Honorary Degree Committee
Membership
| Name | Position | Represents | Term# | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luparell, Susan | Chair | Nursing | 1 | 6/25 |
| Thorsen, Andreas | Member | Business | 2 | 6/25 |
| Young, Greg | Member | Arts & Architecture | 1 | 6/27 |
| Cloninger, Mary | Member | Letters & Science | 1 | 6/27 |
| Poole, Geoffrey | Member | Agriculture | 1 | 6/26 |
| Decker, Kalli | Member | Education & HHD | 1 | 6/25 |
| Cairns, Doug | Member | Engineering | 2 | 6/25 |
Charge
Solicit and review nominations for the award of Honorary Doctorate degree, and submit recommendations of meritorious candidates for the consideration of the general faculty. No degree will be awarded without a favorable vote by the voting general faculty.
Meetings
Fall, as required
Membership
Voting Members: One faculty member from each of the seven instructional colleges.
Length of Term
Faculty members serve three year, staggered terms
Appointed By
President, from nominations submitted by the Dean of each college, and approved by Faculty Council.
Chair
Current--Andreas Thorsen
Title--Assistant Professor, Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Appointed By--President
Length of Term--Three years, renewable
Advisory To
President
Reports Due
Recommendations are due by the end of December.
Honorary Doctorate Recipients
| Year | Name | Doctorate Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | William Bradly Freeman | Science |
| Pliny Haine Hawkins | Science | |
| 1935 | Reno H. Sales | Science |
| Milburn Lincoln Wilson | Science | |
| 1936 | Robert Allen Cooley | Science |
| 1944 | Elizabeth Sterling Soule | Science |
| 1948 | Lindley Rathburn Durkee | Engineering |
| William Lee Popham | Science | |
| 1950 | Russel Marion Pickens | Science |
| Oris Vernon Wells | Science | |
| 1951 | Louis William Allard | Science |
| William Glenn Sloan | Engineering | |
| 1952 | Herman Janes Almquist | Science |
| John C. Taylor | Science | |
| Lysle Austin Wod | Engineering | |
| 1953 | Philip Vincent Cardon | Science |
| 1954 | Wallis Huidekoper | Laws |
| G. Ott Romney | Laws | |
| Samual Mott Souders Jr. | Engineering | |
| 1955 | Lester Cole | Laws |
| William S. Edsall | Engineering | |
| Caroline McGill | Science | |
| Juan De G. Rodriguez | Laws | |
| 1956 | Arthur C. Ford | Engineering |
| Robert B. Tootell | Laws | |
| 1957 | William Benton | Laws |
| Gladys Branegan Chalkley | Science | |
| Chester Huntley | Laws | |
| August Leroy Strand | Laws | |
| 1958 | Archibald Brown | Engineering |
| D. P. Fabrick | Laws | |
| 1959 | Daniel A. Fulton | Science |
| Dorothy M. Green | Letters | |
| George R. Milburn | Agriculture | |
| 1960 | Hadleigh Marsh | Laws |
| Jack Ellis Haynes | Letters | |
| 1961 | J. Hugo Aronson | Laws |
| Fred A. Buck | Engineering | |
| Frank Heikklila | Engineering | |
| Jeannette Rankin | Laws | |
| Jessie D. Schultz | Letters | |
| 1962 | Merle C. Gallagher | Laws |
| Alma Smith Jacobs | Letters | |
| James W. Moore | Laws | |
| Emmet J. Riley | Laws | |
| 1963 | George Baker Cummins | Science |
| Harriette E. Cushman | Agriculture | |
| Robert W. Shennum | Engineering | |
| 1964 | James J. Byrne | Engineering |
| Norman J. Holter | Science | |
| George Lund | Agriculture | |
| Alexander Warden | Letters | |
| 1965 | Robert Noble | Engineering |
| Alfred P. Thompson | Science | |
| 1966 | Paschal Clay Gaines | Science |
| Maurice R. Hilleman | Science | |
| Glen M. Kohls | Science | |
| Joseph S. Wright | Laws | |
| 1967 | Theodore Vern Buttrey | Letters |
| Willard W. Cochrane | Laws | |
| 1968 | Herbert Branch Foote | Science |
| Lester C. Hogan | Engineering | |
