferred 1988.
(Attorney, Washington, D.C.)

Herman, Harry A.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred August 5, 1988.
(BS in Agriculture 1929, AM 1931, Ph.D. 1936 and Professor, Department of Dairy Husbandry, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Hills, Lee
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 6, 1988.
(Chairman of the Board and Editorial Chairman of Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc., former student 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Keller, Walter D.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 17, 1988.
(Professor Emeritus of Geology, UMC)

Kelley, Patricia Ann (Sister)
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred posthumously January 3, 1988.
(Founder of Missouri Energy Care)

Kim, Lyun Joon
Doctor of Musical Arts, UMKC not conferred 1988.
(Educator, composer and publisher)

Mahoney, Richard John
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 15, 1988.
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Monsanto Company)

Mazia, Daniel
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 6, 1988.
(Former faculty member Department of Zoology, UMC)

McDonnell, John F.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR not conferred 1988.
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, McDonnell Douglas Corporation)

Price, Charles H., II
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 6, 1988.
(American Ambassador to the United Kingdom)

Weber, John R.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 3, 1988.
(Chairman of the Board of Fred Weber, Inc.)

1989

Blaine, Edward H.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 6, 1989.
(Physiologist, AB Zoology 1962, Ph.D. Physiology 1970 - UMC.)

Bloch, Henry W.
Doctor of Business Administration, UMKC conferred May 12, 1989.
(Entrepreneur and businessman.)

Bluford, Lucile
Doctor of Humanities, UMC conferred May 6, 1989.
(Editor of the Kansas City Call and a civil rights leader.)

Corbett, James W.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 6, 1989.
(Physicist, BS 1951, M.S. 1952 Physics, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Davis, Sammy, Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL not conferred 1989.
(Entertainer)

Doe, Bruce R.
Doctor of Science Degree, UMR conferred May 13, 1989.
(Assistant Director for Research, U.S. Geological Survey, M.S. in Geology UMR in 1956.)

Franklin, Charles Dale
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred August 4, 1989.
(Lt. General, U.S. Army Retired, BS in Agriculture 1953 -UMC.)

Haley, Alex Palmer
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL not conferred 1989.
(Freelance writer and founder of Kinte Corporation)

Joyner-Kersee, Jackie
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 8, 1989.
(Female Athlete)

Kilgour, Frederick Gridley
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 13, 1989.
(Distinguished librarian and information scientist.)

Luck, J. Vernon
Doctor of Humanities, UMC conferred May 6, 1989.
(Orthopedic Surgeon, BS Medicine, 1929 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Mackie, Virginia French
Doctor of Musical Arts, UMKC conferred May 13, 1989.
(Gifted pianist, harpsichordist lecturer and composer)

McMurty, Larry
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC not conferred 1989.
(Gifted and popular novelist)

Nichols, Miller
Doctor of Business Administration, UMKC conferred May 12, 1989.
(Contributed time, talent and financial support to UMKC.)

Peterson, Donald W.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 16, 1989.
(Lawyer in Washington, D.C., BS Chemical Engineering 1950 -UMR)

Pulitzer, Emily Rauh
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 1989.
(Former Curator of St. Louis Art Museum)

Pulitzer, Joseph, Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 1989.
(Chairman of Pulitzer Publishing Companies)

Roman, Herschel L.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 6, 1989.
(Geneticist AB Biology 1936, Ph.D. Genetics 1942, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Saligman, Harvey
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 8, 1989.
(Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of INTERCO, Inc.)

Smith, Willie Mae Ford
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 6, 1989.
(Well known gospel singer.)

Stone, Ezra Chaim
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred August 4, 1989.
(Retired radio, television and motion picture producer, director, actor and writer.)

Tucker, Avis Green
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 6, 1989.
(Editor, Publisher, Public Service, Curator Emeritus, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, AB 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ.)

1990

Bryant, Ruth A.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 5, 1990.
(Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

Busch, August A., III
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred - declined 1990.
(Chairman of the Board and President Anheuser-Busch Companies,Inc.)

Cornelius, William E.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 7, 1990.
(President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Electric Company. BS Business Administration 1953 - 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ.)

Fogel, Seymour
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 12, 1990.
(MU Alumnus; nationally known geneticist)

Gardner, John W.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC not conferred 1990.
(Chairman, Urban Coalition, New York)

Gjelsteen, Thor
Doctor of Engineering Degree, UMR conferred December 15, 1990.
(Chairman of the Board of Frontier Gold Resources, Inc., BS in Mining Engineering from MSM 1953)

Gould, Stephen Jay
Doctor of Science, UMSL conferred May 13, 1990.
(Scientist and faculty member of Harvard University)

Hall, Peter (Sir)
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC not conferred 1990.
(British theater and film director)

Henson, Paul
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 12, 1990.
(Chairman, United Telecom)

Lindberg, Donald A.B.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 12, 1990.
(Director, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, Longtime member of MU School of Medicine Faculty)

McFerrin, Bobby
Doctor of Music, UMSL conferred May 13, 1990.
(Jazz vocalist)

McFerrin, Robert
Doctor of Music, UMSL conferred May 13, 1990.
(Internationally known baritone)

McShann, James Columbus "Jay"
Doctor of Musical Arts, UMKC conferred May 12, 1990.
(Jazz pianist)

Pace, Stanley C.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 5, 1990.
(Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, General Dynamics Corporation)

Smith, Tom K., Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 1990.
(Curator Emeritus, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Stegemeier, Richard J.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 12, 1990.
(President and Chief Executive Officer of Unocal Corporation, BS Petroleum Engineering 1950 - UMR)

Suzman, Helen
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred 1990.
(Member of Parliament, South Africa)

Titus, Myer L.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 12, 1990.
(MU Alumnus; President of Philander Smith College)

Tutu, Desmond
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred September 24, 1990.
(Archbishop and Chancellor of the University of Western Cape South Africa)

West, Robert C.
Doctor of Engineering, UMSL conferred May 13, 1990.
(Chairman Emeritus, Sverdrup Corporation)

Ying, Lin Ju (Madame)
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 12, 1990.
(Internationally recognized nurse and scholar)

1991

Anderson, Robert
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred 1991.
(Chairman Emeritus, Rockwell International)

Brody, Eugene B.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 11, 1991.
(Secretary-General of the World Federation for Mental Health; 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ, AB, MA Experimental Psychology, 1941)

Brookmeyer, Robert
Doctor of Music, UMKC conferred May 11, 1991.
(Music Educator, Trombonist, Pianist. Conductor and Composer)

