{"id":1601,"date":"2023-05-09T08:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=1601"},"modified":"2025-01-23T21:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T21:15:45","slug":"honorary-degree-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/honorary-degree-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorary degree recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Clark University first granted honorary degrees in 1899, recognizing five eminent European scientists. For the next two decades, Clark granted honorary degrees only three more times \u2014 in 1902, 1905, and 1909. Starting in the 1920s, Clark began presenting honorary degrees every few years; the honors became an annual tradition in 1937.<\/p>\n\n\n

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2020\u2013Present<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Esther
Esther Duflo<\/a>
Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, MIT<\/div>
LL.D., 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ari
Ari Shapiro<\/a>
Journalist and three time Edward R. Murrow award recipient<\/div>
L.H.D., 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert
Robert Bullard<\/a>
Widely acclaimed \u201cFather of Environmental Justice;\u201d distinguished professor, Texas Southern University<\/div>
L.H.D., 2024<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sean
Sean Carroll<\/a>
Emmy-winning film producer; distinguished professor, University of Maryland<\/div>
D.Sc., 2024<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Akiko
Akiko Iwasaki<\/a>
COVID-19 expert and scholar; professor, Yale University School of Medicine<\/div>
D.Sc., 2024<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Michael
Michel Nischan<\/a>
Sustainable food activist; founder and CEO of Wholesome Crave<\/div>
L.H.D., 2024<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ron
Ronald Carter<\/a>
Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist; distinguished professor emeritus, CCNY<\/div>
F.A.D., 2023<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ruth
Ruth Wilson Gilmore<\/a>
Pioneer in carceral geography; professor, City University of New York<\/div>
L.H.D., 2023<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert
Robert D. Putnam<\/a>
Political scientist and professor, Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School of Government<\/div>
L.H.D., 2023<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"David
David Angel<\/a>
Clark\u2019s ninth president, who championed a liberal arts curriculum; geographer<\/div>
L.H.D., 2022<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mary
Mary Frances Berry<\/a>
Civil rights leader, writer, historian, and professor, University of Pennsylvania<\/div>
LL.D., 2022<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Annette
Annette Gordon-Reed<\/a>
Pulitzer Prize-winner (\u201cThe Hemingses of Monticello\u201d) and Harvard historian<\/div>
LL.D., 2022<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Doug
Doug Wright<\/a>
Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright (\u201cI Am My Own Wife\u201d)<\/div>
F.A.D., 2022<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"James
James P. McGovern<\/a>
U.S. congressman from Worcester<\/div>
L.H.D., 2021<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Liberat
Lib\u00e9rat Mfumukeko, MBA \u201994<\/a>
Former secretary-general of the East African Community<\/div>
L.H.D., 2021<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Naomi
Naomi Oreskes<\/a>
Geologist, science historian, author, and Harvard professor<\/div>
L.H.D., 2021<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2010\u20132019<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Jeffrey
Jeffrey Lurie \u201973<\/a>
Philadelphia Eagles owner and former Clark trustee<\/div>
L.H.D., 2019<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Martha
Martha C. Nussbaum<\/a>
Philosopher and professor, University of Chicago Law School<\/div>
L.H.D., 2019<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert
Robert Stevenish<\/a>
Clark trustee and business leader (J.C. Penney, Montgomery Ward, Modell\u2019s)<\/div>
L.H.D., 2019<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Susan
Susan Hanson<\/a>
Geographer and Clark professor emerita; honored in 75th year marking first class of undergraduate women at Clark<\/div>
L.H.D., 2018<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hauwa
Hauwa Ibrahim<\/a>
Nigerian human rights lawyer; honored in 75th year marking first class of undergraduate women at Clark<\/div>
L.H.D., 2018<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Christine
Christine Ortiz<\/a>
MIT engineering researcher; honored in 75th year marking first class of undergraduate women at Clark<\/div>
L.H.D., 2018<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mark
Mark Bittman \u201971<\/a>
Food author and columnist<\/div>
L.H.D., 2017<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Linda
Linda Greenhouse<\/a>
Pulitzer Prize-winning legal journalist and lecturer at Yale Law School<\/div>
LL.D., 2017<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Earl
Earl Lewis<\/a>
Historian and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation<\/div>
L.H.D., 2017<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Harriette
Harriette Chandler, M.A. \u201963, Ph.D. \u201973<\/a>
Longtime Massachusetts state senator from Worcester<\/div>
F.A.D., 2016<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Catalina
Catalina Escobar \u201993<\/a>
Founder and president of the Juan Felipe G\u00f3mez Escobar Foundation in Colombia<\/div>
L.H.D., 2016<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John
John Geanakoplos<\/a>
Economist, professor, and co-founder of the Hellenic Studies Program at Yale<\/div>
L.H.D., 2016<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Audrey
Audrey Flack<\/a>
Nationally recognized painter and sculptor and pioneer of photorealism<\/div>
F.A.D., 2015<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Matt
Matt Goldman \u201983, MBA \u201984<\/a>
Co-founder of Blue Man Group and Blue School<\/div>
L.H.D., 2015<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Francis
Francis K. Lelo, Ph.D. \u201994<\/a>
Climate change expert and vice chancellor of Laikipia University in Kenya<\/div>
L.H.D., 2015<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Michael
Michael Crow<\/a>
President of Arizona State University<\/div>
L.H.D., 2014<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Cynthia
Cynthia Enloe<\/a>
Feminist writer, theorist, and Clark research professor<\/div>
L.H.D., 2014<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ben
Ron Shaich \u201976<\/a>
Entrepreneur, founder of Panera Bread, and Clark trustee<\/div>
L.H.D., 2014<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Summer
Sumner B. (Tony) Tilton Jr.<\/a>
Attorney and Clark trustee<\/div>
LL.D., 2013<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carolyn
Carolyn Mugar<\/a>
Armenian-American environmental activist<\/div>
L.H.D., 2013<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"S.
S. Paul Reville<\/a>
Massachusetts secretary of education and educational researcher<\/div>
L.H.D., 2013<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Michel
Michel Sidib\u00e9<\/a>
Executive director of UNAIDS<\/div>
L.H.D., 2013<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Donald
Donald Berwick<\/a>
Health policy expert; president and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement<\/div>
D.Sc., 2012<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William
William S. Mosakowski \u201976<\/a>
Founder of Public Consulting Group; Clark alumnus and trustee<\/div>
L.H.D., 2012<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carol
Carol Geary Schneider<\/a>
Association of American Colleges and Universities president; historian<\/div>
L.H.D., 2012<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ian
Ian Smillie<\/a>
Human rights activist focused on changing global diamond trade practices<\/div>
L.H.D., 2012<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John
John Bassett<\/a>
Clark\u2019s eighth president; scholar in English literature<\/div>
L.H.D., 2011<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jack
Jack Dangermond<\/a>
Founder of Esri and environmental scientist<\/div>
D.Sc., 2011<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Shirley
Shirley Brice Heath<\/a>
Linguistic anthropologist and Stanford professor<\/div>
L.H.D., 2011<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Alan
Alan Khazei<\/a>
Social entrepreneur and founder of City Year<\/div>
LL.D., 2011<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Richard

Richard Celeste<\/p>

President of Colorado College<\/div>
LL.D., 2010<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"D'Army
D\u2019Army Bailey \u201965<\/a>
Judge and civil rights activist<\/div>
LL.D., 2010<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jessie

Jessie Gruman<\/p>

Social psychologist and founder of the Center for Advancing Health<\/div>
D.Sc., 2010<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"James

