Undergraduate Commencement Honorary Degree Recipients

A B C D E F G HI J K L M N O PQ R S T UV W XY Z

 

Recipient

Year

A Thomas Perkins Abernethy, Litt.D. 1972
Dr. Nathan S. Addlestone (Doctor of Letters) 1989
Marlene Addlestone-Bursten (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2014
John E. Alessi 2017
Jennet Robinson Alterman (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2008
Gerry Sue Arnold (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2012
Norman J. Arnold (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2012
     
B Howard H. Baker, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1998
Leonard Theodore Baker, LL.D. 1926
William L. Ball, III 1988
Samuel Banks 1976
Leon Banov, LL.D. 1960
Bernard M. Baruch, of New York City 1935
Charlotte Beers-Beadleston (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2009
David Muldrow Beasley (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1996
Guy Eddie Beatty, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2003
Joe Earle Berry, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1994
Richard E. Besser (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2011
  Robert W. Bingham 1935
Sol Blatt, Jr. (Doctor of Law) 1992
Edward J. Bloustein 1976
Isaiah Bowman 1935
William Beaty Boyd 1986
Laura Mary Bragg 1973
Mace Brown 2017
Dr. John R. Brumgardt (Doctor of Letters) 1991
Henry M. Bruns , LL.D. 1857
John Stewart Bryan 1935
Edward Milby Burton, LL.D 1968
Pierrine St. Claire Smith Byrd 1977
James F. Byrnes, Senator from South Carolina 1935
     
C Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2003
Marion Rivers Cato 2004
Wayland H. Cato, Jr. 2004
Marco Cavazzoni (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2010
Norman Allison Chamberlain, Litt.D. 1970
Robert Foster Chapman (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1999
Septima Poinsette Clark 1978
James E. Clyburn (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1992
David R. Coker 1935
Elizabeth Colbert-Busch 2017
Herman E. Collier, Jr. 1976
James B. Conant 1935
Pat Conroy (Doctor of Letters) 1989
Michelle Asha Cooper 2017
Ruby Madeline Pendergrass Cornwell (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1997
Senator John Courson (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2007
Frank Lee Culbertson, Jr. 1994
John Tindal Cuttino, Litt.D. 1961
Matthew C. Czuchry 2018
     
D William C. Dana, D.D. 1870
Clyde M. Dangerfield (Doctor of Letters) 1991
Charles Pinckney Darby, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2001
Joyce Long Darby (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2007
Lucien DeGrotte, Litt.D. 1972
Thomas della Torre, LL.D. 1926
Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S.t 1935
Alexander Colclough Dick, LL.D. 1970
John Henry Dick (Doctor of Letters) 1989
James Dickey, Litt.D. 1971
David Herbert Donald 1985
Carolyn Feinberg Draisin 2018
Neil W. Draisin 2018
     
E James Harold Easterby, Litt.D. 1960
Frances Ravenel Smythe Edmunds, Litt.D. 1972
James Burrows Edwards 1975
Milton Stover Eisenhower 1978
     
F James L. Felder 2017
Conrad D. Festa (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2008
Robert McCormick Figg, Jr., Litt.D. 1970
William "Bill" Finn 2019
Ernest A. Finney, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1995
Dorothea Benton Frank (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2010
Douglas Southall Freeman, LL.D. 1938
Elaine T. Freeman (Doctor of Letters) 1991
Harry Wyman Freeman (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1995
Ellen M. FitzSimons 1935
James Clement Furman, D.D. 1857
     
G Richard H. Gadsden, Sr. 1987
Eddie Lee Ganaway (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2007
Eugene Gangarossa 2018
Rose Salamone Gangarossa 2018
Gordon Hughes Garrett, LL.D. 1969
Peter Christopher Gazes 1978
Alexander Leopold Geisenheimer, LL.D. 1970
Clarence Augustus Graeser, LL.D. 1939
The Honorable Lindsey O. Graham (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2006
Thomas A. Graves, Jr. 1976
Dr. Raymond S. Greenberg (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2012
Reuben M. Greenberg (Doctor of Letters) 1991
Dr. Vartan Gregorian (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2004
Lawrence M. Gressette, Jr. (Doctor of Letters) 1991
Rt. Rev. Robert Emmet Gribbin, Litt.D 1971
George Daniel Grice, Litt.D. 1966
Joseph Decherd Guess, LL.D. 1960
     
