Honorary Degree Recipients
Conferred by the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Recipient |
Date Conferred |
| Martin Duggan Doctor of Arts and Letters |
May 2008 |
| Mildred Winter Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2008 |
| Anthony (Tony) La Russa Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 2007 |
| Charles Thal Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 2007 |
| David Halen Doctor of Music |
May 2007 |
John Lutz |
May 2007 |
| Robert Frank Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 2006 |
| The Honorable Wayne Goode Doctor of Laws |
August 2006 |
| Joe Edwards Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2006 |
| Priscilla R. McDonnell Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2006 |
| Helen S. Shopmaker and Dr. Allen Shopmaker Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 2005 |
| Leo Drey Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2005 |
| Mary Ann Lee Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2005 |
| Sandra VanTrease Doctor of Arts & Letters |
May 2004 |
| Ahmed Kathrada Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 2004 |
| Robert R. Hermann Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 2004 |
| William C. (Bill) Wilson Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 2004 |
| John W. Barriger IV Doctor of Arts & Letters |
August 2003 |
| Martin Matthews Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 2003 |
| Sister Mary Jean Ryan Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2003 |
| Robert W. Spencer Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2003 |
| S. Lee Kling Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2003 |
| Harriett Woods Doctor of Laws |
January 2003 |
| Seigo Arai Doctor of Arts & Letters |
January 2003 |
| Stuart Symington Jr. Doctor of Laws |
August 2002 |
| William Warfield Doctor of Music |
August 2002 |
| William L. Clay Doctor of Laws |
May 2002 |
| Theodore C. Wetterau Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 2002 |
| Whitney Harris Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 2001 |
| David C. Darnell Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 2001 |
| Robert W. McKnight Doctor of Arts & Letters |
May 2001 |
| W. Randolph Adams Doctor of Arts & Letters |
January 2001 |
| Ellen Sherberg Doctor of Arts & Letters |
August 2000 |
| Adam Aronson Doctor of Arts & Letters |
May 2000 |
| Judith Aronson Doctor of Arts & Letters |
May 2000 |
| Alyn Essman Doctor of Arts & Letters |
May 2000 |
| Marlyn Essman Doctor of Arts & Letters |
May 2000 |
| John W. Bachmann Doctor of Arts & Letters |
January 2000 |
| Claude Baker Doctor of Arts & Letters |
August 1999 |
| Raymond C. Burton Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1999 |
| Peter Fanchi Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1999 |
| James Burke Doctor of Arts & Letters |
January 1999 |
| Robert Archibald Doctors of Arts & Letters |
August 1998 |
| Brian Mulroney Doctor of Laws |
May 1998 |
| The Honorable Sue S. Shear Doctor of Laws |
May 1998 |
| Richard C. Fleming Doctor of Laws |
January 1998 |
| John Hume Doctor of Laws |
January 1998 |
| Osborne (Ozzie) Smith Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1997 |
| JoAnn Harmon Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1997 |
| John Jacob Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1997 |
| Bruce Coppock Doctor of Music |
January 1997 |
| Horace Wilkins Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1996 |
| Charles MacKay Doctor of Music |
May 1996 |
| John Francis Dill Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1996 |
John L. Mason |
January 1996 |
| Julius Hunter Doctor of Arts & Letters |
August 1995 |
| Fred L. Brown Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1995 |
| James H. Buford Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1995 |
| E. Desmond Lee Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1995 |
| Patricia C. McKissack Doctor of Arts & Letters |
August 1994 |
| Frederick L. McKissack Doctor of Arts & Letters |
August 1994 |
| The Honorable Neil Molloy Doctor of Laws |
August 1994 |
| The Honorable Robert Young Doctor of Laws |
August 1994 |
| Edith Cunnane Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1994 |
| Benjamin F. Edwards III Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1994 |
| Charles H. Hoessle Doctor of Science |
January 1994 |
| Yien-si Tsiang Doctor of Laws |
January 1994 |
| Ronald Himes Doctor of Fine Arts |
August 1993 |
| Joseph R. Thomas Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1993 |
| Steven Woolf Doctor of Fine Arts |
August 1993 |
| Lord Asa Briggs Doctor of Arts & Letters |
May 1993 |
| Alfred Fleishman Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1993 |
| Donald M. Suggs, D.D.S. Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1993 |
| Eugene M. Lang Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1993 |
| Muriel Nezhnie Helfman Doctor of Fine Arts |
August 1992 |
| Helen E. Nash, M.D. Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1992 |
