Honorary Doctorates

Honorary Doctorates

HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS

2021

2017

Albert Chen,  Doctor of Business

Tim Swarens, Doctor of Humane Letters  

2017

David Chu, Doctor of Education 

2016

Bill Updike, Doctor of Business

2015

Jay Bardole, Doctor of Science

2014

Senator Thomas J. Wyss, Doctor of Public Service

2013

Major General R. Martin Umbarger, Doctor of Public Service

2012

Ira Wagler, Doctor of Letters

2011

Senator Richard Lugar, Doctor of Public Service

2010

Thomas J. Duesterberg, Doctor of Commerce

Donald B. Villwock, Doctor of Business

2009

Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman, Doctor of Public Service

2008

Senator Robert Meeks, Doctor of Public Service

Peter Yip, Doctor of Business

2007

Representative William Crawford, Doctor of Public Service**

Mac McCormick (posthumously; received by father), Doctor of Business

Bernie Niehaus, Doctor of Business

George Ridgway, Doctor of Business

2006

Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Doctor of Public Service

Michael L. Eskew, Doctor of Business

2005

Toby Malichi, Doctor of Business

2004

Lt. Gov. Kathy Davis, Doctor of Public Service

Michael L. Eskew, (not yet received) – received 4/2006

Rev. Fitzhugh Lee Lyons, Sr., Doctor of Humane Letters

Lothian Skelton, Doctor of Arts and Entertainment

Tim Swarens**

2003

John Frenz, Doctor of Public Service

Robert Ray, Doctor of Music

James Thyen, Doctor of Business

2002

Joe Kernan (not yet received)

C. James McCormick, Doctor of Business

William Cook, Doctor of Commerce

Lothian Skelton (received 2004)

Reverend Ed Wheeler, Doctor of Humane Letters

2001

Rebecca Kendall Goss, Doctor of Law

Stanley Jones, Doctor of Education

Gary Mitchell, Doctor of Business

2000

John Gregg, Doctor of Public Service

Newton Lee, Doctor of Computer Science

1999

E. Janet Berry, Doctor of Chemistry

Melvin Carraway, Doctor of Law Enforcement

Judy O’Bannon, Doctor of Community Service

1998

T. Garrott Benjamin, Doctor of Humanities

James Brocksmith, Doctor of Business

Jane Jarvis, Doctor of Music

Eiji Toyoda, Doctor of International Business

1997

William Christopher, Doctor of Public Service

Governor Frank O’Bannon, Doctor of Government

Fred Poole, Doctor of Business

Patsy Thrash, Doctor of Education

Senator Richard Young, Doctor of Government (Jasper)

1996

Prince David Dlamini, Doctor of Political Science

David Goodnow, Doctor of Broadcasting

Suellen Reed, Doctor of Education

Phillip Warner, Doctor of Government

1995

JoMarie Payton Noble, Doctor of Humanities

Lee Cross, Doctor of Business

Orville Redenbacher, Doctor of Public Service

Bain Farris, Doctor of Health Administration

Dave Buehler, Doctor of Business (Jasper)

Clyde Ingle, Doctor of Education (Indianapolis)

1994

Barbara Boyd, Doctor of Public Service

William Graves, Doctor of Humanities

George Mikelsons, Doctor of Technology

Roy Nicholson, Doctor of Business

1993

Bob McAdoo, Doctor of Physical Education

Rex Early, Doctor of Business

Cory SerVaas, Doctor of Journalism

Tom Wathen, Doctor of Public Service

Dennis Heeke, Doctor of Public Service (Jasper)

1992

John Burkhart, Doctor of Business

John Fisher, Doctor of Business

Don Wolf, Doctor of Humanities

Robert Koch, Doctor of Technology

Stan Kremp, Doctor of Business (Jasper)

