Honorary degrees at USD
- Doris Peterson
- Jun 12, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
USD graduation commencement programs are a great source for names of people who have received honorary degrees from the University of South Dakota.
Honorary degrees before 1985 are not shown in the list below.
1985 | Dietrich, Ernst | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1985 | Floyd, Joseph L. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1985 | Patterson, Samuel C | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1986-Summer | Bridgeford, Ethel | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1986-Summer | Shepersky, A Duane | Honorary Master of Arts |
1987 | Solberg, Winton U. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1987-Summer | Spies, Joseph | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1988-Summer | Cunningham, Marjorie Julian | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1989 | Yellow Robe, Rosebud | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1989 | Gregg, John B. | Doctor of Science |
1989 | Legvold, Robert | Doctor of Laws |
1990 | Harris, John W. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1991 | Kent, Earle L. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1991 | O’Brien, Pat | Doctor of Laws |
1991 | Schwartz, A. Truman | Doctor of Science |
1993 | Manfred, Frederick F. | Doctor of Letters and Literature |
1993 | Schaaf, Derek J. Vander | Doctor of Laws |
1993-Summer | Young, Phillip T. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1993-Summer | O’Brien, Daniel H. | Doctor of Letters and Literature |
1994 | Colwell, Richard | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1994 | Vidal, Gore | Doctor of Letters and Literature |
1995 | Thompson, Charles M. | Doctor of Laws |
1995 | Waitt, Theodore W. | Doctor of Science |
1995-Summer | Rawlins, Marjorie T. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1995-Winter | Pascucci, Vito | |
1995-winter | Hillenbrand, William G. | |
1996 | Bode, Ken A. | Doctor of Laws |
1996-Summer | Lin, Yung-Shi | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1997-Summer | Cutler, Richard A. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1997-Summer | Houtz, Jim Howard | Doctor of Laws |
1998 | Morgan, Susan Jane | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1998 | Odeen, Philip A. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
1998-Summer | Two Hawk, Sr., Webster | Doctor of Laws |
2001-Summer | Wagner, Robert T. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2002 | Lohre, John | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2002 | Swanson, Robert K. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2002-Summer | Ziolkowski, Ruth | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2004 | Doyle, James Michael | |
2006 | Weaver, James Lloyd | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2006 | Williams, Robert Neff | Doctor of Letters and Literature |
2006-Summer | Aman, Thomas E. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2007 | Sanford, T. Denny | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2008 | McGovern, George | Doctor of Public Service |
2008-Winter | Trimble, Charles E. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2009 | Myers, Mary Lynn | Doctor of Public Service |
2009 | Myers, Shephen R. | Doctor of Public Service |
2010 | Dexter, Pete | Doctor of Letters and Literature |
2011 | Boritt, Gabor | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2014 | Seigenthaler, John | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2015 | Gallagher, Thomas D. | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2016 | Neuharth, Jan | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2017 | Hill, Pamela Smith | Doctor of Humane Letters |
2018 | Abbott, James W. | Doctor of Public Service |
2018 | Jewett, Harvey C. | Doctor of Public Service |
2019 | Meierhenry, Judith | Doctor of Laws |
2020 | none listed in program | |
2021 | none listed in program | |
2022 | none listed in program | |
2023 | none listed in program | |
2024 | Johnson, Tim | Doctor of Public Service |
2024 | Johnson, Barb | Doctor of Public Service |
Archives and Special Collections has programs for most of the graduation commencements at the University of South Dakota. Please contact the Archives and Special Collection if you spot errors.
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