Honorary Degrees - Previous Recipients
| Last Name |
First Name |
Code |
Year / Comment |
| Abrahamson |
James A. |
HD |
1984 Dr. of Engineering |
| Abravanel |
Maurice |
HD |
1967 Dr. of Fine Art |
| Adney |
C.G. |
HD |
1915 MS of Scien. Ag. |
| Adney |
C.G. |
HD |
1951 Dr. of Science |
| Allison |
(Attorney) |
COM |
1906 |
| Anderson |
Jack |
HD |
1997 Dr. of Communication |
| Anderson |
Richard W. |
HD |
1999 Dr. of Engineering |
| Armstrong |
Ellis L. |
HD |
1988 Dr. of Engineering |
| Armstrong |
W.W. |
COM |
1924 |
| Arrington |
Leonard J. |
HD |
1982 Dr. of Humanities |
| Astin |
Allen V. |
COM |
1956 |
| Austad |
Mark E. |
COM/HD |
1988 Dr. of Humanities |
| Bailey |
Reed Warner |
HD |
1960 Dr. of Science |
| Ball |
Elmer Darwin |
COM |
1916 |
| Bangerter |
Norman H. |
HD |
1992 Doctor of Laws |
| Barrientos |
Rene Ortuno |
HD |
1968 Dr. of Laws |
| Bell |
William Earl |
HD |
1986 Dr. of Engineering |
| Benson |
Ezra Taft |
HD |
1958 Dr. of Laws |
| Berle |
Adolf A. Jr. |
COM |
1943 |
| Beus |
J.R. |
HD |
1944 MS of Agriculture |
| Bickmore |
Lee S. |
HD |
1972 Dr. of Agribusiness |
| Blackham |
Ralph S. |
HD |
1985 Dr. of Agribusiness |
| Blood |
Henry H. |
COM |
1931 |
| Bowman |
Albert Elijah |
HD |
1950 Dr. of Laws |
| Bringhurst |
Royce S. |
HD |
1993 Dr. Agric. Sciences |
| Broadhead |
Daken K. |
HD |
1978 Dr. of Humanities |
| Brooks |
Juanita L. |
HD |
1964 Dr. of Letters |
| Brossard |
Edgar B. |
HD |
1954 Dr. of Laws |
| Brown |
C. Stuart |
HD |
1997 Dr. of Law |
| Brown |
Oren L. |
HD |
2002 Dr of Music |
| Bryan |
E.A. |
COM |
1918 |
| Bullen |
Herschel Jr. |
HD |
1954 Dr. of Laws |
| Bullen |
Reed |
HD |
1999 Dr. of Business |
| Bullen |
Richard Hatch |
HD |
1965 Dr. of Laws |
| Caine |
John T. III |
HD |
1951 Dr. of Science |
| Caine |
John T. Sr. |
HD |
1915 MS of Sci. Ag. |
| Cardon |
Philip Vincent |
HD |
1948 Dr. of Laws |
| Carr |
Gregory C. |
HD |
2003 Dr. of Humanities |
| Carson |
Dorothy Myers |
HD |
1981 Dr. of Laws |
| Cazier |
Stanford |
HD |
1992 Dr. of Humanities |
| Champ |
Frederick P. |
COM |
1935 |
| Champ |
Frederick P. |
HD |
1954 Dr. of Laws |
| Chase |
Alice |
HD |
1978 Dr. of Education |
| Chase |
Daryl |
COM |
1963 |
| Chase |
Daryl |
COM |
1968 |
| Chase |
Daryl |
HD |
1971 Dr. of Humanities |
| Cheney |
Lynne V. |
COM/HD |
1991 Dr. of Letters |
| Ching |
Hung Wo |
HD |
1961 Dr. of Laws |
| Christensen |
Gordon J. |
HD |
1999 Dr. of Science |
| Christensen |
William F. |
HD |
1973 Dr. of Fine Arts |
| Christiansen |
Henry N. |
MC |
1973 |
| Christiansen |
Jerald Emmett |
HD |
1976 Dr. of Science |
| Clawson |
James Harold |
HD |
1979 Dr. of Bus. Mgmt. |
| Cleave |
Mary L. |
COM/HD |
1998 Dr. of Engin Science |
| Cliff |
Edward Parley |
HD |
1965 Dr. of Sciences |
| Clyde |
George Dewey |
HD |
1958 Dr. of Science |
| Colton |
Kent W. |
HD |
1996 Dr. of Bus & Economics |
| Condie |
Richard Palfreyman |
HD |
1969 Dr. of Fine Arts |