Craig, Andrew B.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 12, 1991.
(Chairman and CEO, Boatmen's Bancshares)

Garvey, Robert A.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 21, 1991.
(President of North Star Steel Company; Degree from UMR 1961)

Gregorian, Vartan
Doctor of Literature, UMC conferred August 2, 1991.
(President of Brown University, scholar in Humanities)

Hsu, Chien-Tien
Honorary Degree, UMKC not conferred 1991.
(Dean of Taipei Medical College, Republic of China)

McDonnell, John F.
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred 1991.
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, McDonnell Douglas Corporation)

Na-Songkhla, Chamnarn
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred August 2, 1991.
(Director, Office of Extension and Continuing Education, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand; MA Geography UMC 1970; Ph.D. Higher and Adult Education UMC 1984)

Na-Songkhla, Wattana
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred August 2, 1991.
(Chairperson, Department of Home Economics of Prince of Songlda, Thailand; M.S. Home Economics UMC 1970; Ph.D. Home Economics Education UMC 1984)

Newman, Andrew E.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 6, 1991.
(Chairman of the Board of Edison Brothers Stores Inc.)

Newman, Peggy A.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 6, 1991.
(Attorney)

Obata, Gyo
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred May 12, 1991.
(Chairman and CEO, Heflmuth, Obata and Kassabaum)

Smurfit, Michael W. J.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 11, 1991.
(Chairman of Telecom Eireann, Ireland)

Wilson, Margaret Bush
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 12, 1991.
(Attorney and Public Servant)

1992

Akers, Thomas D.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 19, 1992.
(NASA Astronaut; BS 1973, Master's 1975 Applied Mathematics UMR)

Angelou, Maya
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL not conferred 1992.
(Autobiographical novelist, poet, playwright, composer, actress, singer and dancer)

Atchley, Bill L.
Honorary Degree, UMR not conferred 1992.
(Former Faculty member and administrator at UMR, President of the University of the Pacific.)

Busch, August A., III
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred - declined 1992.
(Chairman of the Board and President Anheuser-Busch Companies,Inc.)

Foote, Shelby
UMSL not conferred - declined 1992.
(Novelist, playwright and historian, who wrote "The Civil War" which aired on PBS)

Frager, Malcolm
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred - deceased 1992.
(Internationally known, award-winning concert pianist)

Graham, Colin
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred May 17, 1992.
(Internationally known stage director of opera, theater and television)

Helfman, Muriel Nezhnie
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred August 9, 1992.
(St. Louis artist who is best known for her tapestry work.)

Henderson, Donald A.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 17, 1992.
(M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director of Life Sciences, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, D.C.)

Jennings, Peter Charles
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred - declined 1992.
(Distinguished journalist, anchor and senior editor ABC News "World News Tonight".)

Kemper, David W.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 5, 1992.
(President and Chief Executive Officer of Missouri-based Commerce Bancshares, Inc.)

Lay, Kenneth
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 17, 1992.
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Enron Corporation and graduated in Economics from 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ.)

Nash, Helen E.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 1992.
(St. Louis physician in private practice since 1946.)

Oldham, Marian O'Fallon
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 5, 1992.
(Curator Emeritus, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Raven, Peter H.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 17, 1992.
(Director, Missouri Botanical Garden, Curator Emeritus, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ)

Robinson, Mary
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred - declined 1992.
(President of the Republic of Ireland--lawyer, academic and legislative leader)

Trusheim, H. Edwin
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred 1992.
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General American Life Insurance Company)

1993

Briggs, Lord Asa
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 1993.
(Retired Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, England)

Dailey, Truman W.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 16, 1993.
(Elder of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Native American)

Fleishman, Alfred
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 1993.
(Chairman Emeritus of Fleishman-Hinard, Inc.)

Himes, Ronald
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred August 8, 1993.
(Founder of the St. Louis Black Repertory Company)

Kemper, R. Crosby, Jr.
Doctor of Arts, UMC conferred May 16, 1993.
(Chairman, United Missouri Bancshares)

Lang, Eugene M.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 10, 1993.
(Founder and President of REFAC Technology Development Corporation)

Newcomb, Eldon
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 16, 1993.
(Folke Scogg Professor Emeritus of Botany, University of Wisconsin, AB with Distinction in Botany, UMC, 1940 and AM, UMC 1942)

Smith, Louis W.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 15, 1993.
(President of the Kansas City Division of Allied-Signal Aerospace Company; BS in Electrical Engineering UMR 1966)

Stephenson, H. Howard
Doctor of Laws, UMKC conferred May 7, 1993.
(Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bancorp Hawaii, Inc.)

Suggs, Donald M.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 1993.
(Certified oral surgeon)

Thomas, Joseph R.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 8, 1993.
(Chief administrative officer of K-Mart's international headquarters)

Woolf, Steven
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMSL conferred August 8, 1993.
(Artistic Director of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Zigler, Edward
Doctor of Philosophy in Education, UMKC conferred May 8, 1993.
(Sterling Professor of Psychology at Yale University)

1994

Bailey, Keith Edward
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 14, 1994.
(President, CEO and Chairman, The Williams Companies, BS Mechanical Engineering 1964 and 1981 Professional Degree - UMR)

Cunnane, Edith
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 1994.
(Executive Director of St. Patrick Center)

Edwards, Benjamin F., III
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 1994.
(Investment banker and Chief Executive Officer of A. G. Edwards and Sons, Inc.)

Hoessle, Charles H.
Doctor of Science, UMSL conferred January 9, 1994.
(Director, St. Louis Zoological Park)

Hunter-Gault, Charlayne
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL not conferred 1994.
(National correspondent for the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour.)

Jackson, Eugene Delaney
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 17, 1994.
(Chairman and President, Unity Broadcasting Co., Inc., BS Electrical Engineering UMR 1967.)

