Honorary Doctorates

HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS

2021

• Albert Chen, Doctor of Business

2017

• Tim Swarens, Doctor of Humane Letters
• David Chu, Doctor of Education

2016

• Bill Updike, Doctor of Business

2015

• Jay Bardole, Doctor of Science

2014

• Senator Thomas J. Wyss, Doctor of Public Service

2013

• Major General R. Martin Umbarger, Doctor of Public Service

2012

• Ira Wagler, Doctor of Letters

2011

• Senator Richard Lugar, Doctor of Public Service

2010

• Thomas J. Duesterberg, Doctor of Commerce
• Donald B. Villwock, Doctor of Business

2009

• Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman, Doctor of Public Service

2008

• Senator Robert Meeks, Doctor of Public Service
• Peter Yip, Doctor of Business

2007

• Representative William Crawford, Doctor of Public Service**
• Mac McCormick (posthumously; received by father), Doctor of Business
• Bernie Niehaus, Doctor of Business
• George Ridgway, Doctor of Business

2006

• Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Doctor of Public Service
• Michael L. Eskew, Doctor of Business

2005

• Toby Malichi, Doctor of Business

2004

• Lt. Gov. Kathy Davis, Doctor of Public Service
• Michael L. Eskew, (not yet received) – received 4/2006
• Rev. Fitzhugh Lee Lyons, Sr., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Lothian Skelton, Doctor of Arts and Entertainment
• Tim Swarens**

2003

• John Frenz, Doctor of Public Service
• Robert Ray, Doctor of Music
• James Thyen, Doctor of Business

2002

• Joe Kernan (not yet received)
• C. James McCormick, Doctor of Business
• William Cook, Doctor of Commerce
• Lothian Skelton (received 2004)
• Reverend Ed Wheeler, Doctor of Humane Letters

2001

• Rebecca Kendall Goss, Doctor of Law
• Stanley Jones, Doctor of Education
• Gary Mitchell, Doctor of Business

2000

• John Gregg, Doctor of Public Service
• Newton Lee, Doctor of Computer Science

1999

• E. Janet Berry, Doctor of Chemistry
• Melvin Carraway, Doctor of Law Enforcement
• Judy O’Bannon, Doctor of Community Service

1998

• T. Garrott Benjamin, Doctor of Humanities
• James Brocksmith, Doctor of Business
• Jane Jarvis, Doctor of Music
• Eiji Toyoda, Doctor of International Business

1997

• William Christopher, Doctor of Public Service
• Governor Frank O’Bannon, Doctor of Government
• Fred Poole, Doctor of Business
• Patsy Thrash, Doctor of Education
• Senator Richard Young, Doctor of Government (Jasper)

1996

• Prince David Dlamini, Doctor of Political Science
• David Goodnow, Doctor of Broadcasting
• Suellen Reed, Doctor of Education
• Phillip Warner, Doctor of Government

1995

• JoMarie Payton Noble, Doctor of Humanities
• Lee Cross, Doctor of Business
• Orville Redenbacher, Doctor of Public Service
• Bain Farris, Doctor of Health Administration
• Dave Buehler, Doctor of Business (Jasper)
• Clyde Ingle, Doctor of Education (Indianapolis)

1994

• Barbara Boyd, Doctor of Public Service
• William Graves, Doctor of Humanities
• George Mikelsons, Doctor of Technology
• Roy Nicholson, Doctor of Business

1993

• Bob McAdoo, Doctor of Physical Education
• Rex Early, Doctor of Business
• Cory SerVaas, Doctor of Journalism
• Tom Wathen, Doctor of Public Service
• Dennis Heeke, Doctor of Public Service (Jasper)

1992

• John Burkhart, Doctor of Business
• John Fisher, Doctor of Business
• Don Wolf, Doctor of Humanities
• Robert Koch, Doctor of Technology
• Stan Kremp, Doctor of Business (Jasper)

1991

• Susan Bayh, Doctor of Humanities
• Dale Parnell, Doctor of Social Science
• Arthur Decio, Doctor of Business
• Arnold Habig, Doctor of Business