| Colin Graham Doctor of Fine Arts |
May 1992 |
| David W. Kemper Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1992 |
| Marian O. Oldham Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1992 |
| Andrew B. Craig III Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1991 |
| Gyo Obata Doctor of Fine Arts |
May 1991 |
| Margaret Bush Wilson Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1991 |
| Andrew E. Neuman Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1991 |
| Peggy A. Neuman Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1991 |
| Ruth A. Bryant Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1990 |
| Stanley Pace Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1990 |
| Stephen Jay Gould Doctor of Science |
May 1990 |
| Robert McFerrin Doctor of Music |
May 1990 |
| Bobby McFerrin Doctor of Music |
May 1990 |
| Robert C. West Doctor of Engineering |
May 1990 |
| Tom K. Smith Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1990 |
| William E. Cornelius Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1990 |
| Willie Mae Ford Smith Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1989 |
| Emily Rauh Pulitzer Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1989 |
| Joseph Pulitzer Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1989 |
| Jackie Joyner Kersee Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1989 |
| Harvey Saligman Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1989 |
| Lynn R. Broeder Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1988 |
| Richard J. Mahoney Doctor of Laws |
May 1988 |
| John R. Weber Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1988 |
| Sister Patricia Ann Kelley Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1988 |
| Katherine Dunham Doctor of Fine Arts |
May 1987 |
| Lee M. Liberman Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1987 |
| The Rev. William G. Gillespie Doctor of Laws |
January 1987 |
| Daniel Schlafly Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1987 |
| Jack Buck Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1986 |
| Ntozake Shange Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1986 |
| Judge Ann Quill Niederlander Doctor of Laws |
January 1986 |
| Sanford N. McDonnell Doctor of Laws |
August 1985 |
| Mary Burnett Strauss Doctor of Fine Arts |
May 1985 |
| Leon R. Strauss Doctor of Laws |
May 1985 |
| Robert Hyland Doctor of Laws |
May 1985 |
| Max Starkloff Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1985 |
| Charles Menees Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1984 |
| Stanley Frank Musial Doctor of Laws |
May 1984 |
| Richard Gaddes Doctor of Fine Arts |
January 1984 |
| Ben H. Wells Doctor of Humane Letters |
July 1983 |
| Katherine Gladney Wells Doctor of Humane Letters |
July 1983 |
| DeVerne Lee Calloway Doctor of Laws |
May 1983 |
| Manfred Rommel Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1983 |
| Howard F. Baer Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1982 |
| Noah Weinstein Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1982 |
| Howard Nemerov Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1982 |
| Eric P. Newman Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 1981 |
| Evelyn Edison Newman Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 1981 |
| Leonard Slatkin Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1981 |
| Julia Davis Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1981 |
| Jessie L. Ternberg, M.D. Doctor of Science |
May 1981 |
| Irving Dilliard Doctor of Laws |
December 1980 |
| Sr. Marie Charles Buford Doctor of Laws |
August 1980 |
| Nesby Moore Doctor of Laws |
August 1980 |
| Grace Bumbry Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1980 |
| Richard Dudman Doctor of Laws |
August 1979 |
| Morton D. May Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1979 |
| Marjorie Wolcott May Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1979 |
| Margaret Drey Freund Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1979 |
| Theodore McMillian Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1978 |
| Donald P. Ames Doctor of Laws |
May 1978 |
| Ernest Tino Trova Doctor of Humane Letters |
January 1978 |
| John Francis McDermott Doctor of Humane Letters |
August 1977 |
| Emily Hahn Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1977 |
| Charles F. Knight Doctor of Laws |
May 1976 |
| Richard Mantia Doctor of Laws |
May 1976 |
| Margaret Hickey Strubinger Doctor of Laws |
May 1975 |
| Frankie Muse Freeman Doctor of Laws |
May 1975 |
| Lawerence K. Roos Doctor of Laws |
January 1975 |
| William N. Eisendrath Jr. Doctor of Humane Letters |
May 1974 |
| Theodore D. McNeal Doctor of Laws |
May 1973 |
| Sol M. Linowitz Doctor of Laws |
May 1972 |
| Roy Wilkins Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 1971 |
| J. Martin Klotsche Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 1970 |
| Leonor K. Sullivan Doctor of Laws |
June 1969 |
| Preston Estep Doctor of Laws |
June 1968 |
| Joseph P. Cosand Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 1967 |