Lottes, J. Otto
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 15, 1994.
(Inventor of Lottes Nail, the first triflange nail for correcting fractured tibia, Retired Orthopedic Surgeon, Medical Corps Veteran; MU Alumnus)

McKissack, Frederick L.
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred August 7, 1994.
(Writer, educator/storyteller)

McKissack, Patricia C.
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred August 7, 1994.
(Writer, educator/storyteller)

Molloy, Neil
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 7, 1994.
(Former State Representative, UMSL Bachelor degree in Education1974 and General Studies-emphasis Accounting 1981)

Thomas, Helen A.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 15, 1994.
(Prominent print journalist)

Yien-Si, Tsiang
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred January 1, 1994.
(Secretary-general for the Office of the President of the Republic of China)

Young, Robert A.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 7, 1994.
(Former State Representative, State Senator and U.S. Congressman)

1995

Brown, Fred L.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 1995.
(President and CEO of BJC Health System)

Buford, James H.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 1995.
(President, Urban League of St. Louis)

Clark, Clinton A.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 13, 1995.
(President of Ironwood Equity, Inc. and CAC Investments, Inc., Morrison, New Jersey; UMR 1963 BS Metallurgical Engineering)

Fischer, Aaron
UMSL not conferred 1995.
(Philanthropist)

Fischer, Teresa
UMSL not conferred 1995.
(Philanthropist)

Gunther, Don Joseph
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 16, 1995.
(President of Bechtel Europe, Africa and Middle East- UMR 1960 BS Civil Engineering.)

Hughes, Carl W.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 14, 1995.
(Major General, Medical Corps, U.S. Army, Pioneer in Repair of Acute Vascular Injuries; MU Alumnus)

Hunter, Julius
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred August 6, 1995.
(St. Louis TV personality)

Lee, E. Desmond
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 8, 1995.
(Former owner of Lee-Rowan Company)

Moog, Dorothy
UMSL not conferred 1995.
(Supportive of UMSL and served on several boards of directors.)

Ramo, Roberta Cooper
Doctor of Laws, UMKC conferred May 5, 1995.
(Lawyer)

1996

Ciocoi-Pop, Durnitru
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 18, 1996.
(Rector, University of Sibiu, Romania)

Danforth, Jack C.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 18, 1996.
(Former U.S. Senator from Missouri)

Dill, John F.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 14, 1996.
(President Emeritus, Mosby Company)

Guimaraes, Helio Pentagna
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 11, 1996.
(Chairman of the Board of Magnesita S. A.; UMR 1951 BS Ceramic Engineering)

Hillis, Margaret
Doctor of Music, UMKC conferred in absentia December 8, 1996.
(Founder and conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus)

Mackay, Charles
Doctor of Music, UMSL conferred May 18, 1996.
(Executive Director, Opera Theatre of St. Louis.)

Mason, John L.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 14, 1996.
(President, Monsanto Fund)

Mathes, John A.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 21, 1996.
(Member of UMR's Board of Trustees and CEO of John Mathes and Associates; 1967 BS Civil Engineering, 1968 M.S. Civil Engineering;1991 Professor Civil Engineer)

O'Neil, John J. "Buck"
Doctor of Business Honoris Causa, UMKC conferred May 11, 1996.
(Player and manager for the Kansas City Monarchs Baseball Team in the 193 Os and 1940s.)

Ridgel, Gus T.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 18, 1996.
(Civil Rights Trailblazer, Academic Leader, First Black Graduate Student admitted to Mizzou; MU Alumnus)

Sculley, John "Jack"
Honorary Degree, UMSL not conferred 1996.
(Chairman, Apple Computer.)

Wilkins, Horace Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 11, 1996.
(President, Missouri Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.)

1997

Berthold, James K.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 17, 1997.
(Active in UMR Alumni Assoc., and President and Chairman of Sunnen Products Company; 1960 BS Mechanical Engineering, 1990 Prof. Mechanical Engineer.)

Caulder, Jerry
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred December 18, 1997.
(Prominent Life Science Researcher, "Father of Agricultural Biotechnology", A Founding Director of the World Agriculture Forum; MU Alumnus)

Coppock, Bruce
Doctor of Music, UMSL conferred January 12, 1997.
(Executive Director, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Society)

Harmon, Jo Ann
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 1997.
(Senior Vice President of corporate administration at Emerson Electric Company.)

Hulston, John K.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 17, 1997.
(Attorney, banker, historian, author and a civic community leader; MU Alumnus)

Jacob, John
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 1997.
(Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.)

Kim, Duk-Choong
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 17, 1997.
(President, Ajou University, Seol, Korea; MU Alumnus)

Lipman, David
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 17, 1997.
(Renowned Journalist, Author and Former Managing Editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; MU Alumnus)

Morgan, John A.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred December 12, 1997.
(Strong supporter of and contributor to Kansas City community and UMKC.)

Orthwein, William
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL not conferred - declined 1997.
(Known philanthropist to the University)

Smith, Ozzie
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 10, 1997.
(Short stop of the St. Louis Cardinals)

Starr, Martha Jane
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred December 12, 1997.
(Provided distinguished service to UMKC for over 30 years.)

Tuck, Edward F., Jr.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 20, 1997.
(Former member of UMR Board of Trustees, partner and founder of Kinship Venure Management; 1953 BS Electrical Engineering; 1980Professor Electrical Engineering.)

1998

Andrews, Frederick N.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred posthumously December 19, 1998.
(Author, distinguished teacher, and recipient of national and internationally recognized researcher)

Archibald, Robert
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred August 9, 1998.
(President, Missouri Historical Society)

Fleming, Richard
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred January 11, 1998.
(President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association.)

Hackman, Larry J.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 9, 1998.
(Director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, and has a distinguished career in the National Archives system and as Director of the New York State Archives.)

Hume, John
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred January 11, 1998.
(Leader of Ireland's Social Democratic Labour Party, and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.)

Keith, Everett
Doctor of Education, UMC conferred December 18, 1998.
(Educator)

Kreh, Kent Q.
Doctor of Human Letters, UMC conferred December 18, 1998.
(President and CEO, Weight Watchers International, Inc.)

Mulroney, Brian
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 16, 1998.
(Former Prime Minister of Canada)

Orem, Dorothea E.
Doctor of Nursing, UMC conferred May 10, 1998.
(Leading Nurse Theorist)

Rinehart, Kenneth L.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 10, 1998.
(Distinguished chemist and educator)

Shear, S. Sue
Doctor of Law, UMSL conferred May 16, 1998.
(Member of the Missouri House of Representatives)

Tang, Cynthia Jean Mathias
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 16, 1998.
(Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Insight Industries, Inc., UMR1985 BS Economics, 1994, Professional Degree Economist)

Watts, Eugene
Doctor of Music, UMC conferred May 10, 1998.
(Founding member of the world-famous Canadian Brass; MU Alumnus)

Wilkens, Roy Arthur
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 19, 1998.
(President and Director of WilTel, Inc., UMR 1966 B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1991 Professional Degree Electrical Engineer)

1999

Baker, Claude
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred August 8, 1999.