| Cornwell |
Patricia |
HD |
2002 Dr. of Letters |
| Covey |
Stephen R. |
COM/HD |
2001 Dr. of Business |
| Crandall |
Bliss H. |
HD |
1977 Dr. of Science |
| Cronquist |
Arthur |
HD |
1987 Dr. of Biol. Sci |
| Daines |
Robert Henry |
HD |
1979 Dr. of Science |
| Darby |
William J. |
HD |
1973 Dr. of Science |
| Dern |
George H. |
COM |
1928 |
| Devine |
James H. |
COM |
1930 |
| Dixon |
Henry Aldous |
HD |
1956 Dr. of Laws |
| Dowdeswell |
Elizabeth |
COM/HD |
1995 Dr. of Environmental Mgmt |
| Eaton |
George A. |
HD |
1938 Dr. of Laws |
| Eaton |
George A. |
COM |
1927 |
| Eccles |
George Stoddard |
HD |
1970 Dr. of Laws |
| Eccles |
George Stoddard |
COM |
1970 |
| Eccles |
Marriner S. |
HD |
1963 Dr. of Laws |
| Eccles |
Marriner S. |
COM |
1951 |
| Eccles |
Spencer F |
COM |
1996 Dr. of Finance |
| Edelman |
Marian Wright |
COM/HD |
1997 Dr. of Humanities |
| Eigen |
Manfred |
COM/HD |
1990 Dr. of Science |
| Elion |
Gertrude B. |
HD |
1994 |
| Ellsworth |
Homer S. |
HD |
1986 Dr. of Med. Sci. |
| Ercanbrack |
Fern B. |
HD |
1963 Dr. Humanities |
| Evans |
David W. |
HD |
1978 Dr. of Humanities |
| Eyring |
Henry |
COM/HD |
1973 Dr. of Science |
| Falkenstein |
Claire |
HD |
1990 Dr. of Fine Arts |
| Farrell |
F.D. |
COM |
1953 |
| Farrell |
F.D. |
COM |
1939 |
| Ford |
Gerald R. |
COM/HD |
1974 Dr. of Political Science |
| Funk |
C. Reed |
HD |
1994 |
| Gardner |
David Pierpont |
COM/HD |
1987 Dr. of Humanities |
| Gardner |
Eldon J. |
HD |
1981 Dr. of Science |
| Gardner |
Marjorie Hyer |
HD |
1975 Dr. of Education |
| Garn |
E. J. Jake |
COM/HD |
1993 Dr. of Political Science |
| Gee |
E. Gordon |
COM/HD |
2003 Dr. of Humane Letters |
| Goshen |
Elmer I. |
COM |
1917 |
| Goudsmit |
Samuel Abraham |
HD |
1972 Dr. of Science |
| Hale-Wilson |
Larzette G. |
HD |
2003 Dr. of Business |
| Hammond |
(Sec.of State) |
COM |
1904 |
| Hanks |
Marion D. |
HD |
1979 Dr. of Humanities |
| Hansen |
R. Gaurth |
HD |
1991 Dr. of Science |
| Harrar |
J. George |
COM/HD |
1971 Dr. of Laws |
| Harris |
Franklin S. |
HD |
1950 Dr. of Science |
| Harris |
Jay Dee |
HD |
1976 Dr. of Humanities |
| Hawkins |
Paula |
COM/HD |
1982 Dr. of Laws |
| Hedrick |
Ulysses Prentiss |
HD |
1938 Dr. of Laws |
| Henderson |
LaVell Merl |
HD |
1974 Dr. of Science |
| Hesburgh |
Theodore M. |
HD |
1971 Dr. of Humanities |
| Hewlett |
William R. |
HD |
1980 Dr. of Engineering |
| Hill |
Reuben L. |
HD |
1977 |
| Hinckley |
Gordon B. |
HD |
1986 Dr. of Humanities |
| Hines |
Frank Thomas |
COM |
1944 |
| Hines |
Frank Thomas |
HD |
1920 |
| Hoffmann |
Robert S. |
HD |
1988 Dr. of Biol. Sci |
| Hope |
Bob |
COM/HD |
1975 Dr of Humanities |
| Hornbeck |
Stanley K. |
COM |
1942 |
| Howell |
James Albert |
HD |
1948 Dr. of Laws |
| Hughes |
Jonathan |
HD |
1990 Dr. of Soc. Sci |
| Humphrey |
George D. |
COM |
1950 |
| Huntsman |
Jon |
HD |
1994 Dr. of Humanities |
| Hwang |
K. Philip |
COM/HD |
1983 Dr. of Engineering |