1990

• Governor Evan Bayh, Doctor of Social Science
• Jerry Reynolds, Doctor of Health, Physical Education, & Recreation

1989

• Donald Burdick, Doctor of Public Service
• Frederick Evans, Doctor of Humanities

1988

• Joseph Flummerfelt, Doctor of Music
• Bishop Francis R. Shea, Doctor of Divinity

1988 (Continued)

• James E. Dora, Doctor of Business Administration
• Albert Rosenberg, Doctor of Humanities
• Major General Carl G. Farrell, Doctor of Public Administration

1987

• Frank McCloskey, Doctor of Public Service
• Ernestine M. Raclin, Doctor of Business

1986

• Beurt SerVaas, Doctor of Public Service
• John Hillenbrand, II, Doctor of Business

1985

• Van Paul Smith, Doctor of Business
• Senator Dan Quayle, Doctor of Laws

1984

• John William Hicks III, Doctor of Education
• John Massie Mutz, Doctor of Laws

1983

• Donald Kenneth Gentry, Doctor of Education
• Senator Richard G. Lugar, Doctor of Laws

1982

• Robert Dunkerson Orr, Doctor of Management & Administrative Science

1981

• Richard Ristine, Doctor of Humanities

1980

• Dr. Isaac K. Beckes, Doctor of Laws

1979

• None

1978

• James T. Morris, Doctor of Business Administration
• Elizabeth Ann Bowen, Doctor of Humanities
• Robert Paul Early, Doctor of Journalism
• Anna Jane Harrison, Doctor of Science

1977

• Margaret E. Walsh, Doctor of Science

1976

• Richard D. Gibb, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Marion S. Badolet, Doctor of Chemical Engineering
• Hubert Howard Hawkins, Doctor of Laws

1975

• John J. Tholey, Doctor of Science
• O.H. Frisbie, Doctor of Letters
• Earl J. McGrath, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Mildred S. Compton, Doctor of Humanities
• Senator Birch Bayh, Doctor of Laws
• Frank K. Zoll, Doctor of Humanities

1974

• Governor Otis Bowen, Doctor of Laws

1973

• Sam Henry Jones, Doctor of Laws

1972

• Lawrence Keith Bulen, Doctor of Humanities
• Alan Carson Rankin, Doctor of Laws

1971

• Norman Franklin Arterburn, Doctor of Laws
• Lewis W. Bonsib, Doctor of Humanities

1970

• J. Howard Hill, Doctor of Humanities
• Meredith Jordan, Doctor of Educational Administration
• Senator Vance Hartke, Doctor of Laws

1970 (Continued)

• Lieutenant Governor Richard E. Foltz, Doctor of Laws
• Governor Roger Branigan, Doctor of Laws

1969

• John K. Snyder, Doctor of Laws
• J. Howard Hill, Doctor of Humanities

1968

• Oscar Lewis Dunn, Doctor of Business Administration
• Orrelle Fidlar Cornelius, Doctor of Humanities

1967

• James Edward Frankum, Doctor of Laws
• Hollis P. Leighly, Doctor of Science
• Hilda L. Begeman, Doctor of Science

1966

• Eugene C. Pulliam, Doctor of Laws

1965

• Joseph W. Barr, Doctor of Laws

1964

• Nathaniel Leverone, Doctor of Laws

1963

• Richard “Red” Skelton, Doctor of Humane Letters

1962

• None

1961

• Matthew Empson Welsh, Doctor of Laws
• Henry Frederick Schricker, Doctor of Laws
• William Gilmer Bray, Doctor of Laws

1960

• Michael J. Kirwan, Doctor of Laws

1959

• None

1958

• Byron R. Lewis, Doctor of Laws

1957

• None

1956

• Dr. Ray H. Montgomery Jr., Doctor of Divinity
• Ruth E. Staninger, Doctor of Education
• George N. Craig, Doctor of Laws

1955

• M. Maurice Couve de Murriville, Doctor of Laws
• Arleigh Bunting Davis, Doctor of Letters

1954

• None

1953

• Robert E. Green, Doctor of Laws

1952

• Thomas Curtis Clark, Doctor of Literature
• Walter A. Davis (no date, no degree specification)