| John H. Morrison Sr. | Engineering | |
| Barney Old Coyote | Humane Letters | |
| Coit A. Suneson | Science | |
| Peter H. Voulkos | Humane Letters | |
| 1969 | Donald R. Bosley | Agriculture |
| Roland R. Renne | Human Letters | |
| 1971 | U. S. Grant Sharp | Science |
| Helen J. Souders | Science | |
| 1972 | James T. Bradbury | Science |
| Michael J. Mansfield | Letters | |
| Robert T. Stevens | Laws | |
| 1973 | Merrill T. Burlingame | Humane Letters |
| Eugene L. Grant | Agriculture | |
| Burton K. Wheeler | Laws | |
| 1974 | David Cochran | Engineering |
| Carolina E. Demugica | Humane Letters | |
| Hal G. Stearns | Humane Letters | |
| Rua Van Horn | Letters | |
| 1975 | Wallace E. Fisher | Engineering |
| Carl Kraenzel | Agriculture | |
| Anna Pearl Sherrick | Science | |
| 1976 | W. Norman Oswald | Engineering |
| Katherine Roy | Letters | |
| Louis Smith | Science | |
| Elmer Starch | Agriculture | |
| 1977 | A. B. Guthrie | Letters |
| William A. Johnstone | Education | |
| Maurice Kelso | Agriculture | |
| Mildred Leigh | Letters | |
| Carl Plumlee | Engineering | |
| 1978 | Allan Grant | Horticulture |
| Julius Heuschkel | Engineering | |
| Donald Jackson | Science | |
| Lee Metcalf Sen. | Laws Posthumous | |
| Bertha C. Olsen | Letters | |
| Frances Patten | Letters | |
| 1979 | James G. Cook | Science |
| Earl Barlow | Humane Letters | |
| Isabel M. Haynes | Humane Letters | |
| Edward B. Craney | Publication Service | |
| 1980 | Melbourne L. Jackson | Engineering |
| William L. Jellison | Science | |
| Norman F. MacLean | Letters | |
| Anne Zimmerman | Science | |
| 1981 | Henry E. Gardiner | Laws |
| Leslie M. Heathcote | Letters | |
| Maxine C. Johnson | Business Administration | |
| 1982 | Sami Wafi Dajani | Science |
| Richard Hugo | Letters | |
| Marjorie King | Education | |
| Frances Senska | Fine Arts | |
| Lester Thurlow | Humane Letters | |
| 1983 | John M. Opitz | Science |
| Christopher W. Parkening | Music | |
| Henry A. True Jr. | Engineering | |
| Leland J. Walker | Engineering | |
| 1984 | Ivan Doig | Letters |
| Richard G. Gray | Science | |
| George W. Noe | Engineering | |
| 1985 | Phillip D. Pallister | Science |
| Beatrice R. Taylor | Business Administration | |
| James C. Taylor | Business Administration | |
| 1986 | Leroy E. Hood | Science |
| Malcolm Long | Engineering | |
| Donald E. Losee | Science | |
| Allan J. McDonald | Engineering | |
| 1987 | Frank Dunkle | Science |
| Carol A. Lindeman | Nursing Science | |
| Wallace Stegner | Letters | |
| 1988 | Loren W. Acton | Science |
| Alberta Bair | Humane Letter | |
| Malcolm S. Knowles | Education | |
| Jack Waddell | Engineering | |
| 1989 | Roy E. Huffman | Agriculture |
| David B. Orser | Business | |
| 1990 | Gil Alexander | Science |
| Willy Burgdorfer | Science | |
| Jo Eleanor Elliott | Nursing Science | |
| 1991 | Norman W. Hollow | Business |
| Joe Sample | Fine Arts | |
| Mariam Sample | Fine Arts | |
| Kenneth E. Tait | Engineering | |
| 1992 | Margaret Kingsland | Humanities |
| Joseph P. McDonald | Education | |
| Paul Schmechel | Engineering | |
| Irving L. Weissman | Science | |
| 1993 | Joan Hoff | Letters |
| Charles Kuralt | Media | |
| Thomas McGuane | Letters | |
| Ray Woodward | Agriculture | |
| Robert C. Mathis | Engineering | |
| Dale Hougardy | Engineering | |
| A. T. Kersich | Engineering | |
| David Lee | Engineering | |
| 1994 | John C. Ewers | Letters |
| Roy M. Schwarz | Science | |
| R. E. Ted Turner | Business | |
| Edward Wheeler | Letters | |
| 1995 | Gennie Deweese | Fine Arts |
| John Schutter | Agriculture | |
| Melvin Pervais | Engineering | |
| Robert J. Sletten | Engineering | |
| Seiichi Uzarahashi | Business | |