1991

Susan Bayh, Doctor of Humanities

Dale Parnell, Doctor of Social Science

Arthur Decio, Doctor of Business

Arnold Habig, Doctor of Business

1990

Governor Evan Bayh, Doctor of Social Science

Jerry Reynolds, Doctor of Health, Physical Education, & Recreation

1989

Donald Burdick, Doctor of Public Service

Frederick Evans, Doctor of Humanities

1988

Joseph Flummerfelt, Doctor of Music

Bishop Francis R. Shea, Doctor of Divinity

James E. Dora, Doctor of Business Administration

Albert Rosenberg, Doctor of Humanities

Major General Carl G. Farrell, Doctor of Public Administration

1987

Frank McCloskey, Doctor of Public Service

Ernestine M. Raclin, Doctor of Business

1986

Beurt SerVaas, Doctor of Public Service

John Hillenbrand, II, Doctor of Business

1985

Van Paul Smith, Doctor of Business

Senator Dan Quayle, Doctor of Laws

1984

John William Hicks III, Doctor of Education

John Massie Mutz, Doctor of Laws

1983

Donald Kenneth Gentry, Doctor of Education

Senator Richard G. Lugar, Doctor of Laws

1982

Robert Dunkerson Orr, Doctor of Management & Administrative Science

1981

Richard Ristine, Doctor of Humanities

1980

Dr. Isaac K. Beckes, Doctor of Laws

1979

None

1978

James T. Morris, Doctor of Business Administration

Elizabeth Ann Bowen, Doctor of Humanities

Robert Paul Early, Doctor of Journalism

Anna Jane Harrison, Doctor of Science

1977

Margaret E. Walsh, Doctor of Science

1976

Richard D. Gibb, Doctor of Humane Letters

Marion S. Badolet, Doctor of Chemical Engineering

Hubert Howard Hawkins, Doctor of Laws

1975

John J. Tholey, Doctor of Science

O.H. Frisbie, Doctor of Letters

Earl J. McGrath, Doctor of Humane Letters

Mildred S. Compton, Doctor of Humanities

Senator Birch Bayh, Doctor of Laws

Frank K. Zoll, Doctor of Humanities

1974

Governor Otis Bowen, Doctor of Laws

1973

Sam Henry Jones, Doctor of Laws

1972

Lawrence Keith Bulen, Doctor of Humanities

Alan Carson Rankin, Doctor of Laws

1971

Norman Franklin Arterburn, Doctor of Laws

Lewis W. Bonsib, Doctor of Humanities

1970

J. Howard Hill, Doctor of Humanities

Meredith Jordan, Doctor of Educational Administration

Senator Vance Hartke, Doctor of Laws

Lieutenant Governor Richard E. Foltz, Doctor of Laws

Governor Roger Branigan, Doctor of Laws

1969

John K. Snyder, Doctor of Laws

J. Howard Hill, Doctor of Humanities

1968

Oscar Lewis Dunn, Doctor of Business Administration

Orrelle Fidlar Cornelius, Doctor of Humanities

1967

James Edward Frankum, Doctor of Laws

Hollis P. Leighly, Doctor of Science

Hilda L. Begeman, Doctor of Science

1966

Eugene C. Pulliam, Doctor of Laws

1965

Joseph W. Barr, Doctor of Laws

1964

Nathaniel Leverone, Doctor of Laws

1963

Richard “Red” Skelton, Doctor of Humane Letters

1962

None

1961

Matthew Empson Welsh, Doctor of Laws

Henry Frederick Schricker, Doctor of Laws

William Gilmer Bray, Doctor of Laws

1960

Michael J. Kirwan, Doctor of Laws

1959

None

1958

Byron R. Lewis, Doctor of Laws

1957

None

1956

Dr. Ray H. Montgomery Jr., Doctor of Divinity

Ruth E. Staninger, Doctor of Education

George N. Craig, Doctor of Laws

1955

M. Maurice Couve de Murriville, Doctor of Laws

Arleigh Bunting Davis, Doctor of Letters

1954

None

1953

Robert E. Green, Doctor of Laws

1952

Thomas Curtis Clark, Doctor of Literature

Walter A. Davis (no date, no degree specification)

** Has not yet received degree

5/2017

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