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Presidents of College

1. John Bapst, S.J. 1863 – 1869 14. Charles W. Lyons, S.J. 1914 – 1919 2. Robert W. Brady, S.J. 1869 – 1870 15. William Devlin, S.J. 1919 – 1925 Founder of 3. Robert Fulton, S.J. 1870 – 1880 16. James H. Dolan, S.J. 1925 – 1932 Boston College: 4. Jeremiah O’Connor, S.J. 1880 – 1884 17. Louis J. Gallagher, S.J. 1932 – 1937 Rev. John McElroy, S.J. 5. Edward V. Boursaud, S.J. 1884 – 1887 18. William J. McGarry, S.J. 1937 – 1939

6. Thomas H. Stack, S.J. 1887 19. William J. Murphy, S.J. 1939 – 1945 Pastor, Immaculate 7. Nicholas Russo, S.J. 1887 – 1888 20. William L. Keleher, S.J. 1945 – 1951 Conception Parish, Boston 8. Robert Fulton, S.J. 1888 – 1891 21. Joseph R. N. Maxwell, S.J. 1951 – 1958 1861-1863 9. Edward I. Devitt, S.J. 1891 – 1894 22. Michael P. Walsh, S.J. 1958 – 1968 10. Timothy Brosnahan, S.J. 1894 – 1898 23. W. Seavey Joyce, S.J. 1968 – 1972 11. W. G. Read Mullan, S.J. 1898 – 1903 24. J. Donald Monan, S.J. 1972 – 1996 12. William F. Gannon, S.J. 1903 – 1907 25. William P. Leahy, S.J. 1996 – 13. Thomas I. Gasson, S.J. 1907 – 1914

Honorary Degrees Awarded by Boston College 1955-2004

1955 1962 Raissa Maritain, LL.D. Fred J. Driscoll, LL.D. Harold Marston Morse, D.Sc. Detlev W. Bronk, D.Sc.* Christian A. Herter, LL.D. Rev. John B. Sheerin, C.S.P., LL.D. Ralph J. Bunche, LL.D. Edward A. Hogan, Jr., LL.D.* Francis Cardinal Spellman, LL.D. Christopher J. Duncan, M.D., LL.D. Rear Adm. Bartholomew W. Hogan, Sc.D. (December 8, 1958) Sir Alec Guinness, D.F.A. John B. Hynes, LL.D. Rt. Rev. Francis J. Lally, Litt.D. His Beatitude Maximos IV, LL.D. 1959 Ralph Lowell, LL.D. (August 23, 1955) His Excellency Sean T. O’Kelly, LL.D. Phyliss McGinley, Litt.D. Valerian Cardinal Gracias, LL.D. (March 22, 1959) Perry G. Miller, Litt.D. Russel Kirk, Litt.D. Ernest Henderson, LL.D. Edward A. Sullivan, LL.D. Rev. John LaFarge, S.J., LL.D. 1963 Henry Cabot Lodge, LL.D. Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., J.U.D. 1956 George Meany, LL.D. (March 26, 1963) Bartholomew A. Brickley, LL.D. Carlos P. Romulo, LL.D.* Rev. Edward B. Bunn, S.J., LL.D. Peter J. W. Debye, Sc.D. Helen C. White, Litt.D. (April 20, 1963) Most Rev. Frederick A. Donaghy, LL.D. Lady Barbara Ward Jackson, Litt.D. John F. Kennedy, LL.D.* 1960 (April 20, 1963) John W. King, LL.D. Marian Anderson, D.Mus. Nathan Marsh Pusey, L.H.D. Charles Munch, D. Mus. J. Peter Grace, LL.D. (April 20, 1963) Edward F. Williams, LL.D. Caryl P. Haskins, LL.D. Bruce Catton, Litt.D. Robert F. Kennedy, LL.D. Anthony Joseph Celebrezze, LL.D.* 1957 Charles Malik, LL.D.* Arthur Joseph Goldberg, LL.D. Wallace E. Carroll, LL.D. Most Rev. Russell J. McVinney, LL.D. John Jay McCloy, LL.D. Arthur J. Kelly, LL.D. , LL.D. James Barrett Reston, LL.D. Augustus C. Long, LL.D.* Rt. Rev. Matthew P. Stapleton, LL.D. Rt. Rev. John Joseph Ryan, L.H.D. Adrian O’Keeffe, LL.D. Rev. Henry M. Brock, S.J., D.Sc. Jose Luis Sert, Litt.D. Very Rev. Msgr. Patrick W. Skehan, LL.D. (October 12, 1960) Joseph Leo Sweeney, LL.D. Nils Y. Wessell, LL.D. Robert Clifton Weaver, LL.D. 1961 1958 James Edwin Webb, D.Sc. Allen W. Dulles, LL.D. Most Rev. Amleto G. Cicognani, LL.D. Anthony Julian, LL.D. 1964 (April 21, 1958) Robert D. Murphy, LL.D.