Honorary Doctor of Laws
- 1888
- The Hon. David J. Brewer - 1891
- Solon O. Thacher - 1902
- John C. McClintock - 1904
- William O. Johnston
- William H. Rossington - 1905
- Archibald McCullough - 1914
- Jacob C. Mohler - 1915
- Harry Olson
- Frank Knight Sanders - 1916
- Duncan Lendrum McEachron - 1917
- Harry B. Wilson - 1921
- Henry J. Allen
- Edward G. Buckland - 1922
- Ozora S. Davis - 1923
- Arthur E. Hertzler - 1925
- Charles Curtis
- Oscar A. Kropf
- Richard E. Kropf - 1926
- Robert Stone - 1927
- John S. Dawson '06 - 1928
- Sardius Mason Brewster
- Stephen S. Estey '28 - 1929
- George H. Whitcomb - 1930
- Parley Paul Womer - 1931
- Arthur Capper
- Lee Eldas Phillips - 1933
- Governor Alfred Mossman Landon
- Frank Martin Mohler - 1935
- Dean Harry K. Allen
- Thomas Allen McNeal - 1936
- A.A. Godard - 1937
- Frank A. Quail '29 - 1939
- Ernest H. Lindley
- Herbert George Titt - 1940
- John E. Erickson
- George Enfield Frazer
- William A. Irwin '34
- Anthony E. Karnes
- Harry H. Woodring - 1941
- Phillip C. King - 1942
- Rees H. Hughes
- Dean W. Mallott - 1943
- Francis D. Farrell - 1951
- William Addison Neiswanger
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope '50 - 1954
- Gladden Whetstone Baker
- Edward Ray Sloan '06
- James Stanley Twyford - 1955
- Bruce W. Trull
- 1957
- Annie B. Sweet
- Herbert Bernard Loper
- David M. Neiswanger - 1958
- Ray Hugh Garvey
- Donald Read Heath
- The Hon. Delmas Carl Hill '29 - 1959
- Dale Elbert Sharp
- Alfred Bixby Quinton, Jr. - 1962
- Robert Mason Clark '34 - 1963
- John R. Emens - 1965
- Paul Joseph Lovewell
- Verner J. Dunton '14 - 1967
- Senator Frank Carlson
- General Howard S. Searle '16 - 1968
- Senator Harry Darby - 1969
- The Hon. Earl H. Hatcher '23
- Senator Robert J. Dole '52
- The Hon. Byron R. White - 1970
- Richard James Farrell - 1971
- The Hon. Harold R. Fatzer '33
- The Hon. H. George Templar '27
- President Dwight David Eisenhower - 1972
- Leon Jaworski - 1974
- Governor Robert B. Docking - 1976
- The Hon. Tom C. Clark - 1977
- The Hon. Albert B. Fletcher, Jr. '51
- Donald P. Moyers '34 - 1978
- F. Mark Garlinghouse '39 - 1979
- Robert L Brock
- Edwin R. Linquist '50 - 1980
- William E. Treadway - 1981
- The Hon. Joseph Wilson Morris '47
- Philip H. Lewis '35 - 1983
- Meyer M. Ueoka '49 - 1984
- John E. Shamberg '37 - 1986
- Gerald L. Michaud '51 - 1989
- Malcolm S. Forbes - 1990
- The Hon. D. Jerome Harman '35
- The Hon. Sherman A. Parks '55 - 1991
- The Hon. Richard Holmes '53 - 2000
- Ambassador Delano Lewis '63 - 2001
- Mark V. Heitz '77 - 2002
- Gerald Goodell '58 - 2003
- John D. Kemp '74 - 2004
- The Hon. Paul Brady '56 - 2006
- The Hon. Sam A. Crow '52 - 2007
- Michael C. Manning '77
Michael Manning (center) with Dr. Jerry Farley (left) and Interim Dean Bill Rich
