- Sacrae Theologiae Doctor
(Doctor of Sacred Theology)
- Litterarum Humanarum Doctor
(Doctor of Humane Letters)
2022:
- Dr. Sylvester Johnson (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2021:
- Professor Najeeba Syeed (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Bishop Yvette Flunder (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2020:
- Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2019:
- The Rev. Dr. Melanie Harris (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Robin DiAngelo (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2018:
- The Rev. Meg Riley (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Dr. Lourdes Ashley Hunter (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2017:
- Dr. Glenna Matthews (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2016:
- Red Summer (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Dr. Ysaye Barnwell (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2015:
- Daniel Jae-Won Lee (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rev. Kathleen McTigue (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Mushim Patricia Ikeda (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2014:
- Mary Anderson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rachel Balyeat (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Lee Helena Lawrence (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2013:
- Rev. Phillip C. Lawson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2012
- Rev. Gary Smith (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2011:
- Esin Çelebi Bayru (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Rosemary Matson (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2010:
- Danny Glover (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Rev. Patti J. Lawrence (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rev. Lindi Alice Ramsden (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2009:
- Rev. Mary J. Harrington (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Christopher Lynn Hedges (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2008:
- Rev. Dr. Forrest Church (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Dr. Letty Russell (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor) (Posthumously)
2007:
- Leslie Feinberg (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Dr. Sharon Welch (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2006:
- Rev. Janne and Rob Eller-Isaacs (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rev. David Hubner (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2005:
- Rev. Dr. David Sammons (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rev. Glenn H. Turner (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Pete Seeger (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Arliss L. Ungar (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2004:
- Earl K. Holt III (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Kathryn A. Jorgensen (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- C. Conrad Wright (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2003:
- Gordon Davis Gibson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rev. Mark Douglas Morrison-Reed (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Sonia Benita Sanchez (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
2002:
- Rev. Jim Mitulski (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Rev. Glenda Hope (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2001:
- Eva Goldfarb and Elizabeth Casparian (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Clark B. Olsen (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
2000:
1999:
- The Rev. Jeremy Taylor (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Eva M. Gilmartin (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1998:
- The Rev. Dr. Arnold Crompton (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Sally Lilienthal (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1997:
- The Rev. Fred Keip (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Margaret Keip (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Dorothy Patterson (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Decherd Turner (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1996:
- Joanna Macy (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Diane Miller (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1995:
- boona cheema (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Ralph Stutzman (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1994:
- Judit Gellérd (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Brandoch L. Lovley (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Dr. George M. Williams (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1993:
- Warren Ross (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1992:
- The Rev. Til Evans (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Leon Hopper (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Maxine Hong Kingston (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Mary Lou Thompson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1991:
- The Rev. John Buehrens (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Carol Edwards (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Marie Fortune (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1990:
- The Rev. Junella Hansen (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. William Sloane Coffin (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1989:
- The Rev. Khoren Arisian (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Clive Jones (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Barbara Merritt (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1988:
- Henry Hampton (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Carl R. Scovel (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Yukito Yamamoto (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1987:
- The Rev. Victor Carpenter (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Norma Haan (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Judith L. Hoehler (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1986:
- The Rev. David Eaton (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Margaret F. Gooding (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1985:
- The Rev. Richard S. Gilbert (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Susan Griffin (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Sidney Earl Mead (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1984:
- Ricardo Calderon (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Joan Goodwin (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Robert E. Senghas (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1983:
- Anne McGrew Bennett (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Dr. Margaret Odell (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. David O. Rankin (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1982:
- Sandra Mitchell Caron, Esq. (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Dr. William J. Lamers, Jr. (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Charles S. Stephen, Jr. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1981:
- The Rev. Dr. Russell B. Beltzer (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Frank Dana Gentile (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Ginetta Sagan (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1980:
- The Rev. Elizabeth Baker (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1979:
- Sidney Earl Mead (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Frances Logan Merriam (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Rosamond Reynolds (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1978:
- The Rev. Max C. Coots (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. John Alexie Crane (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Greta Worstell Crosby (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Frances Moore Lappé (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1977:
- Laurene R. Lawrence (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Jean Mayer (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Ernest D. Pipes, Jr. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1976:
- May Sarton (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Margaret Edwards Williams-Braxton (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1975:
- The Rev. Dr. Arthur Graham (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Dorothy Tilden Spoerl (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Gobin Stair (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Katherine Simonds Wensberg (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1974:
- The Rev. Raymond George Manker (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Peter Spilman Raible (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1973:
- Hilda Howland Mae Mason (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1972:
- Constance Hoey Burgess (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Horton George Colbert (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Dr. Donald W. McKinney (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1971:
- David Brower (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Dwight W. Brown (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Dr. Joseph L. Fisher (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Dr. Aron S. Gilmartin (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1970:
- The Rev. Dr. Harold J. Hadley (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Michael J. Kami (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Howard George Matson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Ward Eugene Tabler (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1969:
- Mr. W. H. Ferry (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- G. Peter Fleck (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- The Rev. Dr. Austin Phillip Hewett (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1968:
- The Rev. Dr. Max David Gaebler (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Whitney Young, Jr. (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1967:
- John Alexie Crane, Jr. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Stephen Hole Fritchman (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
- Morris Milgram (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
1966:
- Dr. Frank F. Ehrenthal (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)*
- The Rev. Dr. Felix Danford Lion (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1965:
- Emily Taft Douglas
- Paul Douglas
1964:
- The Rev. Dr. Raymond C. Hopkins (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- The Rev. Dr. Harry Scholefield (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1959:
- The Rev. Donald S. Harrington (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1958:
1955:
- The Rev. Dr. Ernest W. Kuebler (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1954:
- The Rev. Peter H. Sampson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
1953:
- Robert J. Raible (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
- Francis G. Ricker (DST)
1952:
1950:
(No records exist for awarding of honorary degrees between 1942-1949)
1941:
- The Rev. Karel Joseph Haspl (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Praha, Bohemia)
1939:
- The Rev. Louis Craig Cornish (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Boston, MA)
1938:
- The Rev. Jacob Trapp (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Salt Lake City, UT)
1937:
- The Rev. Robert Cummins (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Pasadena, CA)
1936:
- The Rev. Owen Whitman Eames (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Springfield, MA)
1935:
- The Rev. Ernest Caldecott (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Los Angeles, CA)
1934:
- The Rev. Adelbert Lathrop Hudson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Dorchester, MA)
1933:
- The Rev. Charles Rhind Joy (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Boston, MA)
1929:
- The Rev. Howard Burton Bard (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of San Diego, CA)
- The Rev. Caleb Samuel Simeon Dutton (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of San Francisco, CA)
- The Rev. Henry Wilder Foote (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Belmont, MA)
- The Rev. Dr. William Sacheus Morgan (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Berkeley, CA)
- The Rev. Charles Clarence Reed (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
(of Oakland, CA)
* Dr. Ehrenthal was the first recipient of the Doctor of Humane Letters award.