Ballard, Joe N. (Lieutenant General)
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 18, 1999.
(Chief of Engineers and Commanding General for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, UMR 1972 M.S. Engineering Management, 1994 Professional Degree Management Engineer)

Burke, James
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred January 10, 1999.
(Director and Chief Executive Officer and the Saint Louis Art Museum)

Burton, Raymond C., Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 1999.
(President and CEO of TTX and recent president of the John W. Barriger National Railroad Library Board)

Cosby, Bill
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 17, 1999. Rescinded on June 23, 2017.
(American Comedian)

Devine, Daniel J.
Doctor of Education, UMC conferred May 9, 1999.
(Former Mizzou football coach, athletic director and professor in the College of Education)

Fanchi, Peter, Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 1999.
(President of the Herman T. Potter Inland Waterways Library)

Hartmanis, Juris
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 8, 1999.
(Leading expert in the field of computer science.)

Johnson, Haynes
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 9, 1999.
(Author and Pulitzer Prize winner)

2000

Aronson, Adam
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 20, 2000.
(Founder of Mark Twain Bank, long-standing supporter of the visual arts and performing arts)

Aronson, Judith
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 20, 2000.
(Educator, long-standing supporter of the visual arts and performing arts)

Bachmann, John W.
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred January 9, 2000.
(Managing principal of Edwards Jones investment company)

Brittain, Betty
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred December 15, 2000.
(Jazz Pianist and Notable Philanthropist)

Crosby, Gordon E., Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 7, 2000.
(Innovative Business Leader, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of USLIFE Corporation)

Essman, Alyn
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 20, 2000.
(CEO of CPI, strong supporter of UM-St. Louis and community)

Essman, Marlyn
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 20, 2000.
(Strong supporter of UM-St. Louis and community)

Miller, Richard G.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 7, 2000.
(President and Chief Executive Officer of Miller's Professional Imaging)

Shelton-Colby, Sally
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 7, 2000.
(Assistant administrator for global programs for the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID; MU Alumnus)

Sherberg, Ellen
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred August 6, 2000.
(Publisher of St. Louis Business Journal)

Weise, Theodore L.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 13, 2000.
(President and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Express Corporation)

Wolf, John Dorsey
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 16, 2000.
(Chief Operating Officer of Fairchild Dornier in Wessling, Bayern, Germany)

2001

Adams, W. Randolph
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred January 14, 2001.
(Vice Chairman - St. Louis, Firstar Corporation)

Carnahan, Mel
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred posthumously December 15, 2001.
(Governor of Missouri)

Cobb, Calvin B.
Honorary Degree, UMR conferred May 19, 2001.
(Managing Director/Partner, Ernst & Young/Wright Killen & Company)

Darnell, David C.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 19, 2001.
(President, Bank of America Midwest)

Debakey, Michael E.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred December 14, 2001.
(World-renowned surgeon, innovator, medical educator and international medical statesman)

Fergason, James L.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 20, 2001.
(Inventor, scientist and entrepreneur)

Harrington, Zella
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 20, 2001.
(Leader in Public and Community Health)

Harris, Whitney
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 12, 2001.
(St. Louis attorney and philanthropist)

McKnight, Robert W.
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 19, 2001.
(Railroad journalist and generous donor to the Barriger Railroad Library)

Sears, Michael M.
Doctor of Science, UMSL conferred August 12, 2001.
(President of McDonnell Aircraft and Missile Systems, MA Engineering Management, UMR)

Stowers, James E., Jr.
Doctor of Medicine, UMC conferred May 25, 2001.
(Co-founder of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and Chairman of American Century Companies)

Stowers, Virginia
Doctor of Nursing, UMC conferred May 12, 2001.
(Co-founder of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and Owner of American Century Companies)

Walton, Audrey
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 14, 2001.
(Philanthropist)

2002

Bordogna, Joseph
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 21, 2002.
(Deputy Director, National Science Foundation)

Borlaug, Norman E.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 19, 2002.
(Best known for the modernizing of agriculture in plant genetics and for stimulating the formation of the Green Revolution, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970)

Castleman, Donald L.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 18, 2002.
(Distinguished Rolla area banker and philanthropist)

Clay, William L., Sr.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred May 18, 2002.
(Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives)

Gerwel, Jakes
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 19, 2002.
(Former Rector of the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and made distinctive service to the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ through the collaborative program our institutions enjoy. He is a distinguished academic and public servant in South Africa - serves as Chief of Staff to President Mandela and also earned distinguished international reputation as a mediator)

Keiser, Robert L.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 18, 2002.
(Retired Chairman of Kerr-McGee Corporation)

Symington, Stuart Jr.
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 11, 2002.
(Well-known lawyer, and previous member of Mercantile Library Board Direction)

Trulaske, Robert J., Jr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 20, 2002.
(Philanthropist Business Leader, Former President & CEO of True Food Service Equipment; MU Alumnus)

Walker, William Dewey
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 21, 2002.
(Chairman of Planar Systems, Inc., UMR 1958 B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1978 Professional Degree Electrical Engineer)

Warfield, William
Doctor of Music, UMSL conferred in absentia August 11, 2002.
(An operatic artist and recitalist and one of the foremost singers of the 20th century)

Wetterau, Ted
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 13, 2002.
(Former CEO of Wetterau, Inc.)

2003

Arai, Seigo
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred January 12, 2003.
(Responsible for establishing the professorship in Japanese studies)

Barriger, John W., IV
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred August 10, 2003.
(Retired transportation executive; instrumental in the growth of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library at the Mercantile Library, UMSL)

Cornell, Harry M., Jr.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 17, 2003.
(Former President & CEO of Fortune 500 Manufacturing Giant, Leggett & Platt; MU Alumnus)

Kling, S. Lee
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2003.
(Retired chairman and director of Landmark Bank)

Lehrer, Jim
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 17, 2003.
(Renowned Journalist, Novelist, Screenwriter and Playwright, Former Executive Editor and News Anchor for PBS NewsHour; MU Alumnus)

Mathews, Martin
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 10, 2003.
(Founder and Director of the Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club)

Remmers, Miriam
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 17, 2003.
(Co-founder of the Remmers Special Artist/Lecture Series)

Ryan, Mary Jean (Sister)
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2003.
(President and chief executive of SSM Health Care)

Smerdon, Ernest T.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred December 20, 2003.
(Visionary Leader in Engineering Education, Veteran and Leading Contributor in Hydrology & Water Resources; MU Alumnus)

Spencer, Robert W.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2003.
(1972 alum, established a large charitable trust at UMSL)