* John Coleman Bennett, LL.D. Carl J. Gilbert, LL.D. Louis R. Perini, LL.D. Henri Maurice Peyre, LL.D. Paul Horgan, Litt.D. Abraham Ribicoff, LL.D. Most Rev. Ernest John Primeau, LL.D. Barnaby C. Keeney, LL.D.* Rt. Rev. Robert J. Sennott, LL.D. Sidney R. Rabb, L.H.D. Henry M. Leen, LL.D. Edward Teller, LL.D. Paul Anthony Samuelson, LL.D. Jacques Maritain, LL.D. General Information 103

Rev. Joseph L. Shea, S.J., LL.D. Joan Ganz Cooney, D.Sc.Ed. William J. Harrington, M.D., D.Sc. Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., LL.D.* Sterling Dow, L.H.D. Edward Hirsh Levi, LL.D. Mary Sullivan Stanton, LL.D. Hartford Nelson Gunn, Jr., L.H.D. Rev. Michael Patrick Walsh, S.J., L.H.D. Rev. Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan, S.J., Mary Lou Williams, D.A. 1965 Hist.Phil.D. 1976 John P. Birmingham, LL.D. Elliot Norton, L.H.D. Robert McAffee Brown, LL.D. Perry Townsend Rathbone, D.F.A. Abram Thurlow Collier, D.B.A. John Hope Franklin, L.H.D. J. N. Douglas Bush, Litt.D. Earl Warren, D.Sc.L.* Victor L. Butterfield, L.H.D. Rev. Martin Patrick Harney, S.J., H.D. John T. Connor, LL.D. 1971 Mildred Fay Jefferson, M.D., D.Sc. Edith Green, LL.D. Walter Jackson Bate, H.D. Asa Smallidge Knowles, D.Sc.Ed. Rev. John Courtney Murray, S.J., L.H.D.* Andrew Felton Brimmer, S.S.D. Most Rev. Joseph Francis Maguire, LL.D. Rt. Rev. Lawrence J. Riley, LL.D. Rev. Msgr. George William Casey, Litt.D. , LL.D.* Mircea Eliade, R.D. Alan T. Waterman, D.Sc. 1977 Eli Goldston, LL.D. Rev. Raymond Edward Brown, Litt.D.* 1966 Elma Lewis, D.F.A. Most Rev. John W. Comber, M.M., L.H.D. Michael Joseph Mansfield, LL.D.* Gerhard D. Bleicken, LL.D. Edward F. Gilday, L.H.D. William James McGill, S.S.D. Alice Bourneuf, D.Sc. James F. McDonough, M.D., D.Sc. Edward M. Kennedy, LL.D. Most Rev. Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Maria Tallchief Paschen, D.A. Francis Keppel, LL.D.* S.T.D. Mother Eleanor M. O’Byrne, R.S.C.J., LL.D. Walter George Muelder, D.Sc.T. Michael Joseph Walsh, Litt.D. Stephen P. Mugar, LL.D. Leverett Saltonstall, LL.D. 1978 Abram L. Sachar, L.H.D. Bruno Bettelheim, Litt.D. Rene Wellek, Litt.D. 1972 Rev. Charles F. Donovan, S.J., L.H.D. George Wells Beadle, D.Sc. Mary Ingraham Bunting, D.Sc. Charles D. Ferris, LL.D.* Arthur Fiedler, D.Mus. (November 12, 1966) Marvin E. Frankel, LL.D. William Bosworth Castle, M.D., L.H.D. Northrop Frye, L.H.D. John William McDevitt, LL.D. (November 12, 1966) John James Griffin, D.C.S. Leo Perlis, D.S.S. Donald Frederick Hornig, LL.D. Sir William Arthur Lewis, L.H.D. (November 12, 1966) Louis Martin Lyons, D.Journ. 1979 James Alfred Van Allen, D.Sc. Rev. John Anthony McCarthy, S.J., Litt.D. Dorothy Baker, D.S.S. (November 12, 1966) Hildegarde Elizabeth Peplau, D.N.S. Edward Patrick Boland, LL.D. Adlai Ewing Stevenson, III, LL.D.* 1967 George P. Donaldson, LL.D. Walter Edward Washington, LL.D. , L.H.D. Sarah Caldwell, Litt.D. 1973 Robben W. Fleming, L.H.D. Richard Palmer Chapman, LL.D. Walter F. Mondale, LL.D.