UNIVERSITY HONOREES

 

HONORARY DEGREES:

1957

Dr. Vesto Melvin Slipher, Doctor of Science; Astronomer; Director, Lowell Observatory

Dr. Edwin D. McKee, Doctor of Science; Geologist; U.S. Geological Survey

1958

Dr. Martin G. Fronske, Doctor of Humane Letters; Flagstaff and College physician

1959

Hon. Henry Fountain Ashurst, Doctor of Laws; U.S. Senator from Arizona

Dr. Harold S. Colton, Doctor of Science; President, Northern Arizona Society of Science and Art

 

1960

Charles B. Wilson, Sr., Doctor of Laws; Flagstaff attorney

Dr. Clyde W. Tombaugh, Doctor of Science; Astronomer; discoverer of Pluto at Lowell Observatory

 

1961

Dr. Earl C. Slipher, Doctor of Science; Astronomer; Lowell Observatory

Robert Eunson (alumnus), Doctor of Letters; Journalist; executive, The Associated Press

 

1962

Hon. Howard W. Cannon (alumnus), Doctor of Laws; U.S. Senator from Nevada

Dr. Charles W. Sechrist, Doctor of Education; Physician; Coconino County State Representative

1963

Samuel H. Morris, Doctor of Laws; Member, President, Arizona Board of Regents

1964

John J. Ricca (alumnus), Doctor of Laws; Director, U.S. Office of Oil and Gas

Lynn M. Laney, Doctor of Humane Letters; Member, President, Arizona Board of Regents

1965

Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker, Doctor of Science; Director, Astrogeology Branch, U.S. Geological Survey

1966

John G. Babbitt, Doctor of Humane Letters; Member, President, Arizona Board of Regents

Platt Cline, Doctor of Letters; Journalist; President, Publisher, Arizona Daily Sun

1967

Raul H. Castro (alumnus), Doctor of Laws; Jurist and public official

1968

Hon. Carl Hayden, Doctor of Laws; U.S. Senator from Arizona

Melvin T. Hutchinson (alumnus), Doctor of Journalism; Journalist-historian, Northern Arizona University

1969-1970

None conferred

1971

Lyndon L. Hargrave, Doctor of Science; Archaeologist, ornithologist; Prescott College

Myron D. Sutton (alumnus), Doctor of Science; Naturalist, author; executive, National Park Service

1972-75

None conferred

1976

Wilson C. Riles (alumnus), Doctor of Laws; State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California

1977

Sherman Hazeltine, Doctor of Laws; Arizona banker

Dr. John S. Hall, Doctor of Science; Astronomer; Lowell Observatory

1978

Hon. Barry M. Goldwater, Doctor of Letters; U.S. Senator, Arizona

Dr. Virgil W. Gillenwater, Doctor of Letters; Executive Vice-President, Northern Arizona University

1979

Dr. Lewis J. McDonald (alumnus), Doctor of Laws; Administrator, teacher, Northern Arizona University

Paul L. Singer, Doctor of Laws; Former member, Arizona Board of Regents

1980

Joseph C. Rolle (alumnus), Doctor of Humane Letters; Administrator, Northern Arizona University

Henry C. Giclas, Doctor of Science; Astronomer, Lowell Observatory

1981

Ralph M. Bilby, Doctor of Humane Letters; Member, President, Arizona Board of Regents

George B. Munroe, Doctor of Humane Letters; Chairman of the Board and President, Phelps-Dodge

Dr. Harold Masursky, Doctor of Science; Senior Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey

1982

Dwight W. Patterson (alumnus), Doctor of Humane Letters; Former Member, Arizona Board of Regents

Keith L. Turley, Doctor of Humane Letters; President, Arizona Public Service

Richard S. Wilson, Doctor of Humane Letters; Director, Wilson Foundation

Russell E. Dickenson (alumnus), Doctor of Science; Director, National Park Service

1982-1983

Carobeth Laird, Doctor of Humane Letters (deceased 8-83)

Marguerite Hettel Weiss, Doctor of Humane Letters (deceased 6-84)

1983-84

Eudice Shapiro, Doctor of Humane Letters

1984-85

Edward N. Basha, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters

Anthony J. Cosmano, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year

1985-86

Terri Fields, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year

1986-87

None granted

1987-88

Cecil Lockhart-Smith, Doctor of Humane Letters (deceased 6-88)

Dr. Peggy Steffens, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year

Kenneth Carpenter, Doctor of Humane Letters

1988-89

Roger Wilson, Doctor of Humane Letters (deceased)

Marilyn Kay Beuhler, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year

Dr. Joseph V. Martinez, Doctor of Science

1989-90

Ceremony held during Commencement on May 11, 1990

R.C. Gorman, Doctor of Humane Letters

Dr. Bradford Luckingham, Doctor of Humane Letters

Governor Rose Mofford, Doctor of Humane Letters

Carolyn Shoemaker, Doctor of Science

Dr. Rachel Moreno, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year

1990-91

Ceremony held during Commencement on May 10, 1991

E.C. "Polly" Rosenbaum, Doctor of Humane Letters

Yukio Yamamoto, Doctor of Humane Letters

Allan W. Ostar, Doctor of Humane Letters

Elizabeth Bradshaw, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year

1991-92

Jim L. Bond, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-91)

Walter Snow, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year (Awarded 5-8-92)

Carole L. Grosse, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Superintendent of the Year (Awarded 5-8-92)

1992-93

Wilma Mankiller, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-18-92)

Hui Jin, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-18-92)

Dr. Karen Butterfield, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year (Awarded 5-14-93)

John E. Cook, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 5-14-93)

Mark Finley, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 5-14-93)

1993-94

Margo Stone, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year (Awarded 5-13-94)

1994-95

R. Carlos Nakai, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-16-94)

Esther N. Capin, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-16-94)

Donald Pitt, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-16-94)

William D. Berkeley, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-16-94)

Dennis DeConcini, Doctor of Laws (Awarded 5-12-95)

Rod Castillo, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year (Awarded 5-12-95)

1995-96

William R. Shover, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-15-95)

Robert Campbell, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year (Awarded 5-10-96)

Douglas J. Wall, Doctor of Laws (Awarded 5-10-96)

Katherin Chase, Doctor of Humane Letters (Awarded 12-10-96)



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