Stevenson, Gerald
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 20, 2003.
(Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of The Summit Prairie Corporation)

Szygenda, Ralph J.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 17, 2003.
(Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer/Group Vice-President and Chief Internet Strategist, General Motors Corporation)

Trillin, Calvin
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 17, 2003.
(Journalist, Humorist, Food Writer, Poet, Memoirist and Novelist, Thurber Prize for American Humor winner and American Academy of Arts and Letters elected member)

Woods, Harriett
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred January 12, 2003.
(Member of the State Legislature, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, President of the National Women's Political Caucus)

Woods, Harriett
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred January 12, 2003.
(Member of State Legislature, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, President of National Women's Political Caucus)

2004

Barton, Glen A.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 17, 2004.
(Former Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, Inc.; MU Alumnus)

Bertelsmeyer, James
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 15, 2004.
(Chairman and Founder of Heritage Propane Partners in Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Bond, Christopher S. "Kit"
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 18, 2004.
(U.S. Senator from Missouri)

Day, Delbert E.
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred May 15, 2004.
(Retired faculty member, UM-Rolla)

El-Baz, Farouk
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 18, 2004.
(Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University)

Gregory, Dick
Doctor of Hummane Letters, UMC conferred May 15, 2004.
(Entertainer, political activist)

Hermann, Robert
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 10, 2004.
(Instrumental in the founding of the International Center for Tropical Ecology)

Hume, Pat
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 15, 2004.
(Humanitarian)

Kathrada, Ahmed
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 10, 2004.
(Human rights and freedom activist in South Africa and around the world for more than 60 years)

Parsons, David
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMKC conferred at UMKC Conservatory of Music 'Crescendo' Event October 16, 2004.
(Accomplished dance performer, choreographer, teacher, director and producer)

Scott, Thomas M.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 17, 2004.
(Philanthropist, Past Insurance and Risk Management Firm Owner; MU Alumnus)

Steele, James B.
Doctor of Letters, UMKC conferred May 9, 2004.
(Award-winning journalist with Time Magazine.)

Van Trease, Sandra
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 2004.
(President of Unicare, Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc.)

Wilson, William C.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 10, 2004.
(Past president of Bank of America St. Louis and past president of the UMSL Chancellor's Council)

2005

Allen, Catherine A.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 15, 2005.
(Leader in Business Innovation, Technology Strategy & Financial Services Industry; MU alumnus)

Berry, Robert
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 14, 2005.
(Vice President, Burns & McDonnell)

Campbell, John R.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred December 17, 2005.
(Renowned Animal and Dairy Scientist, Author and Academic Leader; MU Alumnus)

Drey, Leo
Doctore of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2005.
(Environmentalist & Forester)

Forsee, Gary D.
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 14, 2005.
(Chairman and CEO of Sprint Corporation)

Lee, Mary Ann
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 2005.
(St. Louis philanthropist and community activist)

Nash, Zebulun
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 17, 2005.
(Manager, Basic Chemicals, Baytown Chemical Plant, ExxonMobil Chemical Company)

Roesky, Herbert W.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 14, 2005.
(Internationally recognized scholar in the areas of chemical and materials research)

Shopmaker, Allen B.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred posthumously August 7, 2005.
(Supporter of Education and International Studies)

Shopmaker, Helen S.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 7, 2005.
(Supporter of Education and International Studies)

Thompson, William S.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 14, 2005.
(CEO of an internationally successful fund management company, previous member of the UM Board of Curators; MU Alumnus)

Vitek, Richard
Doctor of Science, UMR conferred December 17, 2005.
(Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of FOTODYNE, Inc. of Hartland, Wisconsin)

2006

Edwards, Joe
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 2006.
(Owner of Blueberry Hill, piloted the renewal of the Delmar Loop)

Gaines, Lloyd
Doctor of Law, UMC conferred posthumously May 13, 2006.
(Public servant and civil rights activist)

Goode, Wayne
Doctor of Laws, UMSL conferred August 6, 2006.
(Retired state senator)

McDonnell, Priscilla
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2006.
(Community volunteer)

Miller, J. Ronald
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred May 13, 2006.
(Retired Vice President and General Manager, Tissue/Towels/Facial-Worldwide, The Procter & Gamble Company)

Vasey, Roger M.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 13, 2006.
(Business leader, active supporter of education and minority youth, demonstrated leadership in enhancing diversity in business; MU alumnus)

2007

Coco, Matteo Anthony
Doctor of Engineering, UMR conferred December 15, 2007.
(Retired Vice President, J. S. Alberici Construction Company)

Cole, Bruce
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 15, 2007.
(Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities)

Halen, David
Doctor of Music, UMSL conferred May 12, 2007.
(Concertmaster, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)

La Russa, Tony
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 15, 2007.
(Founder, Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) and manager, world champion St. Louis Cardinals)

Loomis, Carol Junge
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 12, 2007.
(American Financial Journalist; Former Senior Editor-At-Large at Fortune magazine; MU Alumnus)

Lutz, John
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 12, 2007.
(Author)

Shelden, Russell
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 12, 2007.
(Former Chief of Anesthesiology & President of Medical Staff at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO; MU Alumnus)

Thal, Charles
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 15, 2007. "Volunteer police captain and business advisor to the disadvantaged" (approved via email on 3-27-2008 by Phyllis Hawk and Kathy Miller].
(Volunteer police captain and business advisor)

2008

Bakken, Earl Elmer
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 2, 2008.
(Engineer who developed the first wearable pacemaker)

Duggan, Martin
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 10, 2008.
(Television host/producer/provocateur; former print editor)

Naka, F Robert
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred December 19, 2008.
(Outstanding example of excellence in engineering, scholarship, citizenship and service)

Robinson, Beauford Wayne
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred December 19, 2008.
(Director of Vocational and Technical Education (retired); "father of vocational education in Missouri")

Smarr, Larry
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 17, 2008.
(Leader and visionary in the development of supercomputing)

Winter, Mildred
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 11, 2008.
(First principal investigator of the Parents as Teachers Program, author, teacher)

Woodward, Joan B
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred December 20, 2008.
(Director, Sandia National Laboratories)

Wulf, William A.
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 17, 2008.
(President Emeritus of the National Academy of Engineering)

2009

Battle, Eliot
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred December 18, 2009.
(Esteemed Educator, Counselor and Community Leader, First Black Faculty Member at Hickman High School)

Berkebile, Bob
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 15, 2009.
(Influential Sustainable Design Architect and Community Planner, Founding Chairman of the American Institute of Architects' National Committee on the Environment)

