| WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY | |||
| HONORARY DOCTORATES CONFERRED, BY DATE OF AWARD | |||
| Year | Honoree (Degree) | ||
| 1842 | |||
| William C. Preston (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1843 | |||
| John Hendren (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Andrew Herron (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John McElhenny (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1847 | |||
| Ebenezer Pressly (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Samuel Williamson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1849 | |||
| Henry Ruffner (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1850 | |||
| James Moore Brown (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1851 | |||
| John W. Brockenbrough (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John B. Minor (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1852 | |||
| Richard Armstrong (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| J. Calvin Grier (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Elias Harrison (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| M. L. Staunton (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1853 | |||
| John Grammar (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1854 | |||
| Arthur Hopkins (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William Leigh (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Lucas P. Thompson (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1856 | |||
| John H. Bocock (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1857 | |||
| John M. P. Atkinson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1859 | |||
| James B. Ramsay (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| (The Board also approved six honorary Master of Arts degrees for William H. Brooks, Andrew J. Hayslett, David G. Houston, David E. Laird, Jonathan H. Moore and Bennet W. Moseley. These degrees have not been included in the counts of this report.) | |||
| 1860 | |||
| (The Board approved an honorary Master of Arts degree for C. Baker Davidson. This degree has not been included in the counts of this report.) | |||
| 1865 | |||
| (The Board approved two honorary Master of Arts degrees for Carter Harris and James J. White. These degrees have not been included in the counts of this report.) | |||
| 1866 | |||
| (The Board approved four honorary Master of Arts degrees for Harry Estill, H. Ruffner Morrison, John William Reily and William M. Wilson. These degrees have not been included in the counts of this report.) | |||
| (At this point in the records, a gap occurs in the awarding of honorary degrees. It is unlikely that honorary degrees were awarded during this period. The Board, several times during the interim, debated the awarding of honorary degrees. | |||
| 1872 | |||
| The minutes of the June 26-27, 1872, meeting include the following entries: | |||
| "12. That it is deemed inexpedient to take any action, looking to the adoption of a special policy in conferring honorary degrees. The Faculty, however, are invited to make, from time to time, such nominations as they may judge suitable, under the restrictions presented in their report." | |||
| Also, "Prof I. L. Kirkpatrick, present by invitation, was called upon to put the Board more fully in possession of the views & wishes of the Faculty with regard to the granting of Hon. degrees. After Prof. K. has addressed the Board at some length & had retired, the Board discussed very fully the whole question and then in motion agreed to confer the following degrees...") | |||
| 1872 | |||
| William T. Joynes (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Alexander McAusland (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Richard C. L. Moncure (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Thomas L. Preston (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1873 | |||
| Judah P. Benjamin (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John A. Campbell (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Joseph Cottrell (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| H. Herbert Harris (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Samuel R. Houston (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Percival (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John W. Pratt (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1874 | |||
| Vincent L. Bradford (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Nahum Capen (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| J. William Jones (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William F. Junkin (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Kinnear (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| James T. Leftwich (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Richard R. Mason (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| R. H. McKim (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Samuel Rodgers (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William Henry Ruffner (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1875 | |||
| W. G. Coe (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William Preston Johnston (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Charles O'Conor (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Kensey J. Stewart (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| C. R. Vaughan (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| M. B. Wharton (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1876 | |||
| Wood Bouldin (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Charles Mackay (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1877 | |||
| Richard T. Davis (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| James Neilson Lea (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| A. D. Pollock (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Hugh W. Sheffey (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1878 | |||
| Alexander J. Beresford-Hope (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John R. Bowman (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| T. T. Eaton (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| R. S. McCulloch (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Kinloch Nelson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rt.-Rev. George W. Peterkin (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| G. B. Strickler (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1879 | |||
| Franklin B. Gowen (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Frederick George Lee (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Robert M. Wallace (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Henry M. White (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1880 | |||
| J. G. Armstrong (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Vincent L. Bradford (Doctor of Literature ?) | |||
| Matthew L. Lacy (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| James Scott (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Welsh (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1881 | |||
| Thomas T. Everett (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| G. Watson James (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| L. O. C. Lamar (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rodes Massie (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Col. J. T. L. Preston (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| David W. Shanks (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1882 | |||
| George W. Cable (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Henry E. Dwight (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Paul H. Hayne (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John J. Lafferty (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Judge Robert Ould (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1883 | |||
| Walter Blair (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| John G. Carlisle (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John W. Daniel (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Thomas E. Peck (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Charles R. Van Romondt (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Col. Scott Shipp (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| 1884 | |||
| James T. Latimer (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rt.-Rev. A. M. Randolph (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1885 | |||
| E. C. Burks (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John Hall ((Doctor of Laws) | |||
| W. W. Landrum (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| W. A. Leonard (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| D. M. Rankin (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Lawrence Rust (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John P. Strider (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| James A. Waddell (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| W. A. Wade (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rt.-Rev. A. W. Wilson (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1886 | |||
| George D. Armstrong (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Samuel Brown (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| A. C. Dixon (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Moses D. Hoge (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Clements R. Markham (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| J. H. Waugh (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1887 | |||
| J. S. Gardner (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| James Grammer (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Robert P. Ker (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| A. K. McClure (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Thomas Nelson Page (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| J. R. Sampey (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1888 | |||
