Honorary degrees at USD
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.