* Very Rev. John Francis Fitzgerald, C.S.P., A.J. Antoon, L.H.D. David S. Nelson, LL.D.* L.H.D. , L.H.D. , LL.D. Fred J. Borch, D.B.A. 1980 John William Gardner, LL.D.* Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., LL.D. Germaine Bree, Litt.D.* Everett Cherrington Hughes, LL.D. John George Kemeny, D.Sc.* Albert M. Folkard, L.H.D. John Anthony Volpe, LL.D. Rev. Daniel Linehan, S.J., D.Sc. Edward J. King, D.Pub.Admn. Thomas Philip O’Neill, Jr., LL.D. 1968 Joseph Cardinal Malula, LL.D. Thomas Aquinas Murphy, The Ignatius Kingman Brewster, Jr., LL.D.* 1974 Medal (March 16, 1980) Rev. Henri de Lubac, S.J., L.H.D. Soia Mentschikoff, LL.D.* Bernard J. O’Keefe, D.E.Sc. Erwin N. Griswold, LL.D. Thomas L. Phillips, D.B.A. Kevin H. White, LL.D. Rita P. Kelleher, D.Sc. Carl Thomas Rowan, L.H.D. Most Rev. John J. McEleney, S.J., LL.D. Thomas Paul Salmon, LL.D. 1981 Cornelius W. Owens, LL.D. Sir Ronald Syme, L.H.D. Thomas Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Litt.D. James J. Shea, Sr., LL.D. Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr., L.H.D. (October 23, 1981) Roger J. Traynor, LL.D. 1975 Rev. Joseph Delphis Gauthier, S.J., L.H.D. Margaret M. Heckler, LL.D. 1969 Melnea A. Cass, L.H.D. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, L.H.D. R. Buckminster Fuller, D.F.A.* Silvio O. Conte, LL.D. Donald F. McHenry, LL.D. , D.Journ. John Thomas Dunlop, LL.D. Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., The Ignatius Medal* Rev. Francis J. Gilday, S.J., L.H.D. Philip J. McNiff, L.H.D. Joseph Harry Silverstein, D.A. Talcott Parsons, D.S.S. Edward Lewis Hirsh, L.H.D. Paul Donovan Sullivan, D.S.S. A. Philip Randolph, LL.D. Paul Ricoeur, L.H.D.* Henry Lee Shattuck, D.C.S. Vincent Charles Ziegler, D.B.A. 1982 Terence Cardinal Cooke, LL.D. Bicentennial Convocation Rev. Robert I. Burns, S.J., L.H.D. George Bush, LL.D.* 1970 September 28, 1975 Robert A. Charpie, D.Sc. James Edward Allen, Jr., D.Sc.Ed. Thomas Joseph Galligan, Jr., D.B.A. Dolores Hope, The Ignatius Medal Rt. Rev. John Melville Burgess, LL.D Oscar Handlin, L.H.D. (November 6, 1982) Josephine L. Taylor, D.Sc.Ed. 104 General Information

1983 1990 T. Berry Brazelton, LL.D. Maya Angelou, L.H.D. Edward A. Brennan, D.B.A. William M. Bulger, LL.D. Virginia A. Henderson, D.N.S. Thomas J. Brokaw, L.H.D.* William H. Cosby, L.H.D.* Joseph McKenney, D.Ed. Raymond G. Chambers, The Ignatius Medal Marian L. Heard, D. Pub. Adm. Rev. Vincent T. O’Keefe, S.J., L.H.D. (April 5, 1990) Michael J. Mansfield, The Speaker Thomas P. (March 13, 1983) Franklyn G. Jenifer, LL.D. O’Neill, Jr. Award for Distinguished Rev. Bruce J. Ritter, O.F.M., D.S.S.* Rev. César A. Jerez, S.J., L.H.D. Citizenship An Wang, LL.D. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, L.H.D. J. Donald Monan, S.J., LL.D. Robert M. Solow, LL.D. 1984 1997 Leon Higginbotham, LL.D. 1991 John S. Chalsty, The President’s Medal for Richard Hill, D.B.A. William Aramony, The Ignatius Medal Excellence (April 17, 1997) Most Rev. Bernard F. Law, S.T.D.