James Welu<\/p>

Director of the Worcester Art Museum<\/div>
L.H.D., 2010<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2000\u20132009<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Lois

Lois B. Green, MPA \u201978<\/p>

Nonprofit consultant and UMass Medical faculty member; former Clark trustee<\/div>
L.H.D., 2009<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Steven

Steven A. Minter<\/p>

Philanthropist and former CEO, Cleveland Foundation<\/div>
L.H.D., 2009<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"David

David Ward<\/p>

Former president, American Council on Education<\/div>
L.H.D., 2009<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Christopher

Christopher Collier \u201951<\/p>

Historian, author, and professor<\/div>
L.H.D., 2008<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Vartan

Vartan Gregorian<\/p>

President of the Carnegie Corp., New York Public Library, and Brown University<\/div>
L.H.D., 2008<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Arthur

Arthur J. Remillard, Jr. \u201956<\/p>

Founder and former CEO and chair, Commerce Group<\/div>
L.H.D., 2008<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Diana

Diana Chapman Walsh<\/p>

Former president of Wellesley College<\/div>
L.H.D., 2008<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Peter

Peter Piot<\/p>

Influential Ebola and AIDS researcher; U.N. and World Health Organization leader<\/div>
L.H.D., 2007<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hervey

Hervey Ross \u201950<\/p>

Civic leader and Korean War veteran; Clark alumnus and benefactor<\/div>
L.H.D., 2007<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lee

Lee Shulman<\/p>

President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching<\/div>
L.H.D., 2007<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Frank

Frank Wilczek<\/p>

Nobel laureate, theoretical physicist, and MIT professor<\/div>
D.Sc., 2007<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Blenda

Blenda J. Wilson<\/p>

President of California State University, Northridge; oversaw rebuilding after quake<\/div>
L.H.D., 2007<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert J. Hurst \u201966<\/p>

Retired vice chairman of Goldman Sachs; Clark trustee<\/div>
L.H.D., 2006<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Paul

Paul R. Krugman<\/p>

Nobel laureate, economist, New York Times columnist, and CUNY professor<\/div>
L.H.D., 2006<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Claire

Clare Brett Smith<\/p>

President of Aid to Artisans, a non-profit organization<\/div>
L.H.D., 2006<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Evelyn

Evelyn M. Witkin, M.A. \u201943, Ph.D. \u201947<\/p>

Internationally recognized scientist and pioneer in field of DNA mutagenesis<\/div>
D.Sc., 2006<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"David

David S. Broder<\/p>

Pulitzer Prize-winning national political correspondent for The Washington Post<\/div>
L.H.D., 2005<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mary

Mary Walsh, M.A. \u201967, Ph.D. \u201974<\/p>

Psychologist, professor, and chair, Boston College<\/div>
D.Sc., 2005<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sam

Sam Bass Warner<\/p>

Professor emeritus, Brandeis University; expert on American urban history<\/div>
L.H.D., 2005<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"E.O.

E. O. Wilson<\/p>

Harvard biologist; Pulitzer Prize winner; pioneer in the study of social insects<\/div>
D.Sc., 2005<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Saul

Saul Cohen<\/p>

President emeritus of Queens College; led Clark\u2019s Graduate School of Geography<\/div>
L.H.D., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Abraham

Abraham Foxman<\/p>

National director of the Anti-Defamation League and antisemitism activist<\/div>
L.H.D., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ruth

Ruth Hubbard<\/p>

First woman to be awarded tenured position in biology at Harvard<\/div>
D.Sc., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Margaret

Margaret Marshall<\/p>

Massachusetts Supreme Court justice who wrote gay marriage decision<\/div>
LL.D., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Honorary

Annette Rafferty<\/p>

Co-founder of Abby\u2019s House, a women\u2019s homeless shelter in Worcester<\/div>
L.H.D., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mannque

Mannque Rho \u201960<\/p>

Award-winning, internationally recognized South Korean theoretical physicist<\/div>
D.Sc., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mark

Mark Shields<\/p>

Political columnist and commentator<\/div>
L.H.D., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Roberta Sigel, Ph.D. \u201948<\/p>

Political scientist and professor, Rutgers University<\/div>
L.H.D., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mesfin

Mesfin Woldemariam, Ph.D. \u201977<\/p>

Ethiopian political prisoner, human rights activist, professor, and geographer<\/div>
L.H.D., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edward

Edward Zigler<\/p>

Yale developmental psychologist who launched federal Head Start program<\/div>
D.Sc., 2003<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Bruce

Bruce Alberts<\/p>

Biochemist, editor-in-chief of Science, and National Academy of Sciences president<\/div>
D.Sc., 2001<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Emery

Emery Battis<\/p>

Broadway and Shakespeare Theatre Company actor; historian and author<\/div>
Litt.D., 2001<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Phyllis

Phyllis Franklin<\/p>

Advocate for the humanities and director of the Modern Language Association<\/div>
L.H.D., 2001<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gerald

Gerald Grob<\/p>

Rutgers University professor and historian of medicine and mental health<\/div>
Litt.D., 2001<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Holdren<\/p>

Harvard Kennedy School professor of environmental policy and program director<\/div>
D.Sc., 2001<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edna

Edna Aden Ismael<\/p>

Nurse midwife, activist, and first female foreign minister of Somaliland<\/div>
L.H.D., 2001<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Amartya

Amartya Sen<\/p>

Nobel laureate, economist, philosopher, and Harvard professor<\/div>
D.Sc., 2001<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Richard

Richard P. Traina<\/p>

Seventh president of Clark University; historian<\/div>
L.H.D., 2001<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edgar

Edgar F. Beckham<\/p>

Senior Fellow of the Association of American Colleges and Universities<\/div>
L.H.D., 2000<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jack

Jack K. Hale<\/p>

Georgia Tech mathematician focused on dynamical systems<\/div>
D.Sc., 2000<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Darlene

Darlene Christian Hoffman<\/p>

Nuclear chemist at University of California, Berkeley; advocate for women scientists<\/div>
D.Sc., 2000<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Kurt

Kurt L. Schmoke<\/p>

First African American elected mayor of Baltimore; lawyer and university president<\/div>
LL.D., 2000<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1990\u20131999<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Joel

Joel L. Lebowitz<\/p>

Rutgers mathematical physicist and co-chair of the Committee of Concerned Scientists<\/div>
D.Sc., 1999<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Annea

Annea Lockwood<\/p>

Vasser College professor and composer of electronic music<\/div>
F.A.D., 1999<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Deval

Deval Patrick<\/p>

Massachusetts civil rights lawyer and businessman, later serving as governor<\/div>
LL.D., 1999<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Julius Wilson<\/p>

Harvard sociologist, author, and National Medal of Science laureate<\/div>
L.H.D., 1999<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mark

Mark Gearan<\/p>

Director of the Peace Corps during the Clinton administration<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Maxwell

Maxwell Harway<\/p>

U.S. State Department economist who helped design the Marshall Plan<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Teresa

Teresa Heinz<\/p>

Chair of the Heinz Endowments and Heinz Family Philanthropies<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sara
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot<\/a>
Sociologist, education researcher, Harvard professor, and author<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Leon

Leon Lederman<\/p>

Nobel laureate, physicist, and director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory<\/div>
D.Sc., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mary

Mary Lekas \u201949<\/p>

Trailblazer for women pursuing the practice of medicine; practicing otolaryngologist<\/div>
D.Sc., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles

Charles MacCormack<\/p>

President and CEO of Save the Children<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ogretta