| Irish |
Carolyn Tanner |
COM/HD |
2002 Dr. of Social Science |
| Isaacson |
Thorpe B. |
HD |
1956 Dr. of Laws |
| Israelsen |
Orson Winso |
HD |
1962 Dr. of Science |
| Ivins |
Anthony Woodward |
HD |
1934 Dr. of Laws |
| Jardine |
James Tertius |
HD |
1947 Dr. of Science |
| Jardine |
William M. |
HD |
1947 Dr. of Laws |
| Jardine |
William M. |
COM |
1925 |
| Jardine |
Winnifred C. |
HD |
1999 Dr. of Family/Consumer Food Science |
| Jensen |
Marcus M. |
HD |
1991 Dr. of Bio. Sci. |
| Johnson |
Jane Clayson |
COM/HD |
2004 Dr. of Humane Letters |
| Johnson |
Wyatt Thomas |
COM/HD |
1981 Dr. of Humanities |
| Jones |
Emma Eccles |
HD |
1984 Dr. of Humanities |
| Jordan |
Amos A. |
HD |
1996 Dr. of Int. Relations |
| Jordan |
I. King |
HD |
1991 Dr. of Humanities |
| Kelly |
F.J. |
COM |
1929 |
| Kelly |
Fern Shipley |
HD |
1973 Dr. of Humanities |
| Kerr |
William J.(Pres.) |
COM |
1905 |
| Kerr |
William Jasper |
HD |
1938 Dr. of Laws |
| Kerr |
William Rolfe |
HD |
1993 Dr. of Education |
| Kim |
Jong Pil |
HD |
1992 Dr. Political Science |
| Kimball |
Spencer W. |
HD |
1975 Dr. of Philosophy |
| Langton |
Willard Samuel |
COM |
1914 |
| Larsen |
Ernest O. |
HD |
1959 Dr. of Science |
| Larson |
Arthur |
COM/HD |
1967 Dr. of Laws |
| Lawson |
Janet Q. |
HD |
2001 Dr. of Natural Resources |
| Leary |
William H. |
COM |
1921 |
| Lee |
Harold B. |
HD |
1953 Dr. of Humanities |
| Leftwich |
William E. III |
HD |
2000 Dr. of Humanities |
| Leone |
Nicholas C. |
HD |
1988 Dr. of Med. Sci. |
| Levine |
Philip |
HD |
1990 Dr. of Letters (HASS) |
| Lilienthal |
David E. |
COM |
1946 |
| Lipman |
Charles B. |
COM |
1936 |
| Lopez |
Barry |
HD |
2002 Dr. of Envir. Studies |
| Lyman |
Richard R. |
COM |
1940 |
| Macewan |
E.J. |
COM |
1915 |
| Madsen |
Arch L. |
HD |
1995 |
| Madsen |
Louis L. |
HD |
1979 Dr. of Science |
| Marlatt |
Abby L. |
HD |
1938 Dr. of Laws |
| Marshall |
Ray |
HD |
2000 Dr. of Economics |
| Mason |
Alpheus Thomas |
HD |
1976 Dr. of Science |
| Matheson |
Scott M. |
HD |
1989 Dr. of Humanities |
| Maxwell |
Neal A. |
HD |
1981 Dr. of Humanities |
| McDonald |
Howard S. |
COM |
1955 |
| McGauhey |
Percy Harold |
HD |
1971 Dr. of Science |
| McKay |
David O. |
HD |
1950 Dr. of Laws |
| McKay |
Emma Ray Riggs |
HD |
1954 Dr. of Humanities |
| Meiklejohn |
Alexander |
COM |
1937 |
| Merrill |
M.R. |
COM |
1965 |
| Merrill |
Milton Rees |
HD |
1970 Dr. of Humanities |
| Michaelson |
Charles Donald |
HD |
1962 Dr. of Science |
| Mills |
William ABilly@ |
COM/HD |
1999 Dr. of Humanities |
| Moe |
Edward O. |
HD |
1987 Dr. of Soc. Sci. |
| Moen |
Johanna |
HD |
1950 Dr. of Laws |
| Molina |
Mario J. |
HD |
2002 Dr. of Atmos. Science |
| Morgan |
William E. |
COM |
1962 |
| Mortimer |
Willaim James |
HD |
1998 Dr. of Humanities |
| Moulton |
Arthur W. |
COM |
1947 |
| Moyle |
Henry D. |
HD |
1961 Dr. of Humanities |
| Murphy |
Reg |
COM/HD |
1980 Dr. of Humanities |