| 1996 | Torlief Aasheim | Agriculture |
| Francis & Venus Bardanouve | Letters & Science | |
| Susan Scott Heyneman | Letters & Science | |
| George Horse Capture | Letters & Science | |
| 1997 | Marcia Hollandsworth | Agriculture |
| Bud Leuthold | Agriculture | |
| John Morrison | Engineering | |
| Paul Schullary | Letters | |
| 1998 | Deborah Butterfield | Arts |
| Lieutenant General Paul E. Funk | Engineering | |
| Virginia Martin | Arts | |
| David T. Mitchell | ||
| Eugene B. Thayer | Agriculture | |
| Robert Redford | Arts | |
| 1999 | Tom Brokaw | History & Philosophy |
| Elise Donahue | Letters & Science | |
| Eric Feaver | EHHD | |
| Patrick Hughes | Business and Engineering | |
| 2000 | David Kem | Engineering |
| David Quammen | Letters | |
| 2001 | Klein Gilhousen | Engineering |
| Walen F. "Bud" Lilly | Science | |
| James Welch | Letters | |
| 2002 | Elouise Cobell | Letters |
| Stuart Conner | Letters | |
| Whitney MacMillan | Letters | |
| Mary Munger | Nursing | |
| 2003 | Philip Beaumont, Sr | Education |
| Dorothy Eck | Letters | |
| Ralph Hutcheson | Science | |
| Robert Rodgers | Engineering | |
| 2004 | Norman Asbjornson | |
| Michael Frisina | Agriculture | |
| Michael Stickney | Science | |
| 2005 | Jim Christianson | Agriculture |
| Joel Long | Engineering | |
| Volney Steele | Science | |
| 2006 | Buck Brannaman | Agriculture |
| Jonathan Foote | Arts (Architecture) | |
| 2007 | James F Alderson | Business |
| Greg Richard Gianforte | Computer Science | |
| Adrienne Mayor | Letters | |
| John D Varley | Science | |
| 2008 | Jack R Anderson | Arts |
| Greg Mortenson | Letters | |
| Alma Hogan Snell | Letters | |
| Timothy M Swager | Science | |
| 2009 | Carole Falcon-Chandler | Education |
| George Keremedjiev | Computer Science | |
| 2010 | Willis Wetstein | Engineering |
| 2011 | Tim Barnard | Engineering |
| 2012 (Fall) | Robert Pirsig | Letters |
| 2012 (Spring) | Jake Jabs | Business |
| 2013 (Spring) | Diana Eck | Religious Studies |
| 2013 (Spring) | Helene Michael | Engineering |
| 2013 (Fall) | Philip Aaberg | Music |
| 2014 (Spring) | Donna Shalala | Nursing |
| 2014 (Spring) | Lee Whittlesey | History |
| 2014 (Fall) | Brooke Anderson | Letters |
| 2015 (Spring) | Bob Lee | Science |
| 2015 (Fall) | Michael McFaul | Letters |
| 2016 (Spring) | Jean Sweeney | Engineering |
| Will Weaver | Education | |
| 2016 (Fall) | John Heminway | Arts |
| 2017 (Spring) | Paul Melvin | Arts |
| 2017 (Fall) | Dan Wenk | Letters |
| 2018 (Spring) | Bill Pullman | Arts |
| Martin Goldsmith | Arts | |
| 2018 (Fall) | Lynette Stein Chandler | Letters |
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2019 (Spring) |
Sheila Stearns | Humane Letters |
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2019 (Fall) |
Mike Clark | Humane Letters |
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2021 (Spring) |
William Tietz | Humane Letters |
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Todd Garrison | Humane Letters |
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2021 (Fall) |
Taylor Brown | Humane Letters |
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2022 (Spring) |
Judge Sidney Thomas | Humane Letters |
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Chuck Johnson | Humane Letters |
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2022 (Fall) |
Alexander E. MacDonald | Humane Letters |
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2023 (Spring) |
Carol Glenn Lalani | Arts |
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Robyn Jones | Humane Letters |
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2023 (Fall) |
Erik Funk | Arts |