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Year |
Honoree (Degree) |
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1842 |
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William C. Preston (Doctor of Laws) |
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1843 |
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John Hendren (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Andrew Herron (Doctor of Divinity) |
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John McElhenny (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1847 |
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Ebenezer Pressly (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Samuel Williamson (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1849 |
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Henry Ruffner (Doctor of Laws) |
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1850 |
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James Moore Brown (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1851 |
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John W. Brockenbrough (Doctor of Laws) |
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John B. Minor (Doctor of Laws) |
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1852 |
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Richard Armstrong (Doctor of Divinity) |
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J. Calvin Grier (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Elias Harrison (Doctor of Divinity) |
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M. L. Staunton (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1853 |
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John Grammar (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1854 |
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Arthur Hopkins (Doctor of Laws) |
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William Leigh (Doctor of Laws) |
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Lucas P. Thompson (Doctor of Laws) |
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1856 |
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John H. Bocock (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1857 |
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John M. P. Atkinson (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1859 |
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James B. Ramsay (Doctor of Divinity) |
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(The Board also approved six honorary Master of Arts degrees for
William H. Brooks, Andrew J. Hayslett, David G. Houston, David E.
Laird, Jonathan H. Moore and Bennet W. Moseley. These degrees have
not been included in the counts of this report.) |
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1860 |
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(The Board approved an honorary Master of Arts degree for C. Baker
Davidson. This degree has not been included in the counts of this
report.) |
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1865 |
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(The Board approved two honorary Master of Arts degrees for Carter
Harris and James J. White. These degrees have not been included in
the counts of this report.) |
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1866 |
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(The Board approved four honorary Master of Arts degrees for Harry
Estill, H. Ruffner Morrison, John William Reily and William M.
Wilson. These degrees have not been included in the counts of this
report.) |
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(At this point in the records, a gap occurs in the awarding of
honorary degrees. It is unlikely that honorary degrees were awarded
during this period. The Board, several times during the interim,
debated the awarding of honorary degrees. |
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1872 |
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The minutes of the June 26-27, 1872, meeting include the following
entries: |
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"12. That it is deemed inexpedient to take any action, looking to
the adoption of a special policy in conferring honorary degrees. The
Faculty, however, are invited to make, from time to time, such
nominations as they may judge suitable, under the restrictions
presented in their report." |
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Also, "Prof I. L. Kirkpatrick, present by invitation, was called
upon to put the Board more fully in possession of the views & wishes
of the Faculty with regard to the granting of Hon. degrees. After
Prof. K. has addressed the Board at some length & had retired, the
Board discussed very fully the whole question and then in motion
agreed to confer the following degrees...") |
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1872 |
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William T. Joynes (Doctor of Laws) |
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Alexander McAusland (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Richard C. L. Moncure (Doctor of Laws) |
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Thomas L. Preston (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1873 |
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Judah P. Benjamin (Doctor of Laws) |
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John A. Campbell (Doctor of Laws) |
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Joseph Cottrell (Doctor of Divinity) |
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H. Herbert Harris (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Samuel R. Houston (Doctor of Divinity) |
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John Percival (Doctor of Divinity) |
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John W. Pratt (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1874 |
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Vincent L. Bradford (Doctor of Laws) |
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Nahum Capen (Doctor of Laws) |
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J. William Jones (Doctor of Divinity) |
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William F. Junkin (Doctor of Divinity) |
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John Kinnear (Doctor of Divinity) |
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James T. Leftwich (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Richard R. Mason (Doctor of Divinity) |
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R. H. McKim (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Samuel Rodgers (Doctor of Divinity) |
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William Henry Ruffner (Doctor of Laws) |
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1875 |
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W. G. Coe (Doctor of Divinity) |
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William Preston Johnston (Doctor of Laws) |
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Charles O'Conor (Doctor of Laws) |
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Kensey J. Stewart (Doctor of Divinity) |
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C. R. Vaughan (Doctor of Divinity) |
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M. B. Wharton (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1876 |
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Wood Bouldin (Doctor of Laws) |
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Charles Mackay (Doctor of Laws) |
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1877 |
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Richard T. Davis (Doctor of Divinity) |
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James Neilson Lea (Doctor of Laws) |
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A. D. Pollock (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Hugh W. Sheffey (Doctor of Laws) |
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1878 |
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Alexander J. Beresford-Hope (Doctor of Laws) |
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John R. Bowman (Doctor of Divinity) |
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T. T. Eaton (Doctor of Divinity) |
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R. S. McCulloch (Doctor of Laws) |
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Kinloch Nelson (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Rt.-Rev. George W. Peterkin (Doctor of Divinity) |
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G. B. Strickler (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1879 |
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Franklin B. Gowen (Doctor of Laws) |
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Frederick George Lee (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Robert M. Wallace (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Henry M. White (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1880 |
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J. G. Armstrong (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Vincent L. Bradford (Doctor of Literature) |
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Matthew L. Lacy (Doctor of Divinity) |
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James Scott (Doctor of Divinity) |
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John Welsh (Doctor of Laws) |
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1881 |
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Thomas T. Everett (Doctor of Divinity) |
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G. Watson James (Doctor of Letters) |
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L. O. C. Lamar (Doctor of Laws) |
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Rodes Massie (Doctor of Letters) |
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Col. J. T. L. Preston (Doctor of Laws) |
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David W. Shanks (Doctor of Divinity) |
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1882 |
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George W. Cable (Doctor of Letters) |
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Henry E. Dwight (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Paul H. Hayne (Doctor of Laws) |
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John J. Lafferty (Doctor of Letters) |
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Judge Robert Ould (Doctor of Laws) |
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1883 |
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Walter Blair (Doctor of Letters) |
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John G. Carlisle (Doctor of Laws) |
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John W. Daniel (Doctor of Laws) |
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Thomas E. Peck (Doctor of Laws) |
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Charles R. Van Romondt (Doctor of Letters) |
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Col. Scott Shipp (Doctor of Letters) |
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1884 |
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James T. Latimer (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Rt.-Rev. A. M. Randolph (Doctor of Laws) |
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1885 |
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E. C. Burks (Doctor of Laws) |
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John Hall ((Doctor of Laws) |
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W. W. Landrum (Doctor of Divinity) |
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W. A. Leonard (Doctor of Divinity) |
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D. M. Rankin (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Lawrence Rust (Doctor of Laws) |
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John P. Strider (Doctor of Divinity) |
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James A. Waddell (Doctor of Divinity) |
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W. A. Wade (Doctor of Divinity) |
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Rt.-Rev. A. W. Wilson (Doctor of Laws) |
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1886 |
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George D. Armstrong (Doctor of Laws) |
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Samuel Brown (Doctor of Divinity) |
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