Ogretta Vaughn McNeil, Ph.D \u201967<\/p>

College of the Holy Cross psychologist and activist for diversity and inclusion<\/div>
M.C.S., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William McNeill<\/p>

University of Chicago scholar of world history and author of The Rise of the West<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ned

Ned O\u2019Gorman<\/p>

Chemist and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Shimon

Shimon Peres<\/p>

Israeli head of state and Nobel Peace Prize laureate<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Marion

Marion Pritchard<\/p>

Dutch social worker who rescued Jews during the Holocaust<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"F.
F. Sherwood Rowland<\/a>
Nobel laureate and chemist who studied ozone depletion<\/div>
D.Sc., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Irving

Irving Sigel, M.A. \u201948<\/p>

Research psychologist with the Educational Testing Service<\/div>
D.Sc., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Elie

Elie Wiesel<\/p>

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor<\/div>
L.H.D., 1996<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Roland

Roland Fuchs, M.A. \u201957, Ph.D. \u201959<\/p>

Geographer and vice rector, United Nations University\u2019s Development Studies division<\/div>
D.Sc., 1995<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gordon

Gordan T. Goodman<\/p>

Founding director, Stockholm Environment Institute<\/div>
D.Sc., 1995<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gilbert

Gilbert M. Grosvenor<\/p>

President and chair of board of the National Geographic Society<\/div>
L.H.D., 1995<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Chung-yum

Chung-yum Kim \u201959<\/p>

Statesman who championed South Korea\u2019s economic development<\/div>
LL.D., 1995<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"James

James Gustave Speth<\/p>

Environmental lawyer and co-founder, Natural Resources Defense Council<\/div>
LL.D., 1995<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Timothy

Timothy E. Wirth<\/p>

Former U.S. Democratic senator from Colorado serving in Clinton administration<\/div>
LL.D., 1995<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gwedolyn

Gwendolyn K. Bell, Ph.D. ’67<\/p>

Co-founder and president of the Computer Museum in Boston<\/div>
D.Sc., 1994<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Harry
Harry A. Blackmun<\/a>
U.S. Supreme Court justice who authored Roe v. Wade<\/div>
LL.D., 1994<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert MacNeil<\/p>

TV news journalist and co-anchor of PBS\u2019 MacNeil\/Lehrer NewsHour<\/div>
L.H.D., 1994<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Paul

Paul Tsongas<\/p>

U.S. senator from Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1994<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Betty
Betty Allen<\/a>
Opera singer and executive director of Harlem School of the Arts<\/div>
Litt.D., 1993<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lewis

Lewis R. Goldfrank \u201963<\/p>

Director of emergency services at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City<\/div>
L.H.D., 1993<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert
Robert W. Kates<\/a>
Pioneer in environmental hazards research and Clark geographer (1962-87)<\/div>
D.Sc., 1993<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Eric

C. Eric Lincoln<\/p>

Visiting professor of religion at Clark from Duke University; expert on the Black church<\/div>
L.H.D., 1993<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ann
Ann McKenny Early \u201946<\/a>
Teacher and member of Clark\u2019s first class to include women undergraduates<\/div>
L.H.D., 1992<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"\"

Madeleine May Kunin<\/p>

Vermont governor known for support of the environment, education, and children<\/div>
LL.D., 1992<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Marcus

Marcus A. McCorison<\/p>

President of the American Antiquarian Society; scholar of early American printing<\/div>
Litt.D., 1992<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Liberty

Liberty Mhlanga \u201964, M.A. \u201966<\/p>

Zimbabwe agriculture and development leader; Clark soccer All-America honors<\/div>
LL.D., 1992<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Saul
Saul Cohen<\/a>
President emeritus of Queens College; led Clark\u2019s Graduate School of Geography<\/div>
D.Sc., 1991<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Marian
Marian Wright Edelman<\/a>
Civil and children\u2019s rights activist and lawyer<\/div>
LL.D., 1991<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gerhart

Gerhart Friedlander<\/p>

Nuclear chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project<\/div>
D.Sc., 1991<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Seymour

Seymour Wapner<\/p>

Longtime Clark psychology professor and first provost; founded Academic Spree Day<\/div>
D.Sc., 1991<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Peter

Peter O. Willauer<\/p>

Founder of Hurricane Island Outward Bound School and transatlantic sailor<\/div>
L.H.D., 1991<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mary

Mary Ingraham Bunting-Smith<\/p>

Pioneer in university administration and science; second honorary degree at Clark<\/div>
L.H.D., 1990<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Stephen
Stephen Jay Gould<\/a>
Paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and best-selling author<\/div>
D.Sc., 1990<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Walter

Walter Henricks Hodge, A.B. 1934<\/p>

Economic botanist, collector of tropical plants worldwide, and Worcester native<\/div>
D.Sc., 1990<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jacques

Jacques Santer<\/p>

Prime minister of Luxembourg and member of the Christian Social People\u2019s Party<\/div>
LL.D., 1990<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1980\u20131989<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Oscar

Oscar Handlin<\/p>

Harvard historian who encouraged passage of Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965<\/div>
L.H.D., 1989<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Grace
Grace M. Hopper<\/a>
Computer scientist, mathematician, and U.S. Navy rear admiral<\/div>
D.Sc., 1989<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"LaSalle

LaSalle D. Leffall Jr.<\/p>

Surgeon, oncologist, professor, and chair, Howard University College of Medicine<\/div>
D.Sc., 1989<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sissela

Sissela Bok<\/p>

Professor of philosophy, Brandeis University; leading moral philosopher<\/div>
L.H.D., 1988<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lester

Lester R. Brown<\/p>

Worldwatch Institute founder; pioneered the concept of sustainable development<\/div>
L.H.D., 1988<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie<\/p>

Jazz trumpeter, band leader, composer, educator, and singer<\/div>
L.H.D., 1988<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Deborah

Deborah W. Meier<\/p>

Progressive New York educator and founder of the modern small-schools movement<\/div>
L.H.D., 1988<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Brademas<\/p>

President of New York University<\/div>
LL.D., 1987<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Brooks<\/a>
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, author, and writing professor<\/div>
L.H.D., 1987<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Tamara

Tamara Dembo<\/p>

Clark emerita professor of psychology and pioneer of rehabilitation psychology<\/div>
D.Sc., 1987<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"James

James P. Grant<\/p>

Executive director of UNICEF who saved lives through child vaccination worldwide<\/div>
LL.D., 1987<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Timothy

Timothy J. Harrington<\/p>

Bishop of Worcester<\/div>
LL.D., 1987<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Leften

Leften S. Stavrianos, M.A., Ph.D. \u201937<\/p>

Influential world historian and professor at Smith, Northwestern, and other institutions<\/div>
L.H.D., 1987<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert
Robert Ballard<\/a>
Underwater archaeologist and leader of the Titanic Exploration Team<\/div>
D.Sc., 1986<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Paris Fletcher<\/p>

Prominent Worcester attorney<\/div>
LL.D., 1986<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Flora
Flora Lewis<\/a>
Foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times\u2019 Paris bureau<\/div>
Litt.D., 1986<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Peter

Peter Gay<\/p>

Yale historian and author of \u201cSigmund Freud: A Life for Our Time\u201d<\/div>
L.H.D., 1985<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John
John Kerry<\/a>
U.S. senator from Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1985<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Steven

Steven Marcus<\/p>

Columbia humanities professor and psychoanalytic critic of Dickens\u2019 novels<\/div>
L.H.D., 1985<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carl

