Dr. Vesto Melvin Slipher, Doctor of Science; Astronomer; Director, Lowell Observatory
Dr. Edwin D. McKee, Doctor of Science; Geologist; U.S. Geological Survey
Dr. Martin G. Fronske, Doctor of Humane Letters; Flagstaff and College physician
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
Charles B. Wilson, Sr., Doctor of Laws; Flagstaff attorney
Dr. Clyde W. Tombaugh, Doctor of Science; Astronomer; discoverer of Pluto at Lowell Observatory
Dr. Earl C. Slipher, Doctor of Science; Astronomer; Lowell Observatory
Robert Eunson (alumnus), Doctor of Letters; Journalist; executive, The Associated Press
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
Samuel H. Morris, Doctor of Laws; Member, President, Arizona Board of Regents
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
Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker, Doctor of Science; Director, Astrogeology Branch, U.S. Geological Survey
John G. Babbitt, Doctor of Humane Letters; Member, President, Arizona Board of Regents
Platt Cline, Doctor of Letters; Journalist; President, Publisher, Arizona Daily Sun
Raul H. Castro (alumnus), Doctor of Laws; Jurist and public official
Hon. Carl Hayden, Doctor of Laws; U.S. Senator from Arizona
Melvin T. Hutchinson (alumnus), Doctor of Journalism; Journalist-historian, Northern Arizona University
None conferred
Lyndon L. Hargrave, Doctor of Science; Archaeologist, ornithologist; Prescott College
Myron D. Sutton (alumnus), Doctor of Science; Naturalist, author; executive, National Park Service
None conferred
Wilson C. Riles (alumnus), Doctor of Laws; State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California
Sherman Hazeltine, Doctor of Laws; Arizona banker
Dr. John S. Hall, Doctor of Science; Astronomer; Lowell Observatory
Hon. Barry M. Goldwater, Doctor of Letters; U.S. Senator, Arizona
Dr. Virgil W. Gillenwater, Doctor of Letters; Executive Vice-President, Northern Arizona University
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
Joseph C. Rolle (alumnus), Doctor of Humane Letters; Administrator, Northern Arizona University
Henry C. Giclas, Doctor of Science; Astronomer, Lowell Observatory
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
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
Carobeth Laird, Doctor of Humane Letters (deceased 8-83)
Marguerite Hettel Weiss, Doctor of Humane Letters (deceased 6-84)
Eudice Shapiro, Doctor of Humane Letters
Edward N. Basha, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters
Anthony J. Cosmano, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year
Terri Fields, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year
None granted
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
Margo Stone, Doctor of Humane Letters; Arizona Teacher of the Year (Awarded 5-13-94)
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)
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)