| Honorary |
Discipline |
Year of Award |
| Jan Malcolm |
Doctor of Laws
School of Public Health
|
2020 |
| Brian Kobilka |
Doctor of Science
University of Minnesota Duluth
|
2019 |
| Laysha Ward |
Doctor of Laws
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
|
2019 |
| Anne O. Krueger |
Doctor of Science
College of Liberal Arts
|
2018 |
| Prince Rogers Nelson |
Doctor of Humane Letters
College of Liberal Arts
|
2018 |
| Daniel L. McFadden |
Doctor of Science
College of Liberal Arts
|
2017 |
| Sauli Vainamo Niinisto |
Doctor of Laws
College of Liberal Arts
|
2017 |
| John W. Paulson |
Doctor of Humane Letters
College of Liberal Arts
|
2017 |
| Yohei Sasakawa |
Doctor of Laws
College of Liberal Arts
|
2017 |
| Warren MacKenzie |
Doctor of Humane Letters
College of Liberal Arts
|
2015 |
| Patricia D. Horoho |
Doctor of Laws
School of Nursing
|
2014 |
| Kate Millett |
Doctor of Science
College of Liberal Arts
|
2014 |
| Monkombu S. Swaminathan |
Doctor of Science
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
|
2014 |
| Susan M. Watkins |
Doctor of Science
College of Design
|
2014 |
| Jean Illsley Clarke |
Doctor of Laws
College of Education & Human Development
|
2013 |
| Thomas J. Sargent |
Doctor of Science
College of Liberal Arts
|
2013 |
| Christopher A. Sims |
Doctor of Science
College of Liberal Arts
|
2013 |
| Joe Dowling |
Doctor of Humane Letters
College of Liberal Arts
|
2012 |
| Maria Schneider |
Doctor of Humane Letters
College of Liberal Arts
|
2012 |
| Chen Zhu |
Doctor of Science
Medical School
|
2012 |
| Chunli Bai |
Doctor of Science
China Center, Institute of Technology
|
2011 |
| Philip C. Brunelle |
Doctor of Humane Letters
School of Music, College of Liberal Arts
|
2011 |
| Ertharin Cousin |
Doctor of Laws
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
|
2011 |
| His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama |
Doctor of Humane Letters
Center for Spirituality & Healing
|
2011 |
| Richard M. Schulze |
Doctor of Laws
Medical School
|
2011 |
| Phillip A. Sharp |
Doctor of Science
College of Biological Sciences
|
2011 |
| Devi Prashad Shetty |
Doctor of Laws
School of Public Health
|
2011 |
| Michael S. Berman |
Doctor of Laws
University of Minnesota Duluth
|
2010 |
| Jacques Diouf |
Doctor of Laws
College of Food, Agricultural & Natural Resource Sciences
|
2010 |
| Richard P. Teske |
Doctor of Laws
University of Minnesota Duluth
|
2010 |
| Chandra M. Varma |
Doctor of Science
College of Science & Engineering
|
2010 |
| Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson |
Doctor of Science
Academic Health Center
|
2010 |