Honorary Degree Recipients - Office of the President (original) (raw)
Name of Recipient
Date/Degree
Remarks
Andrew Sledd
June 1909 DD
First UF President, to July 1909. Later professor of Bible and Greek at Emory University.
William F. Blackman
June 1910 LLD
President of Rollins College
Thomas M. Shackleford
June 1910 LDD
Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Albert H. Walker
June 1916 LittD
Director of the State School for Deaf and Blind at St. Augustine
William Spencer Currell
June 1916 LLD
President of the University of South Carolina
Edward Rawson Flint
June 1919 LLD
First professor of chemistry at UF. Inspector of Land Grant colleges from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
Fons A. Hathaway
June 1919 LLD
AB 1902, UF. Superintendent of Public Instruction of Duval County
George Morgan Ward
June 1919 LLD
Acting President of Rollins College, member of its Board of Trustees at Rollins
Peter Henry Rolfs
Dec. 1920 DSc
Dean of Coll. of Agriculture and Director of the Experiment Station. Later director of a state college in Brazil.
Philip Keyes Yonge
June 1921 LLD
President of Southern States Lumber Company of Pensacola. Chairman, Florida State Board of Control, 1910-17 and 1922-32
Nathan P. Bryan
May 1923 LLD
U.S. Senator, 1911-17. 1st Chair of the Board of Control, later Fed. Dist. Judge in New Orleans
William Jennings Bryan
May 1923 LLD
Eminent statesman and lawyer, churchman and lecturer. Democratic candidate for U.S. President in 1896.
Harvey Warren Cox
May 1923 LLD
Professor of Philosophy, 1911-20. Dean of Teachers College, 1916-20.
Roger W. Babson
May 1927 LLD
Prominent statistician and economist. Helped further interests of the state.
Eugene L. Wartmann
May 1929 LLD
Member of Legislature which passed Buckman Act. Member of Board of Control, 1907-29.
Orestes Ferrara
June 1930 LLD
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba to U.S., 1926-30
Doyle E. Carleton
June 1933 DCL
Governor of Florida, 1929-30. Attorney in Tampa.
Duncan U. Fletcher
Aug. 1933 LLD
U.S. Senator from Florida, 1908-36
Albert J. Farrah
June 1935 DCL
First Dean of College of Law, 1910-12. Dean of Law School at University of Alabama.
Scott M. Loftin
June 1935 DCL
Prominent Florida Attorney. 58th president of American Bar Association; Chairman of University Endowment Corp., UF.
Charles Homes Herty
June 1937 DSc
Noted paper chemist; developed procedures for using pine pulp in paper manufacture.
Edward Conrad
May 1939 LLD
President, Florida State College for Women, 1909-41
David G. Fairchild
May 1939 LLD
Eminent botanist, lecturer, author
Marjorie K. Rawlings
June 1941 LHD
Well-known author; won O. Henry Memorial Prize and Pulitzer Prize. First woman to receive honorary degree from UF.
Raymond Robbins
June 1941 LLD
Social and civic leader; WW I Army officer, lecturer & world traveler. Degree conferred at his home in sanctuary at Chinsegut Hill, Florida, which he gave to U.S. gov’t., June 1941. First UF honorary degree conferred off campus.
Willis Manville Ball
May 1942 LLD
Editor of Florida Times Union (Jacksonville), 1902-47
Albert Hazan Blanding
May 1942 LLD
BA 1894, UF. Brigadier General in France, 1918-19. Chief of U.S. National Guard Bureau, 1936-40. Member, Board of Control, 1922-36.
Thomas Barbour
May 1944 DSc
Naturalist, teacher, author, world traveler. Director, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. Interest in Florida’s wildlife and natural history. Presented UF with famous terrestrial Miocene vertebrate locality in Gilchrist County.
Eugene Terry Casler
May 1944 DSc
BS 1913, UF. Assisted in founding Nitrogen Fixation Industry in America. State chemist, later chemical director of a Florida Phosphate mining company, pioneered development of calcination of phosphate rock and new methods of rock mining and flotation.
Herman Gunter
May 1944 DSc
BS 1907, UF Geologist. Contributed to fundamental knowledge of Florida natural resources and helped in development of industry.
James Melton
May 1945 MusD
UF alumnus, 1921-23. Prominent actor, artist and singer. Appeared with Metropolitan Opera Association.
James Bryant Whitfield
Sept. 1945 LLD
Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court; longest tenure in history of court. Degree conferred in Tallahassee.
James A. Van Fleet
Apr. 1946 LLD
Former professor of military science and head football coach, UF. Distinguished in both world wars, Major General; commander of Third U.S. Army Corps in WW II.
William K. Jackson
May 1946 LLD
BS 1904, UF. Prosecuting Attorney and U.S. Attorney for Panama Canal Zone. President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Ralph Herbert Allee
Mar. 1948 DSc
Internationalist, agriculturist, former rep. of State Department and U.S. Department of Agriculture; Director of American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Turriabla, Costa Rica.