Carl Marcy<\/p>

Foreign policy expert and chief of staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee<\/div>
LL.D., 1985<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Tillie

Tillie Olsen<\/p>

Author, educator, labor activist, and feminist<\/div>
L.H.D., 1985<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Joseph

Joseph John Sandler<\/p>

Freud Memorial Chair of Psychoanalysis, University of London<\/div>
LL.D., 1985<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mortimer
Mortimer Herbert Appley<\/a>
Sixth president of Clark University; psychologist<\/div>
LL.D., 1984<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Isaac
Isaac Asimov<\/a>
Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer and Boston University biochemist<\/div>
L.H.D., 1984<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Joseph

Joseph D. Early<\/p>

High school teacher, U.S. representative, and supporter of Clark and higher education<\/div>
LL.D., 1984<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jerone

Jerome Namias<\/p>

Nationally recognized research meteorologist from MIT; took Clark classes<\/div>
D.Sc., 1984<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Rudolph

Rudolph F. Nunnemacher<\/p>

Longtime Clark biology professor (1939\u20131983)<\/div>
D.Sc., 1984<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sang

Suh Sang-Chul \u201958, M.A. \u201959<\/p>

South Korean economist, educator, and World Bank administrator; Clark professor<\/div>
LL.D., 1984<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William O. Baker<\/p>

President of Bell Labs and advisor on scientific matters to five U.S. presidents<\/div>
D.Sc., 1983<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Marion

Marion S. Barry Jr.<\/p>

Mayor of the District of Columbia<\/div>
L.H.D., 1983<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"George
George Frost Kennan<\/a>
Diplomat, historian, and advocate for containing Soviet expansion during Cold War<\/div>
L.H.D., 1983<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Yuri
Yuri V. Medvekov<\/a>
Soviet geographer<\/div>
D.Sc., 1983<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carl
Carl Schorske<\/a>
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian (Fin-de-Si\u00e8cle Vienna: Politics and Culture)<\/div>
L.H.D., 1983<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Donna
Donna E. Shalala<\/a>
Politician serving in the Carter and Clinton administrations; Hunter College president<\/div>
L.H.D., 1983<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hanna

Hanna Holborn Gray<\/p>

First female president of the University of Chicago; historian on the Renaissance<\/div>
L.H.D., 1982<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Anthony
Anthony Lewis<\/a>
Pulitzer Prize-winning legal journalist; Columbia and Harvard lecturer<\/div>
L.H.D., 1982<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Warren

Warren Litsky \u201945<\/p>

Microbiologist, environmental scientist, and Commonwealth Professor, UMass Amherst<\/div>
D.Sc., 1982<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Michael Njenjga<\/p>

Director of Kenya\u2019s National Environment Secretariat<\/div>
LL.D., 1982<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Steven

Steven Weinberg<\/p>

Nobel laureate, Harvard physicist, and author of \u201cThe First Three Minutes\u201d<\/div>
D.Sc., 1982<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Frank

Frank W. Press<\/p>

MIT geophysicist and president-elect of the National Academy of Sciences<\/div>
D.Sc., 1981<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Stephen T. Riley \u201931<\/p>

Director emeritus of the Massachusetts Historical Society; honorary Clark trustee<\/div>
L.H.D., 1981<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Richard

Richard C. Steele<\/p>

President and publisher of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and civic leader<\/div>
L.H.D., 1981<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"David

David B. Wingate<\/p>

Bermuda ornithologist and conservationist who rediscovered the black-capped petrel<\/div>
D.Sc., 1981<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Archibald
Archibald Cox<\/a>
Special prosecutor on the Watergate case and legal scholar<\/div>
LL.D., 1980<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"George
George F. Kneller \u201929<\/a>
Scholar in education and anthropology; Clark\u2019s athletic center is named for him<\/div>
L.H.D., 1980<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Robert K. Massey<\/p>

Former co-chair of the Clark Board of Trustees; civic leader in Worcester<\/div>
LL.D., 1980<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mary

Mary McGrory<\/p>

Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist on Richard Nixon\u2019s enemies list<\/div>
1980<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Linus

Linus Carl Pauling<\/p>

Nobel laureate, chemist, peace activist, author, and academic<\/div>
D.Sc., 1980<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1970\u20131979<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"John

John King Fairbank<\/p>

Harvard historian credited with building the field of China studies in the U.S.<\/div>
L.H.D., 1979<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edwin

Edwin O. Reischauer<\/p>

Former Ambassador to Japan and Harvard historian focused on East Asia<\/div>
LL.D., 1979<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Frank

Frank A. Geldard A.B. 1925, A.M. 1926, Ph.D. 1928<\/p>

Professor emeritus of psychology, Princeton University<\/div>
D.Sc., 1978<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Patricia

Patricia Albjerg Graham<\/p>

Director of the National Institute of Education and historian of U.S. education<\/div>
L.H.D., 1978<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"George

George W. Hazzard<\/p>

Retiring president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute<\/div>
LL.D., 1978<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Bradford

Bradford Morse<\/p>

Former U.S. representative; administrator of the U.N. Development Program<\/div>
LL.D., 1978<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Arthur

Arthur M. Sackler<\/p>

Psychiatrist, philanthropist, and art collector<\/div>
D.Sc., 1978<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carl

Carl Sagan<\/p>

Cornell University astronomer, astrophysicist, and author<\/div>
D.Sc., 1978<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Gustaf Harry Carlson A.B. 1926, A.M. 1927<\/p>

Executive, R.P. Scherer Corp.; Clark School of Chemistry & Biochemistry named for him<\/div>
D.Sc., 1977<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Paul

Paul Abraham Freund<\/p>

Legal scholar and professor, Harvard Law School<\/div>
L.H.D., 1977<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jacob
Jacob Hiatt<\/a>
Business leader and Clark trustee<\/div>
LL.D., 1977<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Arthur

Arthur L. Mayer<\/p>

Film producer<\/div>
Litt.D., 1977<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Frederick

Frederick Merk<\/p>

Professor of history and political science, Harvard<\/div>
L.H.D., 1977<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"James

James Russell Wiggins<\/p>

Journalist and president of the American Antiquarian Society<\/div>
L.H.D., 1977<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Paul

Paul W. Gates<\/p>

Professor emeritus of history, Cornell; expert on the history of federal land policy<\/div>
L.H.D., 1976<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"H.

H. Guyford Stever<\/p>

Director of the National Science Foundation<\/div>
D.Sc., 1976<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Revered

Leon Howard Sullivan<\/p>

Baptist minister, civil rights leader, and social activist focused on job creation<\/div>
L.H.D., 1976<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Bernard

Bernard Bailyn<\/p>

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Harvard historian focused on American Revolution<\/div>
L.H.D., 1975<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lucy

Lucy Peters Wilson Benson<\/p>

Secretary of human services for Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1975<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Forrest

Forrest C. Pogue<\/p>

Director, Eisenhower Institute for Military Research, Smithsonian Institute<\/div>
L.H.D., 1975<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Clifford

Clifford Ladd Prosser<\/p>

Professor of physiology, University of Illinois<\/div>
D.Sc., 1975<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"May
May Sarton<\/a>
Novelist, poet, and memoirist<\/div>
Litt.D., 1975<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ray

Ray Allen Billington<\/p>

Senior research associate, Huntington Library; taught at Clark<\/div>
L.H.D., 1974<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Alice

Alice Coonley Higgins<\/p>

Clark trustee; first woman to chair a board at a private university in the U.S.<\/div>
L.H.D., 1974<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Harold

