Commencement
at Colorado State University
Commencement and Commissioning ceremonies May 16, 17 and 18
Honorary Degree Recipients
Updated Feb. 5, 2013
| 1896 | Grace Espy Patton | Master of Science |
| 1907 | E.J. Iddings | Master of Science |
| 1910 | Joseph F. Daniels | Master of Science |
| 1919 | Luther C. Bragg | Bachelor of Science |
| C.G. Sargent | Bachelor of Science | |
| George F. Snyder | Master of Science | |
| 1921 | Ralph L. Crosman | Bachelor of Science |
| 1924 | Mrs. Bargis (Delphine Harris) Coy | Master of Arts |
| 1929 | Raymond Walter | Bachelor of Science |
| 1930 | Otto W. Shaeffer | Master of Science | 1945 | Otto Vincent Adams | Doctor of Science |
| Percy Nicol Annand | Doctor of Science | |
| Harry Dean Cochran | Doctor of Science | |
| Milton S. Eisenhower | Doctor of Science | |
| William Hugh Feldman | Doctor of Science | |
| Margaret Prendergast McLean | Doctor of Science | |
| 1946 | William Silas Hill | Doctor of Science |
| 1947 | Charles F. Brannan | Doctor of Science |
| 1948 | Dr. I. E. Newsom | Doctor of Science |
| 1949 | William R. Kreutzer | Doctor of Science |
| 1950 | Aleck John Lunn | Doctor of Science |
| 1951 | James Ray Miller | Doctor of Letters |
| 1952 | Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | Doctor of Laws |
| 1953 | Laurence Wood Durrell | Doctor of Science |
| 1954 | Miriam Augusta Palmer | Doctor of Science |
| 1955 | Charles N. Shepardson | Doctor of Laws |
| 1956 | W. Averell Harriman | Doctor of Laws |
| 1957 | William Bell O'Donnell | Doctor of Laws |
| 1958 | Maurice S. Shahan | Doctor of Science |
| Conrad Henry Becker | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1959 | Julius Wayne Reitz | Doctor of Laws |
| William Robert Ross | Doctor of Laws | |
| Raymond H. Miller | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1960 | Hilario J. Santos | Doctor of Laws |
| Reuben Gilbert Gustavson | Doctor of Science | |
| Wendell Phillips | Doctor of Commercial Science | |
| 1961 | Wayne Norviel Aspinall | Doctor of Civil Law |
| John Alfred Hannah | Doctor of Laws | |
| Michael Joseph Kirwan | Doctor of Civil Law | |
| Andrew G. Clark | Doctor of Laws | |
| James Allen McCain | Doctor of Laws | |
| 1962 | Robert Anderson | Doctor of Laws |
| Chester M. Alter | Doctor of Science | |
| 1963 | Gordon L. Allott | Doctor of Laws |
| William E. Morgan | Doctor of Laws | |
| Phillip Handler | Doctor of Science | |
| 1964 | John A. Love | Doctor of Laws |
| 1965 | Henry Nash Smith | Doctor of Laws |
| 1966 | Frederick P. Thieme | Doctor of Laws |
| 1967 | Stewart L. Udall | Doctor of Laws |
| 1968 | Lewis W. Walt | Doctor of Laws |
| 1969 | Marie-Claire Alain | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1970 | Maurice B. Mitchell | Doctor of Letters |
| Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor | Doctor of Science | |
| John Olive | Doctor of Science | |
| Harold McCracken | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Mary Scott | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Frank Waters | Doctor of Letters | |
| 1971 | Gabriel Murrillo Peralta | Doctor of Science |
| Donlad L. Hammond | Doctor of Science | |
| Victor Bravo Ahuja | Doctor of Science | |
| 1972 | Thomas L. Kimball | Doctor of Science |
| George H. Weyerhaeuser | Doctor of Science | |
| 1973 | Robert W. Long | Doctor of Science |
| H. Marie Worminton | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Robert Q. Marston | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1974 | Richard Hunt | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1975 | H. Harry Wieder | Doctor of Science |
| Fu Hua Chen | Honorary Doctor of Science | |
| 1976 | David Talmage | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| Warren Garst | Honorary Doctor of Science | |
| 1977 | Elnora M. Gilfoyle | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| John G. Powers | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1978 | Russel L. Heath | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| 1979 | Francis M. Lechleitner | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| Ed N. Honnen | Honorary Doctor of Science | |
| 1980 | Henry E. Lowenstein | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| Dwada K. Jawara | Honorary Doctor of Science | |
| Howard M. Temin | Honorary Doctor of Science | |
| 1981 | Kenneth Monfort | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| Malcolm S. Forbes | Honorary Doctor of Science | |
| 1982 | Thomas E. Lovejoy III | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| 1983 | Robert C. Norris | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| 1984 | C. Radhakrishna Rao | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| 1985 | Leonard Lee Rue III | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| Lawrence Phelps | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1986 | Robert Barkley | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| Carl A. Bimson | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1987 | Jungho Sonie | Honorary Doctor of Science |
| 1988 | Ben Houston | Bachelor of Science in Animal Science |
| 1989 | Walter Scott, Jr. | Doctor of Engineering |
| John Mosley | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Edna Mosley | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1990 | Joseph F. Phelps | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Richard Lewis Robinson | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1991 | Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1992 | Robert S. Everitt | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1993 | Tom J. Gleason | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1994 | Maurice Albertson | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Lorne A. Babiuk | Doctor of Science | |
| E. Hadley Stuart, Jr. | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 1995 | Michael S. Smith | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1996 | Timothy E. Wirth | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2009 | C.N.R. Rao | Doctor of Science |
| 2011 | Pat Stryker (watch video) | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Alice Wallace (watch video) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Edward Warner (watch video) | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Peter H. Coors | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 2012 | Richard Monfort | Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Nan Stuart | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| Sophie Craighead | Doctor of Humane Letters |
Welcome New Alumni
New graduates are important members of the extended CSU alumni family. Visit the Alumni Association for information on programs for your class, as well our programs and alumni groups across the nation.
