Honorary Doctorates Left Side

 

HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS

 

 

2021

2017

Albert Chen,  Doctor of Business

Tim Swarens, Doctor of Humane Letters  

2017

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

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)

 

** Has not yet received degree

5/2017

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