Oliver C. Carmichael
Mar. 1948 LLD
Scholar, executive, statesman, former Chancellor, Vanderbilt University. President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Colgate W. Darden Jr.
Mar. 1948 LLD
Former Governor of Virginia;Chancellor of William and Mary; President of University of Virginia.
George D. Stoddard
Mar. 1948 LLL
Author, educator, administrator. Former President, University of State of New York, President, University of Illinois and member of President Truman’s Commission on Higher Education.
Owen D. Young
Mar. 1948 LLD
Lawyer, banker, corporation official, economist, humanitarian. Recipient of honorary degrees from 24 colleges and universities.
Frederick Eugene Lykes
June 1949 LLD
Prominent Florida Agriculturist and industrialist. Trustee, University of the South.
Alben William Barkley
Oct. 1949 LHD
Represented Kentucky in House of Representatives and Senate, 1927-48. Vice President of USA.
Rueben G. Gustavson
Feb. 1950 DSc
Scientist, educator, administrator. Member, Executive Commission of Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities; Chancellor,University of Nebraska.
Harold Mowry
Feb. 1950 DSc
BSA 1929 and MSA 1934, UF. Worked at UF’s Agricultural Experiment Station. In 27 years of service, he served as horticulturist and as director, 1943-50.
Colon Eloy Alfaro
June 1950 LLD
Diplomat of Ecuador. Representative of his country in many parts of the world. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the USA.
Benjamin A. Cohen
June 1950 LHD
Journalist, linguist, diplomat; appointed Ambassador to United States from Chile, 1939. Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Wilson Popenoe
June 1950 DSc
Scholar, horticulturist, Ambassador of Good Will from U.S. to Latin America for nearly 40 years. Director of Escuela Agricola Panamericana at Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Emsterio Santiago Santovenia
June 1950 LLD
Outstanding Cuban, lawyer, writer, historian and statesman
Thomas J. Watson
Feb. 1952 LLD
Business executive, industrial leader. President of International Business Machines Corp., 1919-51. Chairman of the Board of Directors of IBM.
S. Kendrick Guernsey
Feb. 1952 DCS
Former International President of Rotary International. VP, Gulf Life Insurance Co. for more than 20 years.
James C. Downs, Jr.
Feb.1952 DCS
Banker, author, lecturer, real estate economist. Senior partner of Downs, Mohl and Co, Chicago
Boyd Henry Bode
Jan. 1953 LLD
Internationally renowned philosopher, educator, constructive critic, author. Greatly concerned with the vital contribution the school should make to achievement of democracy.
Alvin Christian Eurich
Jan. 1953 LHD
Former president, Northwestern University and State University of New York. Exponent of general education for maintenance of a free society. VP, Fund for Advancement of Ed., Ford Foundation.
Arthur Andrew Hauck
Mar. 1953 LHD
President, University of Maine, almost 20 years. Eminent educator and administrator.
John Alfred Hannah
Mar. 1953 LHD
Former President, Michigan State College. An internationally known agricultural specialist, distinguished educator, statesman. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Personnel.
Virgil Melvin Hancher
Mar. 1953 DCL
Professor of Law and President, State University of Iowa. Attorney, educator, administrator, humanitarian. Member of many learned societies.
Millard Fillmore Caldwell
Mar. 1953 LLD
Florida’s 28th Governor. Lawmaker, statesman, student of international affairs, tireless worker for higher educational standards in the south. Contributor to civic betterment, national safety.
Spessard L. Holland
Mar. 1953 DCL
LLB 1916, UF. First President of combined student body. First native son to serve as Governor and U.S. Senator. Well known for contributions to law, education, finance and public works.
Charles F. Kettering
Mar. 1953 DSc
Vice President and Director, General Motors Corp. Outstanding inventor, engineer, theoretical scientist, industrialist, philanthropist humanitarian.
John James Tigert
Mar. 1953 LittD
President, University of Florida, 19 years, beginning 1928. Professor of Philosophy and Head Football Coach, University of Kentucky. Noted administrator, author, teacher, philosopher, friend of youth.
Turner Zeigler Cason
June 1953 DSc
BS 1908, UF. Known for his efforts to develop a medical center here. A great leader in the medical profession of Florida.
Walter Clifton Payne
June 1953 DSc
Served the people of Florida since 1914. Past President, Florida Medical Association, member of its Board of Governors and Chairman of the Board. Known to all about him as a warm friend, patriotic citizen, eminent scientist and wise counselor.
Warren Wilson Quillian
June 1953 DSc
Nationally influential leader in pediatrics, humanitarian. Contributed many articles to medical and scientific journals.
William Thomas Sanger
June 1953 DSc
President, Medical College of Virginia. Inspiring leader in advancing medical education in South.
