Honorary Degree Recipients
| May, 1967 | Rev. Augustine Trape, O.S.A. (Deceased) Mrs. M.L. Maytag McCahill (Deceased) Dr. Stephen O’Connell |
| March, 1968 | Archbishop Coleman Carroll |
| May, 1969 | Robert F. Mackle Sister M. Dorothy Browne, O.P., Ph.D. Rev. Edward J. McCarthy, O.S.A., Ph.D. |
| May, 1970 | Mr. Joseph Robbie George Coury (Deceased) Honorable C. Clyde Atkins |
| May, 1971 | Ellen Whiteside McDonnell Dr. Thomas Carney Joseph M Fitzgerald, Esq. |
| May, 1972 | Larry Little Claire Weintraub (Deceased) Kenneth W. Whittaker, Esq. |
| May, 1973 | Honorable Edward J. Gurney Dr. Bernardo Benes |
| May, 1974 | Donald F. Shula Mr. Leonard Abess Rev. Monsignor R. Donald Kieman Charles H. Hellstadt (Deceased) |
| May, 1975 | Jeanne Bellamy Honorable Peter T. Fay Thomas D. Lumpkin Honorable Fred Zollner Horacio Aquirre |
| May, 1976 | Loren Murphy Berry (Deceased) Polly de Hirsch Meyer Charles Dascal |
| May, 1977 | His Excellency Eduardo Boza Masvidal- Venezuela Dr. Pedro Martinez-Fraga Dr. Manuel Viamonte, Jr. |
| January, 1978 | Dr. Pedro Diaz-Maestre |
| May, 1978 | Sister Lucia Ceccotti Dr. Pedro P. Diaz-Maestre |
| January, 1979 | Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy |
| May, 1979 | Very Rev. Harry A. Cassel, O.S.A. |
| January, 1980 | Bishop John J. Nevins James W. Kindelan |
| May, 1980 | James W. McLamore Rev. John J. Farrell, O.S.A. |
| January, 1981 | Joseph Fogarty, Jr. LL.D. Bishop Agustin Roman, L.H.D. Senator Paula Hawkins, LL.D. Alphonso Fanjul, L.H.D. (Deceased) |
| Awards, 1981 | Dr. Leo Brophy, Prof. Emeritus Dr. Mercedes Garcia-Tuduri, Prof. Emeritus Joseph Fitzgerald, Trustee Emeritus Joseph Robbie, Trustee Emeritus Rev William J. Carney, O.S.A. |
| May, 1982 | Rev. George Burnell, O.S.A. Governor Robert Graham Dr. Mercedes Scopetta |
| May, 1983 | Rev. Christian Retera, O.S.A. |
| September, 1983 | Dr. Vernon A. Walters |
| November, 1983 | Rev. Charles McFadden Dr. John Bradley |
| May, 1984 | Sean McBride James O’Malia (Deceased) Soia Mentchikoff Ambassador David Walters Daeshik Kim |
| Special Awards , 1984 | Dr. Marie Vargas Dr. Raul Shelton Richard McVoy |
| June, 1984 | Taisoo Chung |
| June, 1984 | His Excellency Hakim |
| October, 1984 | Jim Bishop John Lenczkowski |
| May, 1985 | Very Rev. Ralph Firneno Very Rev. Martin Nolan, O.S.A. Mrs. Marie Palmer Dr. Charles Unkovic |
| Special Awards, 1985 | Dr. Joseph Hoy Dr. Jose Freire Teresita Castillo |
| February, 1986 | Dr. Mary Reed Newland R. Sargent Shriver , LL. D. |
| May, 1986 | Archbishop Justin Rigali, LL.D. |
| Special Awards, 1986 | Victor Citarella Estella Roque |
| October, 1986 | Ambassador Alberto Piedra |
| December, 1986 | Thomas T. S. Liang |
| January 1987 | Maxwell M. Rabb Dr. Manuel Coya (Deceased) Carlos Arboleya |
| May, 1987 | Charles Feinberg, L.H.D. |
| June, 1987 | Martin Taplin (30th) Jae Ryun Kim (22nd) |
| May, 1988 | Robert Martinez Dr. Charles B. Reed Justice Raymond Erlich (L.S.) |
| September, 1988 | Brother Paul Johnson |
| May, 1989 | Rev. William J. Byron, S.J. Marjory Stoneman Douglas Rev. John F. Kelly, O.S.A. |
| September, 1989 | Rabbi Irving Lehrman |
| August, 1989 | Dr. Luis Botifol |
| May, 1990 | Bishop Norbert Dorsey |
| May, 1991 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Speaker Ambassador Andres Vargas-Gomez, Special Recognition Dr. Marie Vargas-Gomez, Special Recognition |
| May, 1992 | Frank Capra, Posthumously Honorable James Lawrence King Dr. Pedro Jose Greer Kenneth L. Woodward, Speaker |
| May, 1993 | Leona Cooper Rev. Javier Campos Fernandez, De Sevilla, O.S.A. Honorable Peter T. Fay, Speaker |
| May, 1994 | Thomas Berry, Ph.D. Edward Villella |
| May, 1995 | Blasa Edita Rojo P. Alan Smurfit |
| May, 1996 | Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh Miguel Cardinal Obando-Bravo |
| May, 1997 | Ron Cochran (Deceased) Madeleine A. Paulson Tommy LaSorda (Deceased) Dr. Walter Thomas Richardson |
| May, 1998 | Dr. John Arthur Hoyt Mr. Samuel F. Morrison Honorable Alex Penelas |
| May, 1999 | James Judd George Goldbloom |
| May, 2000 | Frank R. Esposito, Trustee Emeritus Sr. Alice Gallin, OSU, PhD Honorable Connie Mack |
| May, 2001 | Ernest J. Gaines Emilio F. Martinez Enid Curtis Pinkney Carlos Jose Sanchez Diaz |
| May, 2002 | Araceli Cantero Guibert |
| May, 2003 | Wilfredo “Willy” Chirino M. Athalie Range |
| May, 2004 | Merritt Stiefheim Jennifer Valoppi |
| May, 2005 | Tom Pennekamp Deacon Patrick Graybill Marian de la Fuente |
| October 2006 | Renato Cardinal Martino |
| May, 2007 | T. Boone Pickens |
| May, 2011 | Miguel H. Diaz |
| May, 2012 | Rev. Anthony M. Genovese, O.S.A. |
| December 2012 | Miguel (Mike) Fernandez |
| May 2013 | Sister Elizabeth Worley Ms. Shirley Gibson Mr. Gregory Swienton |
| May 2014 | Ms. Edwidge Danticat |
| May 2015 | Mr. Stanley G. Tate |
| May 2016 | Emilio Cueto Rev. John T. Butler, S.j. |
| May 2019 | John J. Dooner Jr. |
| May 2020 | Gus Machado Lilliam Machado |
| May 2022 | Andrew Elisburg Mother Adela Galindo Michael Leach |
| May 2023 | Liliam M. López Michael Kelly |