| Musser |
Mrs. Burton W. |
HD |
1959 Dr. of Laws |
| Nelson |
A.C. |
COM |
1907 |
| Nelson |
Lowry |
HD |
1978 Dr. of Science |
| Nelson |
Russell M. |
HD |
1989 Dr. of Med. Sci. |
| Nibley |
Charles W. |
COM |
1911 |
| Nichols |
John R. |
COM |
1949 |
| Norris |
William C. |
COM/HD |
1984 Dr. of Science |
| Novak |
Ruth L. |
HD |
2004 Dr. of Science and Engineering |
| Olsen |
Don B. |
HD |
2000 Dr. of Agriculture |
| Olsen |
Merlin |
HD |
2004 Dr. of Business |
| Osguthorpe |
John E. |
HD |
1998 Dr. of Agriculture |
| Packer |
Boyd K. |
HD |
1996 Dr. of Humanities |
| Page |
Louise |
HD |
1980 Dr. of Science |
| Palmer |
William R. |
HD |
1952 |
| Parry |
Robert W. |
HD |
1985 Dr. of Science |
| Pedersen |
N.A. |
COM |
1945 |
| Pedersen |
Nels Alvin |
HD |
1962 Dr. of Humanities |
| Pelczar, Jr. |
Michael J. |
COM/HD |
1986 Dr. of Science |
| Petersen |
T.S. |
COM |
1957 |
| Peterson |
Dean Freeman III |
HD |
1978 Dr. of Science |
| Peterson |
Elmer George |
HD |
1945 Dr. of Laws |
| Peterson |
Esther |
COM/HD |
1985 Dr. of Consumer Affairs |
| Peterson |
Phoebe N.(Mrs EG) |
HD |
1947 Dr. of Humanities |
| Peterson |
William |
HD |
1947 Dr. of Science |
| Pett |
L.F. |
COM |
1958 |
| Phillips |
Lucy Ann |
HD |
1965 Dr. of Humanities |
| Platt |
John R. |
HD |
1974 Dr. of Psychology |
| Plowman |
R. Dean |
HD |
1996 Dr. of Ag Sciences |
| Plowman |
Rex G. |
HD |
1984 Dr. of Humanities |
| Powers |
Orlando W. |
COM |
1910 |
| Price |
Jay H. |
HD |
1993 Dr. of Accounting |
| Quinney |
Samuel Joe |
HD |
1976 Dr. of Laws |
| Rallison |
Richard D. |
HD |
1995 |
| Rampton |
Calvin L. |
HD |
1977 Dr. of Laws |
| Rampton |
Lucybeth Cardon |
HD |
1974 Dr. of Humanities |
| Raubenheimer |
Albert Sydney |
COM |
1954 |
| Rector |
Hartman Jr. |
HD |
1977 Dr. of Humanities |
| Reed |
Joseph Verner |
HD |
1991 Dr. of Laws |
| Reeder |
Ella V. |
HD |
1953 Dr. of Humanities |
| Reeve |
Eldrow |
HD |
1990 Dr. of Agribusiness |
| Reid |
Harry |
HD |
2002 Dr. of Political Science |
| Revelle |
Roger |
HD |
1976 Dr. of Science |
| Richards |
LeGrande |
HD |
1964 Dr. of Humanities |
| Richards |
Lorenzo A. |
HD |
1974 Dr. of Science |
| Richards |
Stephen L. |
COM |
1920 |
| Richards |
Stephen L. |
COM |
1948 |
| Richardson |
Ralph W. Jr. |
HD |
1979 Dr. of Science |
| Ritchey |
Harold W. |
HD |
1961 Dr. of Science |
| Robins |
W.B. |
HD |
1983 Dr. of Agribusiness |
| Romney |
Ernest Lowell |
HD |
1960 Dr. of Humanities |
| Salisbury |
Norman D. |
HD |
1972 Dr. of Business Adm |
| Sanborn |
Jeremiah W. |
COM |
1926 |
| Sanborn |
Jeremiah W. |
HD |
1915 Dr. of Laws |
| Sanders |
Newell V. |
HD |
1964 Dr. of Laws |
| Schlesinger |
Arthur M. Jr. |
COM/HD |
1978 Dr. of Education |
| Schreiner |
Alexander |
HD |
1974 Dr. of Fine Arts |
| Schriever |
Bernard A. |
HD |
1995 |
| Scripps |
James G. |
HD |
1983 Dr. of Humanities |
| Sesaweech |
Tweesackdi |
HD |
1997 Dr. of Agric Science |
| Shaw |