William Clark Thomas
June 1953 DSc
Respected physician, kindly guidance and counsel. Fellow of American College of Surgeons and American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Mark D. Hollis
Jan. 1956 DSc
Chief Engineer, Public Health Service, Assistant Surgeon General of US Outstanding engineer and administrator in field of environmental health.
Arthur S. Adams
Feb. 1956 LLD
President, American Council on Education. Prominent in fields of science and education and in military service as a Naval Officer.
Thomas Wesley Bryant
Feb. 1956 LLD
Earned both his Science and Law degrees at University of Florida. Outstanding student and loyal alumnus. Great patriot, lawyer, leader and sportsman.
Harold Raymond Medina
Feb. 1956 DCL
Appointed Federal Judge for U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, May; later Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Famed educator, jurist and statesman.
William F. Callander
Aug. 1958 DSc
Outstanding educator and administrator in field of statistics. Interim director of Statistical Laboratory at University of Fla., and since retiring from active directorship July 1953, continued as consultant.
Robert Lee Frost
Jan. 1960 LittD
Recognized as America’s greatest living poet, perhaps the greatest poet of any time.
William A. Shands
Aug. 1960 LLD
Native son of Florida, legislative leader, statesman, churchman, and farmer; 18 years member of State Senate, honored with Presidency of Senate in 1949.
Louis McDonald Orr
Aug. 1960 DSc
Internationally known physician, surgeon, medical statesman and researcher, philanthropist, and churchman. Awarded Bronze Star for service as colonel Medical Corps, World War II. Established and operated Louis M. Orr Foundation for Cancer Research.
George A. Smathers
June 1961 LLD
BA and Law degrees, UF. Representative to DCL, 80th and 81st Congresses, Senator from Florida since 1951. One of Congress’ experts on Latin American affairs.
James Edwin Webb
May 1963 LLD
Lawyer, industrialist, educator, administrator, leader in space sciences.
Ulysses S. Gordon
May 1963 DHL
Honorary DD, 1930, UF. Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Distinguished pastor, teacher, public servant and friend.
William L. Thompson
May 1963 DSc
Served on State Plant Board; 37 years with Agricultural Experiment Stations of University; retired as Entomologist Emeritus; eminent in citrus industry; author.
Robert A. Gray
Apr. 1964 LLD
Author, educator, civic leader and statesman. Florida’s Secretary of State, 1930-1961.
J. George Harrar
Apr. 1964 DSc
President, Rockefeller Foundation. Taught at University of Puerto Rico, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and Washington State College. Received Certificate for Meritorious Leadership in Agriculture from UF, 1950.
Ruth S. Wedgworth
Apr. 1965 LLD
Businesswoman, farmer, civic and church leader. Instrumental in developing the Everglades as an important farming area. Chosen “Woman of the Year in Service to Fla. Rural Progress;” only woman to serve as President of Fla. Horticulture Society.
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Apr. 1965 LLD
Distinguished lawyer and scholar. President, American Bar Association.
Olin E. Watts
Apr. 1966
LLD
Lawyer, civic leader, businessman; Chair, National Conference of Bar Examiners; Chair, Legal Ed. and Admission to the Bar section of Am. Bar Assn.
Clyde O. Anderson
Apr. 1966 LLD
Physician, medical statesman, philanthropist, counselor. Received A.H. Robins Award of the Florida Medical Association 1965. President Alumni Association and University of Fla. Foundation, Inc. Served on original Advisory Committee to J. Hillis Miller Health Center. Received Significant Alumni Award from UF, 1957.
William Shepherd Dix
Apr. 1967 LLD
Librarian, national leader in information retrieval, etc.
Frank A. Doggett
Apr. 1967 LittD
Outstanding high school principal; literary scholar; author of special note.
J. Wayne Reitz
Apr. 1967 LHD
President, University of Florida; educator.
David B. Lee
June 1968 DSc
Made great strides in malaria control. Upgraded sanitary engineering development in Fla.; pioneer in pollution control.
Wallace Odell Duvall
June 1968 LLD
Leadership in savings and loan industry.
Robert B. Mautz
June 1968 LHD
Vice President of Academic Affairs at University of Florida. Chancellor of Board of Regents of State University System.
Harold Leon Sebring
June 1968 LLD
Attorney, jurist, and legal educator.
Edith Bristol Tigert
Oct. 1968 DHL
Wife of former UF President.
J. Patrick O’Mahoney
Oct. 1968 DD
Clergyman.
Elvis J. Stahr
Oct. 1968 LLD
President of Indiana University; educator; lawyer and public administrator.
Jack K. Williams
Oct. 1968 LLD
Educator; public administrator; Commissioner of Public Higher Education in Texas; University of Tennessee vice president.
Lester R. Dragstedt
June 1969 DSc
Research Professor of Surgery, UF.
Robert Colder Beaty
June 1969 LHD
Director of National Youth Administration in Fla.; Dean of Students, Dean of Men, Dean of Student Personnel, Director of Alumni Loyalty Fund, UF.