Harold S. Jantz<\/p>

Professor of German, Johns Hopkins University<\/div>
L.H.D., 1974<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Adam Jr.<\/p>

President, Hanover Insurance Cos.<\/div>
LL.D., 1974<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"\"

Melvin D. Kennedy<\/p>

First director of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity<\/div>
L.H.D., 1974<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Scott

Scott Nearing<\/p>

Radical economist, activist, pacifist, vegetarian, co-wrote \u201cLiving the Good Life\u201d<\/div>
L.H.D., 1974<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Elma

Elma Lewis<\/p>

Director, National Center of Afro-American Artists<\/div>
F.A.D., 1973<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Paul

Paul L. Ward<\/p>

Executive director, American Historical Association<\/div>
L.H.D., 1973<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Kevin

Kevin H. White<\/p>

Mayor of Boston<\/div>
LL.D., 1972<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Richard

Richard Hartshorne<\/p>

Former president, Association of American Geographers<\/div>
LL.D., 1971<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carl

Carl T. Rowan<\/p>

Statesman, journalist, and Clark's first African-American trustee<\/div>
LL.D., 1971<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Samuel

Samuel Van Valkenburg<\/p>

Former director of Clark\u2019s Graduate School of Geography; professor emeritus<\/div>
LL.D., 1971<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Fredson

Fredson Bowers<\/p>

Professor of English, University of Virginia; literary critic of Shakespearean drama<\/div>
Litt.D., 1970<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Rene

Rene Jules Dubos<\/p>

Microbiologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u201cSo Human an Animal\u201d<\/div>
D.Sc., 1970<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Johansen<\/p>

Well-known architect who designed Clark's Goddard Library<\/div>
F.A.D., 1970<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John W. Kneller<\/p>

President of Brooklyn College, City University of New York<\/div>
Litt.D., 1970<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Bert

Bert Loewenberg<\/p>

Professor of history, Sara Lawrence College<\/div>
LL.D., 1970<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1960\u20131969<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"J.

J. Leland Atwood<\/p>

President, North American Rockwell Inc., and prominent aviation engineer<\/div>
LL.D., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

John E. Barriere \u201942<\/p>

Executive director of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee<\/div>
LL.D., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Leona

Leona Baumgartner<\/p>

Physician and first woman to serve as New York City\u2019s health commissioner<\/div>
D.Sc., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Roman

Roman Jakobson<\/p>

Linguist and professor at Harvard and MIT<\/div>
S.Sc., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Buzz

Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr.<\/p>

NASA astronaut, engineer, and fighter pilot; father studied under Goddard at Clark<\/div>
D.Sc., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edward

Edward M. Kennedy<\/p>

U.S. senator from Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jack

Jack S. Parker<\/p>

Vice chairman, General Electric Co.; aerospace engineer<\/div>
LL.D., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Clifford

Clifford K. Shipton<\/p>

Archivist, historian, and director emeritus, American Antiquarian Society<\/div>
Litt.D., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Richard

Richard P. Wilbur<\/p>

Professor of English, Wesleyan University<\/div>
Litt.D., 1969<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John W. Gardner<\/p>

Secretary of health, education, and welfare for Johnson\u2019s Great Society agenda<\/div>
LL.D., 1968<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Preston

Preston E. James, Ph.D. 1923<\/p>

Chair and professor of geography, Syracuse University; studied under Wallace Atwood<\/div>
LL.D., 1968<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Jeppson<\/p>

President of Norton Co., Worcester<\/div>
LL.D., 1968<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Susanne

Susanne K. Langer<\/p>

Philosopher, professor emeritus and research scholar, Connecticut College<\/div>
L.H.D., 1968<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jean
Jean Piaget<\/a>
Swiss psychologist known for work on child and cognitive development<\/div>
D.Sc., 1968<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"George

George Wald<\/p>

Professor of biology, Harvard; discovered importance of vitamin A for eyesight<\/div>
LL.D., 1968<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Everette

Everett Needham Case<\/p>

President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; key to developing core curriculum in liberal arts<\/div>
LL.D., 1967<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Howard

Howard B. Jefferson<\/p>

Fifth president of Clark University; philosopher and theologian<\/div>
L.H.D., 1967<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Henry

Henry Donaldson Jordan<\/p>

Professor of English history, Harvard; Guggenheim Fellow<\/div>
L.H.D., 1967<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Dwight Erwin Lee<\/p>

Clark\u2019s Hiatt professor of European history; dean of the Graduate School<\/div>
L.H.D., 1967<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"James

James Ackley Maxwell<\/p>

Clark professor of economics; Guggenheim Fellow<\/div>
L.H.D., 1967<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Robert Alfred Nelson<\/p>

Head of the Northeast Corridor Project under President Kennedy<\/div>
D.Sc., 1967<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Raymond

Raymond Joseph Swords<\/p>

President, College of the Holy Cross<\/div>
LL.D., 1967<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Kirtland Wright<\/p>

Geographer, cartographer, and former director, American Geographical Society<\/div>
Litt.D., 1967<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Clifton Waller Barrett<\/p>

President, American Antiquarian Society<\/div>
Litt.D., 1966<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Leonard

Leonard Baskin<\/p>

Sculptor, graphic artist, founder of Gehenna Press, and Smith College art professor<\/div>
L.H.D., 1966<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hans

Hans Heinrich Boesch<\/p>

Professor\/head of geography, University of Zurich; studied geography at Clark 1934-35<\/div>
D.Sc., 1966<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles

Charles Anderson Dana<\/p>

Businessman, politician, and philanthropist for higher education, medical research<\/div>
L.H.D., 1966<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hubert
Hubert H. Humphrey<\/a>
U.S. vice president<\/div>
LL.D., 1966<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Francis Keppel<\/p>

Former education commissioner; developed Elementary and Secondary Education Act<\/div>
LL.D., 1966<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Hayward Pickering<\/p>

Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology<\/div>
D.Sc., 1966<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mary

Mary Ingraham Bunting<\/p>

Radcliffe College president who led efforts to fully enroll women students at Harvard<\/div>
Sc., 1965<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Stephen

Stephen Perham Jewett, A.B. 1904, A.M. 1906<\/p>

New York psychiatrist who studied under psychologist G. Stanley Hall<\/div>
D.Sc., 1965<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Daniel

Daniel Catton Rich<\/p>

Director, Worcester Art Museum<\/div>
Litt.D., 1965<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Edward C. Welsh<\/p>

Executive secretary to NASA during the Kennedy administration<\/div>
LL.D., 1965<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Frank

Frank Hamilton Hankins<\/p>

Retired professor of sociology at Clark (1906-22) and Smith College (1922-46)<\/div>
L.H.D., 1964<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Barnaby Conrad Keeney<\/p>

Brown University president, historian, and Purple Heart Army veteran of World War II<\/div>
Litt.D., 1964<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Rafael

Rafael Lorente de N\u00f3<\/p>

Neuroscientist who advanced the scientific understanding of the nervous system<\/div>
D.Sc., 1964<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Albert White Rice<\/p>

Worcester attorney, civic leader, and philanthropist<\/div>
LL.D., 1964<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William V. Shannon \u201947<\/p>

Editorial writer for the New York Times; author of \u201cThe American Irish\u201d<\/div>
Litt.D., 1964<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ben

Ben Haig Bagdikian, A.B. 1941<\/p>

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and foreign correspondent<\/div>
Litt.D., 1963<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles

Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.<\/p>

Judge, U.S. District Court for Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1963<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sidney