Bruton, John
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 16, 2009.
(European Union Ambassador to the United States)

Garms, Irvin
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred December 19, 2009.
(Civil Engineer, businessman and mentor)

Hamilton, Esley
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 2009.
(County historian and preservationist, St. Louis County, Missouri)

Kranzberg, Kenneth
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 19, 2009.
(Community volunteer and philanthropist)

Kranzberg, Nancy
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 19, 2009.
(Community volunteer and philanthropist)

Loughlin, Philip H, III
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred December 19, 2009.
(St. Louis Mercantile Library Board Member)

Mann, Marylen
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 16, 2009.
(Founder, director and president of Older Adult Service and Information System (OASIS))

Rudin, Susan Saleskey
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2009.
(Nation philanthropist - academic humanitarian and arts organization, and supporter of the 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ-St. Louis College of Education's Qualitative Research Conference)

Rupp, Joseph Dennis
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 16, 2009.
(Chairman, President & CEO, Olin Corporation)

Schaps, Eric
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2009.
(Founder and president of the Development Studies Center)

2010

Badrinath, Sengamedu
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred December 18, 2010.
(Director of Sankara Nethralaya Medical Center for Eye Care and Surgery)

Bloch, Thomas M.
Doctor of Business Administration, UMKC conferred May 7, 2010.
(Vice-Chairman and Co-Founder of the University Academy)

Chu, Jane
Doctor of Music, UMKC conferred May 8, 2010.
(President and CEO for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts)

Ebo, Mary Antona (Sister)
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 18, 2010.
(Civil Rights Pioneer)

Engelhardt, Thomas
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 15, 2010.
(Editorial cartoonist emeritus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

James, William
Doctor of Science, Missouri S&T conferred May 15, 2010.
(Thomas Jefferson Fellow, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Senior Research Investigator at Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Russell, Leon
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 15, 2010.
(President of the American Veterinary Medical Association)

Scott, Eugenie
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 15, 2010.
(Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education)

Seay, Norman R.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 18, 2010.
(Civil Rights Leader, Co-Founder of C.O.R.E.)

2011

Calame, Byron
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 13, 2011.
(American Journalist and Newspaper Editor; The New York Times Second Public Editor)

Calame, Kathryn
Doctor of Science Letters, UMC conferred May 13, 2011.
(Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology; was involved in the discovery and characterization of B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein (Blimp-1))

Colwell, Rita
Doctor of Science, UMSL conferred May 14, 2011.
(Chairman, Canon US Life Sciences and professor emerita and distinguished professor of cell biology and molecular genetics)

Crow, Sheryl
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 14, 2011.
(Nine-time Grammy Winning Singer-Songwriter & Actress; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee; MU Alumnus)

Loggia, Robert
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred December 17, 2011.
(American Actor nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; MU Alumnus)

O'Connell, Brian
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 14, 2011.
(Professor and Humanitarian; Former Rector and Vice Chancellor of the University of Western Cape)

Petroski, Henry
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 7, 2011.
(Aleksander S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History, Duke University)

Robertson, David
Doctor of Music, UMSL conferred May 14, 2011.
(Music Director, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)

Stern, Michael
Doctor of Musical Arts, UMKC conferred May 7, 2011.
(Music Director and Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony)

Trogdon, William
Doctor of Letters, UMC conferred December 17, 2011.
(American Travel Writer and Historian of English, Irish and Osage National Ancestry; MU Alumnus)

Wilmut, Ian
Doctor of Science Letters, UMC conferred May 14, 2011.
(Medical Researcher; Leader of team that cloned sheep "Dolly")

2012

Brooks, Alvin
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred May 4, 2012.
(President of AD HOC Group Against Crime)

Carnahan, Jean
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 4, 2012.
(Former US Senator; public servant)

Carrothers, Richard
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred May 4, 2012.
(Founder and Co-Owner of New Theatre Restaurant)

Fitzgerald, Elizabeth "Beth"
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred December 15, 2012.
(President, The Magic House - St. Louis Children's Museum)

Givens, Henry
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 2012.
(Former president, Harris Stowe State University)

Hennessy, Dennis
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred May 4, 2012.
(Founder and Co-Owner of New Theatre Restaurant)

Katz, Allan Jack
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred December 14, 2012.
(United States Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal)

Kauffman, Julia Irene
Doctor of Music, UMKC conferred May 5, 2012.
(Chairman and CEO of Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation)

Magnus, Sandra H.
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 5, 2012.
(NASA Astronaut)

Orf, Harry
Doctor of Science, UMSL conferred December 15, 2012.
(Senior Vice President for Research Management at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston)

Powers, Ron
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 12, 2012.
(American Journalist, Novelist and Non-Fiction Writer; 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism Winner)

Predock, Antoine
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred December 15, 2012.
(Internationally known Architect and Royal Institute of British Architects International Fellow)

Stangler, Gary J.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 15, 2012.
(Executive Director of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative)

Sullivan, Tom
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 12, 2012.
(Motivational speaker, humanitarian advocate, champion of children and young adults with special needs)

Truitt, Roger E.
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred December 15, 2012.
(Retired Senior Vice President and President, ARCO Products Company)

Williamson, Euclid
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 12, 2012.
(Educator, Founder and Executive Director of Target Hope)

Wolff, Patricia
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 12, 2012.
(Pediatrician and founder of Meds and Food for Kids)

2013

Carpenter, Will
Doctor of Science, UMSL conferred May 18, 2013.
(Retired Executive and Chemist - Monsanto)

Graves, Greg
Doctor of Engineering, UMKC conferred May 17, 2013.
(CEO of Burns and McDonnell, accomplished leader and innovator)

Havener, Gary W.
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 17, 2013.
(President and Owner of Havener Companies)

Helzberg, Shirley Bush
Doctor of Musical Arts, UMKC conferred May 18, 2013.
(Philanthropist, patron of the arts, and historic preservationist)

Hessler, Peter
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 18, 2013.
(American writer, author and journalist for The New Yorker; former volunteer for the Peace Corps; Columbia, MO native)

Hilliard, David
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 10, 2013.
(President and CEO of the Wyman Center)

Karakas, Nicholas
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 18, 2013.
(Chairman, Marcus Distributors, Leader in the St. Louis Greek Community)

Kemper, R. Crosby, Jr.
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred May 17, 2013.
(Chairman (retired) of UMB Bank, founder of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, community, civic, and philanthropic leader)

McMullen, Larry
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred December 14, 2013.
(Outstanding trial lawyer, co-chair of For All We Call Mizzou Capital Campaign Steering Committee)

Polsinelli, James A.
Doctor of Laws, UMKC conferred May 18, 2013.
(Kansas City Entrepreneur, UMKC School of Law Alumnus)

Reid, Ralph
Doctor of Educational Leadership, UMKC conferred May 18, 2013.
(President of Sprint Foundation, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility for Sprint Nextel, and UMKC Law School alumnus)

Schankman, Steven F.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 14, 2013.
(Accomplished musician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist)

Valenta, Carol
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 14, 2013.
(Pioneer in science education)

White, Gary
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred December 14, 2013.
(Executive Director and co-founder of Water.Org)

2014

Gadell, Patrick
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2014.
(Attorney)

Guller, Keith
Doctor of Commerce, UMSL conferred August 9, 2014.
(CEO Essex Industries, Inc.)