George M. Low
June 1969 DSc
Connected with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Director of Spacecraft and Flight Missions, Deputy Director in Houston, Texas and Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office.
George W. Gore Jr.
June 1969 LittD
President Emeritus of Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University.
Marshall W. Nirenberg
Aug. 1969 DSc
Shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology with two other U.S. scientists.
Harry Melvin Philpott
Dec. 1969 LLD
Professor of Religion, UF.; President of Auburn University.
Charles A. Robertson
Dec. 1969 LHD
Professor Emeritus of English and Honorary Curator of Rare Books, UF.
Lucius Durham Battle
March 1970 LLD
Skillful diplomat and an effective administrator.
Wayne Thomas
March 1970 DSc
Considered foremost authority of Fla. Phosphate.
Andrew Nelson Lytle
June 1970LittD
Writer, teacher and editor of the Sewannee Review.
Nell Critzer Miller
(Mrs. J. Hillis Miller)
June 1970 LHD
English teacher; Asst. Dir. for the Wesley Fdtn; and head of the Office of Patient Services, J. Hillis Miller Health Center.
John Barkley Rosser
June 1970 DSc
Contributor to the field of mathematics and has served as a consultant and panel member for the U.S. Government. Director of the Mathematics Research Center of the U.S. Army at Madison.
Mason W. Gross
June 1970 LLD
President of Rutgers, the State University; Chairman of the National Book Committee, philosopher and writer.
Walter L. (Red) Barber
Aug.1970 LittD
An author, lecturer and sports commentator who has reached the top of his chosen field.
C. Vann Woodward
Dec.1970 LittD
Sterling professor of history, Yale. Author and lecturer.
Walter Langbein
Mar. 1971 DSc
Hydraulic engineer, research hydraulic engineer and research hydrologist.
Katherine Graham
Mar. 1971 LHD
Publisher, widely known for philanthropies in education and arts.
Helen Nahm
June 1971 DSc
Distinguished career in nursing and education.
Stephen H. Spurr
June 1971 DSc
UF alumnus. A widely known forester, ecologist, educator and resource analyst. Former VP and Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan; President, University of Texas at Austin.
John C. Slater
Aug. 1971 DSc
Author of numerous articles on fundamental nature of atoms, molecules and solids.
Thomas Clark
Dec. 1971 LLD
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Sidney Hook
Dec. 1971 LHD
Leading philosopher and educator.
Aaron Copland
Mar. 1972 MusD
Outstanding musician and composer.
Nathaniel P. Reed
Mar. 1972 DPS
Asst. Secretary of the Department of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Roe Lyle Johns
Mar. 1972 DPA
Distinguished UF professor, financial consultant, military officer and author.
Chesterfield Smith
June 1972 LLD
Lawyer, civic leader, statesman, public servant.
Frank E. Richart Jr.
Aug. 1972 DSc
Distinguished professor and consultant in engineering.
Max Lerner
Dec.1972 LittD
Distinguished author, teacher, lecturer.
John A. Mulrennan
Dec. 1972 DSc
Leading entomologist; active in public health programs.
William W. Scranton
Mar. 1973 LLD
Leading educator, state and national public service (former Governor of Pennsylvania).
LeRoy Collins
June 1973 LLD
Former Governor of Florida; Under-Secretary of Commerce of U.S.; Attorney and national and state leader.
Norman E. Borlaug
June 1973 DSc
Nobel Peace Prize as agricultural scientist, known as “The Apostle of Wheat,” with Rockefeller Foundation.
Julian Goodman
Aug. 1973 DHL
Outstanding leadership in communication.
Rev. John Tracy Ellis
Aug.1973 LittD
Eminent historian and lecturer.
J. Broward Culpepper
Dec.1973 LittD
Distinguished educator.
Arnold D. Welch
Dec. 1973 DSc
Outstanding scientist and researcher.
James Alfred Perkins
Feb.1974 LittD
Outstanding scholar and international educator.
Linton E. Grinter
Feb.1974 DSc
Outstanding educator and administrator, UF; Dean, UF Graduate School, 17 years.
William H. Parham
May 1974 DHlth
Outstanding health administrator, Executive Vice President, Florida Medical Assn. Adm.
Stephen C. O’Connell
June 1974 LLD
Distinguished jurist and university administrator.
John V. Atanasoff
Aug. 1974 DSc
Distinguished engineer and inventor, invented first electronic digital computer.
Robben W. Fleming
Dec.1974 DHL
Distinguished educator; President, University of Michigan; well-known labor arbitrator and attorney.
Rae O. Weimer
Dec.1974 LittD
Distinguished journalist, educator and pioneer in Fla. journalism and communications, UF’s College of Journalism and Communications developed under his direction, 1949-1968.
Donald T. Campbell
Mar. 1975 DSc
Distinguished psychologist and scientist; President of National Academy of Sciences.