H-I
William Melton Halsey (Doctor of Fine Arts) 1995
John Stuart Hanckel, D.D. 1875
  Richardson Miles Hanckel 1986
  Robert W. Harrell, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2004
  Ambassador Rita Derrick Hayes (Doctor of Humane Letters)) 1999
  Webb Edward Haymaker 1973
Bruce Howe Hendricks 2018
  DuBose Heyward, Litt.D. 1929
  Ann J. Higdon (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2006
  Leo I. Higdon, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2006
Robert M. Hitt III (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2011
  Ernest Fritz Hollings 1984
  Rita Liddy Hollings (Doctor of Letters) 1989
Sabra E. Horne 2018
Harry Huge 2017
Reba Kinne Huge 2017
  William Wirt Humphreys 1984
  Eugene Clayton Hunt (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1993
Robert Edward Royall Huntley 1976
William Elliott Hutson (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2001
     
J Mary A. Jackson (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2009
Joseph Earle Jacobs, LL.D. 1953
Richard Hampton Jenrette, Litt.D 1973
Theodore D. Jervey, of Charleston 1935
F. Mitchell Johnson 1988
Gerald W. Johnson, of Baltimore 1935
John Johnson, LL.D. 1895
Admiral Wendell N. Johnson, USN, Ret. (Doctor of Letters) 1989
     
K Nancy Landon Kassebaum (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1995
Linda G. Ketner 2018
Mitchell King, LL.D. 1857
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick 1982
William Hagerman Knisely 1977
Sallie L. Krawcheck (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2006
Saul Krawcheck (Honorary Bachelor of Arts Degree) 2003
     
L Marie M. Land (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2014
  Mitchell Jay Laurance (Doctor of Letters) 1993
Henry Laurens, of Tulane University 1935
Lionel Kennedy Legge, LL.D. 1955
Wendell Mitchell Levi, Litt.D. 1968
Ludwig Lewisohn, Litt.D. 1914
Dr. Harry M. Lightsey, Jr. (Doctor of Philosophy) 1992
Kathleen Kay Lightsey (Doctor of Humane Letters 1992
Carl James Likes (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1995
H. B. “Chip” Limehouse III (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2008
John C. Lindsay 1988
Arlinda F. Locklear (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2012
Alberta Sottile Long 1986
Kennety Merrill Lynch, LL.D. 1945
     
M Rudy Mancke (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1990
Eli Kennerly Marshall, Jr. 1941
Mel Marvin (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2009
Burnet R. Maybank 1935
Glenn F. McConnell (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2013
William Mellen McCord, M.D., Litt.D. 1974
Edward McCrady, LL.D. 1900
Edward McCrady, LL.D 1952
John Yancey McGill (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2014
Harold McGraw III (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2003
James T. McLawhorn, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2014
James Rion McKissick, LL.D. 1938
F. Creighton McMaster (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2005
Robert Evander McNair, LL.D. 1970
Michael H. Mescon 1996
Anthony J. Meyer (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2011
Martin Meyerson 1976
N. Russell Middleton, LL.D. 1857
Nathan E. Miles (Doctor of Letters) 1989
Margaret E. Mohrmann 1988
Francis Asbury Mood, D.D. 1870
James A. Morris, Litt.D. 1970
Nan Morrison (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2005
Edwin Maurice Moseley 1977
Robert Moses, LL.D. 1969
Carl Moultrie, I 1984
Steven Muller, Litt.D 1974
Walter F. Murphy (Doctor of Letters) 1989
Catherine Peronneau Murray-Smith 2017
Harry Stoll Mustard, LL.D. 1938
     