Heil, Robert G.
Doctor of Music and Technology, UMSL conferred December 20, 2014.
(CEO/Founder Heil Sound)

Held, Jim
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 17, 2014.
(Owner of Stone Hill Winery; Revitalized Missouri's wine industry)

Hindman, Darwin
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred December 20, 2014.
(Former Mayor of Columbia, MO, serving five elected terms; Advocate of Active Living, Parks and Trails; MU Alumnus)

Jacob, Gary
Doctor of Science, UMSL conferred May 17, 2014.
(President and CEO of Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

Kaiser, Michael
Doctor of Musical Arts, UMKC conferred May 17, 2014.
(President of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C.)

Kao, Min
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred in absentia December 20, 2014.
(Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Garmin Corporation)

Kirksey, Jessie
Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instructional Leadership, UMKC conferred May 17, 2014.
(Principal and Director of Elementary Education, Kansas City Public Schools)

Medina, Luis Cristobal
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred December 19, 2014.
(CEO of Guadalupe Centers Inc., Kansas City)

Nutter, James B., Sr.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 22, 2014.
(Founder and chairman of James B. Nutter and Company and Kansas City philanthropist)

Sayad, Elizabeth
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2014.
(Awarded Chevalier, L'Order des Palmes Academique by the French Government; Founding Member of Missouri Arts Council and St. Louis Arts and Humanities Commission)

Sherman, John
Doctor of Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundations, UMKC conferred May 17, 2014.
(Entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist; Founder of LPG Services)

Steinhart, Geoffrey "Jeff"
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 17, 2014.
(Vice President (retired) of Engineering for Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.)

Uchitelle, Benjamin
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 18, 2014.
(Former Mayor of Clayton, MO, Educator, Civic Activist)

Uchitelle, Susan
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 18, 2014.
(Educator; Implemented St. Louis Voluntary School Desegration Program)

Westbury, James
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred May 18, 2014.
(Retired Educator; Member of the Committee of 28 that helped form UMSL, Board President of Special School District)

2015

Baer, Robert J. "Bob"
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred August 8, 2015.
(Retired, Metro St. Louis)

Clark, Maxine
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2015.
(Former CEO of Build-A-Bear)

Coggswell, Gladys Caines
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 17, 2015.
(Master Storyteller)

Golden, Susan Stephens
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 16, 2015.
(Professor of Biology at University of California, San Diego, Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; MU Alumnus)

Holdbrook, Hal
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred December 19, 2015.
(Actor, Portrayer of Mark Twain)

Kavandi, Janet Lynn
Doctor of Science, Missouri S&T conferred December 19, 2015.
(Deputy Director, Flight Crew Operations, Johnson Space Center)

Marsh, Don
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred August 8, 2015.
(Journalist, Radio Host, News Correspondent, TV Anchor/Producer)

Sturtz, Paul
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 19, 2015.
(Co-founder, Ragtag Cinema and True/False Film Festival)

Wilson, David
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 19, 2015.
(Co-founder, Ragtag Cinema and True/False Film Festival)

2016

Askinosie, Shawn
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 14, 2016.
(Owner, Askinosie Chocolate; MU Alumnus)

Bates, W. H. "Bert"
Doctor of Legal Letters, UMC conferred December 17, 2016.
(Attorney and Civic Leader)

Depue, Leanna
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2016.
(Retired Director of the Highway Safety Division, MoDot)

Eaker, Norm
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 17, 2016.
(Chief Administrative Office, Edward Jones)

Freeman, Frankie Muse
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred December 17, 2016.
(St. Louis attorney and Civil Rights Leader; served as a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for 16 years)

Krehmeyer, Chris
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2016.
(President and CEO, Beyond Housing)

Loftin, Brenda Stith (The Honorable)
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 17, 2016.
(Former Associate Circuit Judge)

Moses, Robert Parris
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 17, 2016.
(Civil Rights Activist; The Algebra Project)

Sandler, Faith
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2016.
(Executive Director, The Scholarship Foundation)

Vatterott, John
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 17, 2016.
(Philanthropist)

Woodrell, Daniel
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred December 17, 2016.
(Award-winning Author)

2017

Baker, William F.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred December 16, 2017.
(Civil/Structural Engineer and Designer of the World's Tallest Building; MU Alumnus)

Bell, Gary
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred December 16, 2017.
(Founder and Artistic Director, Stray Dog Theater)

Brasch, Rosalie
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2017.
(Community Leader)

Carmack, John
Doctor of Engineering, UMKC conferred May 14, 2017.
(3-D Graphics Pioneer and Video Gaming Innovator)

Foster, Sara E.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 2017.
(Chief Vice President, Commerce Bancshares, Inc.)

Hoerr, Thomas R., PhD
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2017.
(Retired Educator and Education Innovator)

Jones, Pat
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 13, 2017.
(Conservationist; Considered the "Mother of the Katy Trail")

McClellan, Bill
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 2017.
(Columnist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

McClurg, Edith "Edie"
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred May 13, 2017.
(Actress, Comedian)

Millard, Candice
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred December 16, 2017.
(Journalist and Author)

O'Sullivan, Stephanie
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 13, 2017.
(Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI); Held the most senior position of any woman in the US intelligence community)

Paz, George
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2017.
(Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Express Scripts, Inc.)