Ants Oras
Mar.1975 LittD
Eminent scholar and internationally recognized man of letters; Professor Emeritus of English, UF.
Paul G. Rogers
June 1975 LLD
Prominent Florida Congressman, leadership in legislative affairs especially pertaining to public health.
Edward F. Knipling
June 1975 DSc
Scholar, author, researcher and science advisor; developed DDT and eradicated screwworm fly.
Johanna Dobereiner
Aug. 1975 DSc
Prominent scientist and researcher, working mainly with nitrogen fixing capability of grasses.
Ronald S. Berman
Dec. 1975 DHL
Scholar, humanist and writer; Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities.
Chester Howell Ferguson
Dec. 1975 LLD
Attorney, industrialist and advocate for higher education.
Ripley P. Bullen
Mar. 1976 DSc
Noted archaeologist and anthropologist; Became Curator of Florida State Museum, 1952; Curator Emeritus at time of award.
Torgny T. Segerstedt
Mar. 1976 DHL
Rector Magnificus, Uppsala University; internationally known educator, philosopher, lecturer; author.
Willard Lee Boyd
June 1976 LLD
Distinguished educator, author and law expertise; President of University of Iowa.
William G. Carleton
June 1976 DHL
Distinguished lecturer, UF faculty 36 years, political science; author; nicknamed “Wild Bill,” an endearment related to his vigorous delivery and frankness on public questions.
Joseph Weil
Aug. 1976 DE
Dean Emeritus of UF College of Engineering; established EIES, a visionary in programs as beach erosion, materials sciences, sewage and water, sanitary engineering and nuclear energy.
Richard K. Arnold
Oct. 1976 DSc
Outstanding leader and research scientist in forestry; with U.S. Forest Service, Research Division until retirement. At time honorary degree was awarded, he was Assistant Vice President for Research, L.B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
Sjoerd Groenman
Mar. 1977 DHL
Emeritus Rector Magnificus, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Famous sociologist, supported the University of Florida/University of Utrecht exchange program.
George S. Wise
Mar. 1977 DH
Lifetime Chancellor of Tel Aviv University. Outstanding educator, businessman and humanitarian. President, George S. Wise and Co., newsprint manufacturing of Miami.
Mitchell W. Spellman
June 1977 DSc
Dean, Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School.Noted for bringing improved access to medical education for minority students and improved medical care for the inner city.
Maclyn McCarthy
June 1977 DSc
Vice President of Rockefeller University. Conducted research on DNA and in the fields of microbiology and immunology.
Sir Philip M. Sherlock
Aug. 1977 DHL
Educator. Secretary General of Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes.
Allen S. Weller
Dec. 1977 DFA
Art historian, critic and teacher. Established Krannert Art Museum in Illinois.
Elliot L. Richardson
Mar. 1978 LLD
Ambassador-at-Large and Special Representative of the U.S. President to the Law of the Sea Conference. Former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James and served in four cabinet posts – Sec. of Commerce; U.S. Attorney General; Sec. of Defense; Sec. of Health, Educ. and Welfare.
Pauli Murray
Mar. 1978 DH
Jurist, educator, poet and theologian. First black woman priest ordained by Episcopal Church. Granddaughter of a slave.
Alvin Percy Black
June 1978 DSc
UF Research Professor Emeritus. Black Hall named for him. Internationally known scientist. Worked on water treatment.
James T. Gurney
Dec. 1978 DHL
Attorney. Served as a member of the Board of Control of Florida Institutions of Higher Learning.
James R. Shepley
Dec. 1978 DHL
Commencement speaker. President, Time, Inc.; Distinguished journalist, writer and businessman.
Samuel Gurin
Mar. 1979 DSc
Pioneer in marine research.Led in the development of the Whitney Marine Research Laboratory.Interested in marine metabolism and chemoreception in marine organisms.
Nancy Hanks
June 1979 DFA
Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, 1969-77.Vice chairman and trustee of the Rockerfeller Brothers Fund.
Philip S. Handler
Dec. 1979 DSc
President of National Academy of Science
Walter Beinecke, Jr.
Mar. 1980 DHL
Active in business, ranching, historic preservation, health planning, education and refugee rehabilitation. Served as Vice President of Sales for S&H Green Stamp Company, 15 years.
Dr. George T. Harrell Jr.
Mar. 1980 DSc
Research professor, Duke School of Medicine, 1941-54. Founding Dean, UF’s College of Medicine, 1954-64. In 1964, founding Provost for the Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania; thus, the first person in U.S. to design and develop two medical schools from their beginning.
Allen H. Neuharth
Mar.1980 LittD
Commencement speaker. President of Gannett and Company. Chairman and President of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
James Willard Hurst
June 1980 LLD
Commencement speaker. Distinguished legal historian, author and educator. Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin.
Adam Lopatka
June 1980 LLD
Jurist and administrator of international distinction. Director of Institute of State and Law of Polish Academy of Science.