Sidney Stevens Negus, A.B. 1913<\/p>

Retired biochemistry chair, Medical College of Virginia; posthumous award<\/div>
D.Sc., 1963<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Harold Ladd Plumley<\/p>

Board chairman, president of State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America<\/div>
LL.D., 1963<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Samuel Hood Dolbear<\/p>

Leading mining engineer, patent holder, and researcher; Clark trustee and student<\/div>
D.Sc., 1962<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Milton Prince Higgins<\/p>

Chairman of Board for Norton Co.; civic leader in Worcester<\/div>
LL.D., 1962<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hudson

Hudson Hoagland<\/p>

Clark biologist; worked on development of the birth control pill<\/div>
D.Sc., 1962<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sterling

Sterling Moss McMurrin<\/p>

U.S. commissioner of education; liberal Mormon theologian<\/div>
LL.D., 1962<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Agnes

Agnes de Mille<\/p>

Dancer and choreographer<\/div>
Litt.D., 1962<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hans

Hans Joachim Morgenthau<\/p>

Influential international relations theorist; University of Chicago political scientist<\/div>
LL.D., 1962<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Rafael Pico, Ph.D. \u201962<\/p>

President, Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico<\/div>
LL.D., 1962<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Isidor

Isidor Isaac Rabi<\/p>

Columbia physicist; won Nobel Prize for discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance<\/div>
D.Sc., 1962<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ralph
Ralph Johnson Bunche<\/a>
First African-American to win a Nobel Prize; political scientist and diplomat<\/div>
LL.D., 1961<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Stanley

Stanley Jasspon Kunitz<\/p>

American poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Worcester native<\/div>
Litt.D., 1961<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Edward Sawyer<\/p>

President, Williams College<\/div>
LL.D., 1961<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Arthur

Arthur Stanton-Adams<\/p>

President emeritus, American Council on Education<\/div>
LL.D., 1961<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Wallace

Wallace Kirkman Harrison<\/p>

Architect, Harrison & Abramovitz, New York; involved with developing Rockefeller Center<\/div>
Litt.D., 1960<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Shannon

Shannon McCune, Ph.D. \u201939<\/p>

Acting president, University of Massachusetts; geographer and researcher<\/div>
LL.D., 1960<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Richard

Richard Stetson Morse<\/p>

Director and researcher, U.S. Army; credited with inventing orange juice concentrate<\/div>
D.Sc., 1960<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hermon

Herman Wouk<\/p>

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u201cThe Caine Mutiny\u201d and other works<\/div>
Litt.D., 1960<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1950\u20131959<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Wemher

Wernher Von Braun<\/p>

Aerospace engineer and space architect<\/div>
D.Sc., 1959<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Samuel

Samuel Howard Miller<\/p>

Dean of Harvard Divinity School; baccalaureate preacher<\/div>
Litt.D., 1959<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Paul

Paul Wilbur Tappan<\/p>

Criminologist, sociologist, and professor, University of California, Berkeley<\/div>
LL.D., 1959<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Kuo

Kuo-Ching Li<\/p>

Scientist, industrialist, and philanthropist; discovered and developed tungsten<\/div>
D.Sc., 1958<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Paul
Paul Allman Siple, Ph.D. \u201939<\/a>
Geographer, scientist, and Antarctic explorer; developed the wind chill factor<\/div>
D.Sc., 1958<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edward

Edward Augustus Weeks<\/p>

Writer, essayist, and editor of The Atlantic<\/div>
L.H.D., 1958<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"George

George Nathaniel Jeppson<\/p>

Worcester industrialist and civic leader; chairman of the board, Norton Co.<\/div>
LL.D., 1957<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Charles Lynch , A.B. 1907<\/p>

Presbyterian minister and missionary in Korea<\/div>
L.H.D., 1957<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert Ulich<\/p>

Education professor, Harvard University<\/div>
Litt.D., 1957<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edwin

Edwin Garrigues Boring<\/p>

Psychology professor at Clark under G. Stanley Hall, then Harvard University<\/div>
D.Sc., 1956<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edwin

Henry Chase Marble, A.B. 1906<\/p>

Surgeon; former president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma<\/div>
D.Sc., 1956<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Eugene

Eugene Ormandy<\/p>

Conductor, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra<\/div>
Litt.D., 1956<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lester

Lester Bowles Pearson<\/p>

Secretary of state for external affairs, Canada<\/div>
Litt.D., 1956<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Harold Manton Smith<\/p>

Petroleum chemist, U.S. Bureau of Mines<\/div>
D.Sc., 1956<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert Cutler<\/p>

National security advisor to Eisenhower; board chair, Old Colony Trust Co., Boston<\/div>
LL.D., 1955<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Oliver

Oliver Mills Hayden, A.B. 1914<\/p>

Assistant director of sales, Rubber Chemical Division, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.<\/div>
D.Sc., 1955<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lauren

Laurence Dudley Stamp<\/p>

Professor of social geography, London School of Economics<\/div>
LL.D., 1955<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"George

George Leslie Stout<\/p>

Director, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; founded lab to study art conservation<\/div>
Litt.D., 1955<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert Morse Woodbury, A.B. 1910<\/p>

Retired chief statistician, International Labor Office; labor advisor for FDR<\/div>
LL.D., 1955<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Douglas

Douglas Berry Copland<\/p>

Economist, professor, and dean, University of Melbourne; knighted in 1950<\/div>
LL.D., 1954<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Homer

Homer Payson Little<\/p>

Longtime dean of the college at Clark; geologist<\/div>
LL.D., 1954<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Louis Ten Eyck Thompson<\/p>

U.S. Navy physicist on the Manhattan Project; vice president, Norden Laboratories<\/div>
D.Sc., 1954<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Paul

Paul Johannes Tillich<\/p>

Professor of theology, Union Theological Seminary<\/div>
L.H.D., 1954<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Leonard

Leonard Carmichael<\/p>

Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; former President of Tufts College<\/div>
Litt.D., 1953<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Clinton

Clinton Hartley Grattan, A.B. \u201923<\/p>

Economic analyst, historian, freelance writer, and expert on Australia<\/div>
Litt.D., 1953<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Grayson

Grayson Louis Kirk<\/p>

President, Columbia University<\/div>
LL.D., 1953<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles

Charles Henry Sawyer<\/p>

Dean of the School of Fine Arts, Yale University<\/div>
L.H.D., 1953<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert
Robert William Glenroie Vail<\/a>
Director, New York Historical Society<\/div>
L.H.D., 1953<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Howard

Howard Mumford Jones<\/p>

Professor of English, Harvard University<\/div>
Litt.D., 1952<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Solomon

Solomon Lefschetz<\/p>

Professor of mathematics, Princeton University<\/div>
D.Sc., 1952<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Richard Greeley Preston<\/p>

Rector, All Saints Church, Worcester<\/div>
L.H.D., 1952<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Frederick Charles Bersworth<\/p>

Owner, Bersworth Chemical Co.<\/div>
D.Sc., 1951<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Henry

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.<\/p>

U.S. senator from Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1951<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hugh

Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside<\/p>

Director general, Technical Assistance Administration, United Nations<\/div>
LL.D., 1951<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Fred

Fred Albert Mettler<\/p>

Professor of anatomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University<\/div>
D.Sc., 1951<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Clarence

Clarence Prouty Shedd<\/p>

Professor, Yale Divinity School<\/div>
L.H.D., 1951<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Loring

Loring Holmes Dodd<\/p>

Clark professor emeritus of rhetoric; helped finance residence hall named for his wife<\/div>
L.H.D., 1950<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Alvin