| Rev. W. A. Campbell (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. E. C. Dargan (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| J. H. Gilmore (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William Wirt Henry (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. S. S. Lambeth (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| W. T. McAusland (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. J. W. Rosebro (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. Henderson Suter (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Robert Watts (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1889 | |||
| Rev. Alexander Alison (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| E. A. Allen (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| James H. Dillard (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Rev. G. W. Finley (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| T. M. Jackson (Doctor of Science) | |||
| Rev. J. A. Kern (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Samuel Marsh (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. W. M. McPheeters (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. E. A. Renouf (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William Taylor Thom (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Joseph Addison Waddell (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1890 | |||
| Edmund Pendleton (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1891 | |||
| (None awarded) | |||
| 1892 | |||
| Rev. A. M. Cackley (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. R. H. Fleming (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. J. H. Hundley (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. Samuel MacCaullay Jackson (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. S. S. Moore (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rt. Rev. George W. Peterkin (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. J. A. Preston (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Judge William J. Robertson (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1893 | |||
| S. Z. Ammen (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| G. W. Beale (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| A. R. Cocke (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Mercer P. Logan (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John McGill (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| G. H. Ray (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| General Scott Shipp (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Hannis Taylor (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1894 | |||
| L. G. Barbour (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Alcee Fortier (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| William Strother Jones (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| J. J. Lloyd (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Paul L. Menzel (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Roger Q. Mills (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| George C. Vanderslice (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1895 | |||
| Carter Helm Jones (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| E. W. McCorkle (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Alexander W. Sproull (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| June 1896 | |||
| Daniel Blain (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Chamberlain (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Charles S. Hamlin (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William Lindsay (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rt.-Rev. John B. Newton (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rt.-Rev. James R. Winchester (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1897 | |||
| F. J. Brooke (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| T. M. Carson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| General W. P. Craighill (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| James A. Harrison (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Frank Page (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1898 | |||
| William McFaddin Alexander (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| E. B. Kruttschnitt (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Oscar Strauss (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Goodridge A. Wilson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1899 | |||
| Lt.-Col. F. G. R. Henderson (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John S. Lindsay (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Harrison Randolph (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Charles S. M. See (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1900 | |||
| Gen. W. F. Draper (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| W. L. Prather (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Thomas H. Somerville (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1901 | |||
| (None awarded) | |||
| 1902 | |||
| Lyman Hall (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| James Keith (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1903 | |||
| Robert E. Blackwell (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| A. B. Kinsolving (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| F. T. McFaden (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| W. M. Morrison (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| George Foster Peabody (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Edward M. Shepard (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1904 | |||
| Brown Ayres (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| L. M. Blackford (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rt.Rev. W. L. Gravatt (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Frank W. Lewis (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| W. T. Price (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Herbert Welsh (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| W. McC. White (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1905 | |||
| Berryman Green (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Robert S. McCormick (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| W. H. Pleasants (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Isodor Straus (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1906 | |||
| D. L. Anderson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Helm Bruce (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Edward W. Carmack (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Archdeacon Elliott (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Howard A. Kelly (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| R. K. Massie (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Kenneth G. Matheson (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Alexander Lockhart Nelson (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Thomas Nelson Page (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Benjamin Sledd (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Oswald Garrison Villard (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| 1907 | |||
| Joseph Bryan (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John M. Glenn (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Hamilton Wright Mabie (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William A. MacCorkle (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Sidney Turner Moreland (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1908 | |||
| Philip Alexander Bruce (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Collins Denny (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Yates Downhan (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Robert Latham Owen ((Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John Langhorne Williams (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| 1909 | |||
| John Caldwell Calhoun (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Wade Hampton Ellis (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Abram David Pollock Gilmour (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Everard Meade (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| George Frederick Parker (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Absalom Sydenstricker (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1910 | |||
| George Earle Chamberlain (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William Mead Clark (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Henry Tucker Graham (Doctor of Divinty) | |||
| William Uhler Hensel (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Harry Bertram Lewis (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Edward R. Leyburn (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1911 | |||
| Jonathan W. Bachman (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Stewart Bryan (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Merle D'Aubigne (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Charles Alfred Graves (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William Soule Hammond (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Joseph Rucker Lamar (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Henry Bedinger Lee (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1912 | |||
| Thomas A. Ashley (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Gamaliel Bradford (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Gaillard Hunt (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Harry White Myers (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Archer A. Plegar (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1913 | |||
| Charles Beattie Alexander (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Wilbur Cosby Bell (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| George Hutcheson Denny (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Francis T. A. Junkin (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Duncan Campbell Lyle (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Brown Craig Patterson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Alfred P. Thom (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1914 | |||