Margaret E. Mahoney
Aug. 1980 DHL
President of the Commonwealth Fund. Specialized in public policy analysis, educational theory, health care systems and financing.
J. Hillis Miller
Aug.1980 LittD
Internationally known scholar, critic and teacher. Frederick W. Hilles Professor of English at Yale.
William R. Smith Jr.
Dec. 1980 LLD
President, American Bar Association. Tampa attorney.
Johannes Gross
Dec.1980 LittD
Editorial Director, Capital magazine, the largest business journal in Western Europe.
Molly Harrower
March 1981 DHL
A psychologist, teacher, writer, researcher and poet, she is internationally recognized by psychologists and psychiatrists for her contributions to the understanding of personality.
Donald R. Matthews
March 1981 DPS
1953 UF Distinquished Alumnus Award recipient; representative from the 8th District of Florida to the 83rd Congress, 1952- 67; Administrator of the Rural Community Development Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Don Manuel de Prado Y Colon de Carvajal
June 1981 LLD
Ambassador at Large of Spain. President, Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana.
Hernan Fonseca de Zamora
June 1981 DSC
Minister of Agriculture of Costa Rica.
Alfred A. McKethan
Aug. 1981 DC
BS 1931, UF. Banker, public servant, civic leader, patron of education.
Dorothy M. Smith
Oct. 1981 DSc
Professor and Dean Emeritus, UF College of Nursing; pioneer in nursing education.
Arthur C. Allyn, Jr.
Dec. 1981 DSc
Chairman of A.C. Allyn and Co. and Director of Emeritus of the Allyn Museum of Entomology in Sarasota. Former President of the Chicago White Sox. Former parter of Francis I. dePont and Co.
Edward E. David, Jr.
May 1982 DSc
Former Science Advisor to the President of the U.S. and Director of the U.S. Office of Science and Technology; current President of Exxon Research and Engineering Co. One of the nation’s strongest advocates for improving engineering and scientific education.
Dr. Charles E. Cornelius
June 1982 DSc
Teacher, scientist and academic administrator in Veterinary medicine. In 1971, he became founding dean of UF’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Nahum N. Glatzer
Aug. 1982 DHL
Internationally recognized Judaic scholar, historian, editor and teacher. Prominent faculty member at Brandeis and Boston universities.
David S. Saxon
Dec. 1982 DSc
President, University of California System; Internationally recognized physicist and leader in higher education administration.
Reubin O’Donovan Askew
April 1983 DPS
JD 1956, UF. Former governor of Florida. Served in Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate. Appointed U.S. Trade Representative during President Carter’s administration.
Manning Julian Dauer Jr.
Aug. 1983 LLD
Historian, political scientist, writer, consultant and Distinguished Service Professor. Wrote a classic in early American history and political theory, established the guidelines for reapportionment in Florida and other states, and taught more than 15,000 students during his 50-year teaching career. BA and MA from UF.
Richard Vernon Moore
Dec. 1983 DHL
Chancellor of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach. President of the College of 28 years prior to his 1975 retirement. Known for contributions to education, black community in Florida, human relations, religious and civic organizations.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Dec. 1983 DHL
Leader in the arts, sciences, sports, industry and government. Co-producer of first color films, including such classics as “A Star is Born” and “Gone With The Wind.”Established the C.V. Whitney Laboratory for Experimental Marine Biology and Medicine at UF. Founded Pan American Airways and the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company.
James L. Knight
April 1984 DHL
Built one of the best newspapers, The Miami Herald, and helped establish one of the largest newspaper groups in the nation, The Knight-Ridder Newspapers. He has served twice as President of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
Frederick A. Hauck
Aug. 1984 DSc
Noted mineralogist, metallurgist and patron of cultural and educational institutions. Instrumental in the production of materials for the nuclear industry and other strategic, rare and precious metals. Helped develop Gaseous Core Reactors. Mined rare earth from Florida Beaches. president of Continental Mineral Processing Co.
E. T. York, Jr.
Dec. 1984 DSc
Leader in higher education and agriculural development; Chancellor Emeritus of the State University System.
James Willis Walter
Dec. 1984 LLD
Industrial leader, Innovator in home building industry; Chairman of Jim Walter Corp.
Dr. Martin D. Young
May 1985 DSc
Internationally recognized for research in malaria parasites, one of the most distinguished parasitologist and tropical medicine specialists in the U.S.; former director of Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama.
William M. Goza
May 1985 DHL
BS 1938 and JD 1941, UF. Attorney, author, anthropologist. Encouraged, supported participated in historical and anthropological studies related to Florida’s Hispanic history. UF Dist. Alumnus and UF’s Hall of Fame.
Lawrence Lewis Jr.
May 1986 DHL
Businessman who was prime mover in historic preservation, restoration and reconstruction of St. Augustine. Since 1965, trustee of the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board.