N Barbara Stock Nielsen (Doctor of Letters) 1991
     
O Joseph Laurence O'Brien, LL.D. 1938
Dr. Kenneth Olden (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2003
H. Biemann Othersen Jr. 2017
     
P-Q
Gregory Duncan Padgett 2018
Maggie Thurman Pennington (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1997
Julia Peterkin 1935
  Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, D.D.
1877 and 1895
  Josephine Pinckney 1935
  Padgett Powell (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2002
  Edward Lawrence Powers, Litt.D. 1974
  Harold Rawling Pratt-Thomas 1964
     
R George Bernard Rabb (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1995
Mary Croghan Ramsay (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2008
Harrison Randolph, LL.D. 1945
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1994
Nigel A. Redden (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2013
W. Taylor Reveley 1976
A. Burnet Rhett 1935
Joseph Patrick Riley, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2009
Richard Wilson Riley 1985
John M. Rivers, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2006
Lucius Mendel Rivers, LL.D. 1968
Emmett Edward Robinson, Litt.D. 1971
George Calvin Rogers, Jr 1984
James Alton Rogers 1975
Morris D. Rosen (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1997
Robert V. Royall, Jr. 1986
Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (Doctor of Letters) 1989
Brian Rutenberg 2018
     
S Alexander Mullings Sanders, Jr. 2001
Zoe Dutrow Sanders 2001
Alexander M. Sanders, Jr. 1986
George Herbert Sass, LL.D. 1902
Herbert Ravenel Sass, Litt.D. 1932
Paul Scherer 1935
Timothy E. Scott (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2014
Anne Rivers Siddons 2000
Hilla Sheriff, M.D. 1985
F. A. Silcox 1935
Albert Simons, Litt.D. 1970
Manning Simons, LL.D. 1910
Merton D. Simpson (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2010
Thomas Grange Simons, LL.D. 1925
O. Johnson Small 1988
Robert Scott Small, Litt.D. 1970
Robert S. Small, Jr. 2004
Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1991
Henry Augustus Middleton Smith, LL.D. 1911
Admiral Leighton Warren Smith, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1997
Hilton Charles Smith Jr. 2017
Henry Smythe (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1990
Yates Snowden, LL.D. 1910
Giovanni Soldini 1999
George G. Spaulding (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2009
Sam Stafford III 2017
David Stahl (Doctor of Music) 1992
Nathaniel Wright Stephenson, LL.D. 1927
Theodore Sanders Stern 1982
Gordan B. Stine 1999
Samuel Gaillard Stoney, Litt.D. 1968
Thaddeus Street, LL.D. 1970
Charles P. Summerall 1935
Thomas M. Sutherland (Doctor of Letters) 1992
Robert J. Sywolski (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2005
     
T Edward L. Thomas Jr. 2017
Mary Thornley (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2013
Strom Thurmond 1985
Jean Hoefer Toal (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1990
Paul Trapier, D.D. 1867
Ronald A. Tschetter (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2008
Frederick Tupper, Litt.D. 1940
     
U-V
Charles S. Vedder, D.D.
1877 and 1895
Michael Veeck (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1998
  Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Litt.D. 1969
  Edward Villella (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2002
     
W Richard L. Walker 1985
Raymond Walters 1935
Joseph Ioor Waring, Litt.D. 1968
Julius Waties Waring, LL.D 1945
Perry Keith Waring 2018
Thomas R. Waring, LL.D. 1927
Elizabeth Watson 1992
Charles Seignious Way, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2001
Mary Ellen Long Way (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2007
John Carl West (Doctor of Humane Letters) 1995
Lucille Simmons Whipper (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2008
William May Wightman, LL.D. 1859
Robert Wilson, LL.D. 1922
     
X-Y Henry Yaschik (Doctor of Letters) 1992
The Honorable Annette D. Young (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2006
     
Z John A. Zeigler, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2011
  Anita Zucker (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2010
Jerry Zucker (Doctor of Humane Letters) 2007

 

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