Alvin Christian Eurich<\/p>

First president of the State University of New York<\/div>
LL.D., 1950<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles

Charles Bungay Fawcett<\/p>

Visiting professor of human geography at Clark from the University of London<\/div>
D.Sc., 1950<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Anna

Anna Freud<\/p>

British psychoanalyst, child psychologist, and daughter of Sigmund Freud<\/div>
LL.D., 1950<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1940\u20131949<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Samuel

Samuel Nathaniel Behrman<\/p>

Playwright, biographer, and writer for The New Yorker; Worcester native<\/div>
Litt.D., 1949<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Harry

Harry F. Guggenheim<\/p>

Philanthropist, businessman, diplomat, and publisher<\/div>
LL.D., 1949<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Colgate

Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr.<\/p>

President of the University of Virginia<\/div>
LL.D., 1949<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles

Charles August Kraus<\/p>

Chemistry professor at Clark, then Brown; consultant on the Manhattan Project<\/div>
D.Sc., 1949<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Edmund Randolph Laine, A.B. 1911<\/p>

Rector of St. Paul\u2019s Episcopal Church, Stockbridge, Massachusetts<\/div>
L.H.D., 1949<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Francis

Francis Henry Taylor<\/p>

Director of Metropolitan Museum of Art; former director of Worcester Art Museum<\/div>
Litt.D., 1949<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Clarence

Clarence Saunders Brigham<\/p>

Director, American Antiquarian Society<\/div>
Litt.D., 1948<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Christian

Christian Archibald Herter<\/p>

U.S. congressman from Massachusetts; leader in international affairs<\/div>
LL.D., 1948<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carroll

Carroll Cornelius Pratt, A.B. 1915, A.M. 1916, Ph.D. 1921<\/p>

Chair and professor of psychology, Princeton; earlier, a Clark professor<\/div>
D.Sc., 1948<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert Luther Sibley, A.B. 1910, A.M. 1911<\/p>

General manager, Monsanto-Chemical Co.<\/div>
D.Sc., 1948<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert Fiske Bradford<\/p>

Governor of Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1947<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John

John Mason Brown<\/p>

Columnist for The Saturday Review and theater critic<\/div>
Litt.D., 1947<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Alexander Hamilton Bullock<\/p>

Retired president of Clark\u2019s Board of Trustees, lawyer, and Worcester civic leader<\/div>
LL.D., 1947<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Edward Bates Peck<\/p>

Research chemist, Roessler and Hasslacher Chemical Co.<\/div>
D.Sc., 1947<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Thomas

Thomas Sherrard Roy<\/p>

Pastor of First Baptist Church in Worcester<\/div>
L.H.D., 1947<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles

Charles Bunsen Shaw, A.B. 1915<\/p>

Librarian, Swarthmore College<\/div>
L.H.D., 1947<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Wallace

Wallace Walter Atwood, Ph.D. 1930<\/p>

Second president of Clark; director of the Graduate School of Geography<\/div>
LL.D., 1946<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Spruille

Spruille Braden<\/p>

Assistant secretary of state; former ambassador to Colombia, Cuba, Argentina<\/div>
LL.D., 1946<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Charles Samuel Curtis, A.B. 1909<\/p>

Director of Grenfell Mission, Newfoundland<\/div>
D.Sc., 1946<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Clarence

Clarence Nichols Hickman, M.A. 1918<\/p>

Physicist who worked on rockets with Robert Goddard at Clark<\/div>
D.Sc., 1946<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ellsworth

Ellsworth Huntington<\/p>

Professor of geography, Yale; explorer<\/div>
Litt.D., 1946<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert Price Russell<\/p>

President and research director, Standard Oil Development Corp.<\/div>
D.Sc., 1946<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"George

George Francis Booth<\/p>

Worcester newspaper publisher and civic leader<\/div>
D.C.L., 1945<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Kent

Kent Cooper<\/p>

Executive director of the Associated Press; defender of freedom of the press<\/div>
LL.D., 1945<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert Hutchings Goddard, A.M. 1910<\/p>

Father of modern rocketry; Clark professor of physics<\/div>
D.Sc., 1945<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William David Hassett<\/p>

Journalist and secretary to presidents Roosevelt and Truman; attended Clark<\/div>
M.A., 1945<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Harry

Harry Galpin Stoddard<\/p>

Worcester civic leader<\/div>
D.C.L., 1945<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Malcolm

Malcolm Macdonald Willey<\/p>

Sociologist and vice president, University of Minnesota<\/div>
L.H.D., 1945<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Newton

Newton W. Alexander<\/p>

U.S. Army commandant and trainer at Clark<\/div>
M.A., 1944<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Thomas

Thomas Leon Patterson, A.B. 1909<\/p>

Professor of physiology, Wayne University College of Medicine<\/div>
D.Sc., 1944<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Leveret

Leverett Saltonstall<\/p>

Governor of Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1944<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Wat

Wat Tyler Cluverius<\/p>

President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute; retired U.S. Navy admiral<\/div>
LL.D., 1943<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Esther

Esther Forbes<\/p>

Pulitzer Prize- and Newbery Medal-winning author, best known for \u201cJohnny Tremain\u201d<\/div>
Litt.D., 1943<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Joseph

Joseph Clark Grew<\/p>

American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer<\/div>
LL.D., 1943<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Robert Ware Bodfish<\/p>

Springfield, Massachusetts, attorney and civic leader<\/div>
M.A., 1942<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mabel

Mabel Knowles Gage<\/p>

Worcester philanthropist and civic leader<\/div>
D.C.L., 1942<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Rosabelle Jacobus<\/p>

Director of the Worcester Society of District Nursing<\/div>
M.C.S., 1942<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hiram

Hiram Newton Rasely, A.B. 1912<\/p>

Vice president of Burdett Business College, Boston<\/div>
M.A., 1942<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Harry

Harry Ervin Yarnell<\/p>

Retired U.S. Navy vice admiral; former commander of the Asiatic Fleet<\/div>
LL.D., 1942<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"George

George Hubbard Blakeslee<\/p>

Clark professor of history and international relations; founder of national journal<\/div>
LL.D., 1941<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Frederick Raymond Clee, A.B. 1917<\/p>

Ordained Presbyterian minister, Old Bergen Church, Jersey City, N.J.<\/div>
Litt.D., 1941<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Katharine

Katharine Cornell<\/p>

Broadway actress (\u201cThe Barretts of Wimpole Street\u201d), theater owner, and producer<\/div>
F.A.D., 1941<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Isadore

Isadore Lubin<\/p>

Economic advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt; supervised Consumer Price Index<\/div>
LL.D., 1941<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Frank

Frank Ross McCoy<\/p>

Retired U.S. Army officer and WWI veteran; president of the Foreign Policy Association<\/div>
LL.D., 1941<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Benjamin Shores Merigold<\/p>

Clark professor of chemistry and director of chemical laboratories<\/div>
D.Sc., 1941<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Howard

Howard Washington Odum, Ph.D. 1909<\/p>

Sociology professor, University of North Carolina; studied psychology at Clark<\/div>
L.H.D., 1941<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lowell

Lowell Thomas<\/p>

Author and explorer who publicized T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)<\/div>
L.H.D., 1941<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Johannes

Johannes A.C. Fagginger Auer<\/p>

Unitarian minister, author, professor of theology, Harvard Divinity School<\/div>
Litt.D., 1940<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hu

Hu Shih<\/p>

Ambassador from China to the U.S.; literary scholar, philosopher, and politician<\/div>
LL.D., 1940<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1930\u20131939<\/h2>\n\n\n
<\/div>