Lewis R. Grosenbaugh
Aug. 1986 DSc
Innovator in the field of forest measurements on international level. His contributions include the theory of point sampling, 3P sampling theory, a milestone in the field of forest sampling, a theory on avoiding Dendrometry Bias in leaning trees. First to use computer technology for analysis.
Archbishop Iakovos
Dec. 1986 DPS
World-renowned religious leader, civil rights activist, and a crusader in the modern ecumenical movement for Christian unity. Head of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America for 27 years. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Carter, 1980.
Anna J. Schwartz
Dec. 1987 LittD
A noted research economist for more than 40 years. She has made major contributions to economics in monetary economics and economic history. She has co-authored several internationally prominent publications on monetary standards with Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman.
Lucille M. Mair
Apr. 1988 DHL
A pioneer in women’s studies and former ambassador. She has held the highest position of any women ever in the United Nations. She is currently engaged in research, writing, lecturing, and advising at the University of West Indies.
Marjory S. Douglas
Apr. 1988 LittD
A conservationist with a career spanning 70 years. She has given the State of Florida the groundwork for preserving, protecting, and recovering its natural resources. She received many honors and awards for her efforts in conservation.
Harry Prystowsky
Dec. 1988 DSc
An internationally recognized leader in obstetrics and gynecology. He has enjoyed an illustrious career as an educator, investigator, physician, and administrator. He has made significant advances in the understanding of maternal and fetal physiology. He has more than 150 scholarly articles to his credit.
C. Farris Bryant
Dec. 1988 DPS
Attorney, businessman, and 34th governor of Florida.
Howard Earle Skipper
Aug. 1989 DSc
President emeritus of the Southern Research Institute. His research has had a worldwide impact on the treatment of cancer. His research has resulted in approximately 200 publications.
Frederick Ellis Fisher
May 1990 DHL
Alumnus, accountant, businessman, major donor who gave 6.5milliontotheSchoolofAccounting,whichwasnamedtheFisherSchoolofAccounting.Servedasgeneralchairmanofthefirstuniversity−widecapitalcampaigntoraise6.5 million to the School of Accounting, which was named the Fisher School of Accounting. Served as general chairman of the first university-wide capital campaign to raise 6.5milliontotheSchoolofAccounting,whichwasnamedtheFisherSchoolofAccounting.Servedasgeneralchairmanofthefirstuniversity−widecapitalcampaigntoraise250 million.
Joseph L. Brechner
May 1990 DHL
awarded posthumously — Writer, broadcaster editorialist, newspaper columnist, media executive and owner. Pioneer in television, helped put cameras in courtrooms and funded Freedom of Information Center and chair at UF.
Alan Stephenson Boyd
May 1991 LLD
First Secretary of Transportation under President Lyndon Johnson; first Floridian ever to serve as a full- capacity member of the President’s Cabinet. President of Airbus Industries of North America.
Don Fuqua
Dec. 1991 DPS
Alumnus, House Representative for Florida and U.S. At 29, he was the youngest Democrat in Congress.National president of UF’s Alumni Association and chair of UF’s D.C. area Regional Capital Campaign.
Johnnetta B. Cole
May 1992 DHL
President of Spelman College; anthropologist; educator and activist.
John W. Griffin
May 1992 DHL
Florida archaeologist; UF alumnus; researcher; scholar; administrator and author.
Federico Mayor
Dec. 1992 DSc
Director-General of UNESCO, Spanish scientist, educator, administrator, philosopher and politician.
David Cofrin
August 1993 DFA
Gainesville MD and philanthropist, his many gifts included the basic funding for the Harn Museum.
David Lawrence Jr.
Dec. 1993 DJm
Publisher of the Miami Herald and other major newspapers.
Murray Gell-Mann
April 1994 DNR
Winner of Nobel Prize for physics; discovered and named the quark. Leader in environmental conservation; served as director of MacArthur Foundation.
Charles Bennett
Aug 1994 LLD
Served in U.S. Congress for 44 years; set an all-time record by not missing a single legislative vote for 41 years. Author of seven books on Florida history. Decorated five times for combat service in WWII.
Jan Veldhuis
Sept. 1995 DPS
President of Utrecht University; leader in international education; former Fulbright who promoted that program and others.
J. Malcom Randall
Aug 1996 DPS
Founding and long-time director of the VA Hospital in Gainesville. Leader within the VA nationally.
Margretta Madden Styles
May 1997 DS
Nurse, educator, helped establish international standards for nursing. President of International Council of Nurses and American Nurses Credentialing Center. EdD from UF.
Norman Schwarzkopf
March 28, 1998 DPS
Heroic leader of Persian Gulf War; recognized for environmental and humanitarian work, especially with seriously ill children.
David M. Lee
May 2, 1998 DS
Nobel Prize winner in low temperature physics. Was visiting professor at UF and worked with UF faculty.