| J. Mercer Blain (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Josephus Daniels (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Milton W. Humphreys (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Holmes Rolston (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| W. D. Smith (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1915 | |||
| J. E. Booker (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Charles William Dabney (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John William Davis (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rt.-Rev. Robert Carter Jett (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| J. A. McMurray (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William Reynolds Vance (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1916 | |||
| Benjamin L. Ancell (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Henry W. Anderson (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Newton D. Baker (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Charles H. Grasty (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| L. E. Johnson (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| Julius Kruttschnitt (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| Hugh W. White (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1917 | |||
| Walter E. Addison (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Edward D. Colston (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Charles G. Crooks (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Joseph D. Eggleston (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Isham Randolph (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| Charles R. Stribling (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John M. Wells (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1918 | |||
| Henry D. Flood (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William A. Glasgow (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Henry W. McLaughlin (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Charles F. Myers (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Wilfred Weaver Shaw (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William A. Webb (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1919 | |||
| Douglas Southall Freeman (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1920 | |||
| Judge Martin P. Burks (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Samuel M. Glasgow (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Addison Hogue (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| J. B. Massy (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| James A. McClure (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William Gibson Pendleton (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1921 | |||
| Westmoreland Davis (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Charles Payne Fenner (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Carter Glass (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Harry Waddell Pratt (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William Chester White (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1922 | |||
| John Thomas Trible Hundley (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| General E. W. Nichols (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William McQuown Thompson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Edward Virginius Valentine (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1923 | |||
| John William Claudy (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Henry Day (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Armistead Churchill Gordon (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Thomas H. Harvey (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Leonidas Willson Irwin (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Daniel Penick Junkin (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Joseph Luther Kelly (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| 1924 | |||
| Matthew Page Andrews (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| William Waddell Arrowood (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Sanford Cohen (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Edward Theodore Dumble (Doctor of Science) | |||
| LeRoy Gresham (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Robert Alberti Lapsley, Jr. (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rt.-Rev. William G. McDowell (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1925 | |||
| W. E. Davis (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Churchill J. Gibson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Edward Christian Glass (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| James Melvin Lee (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| George A. Wauchope (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Twyman Williams (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| 1926 | |||
| Robert Morton Hughes (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. Donald William McDowell MacCluer (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. Charles Chamberlin McNeill (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Barton Payne (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. Edward Everett Smith (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| June 7, 1927 | |||
| Martin Wilie Littleton (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. Willis Wilkinson Memminger (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. Joseph James Murray (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| June 5, 1928 | |||
| Rev. Cary Randolph Blain (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Hon. Harry Flood Byrd (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| Herbert Ferrell Fitzpatrick (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. Graham Gilmer (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. William Thomson Hanzsche (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Holladay Latané (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. William Thurmond Rivière (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| June 4, 1929 | |||
| William Horner Cocke (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| LeRoy Hodges (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| Henry Winston Holt (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. Asa Richard Larrick (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| William Robertson Perkins (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. Oscar deWolfe Randolph (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. Hubert Sydenstricker (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| June 3, 1930 | |||
| Homer Lenoir Ferguson (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| Arthur Graham Glasgow (Doctor of Science) | |||
| Rev. Glenn Gordon Martin (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. Robert Whitfield Miles (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Robert Baylor Tunstall (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| June 9, 1931 | |||
| Rev. Vincent Chesley Franks (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| General John Archer Lejeune (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Frank Orren Lowden (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Merlen Edwin Pew (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| William Thomas Reed (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| Archibald Rutledge (Doctor of Literature) | |||
| June 7, 1932 | |||
| Rev. Robert McElwee Firebaugh (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| John Clement Fitzpatrick (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Rev. Devall Langhorne Gwathmey (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Colonel Edgar Erskine Hume (Doctor of Science) | |||
| Rev. William McElwee Miller (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Governor John Garland Pollard (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Hon. Louis Arthur Watres (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| June 6, 1933 | |||
| Douglas Smith Anderson (Doctor of Science) | |||
| Rev. Kenneth Joseph Foreman (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Judge Duncan Lawrence Groner (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John Hill Morgan (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| John Lloyd Newcomb (Doctor of Science) | |||
| Rev. Herbert Stabler Osburn (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Sir Joseph Charles Stamp (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. Francis Campbell Symonds (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Ernest Trice Thompson (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| June 5, 1934 | |||
| Rev. Oscar Vance Armstrong (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Rev. Reginald Victor Bennett (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Bennett Champ Clark (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Rev. Charles Sylvester Green (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Scott Marion Loftin (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Charles Delahunt Mahaffie (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| Effingham Buckley Morris (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| June 7, 1935 | |||
| Oscar Caperton Huffman (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| Allen Nevins (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Henry Taylor Wickham (Doctor of Laws) | |||
| June 12, 1936 | |||
| Rev. Thomas William Fawthrop (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| Junius Parker Fishburn (Doctor of Commercial Science) | |||
| William Taylor Thom, Jr. (Doctor of Science) | |||
| Rev. LeRoy Thompson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||
| June 11, 1937 | |||
| James Brian Bell, Jr. (Doctor of Letters) | |||
| Craig Houston Patterson (Doctor of Divinity) | |||