Edmund Smith Conklin, A.M. 1909<\/p>

Professor of psychology, Indiana University<\/div>
D.Sc., 1939<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Samuel Hood Dolbear<\/p>

Leading mining engineer, patent holder, and researcher; Clark trustee<\/div>
M.Sc., 1939<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Ralph Barton Perry<\/p>

Professor of philosophy, Harvard; syndic of Harvard University Press<\/div>
L.H.D., 1939<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Lyon Phelps<\/p>

Author, critic, radio host, columnist, and Yale professor emeritus of English<\/div>
LL.D., 1939<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Cornelia

Cornelia Otis Skinner<\/p>

Actress, writer, and first woman to receive an honorary degree from Clark<\/div>
F.A.D., 1939<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Karl Worth Bigelow<\/p>

Professor of education, Columbia University<\/div>
L.H.D., 1938<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Peng

Peng Chun Chang, A.B. 1913<\/p>

Academic, philosopher, playwright, human rights activist, and diplomat<\/div>
LL.D., 1938<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Walter Stevens Young<\/p>

Superintendent of Schools, Worcester, Massachusetts<\/div>
Ed.D., 1938<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Samuel

Samuel Flagg Bemis, A.B. 1912<\/p>

Professor of diplomatic history, Yale University<\/div>
L.H.D., 1937<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Samuel

Samuel Paul Capen<\/p>

University of Buffalo chancellor; American Council on Education president<\/div>
Litt.D., 1937<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"tyler

Tyler Dennett<\/p>

President of Williams College<\/div>
LL.D., 1937<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Henry

Henry Herbert Donaldson<\/p>

Professor of neurology, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia<\/div>
D.Sc., 1937<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Stephen

Stephen Duggan<\/p>

Director of Council on Foreign Relations<\/div>
LL.S., 1937<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Frederick

Frederick Carlos Ferry, Ph.D. 1898<\/p>

President of Hamilton College<\/div>
D.Sc., 1937<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Homer

Homer Gage<\/p>

Worcester philanthropist and surgeon, Worcester City and Saint Vincent\u2019s hospitals<\/div>
LL.D., 1937<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Lowe Bryan, Ph.D. 1892<\/p>

Indiana University president who studied under Clark psychologist G. Stanley Hall<\/div>
LL.D., 1930<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ralph

Ralph Earle<\/p>

Worcester Polytechnic Institute president and U.S. Navy officer<\/div>
LL.D., 1930<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Arnold

Arnold Lucius Gesell, Ph.D. 1906<\/p>

Psychologist and director, Yale Clinic of Child Development; studied under G. Stanley Hall<\/div>
D.Sc., 1930<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Joseph Stevens Kadesch<\/p>

School superintendent for Medford, Massachusetts<\/div>
M.Ed., 1930<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1920\u20131929<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Paul

Paul W. Claudel<\/p>

Ambassador from France to the United States<\/div>
Litt.D., 1929<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gustavus

Gustavus Adolphus<\/p>

Crown Prince of Sweden; first tour of the U.S. in 1926<\/div>
D.Sc., 1926<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Henry Burnham<\/p>

Clark professor of pedagogy<\/div>
LL.D., 1926<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Granville

Granville Stanley Hall<\/p>

First president of Clark University; psychologist<\/div>
LL.D., 1924<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edmund

Edmund Clark Sanford<\/p>

Second president of Clark University; psychologist<\/div>
LL.D., 1924<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Lyon Phelps<\/p>

Yale professor of English; taught the first U.S. college course on the modern novel<\/div>
L.H.D., 1920<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1909<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Carl

Carl Barus<\/p>

Physics professor, Brown University<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Franz

Franz Boas<\/p>

Anthropology professor, Columbia University<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Marston

Marston Taylor Bogert<\/p>

Organic chemistry professor and department chair, Columbia University<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hermon

Hermon Carey Bumpus, Ph.D. 1891<\/p>

Biologist and director, American Museum of Natural History<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Leo

Leo Burgerstein<\/p>

Geologist, University of Vienna; wrote popular book on school hygiene<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Andrew

Andre Debierne<\/p>

Lead researcher in radioactivity, University of Paris<\/div>
D.Sc., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sigmund
Sigmund Freud<\/a>
Psychologist, University of Vienna; presented his only U.S. lecture at Clark<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Herbert

Herbert Spenser Jennings<\/p>

Experimental zoology professor, Johns Hopkins University<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carl

Carl G. Jung<\/p>

Psychologist, University of Zurich<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Percival

Percival Lowell<\/p>

Astronomy professor, MIT<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Adolf

Adolf Meyer<\/p>

Director, Pathological Institute of New York<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Arthur

Arthur Michael<\/p>

First professor of chemistry at Clark (1889); best known for the Michael reaction<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Albert

Albert Abraham Michelson<\/p>

Physics professor at Clark, then University of Chicago<\/div>
Phys.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Eliakim

Eliakim Hastings Moore<\/p>

Mathematics professor and department head, University of Chicago<\/div>
Math.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ernest

Ernest Fox Nichols<\/p>

President of Dartmouth College<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Arthur

Arthur Amos Noyes<\/p>

Chemistry professor and research lab director, MIT<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Albert Noyes<\/p>

Chemistry professor, University of Illinois<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Fogg Osgood<\/p>

Mathematics professor, Harvard University<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"James

James Pierpont<\/p>

Mathematics professor, Yale University<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Theodore

Theodore William Richards<\/p>

Chemistry professor, Harvard University<\/div>
Chem.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ernest

Ernest Rutherford<\/p>

Experimental physics professor, University of Manchester<\/div>
Phys.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"William

William Stern<\/p>

Philosophy professor, University of Breslau<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Julius

Julius Stieglitz<\/p>

Chemistry professor and department director, University of Chicago<\/div>
D.Sc., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edward

Edward Bradford Tichener<\/p>

Psychology professor, Cornell University<\/div>
Litt.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Edward

Edward Burr Van Vleck<\/p>

Mathematics professor, University of Wisconsin<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Vito

Vito Volterra<\/p>

Mathematical physics professor, University of Rome<\/div>
Phys.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles

Charles Otis Whitman<\/p>

Zoology professor and department head, University of Chicago<\/div>
Biol.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lebbeus

Lebbeus L. Wilfley<\/p>

First judge of the U.S. Court for China<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Robert

Robert Williams Wood<\/p>

Experimental physics professor, Johns Hopkins University<\/div>
LL.D., 1909<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1902-1905<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Theodore
Theodore Roosevelt<\/a>
U.S. president<\/div>
LL.D., 1905<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Henry

Henry Cabot Lodge<\/p>

U.S. senator from Massachusetts<\/div>
LL.D., 1902<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Carroll

Carroll Davidson Wright<\/p>

First president of Clark College; first U.S. commissioner of labor<\/div>
LL.D., 1902<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1899<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Ludwig

Ludwig Boltzmann<\/p>

Theoretical physics professor, University of Vienna<\/div>
LL.D., 1899<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Santiago

Santiago Raymon y Cajal<\/p>

Histology professor, University of Madrid<\/div>
LL.D., 1899<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"August

August Forel<\/p>

Psychologist and asylum director, Switzerland<\/div>
LL.D., 1899<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"angelo

Angelo Mosso<\/p>

Physicologist and rector, University of Turin<\/div>
LL.D., 1899<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Emile

Emile Picard<\/p>

Mathematics professor, University of Paris<\/div>
LL.D., 1899<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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