J. Stanley Marshall
Dec. 1, 1998 DPS
Former president of Florida State University, founder and ceo of James Madison Institute, former president of NASULGC
William Terrell Hodges
May 1, 1999 LLD
Federal judge and chair of Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States
Virgil Hawkins
May 5, 2001 LLD
Civil rights visionary, activist and recipient of UF’s first posthumous honorary degree. Sought to integrate the University in the 1950s.
Reverend Thomas A. Wright
August 10, 2002 DPS
A Baptist preacher, social activist, entrepreneur, and educator. Four decades of dedicated service to local communities for his contributions during the last half-century as a noted civil rights champion in the state of Florida.
George E. Andrews
December 21, 2002 DS
One of the most important and influential mathematicians of our time. He is the world’s top expert on the Theory of Partitions and the work of the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Jeffrey M. Spieler
December 21, 2002 DPS
A recognized leader in the fight for improving the health and the quality of life of vulnerable populations throughout the world. His advocacy for reproductive health, family planning and the development of better contraceptive choices already has had a measurable effect worldwide.
Gale Lemerand
May 2003, DHL
Howard T. Odum
December 19, 2003 DSc
Graduate research professor emeritus at UF; founder of UF’s Center for Environmental Policy.
Jerome H. Modell
May 2004, DSc
Karl Pister
May 2004, DPS
Samuel Proctor
May 2004, DPS
William Francis (Bill) Whitman
May 2004, DPS
Nicholas Bodor
May 2005, DSc
Edward Villella
May 2005, DFA
Linda Aiken
May 2006, DSc
Known worldwide for advancing quality patient care through research and health policy work
Bob Graham
May 2006, DPS
Former Florida governor and U.S. Senator. Helped to create Bob Graham Centers at UF and University of Miami that focus on public leadership, the Americas and homeland security.
J. Crayton Pruitt
May 2006, DSc
Robert Grubbs
Dec. 2006, DSc
Recipient of 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with two others who developed the metathesis method in organic synthesis
Barry Barrish
May 2007, DSc
Linde Professor of Physics who conducted experiments that revealed the quark substructure of the nucleon
Andrew H. Hines
2007, DSc
Chairman Emeritus of Florida Progress Corp. Credited for the rapid growth and great success of the Florida Power Corporation.
Francisco Sanchez
Spring 2008, DSc
World renowned astronomer and astrophysicist, key inventor and planner for the construction of the world’s largest telescope
Ellas Otha Bates McDaniel, pka Bo Diddley
Summer 2008, DFA
Rock ‘n’ Roll musician; degree given to his family posthumously.
Hamilton Smith
Fall 2008, DSc
Nobel Laureate, medical doctor, and leading figure in the field of genomics
Ann Lurie
Spring 2009, DPS
Philanthropist and president of Lurie Investments; Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation; and African Infectious Disease Village Clinics, Inc.
Fuller W. Bazer
Fall 2009, DS
Scientist whose discoveries have greatly advanced knowledge in reproductive biology in domestic animals and offered insight into signaling and regulatory processes that impact human health
Lourdes Arizpe
Spring 2010, DPS
Researcher and professor of anthropology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico who made exceptional contributions to the development of feminist studies in Mexico and Latin America
Stanley Drucker
Spring 2010, DM
Principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic for 49 years and a member of the organization for more than 60 years
Howard Lance
Spring 2010, DE
Led the development of new and important resources for broadcast communications, defense communications, intelligence and surveillance, and information technology systems for use in health care and Federal Aviation Administration
Arnold Mesches
Spring 2010, DFA
Artist best known for exploring contemporary social and historical issues based on his life experience of living in the depression
Per Pinstrup-Andersen
Spring 2010, DS
Only social scientist ever to receive the World Food Prize, the agricultural sciences’ equivalent of a Nobel Prize, in 2001
Sam Gibbons
Spring 2011, DPS
U.S. Congressman, best known for expanding an open and free trade market, value-added taxing, and his contributions to public higher education
William King
Spring 2011, DFA
An artist most popularly known for his long-legged metal sculptures
Karel Husa
Summer 2011, DM
Pulitzer Prize winner in music and a world-renown composer and conductor
John Esposito
Fall 2011, DHL
Scholar, publisher, and intellectual entrepreneur in Islamic religion and Muslim history
William Morgan
Spring 2012, DA
Scholar of architecture and archeology
William Evans
Spring 2012, DS
Leader in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences research
James Free
Spring 2012, DHL
Medical doctor and philanthropist; contributed to the development of Gatorade.
Robert Rietti
Spring 2012, DA
Actor, playwright, director, and broadcaster
Robert Lindgren
Summer 2012, DE
President of Randolph-Macon College in Virginia and leader in higher education
Mary Ann Harn Cofrin
Fall 2012, DLitt
Local historian, volunteer and philanthropist
Daniel Lewis
Fall 2012, DFA
Dancer, choreographer and educator
Jerry Uelsmann
Fall 2012, DFA
World famous photographer