Byron Thomas |
HD |
1957 Dr. of Laws |
| Shingo |
Shigeo |
HD |
1988 Dr. of Management |
| Simons |
Daryl B. |
CH |
1985 DA/Col. of Eng. |
| Simpkin |
P.A. |
COM |
1919 |
| Simplot |
J. R. |
HD |
2001 Dr. of Agricultural Sci. & Food Industry |
| Smith |
Terry |
HD |
1993 Dr. Geo & Earth Sci |
| Sonne |
Alma |
HD |
1971 Dr. of Laws |
| Sowell |
Thomas |
COM/HD |
1989 Dr. of Letters |
| Spendlove |
Rex S. |
HD |
1989 Doctor of Science |
| Sproul |
Robert Gordon |
COM |
1938 |
| Spry |
William |
COM |
1913 |
| Spry |
William |
COM |
1909 |
| Spry |
William |
COM |
1912 |
| Staheli |
Donald L. |
HD |
1998 Dr. of Agribusiness |
| Stegner |
Wallace Earle |
COM/HD |
1972 Dr. of Literature |
| Stephens |
Frank B. |
COM |
1923 |
| Stephens |
Frank B. |
COM |
1933 |
| Stone |
James M. |
HD |
1972 Dr. of Science |
| Swenson |
May |
HD |
1987 Dr. of Letters |
| Swinyard |
Ewart A. |
HD |
1983 Dr. of Science |
| Taggart |
Glen L. |
COM/HD |
1979 Dr. of Humanities |
| Tanner |
Obert C. |
HD |
1968 Dr. of Humanities |
| Thomas |
Bert L. |
HD |
1977 Dr. of Business |
| Thomas |
Elbert D. |
COM |
1941 |
| Thompson |
W.O. |
COM |
1932 |
| Thorne |
Alison C. |
HD |
2000 Dr. of Family and Consumer Science |
| Thorne |
David Wynne |
HD |
1975 Dr. of Science |
| Thorne |
Kip S. |
COM |
2000 Dr. of Science |
| Udall |
Stewart Lee |
COM/HD |
1966 Dr. of Laws |
| Upham |
A.H. |
COM |
1922 |
| Van Alstyne |
Arvo |
HD |
1985 Dr. of Laws |
| Van Kampen |
Kent R. |
HD |
1994 |
| Vanocur |
Sander |
COM/HD |
1977 Dr. of Humanities |
| Varian |
C.S. |
COM |
1903 |
| Varner |
Durward B. |
COM/HD |
1976 Dr. of Science |
| Volcker |
Paul |
COM/HD |
1992 Dr. of Economics |
| Wallace |
Henry A. |
COM |
1934 |
| Wallace |
William R. |
HD |
1952 |
| Wallentine |
C. Booth |
HD |
2004 Dr. of Agriculture |
| Wanlass |
Kathryn Caine |
HD |
1995 |
| Warne |
William E. |
COM |
1959 |
| Watts |
Lyle F. |
HD |
1953 Dr. of Science |
| Weigand |
William K. Rev. |
HD |
1992 Dr. Social Science |
| Wells |
Heber M. (Gov) |
COM |
1903 |
| Wells |
Heber M. (Gov) |
COM |
1899 |
| West |
Allan M. |
HD |
1973 Dr. of Education |
| West |
Franklin L. |
HD |
1963 Dr. of Laws |
| Wheelon |
J.C. |
HD |
1915 MS of Sci. Agr. |
| Widstoe |
John A. |
HD |
1914 Dr. of Laws |
| Wilkinson |
Denys Haigh |
HD |
1975 Dr. of Science |
| Williams |
John Towner |
HD |
2001 Dr. of Music |
| Williams |
John W. |
HD |
2003 Dr. of Arts |
| Williams |
Terry Tempest |
HD |
2001 Dr. of Humanities |
| Wilson |
Owen Meredith |
COM/HD |
1969 Dr. of Humanities |
| Wittwer |
Sylvan H. |
HD |
1982 Dr. of Science |
| Wright |
Delbert F. |
COM |
1960 |
| Wynn |
Daniel Webster |
HD |
1975 Dr. of Humanities |
| Young |
Adele Christensen |
HD |
1998 Dr. of Education |
| Young |
Dale W. |
HD |
1998 Dr. of Agric Science |
| Zahedi |
Ardeshir |
HD |
1960 Dr. of Laws |
| Zobell |
Claude E. |
HD |
1980 Dr. of Science |
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