Reinert, William N.
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred May 13, 2017.
(Expert on Energy and Resource Management)

Trelz, Theresa Rolufs "Tessa"
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 14, 2017.
(Attorney, Armstrong Teasdale)

Von Drehle, David
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred December 16, 2017.
(Author, Journalist, Editor-at-large for the Washington Post)

Wrigth, Chely
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred May 13, 2017.
(Singer, Songwriter, LGBT Activist)

2018

Brewer, Christine
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred December 15, 2018.
(Opera singer)

Covington, Ann K.
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 12, 2018.
(Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri; First Woman on the Supreme Court of Missouri)

Hrabowski, Freeman A., III
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred January 15, 2018.
(President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Jones, Robert J.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 15, 2018.
(Chancellor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Vice President of the University of Illinois System, and MU Alumnus)

Jung, Richard K.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 15, 2018.
(Educator)

McCloskey, Deirdre
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred December 15, 2018.
(Economist)

Norfolk, Robert L. "Bobby"
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 12, 2018.
(Professional Storyteller, Author)

Orin, Richard
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 12, 2018.
(MU Alumnus; Founded the Richard M. Orin Ethics Symposium in the MU School of Accountancy)

Schlafly, Thomas F.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 2018.
(Attorney, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader)

Schoemehl, Vincent C.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 12, 2018.
(Former Mayor of the City of St. Louis; Former CEO of Grand Center, Inc.)

Suellentrop, Steve
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred December 15, 2018.
(President of Hunt Oil Company, S&T student mentor and serves on the S&T Board of Trustees)

Thiel, Paul T.
Doctor of Arts and Letters, UMSL conferred December 15, 2018.
(Writer and Promoter of the Art of Writing)

Voss, Thomas R.
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 12, 2018.
(Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Ameren Corporation)

Westbrook, David
Doctor of Philosophy, UMKC conferred May 12, 2018.
(Civic Leader)

2019

Doshi, Bipin
Doctor of Engineering, Missouri S&T conferred May 18, 2019.
(President and CEO of Schafer Gear Works, Inc.)

Trillin, Calvin
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMKC conferred May 18, 2019.
(Journalist, author)

Metheny, Pat
Doctor of Fine Arts, UMC conferred December 14, 2019.
(Grammy Award-winning Jazz Guitarist, Composer and Bandleader)

Sachs, Albie
Doctor of Laws, UMC conferred May 18, 2019.
(Anti-apartheid Leader and Judicial Activist)

West, Mel
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 18, 2019.
(Paster, Founder of Mobility Worldwide and Lifelong Humanitarian; MU Alumnus)

2021

Golden, Michael
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred December 17, 2021.
(Nationally and Internationally Influential Journalist and Publisher, Freedom of the Press Champion, Retired Executive Vice Chairman of The New York Times Company)

Graham, John
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 16, 2021.
(CEO Emeritus & Chairman of FleishmanHillard, Global Leaders in Public Relations, Co-Founder of the Council of Public Relations FIrms; MU Alumnus)

Hagan, Dan D.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 15, 2021.
(Self-made Entrepreneur and Philanthropist; MU Alumnus)

2022

Bradford, Gene Dobbs
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 17, 2022.
(CEO Jazz St. Louis)

Dillard, Joseph G.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred December 16, 2022.
(World-famous Fisheries Research Biologist, MO Dept. of Conservation; Established Joe G. Dillard Family and Friends Scholarship in CAFNR; Sponsored MO Chapter, American Fisheries Society Scholarship)

Heimberger, Amy
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 14, 2022.
(World-renowned Neurosurgeon and Cancer Researcher; MU Alumnus)

Richter, Kirk
Doctor of Business Administration, UMSL conferred in absentia December 17, 2022.
(UMSL Alumni Ambassador, Longest-Serving Alumni Volunteer in UMSL’s History)

Rogers, John A.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 13, 2022.
(Highly Accomplished Biomedical Engineer; Member of The National Academy of Engineering, The National Academy of Sciences, and The National Academy of Medicine)

Short, Ellis, IV
Doctor of Engineering, S&T conferred May 14, 2022.
(Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Investment Committee with Kildare Partner)

Turner Bell, Debbye
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC December 16, 2022.
(Veterinarian, Journalist, Advocate for Animal Health and Responsible Pet Ownership, Motivational Speaker, Miss America Pageant winner; MU Alumnus)

Wagner, John C.
Doctor of Engineering, S&T conferred December 17, 2022.
(Director of Idaho National Laboratory and President of Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC)

2023

Deveydt, Wayne S.
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred December 16, 2023. 
(Former Executive VP and CFO, Anthem)

Epps, Ron
Doctor of Physics, S&T conferred May 13, 2023
(Retired Chief of NASA Flight Design and Dynamics Division)

Laufer, Wayne
Doctor of Engineering, S&T conferred May 13, 2023.
(Retired Director, Co-Founder and CEO of Bois d’Arc Energy Inc., Member of the S&T Order of the Golden Shillelagh Donor Society)

Novack, Ilene
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 2023.
(Community Volunteer)

Novack, Stephen
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMSL conferred May 13, 2023.
(Attorney)

Rapp, Edward
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 12, 2023.
(Business Leader, Philanthropist, Founded Stay Strong vs ALS Foundation)

Weber, Kristin L.
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 13, 2023.
(First female president of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; Director of the Sarcoma Program and Abramson Family Professor in Sarcoma Excellence)

2024

Baxter, Warner
Doctor of Business Administration, UMSL conferred May 10, 2024.
(Chair of the Edison Electric Institute, Exec. Chairman of Ameren Corp.; collaborated with UMSYS on Ameren Accelerator project.)

Chatelain,  Marcia
Doctor of Social Science, UMC conferred May 10, 2024.
(World-renowned Historian, Scholar, Author and 2021 Pulitzer Price Winner in History; MU Alumnus)

Geldert-Murphy, Marsia
Doctor of Civil Engineering, S&T conferred May 11, 2024.
(Past President of the American Society of Civil Engineers; leader within the Academy of Civil Engineers and the Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Missouri; member of the Missouri S&T Chi Epsilon Honors Society.)

Leen, Sarah
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 10, 2024.
(Award-winning Photographer, Editor, Photojournalist and National Geographic Magazine’s First Female Director of Photography; MU Alumnus)

Ross, Gilbert
Doctor of Science, UMC conferred May 11, 2024.
(First Resident in MU’s Urology Department, Performed First Renal Transplant at Mizzou, Former Chief and Professor Emeritus of Urology)

Sonderman, Thomas
Doctor of Engineering, S&T conferred May 11, 2024.
(President and CEO of SkyWater, holds 50 patents and is a semi-conductor expert)

Walsworth, Don
Doctor of Humane Letters, UMC conferred May 12, 2024.
(Industry-leading Businessman, Renowned Publisher, Transformative Entrepreneur, Philanthropist; MU Alumnus)