* (April 18, 1991) Peter Dervan, D.Sc. Robert Merrifield, D.Sc. Raymond Edward Brown, S.S., The Ignatius Roger Cardinal Etchegaray, LL.D. Muriel Sutherland Snowden, D.S.S. Medal (July 25, 1991) John A. McNeice, Jr., D.B.A. Otto Phillip Snowden, D.S.S. John J. Curtin, Jr., LL.D. Bernice Johnson Reagon, L.H.D. Rev. Timothy S. Healy, S.J., L.H.D.* 1985 Janet Reno, LL.D.** Seamus J. Heaney, Litt.D. Rev. Frederick Joseph Adelmann, S.J., L.H.D. Rachel A. Robinson, D.Sc.Ed. 1998 Lena Frances Edwards, D.Sc. John R. Smith, D.B.A. An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, T.D., LL.D. Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, LL.D. Archibald Cox, The Speaker Thomas P. Agnes Mongan, D.F.A. 1992 O’Neill, Jr. Award for Distinguished Anthony John Francis O’Reilly, D.B.A. Barbara Bush, The Ignatius Medal Citizenship (March 17, 1985) (April 2, 1992) Margaret A. Dwyer, LL.D. Andrew J. Young, LL.D.* Mary Ann Glendon, LL.D. John N. Hatsopoulos, D.B.A. Edward Zigler, L.H.D. Roberto C. Goizueta, D.B.A. Catalina Montes, L.H.D. John E. Jacob, L.H.D. 1986 James W. Skehan, S.J., D.Sc. John J. Moakley, LL.D. Corazon C. Aquino, The Ignatius Medal Frank G. Zarb, The President’s Medal for Caroline C. Putnam, R.S.C.J., D.F.A. Excellence (April 16, 1998) (September 21, 1986) Warren B. Rudman, LL.D.* Guido Calabresi, LL.D. 1999 Jacques d’Amboise, D.F.A. 1993 Richard A. Grasso, The President’s Medal for Annie Dillard, L.H.D. Jack Kemp, The Ignatius Medal Excellence (April 15, 1999) Lionel B. Richie, Jr., D.Mus. (April 22, 1993) Anna Faith Jones, L.H.D. Francis C. Rooney, Jr., D.B.A. William J. Vouté, The Ignatius Medal Alice E. McDermott, L.H.D. Jamie Cardinal Sin, S.T.D.* (April 22, 1993) Bill Richardson, LL.D.* Queen Noor of Jordan, LL.D.* 1987 William F. Russell, L.H.D. James F. Cleary, D.B.A. Josephine A. Dolan, D.N.S. David Trimble, LL.D. Elias J. Corey, D.Sc. Garret FitzGerald, LL.D. Henry E. Hampton, L.H.D. 2000 Walter E. Massey, D.Sc. Thérèse Higgins, C.S.J., L.H.D. Fayette M. Long, L.H.D. John G. McElwee, LL.D. Thomas H. O’Connor, L.H.D. Jaime Cardinal Ortega y Alamino, LL.D Rev. Francis W. Sweeney, S.J., L.H.D. John T. Williams, D.Mus. Richard W. Riley* Vernon A. Walters, LL.D.* Kip Tiernan, L.H.D. 1994 1988 Sanford L. Weill, The President’s Medal for Daniel P. Tully, The Ignatius Medal Excellence (April 13, 2000) His Grace, Samuel E. Carter, S.J., S.T.D.* (April 21, 1994) Esmé Valerie Eliot, Litt.D. Robert C. Wright, LL.D James P. Comer, LL.D. Hans-Georg Gadamer, L.H.D. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., D.B.A. 2001 Robert Francis O’Malley, D.Sc. Frances Hesselbein, L.H.D. Francis B. Campanella, LL.D Richard Alan Smith, LL.D. Corinne Boggs Roberts, LL.D.* William F. Connell, The Ignatius Medal Paul A. Volcker, LL.D. Donald J. White, L.H.D. (August 21, 2001) 1989 Thomas S. Durant, MD, L.H.D. 1995 Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., R.D. John J. Moakley, The Speaker Thomas P. Rita Dove, L.H.D. George E. Doty, The Ignatius Medal O’Neill, Jr. Award for Distinguished John Hume, LL.D.* Citizenship (April 6, 1989) Teddy Kollek, LL.D. Clare S. Pratt, RSCJ, L.H.D. Jonathan Kozol, D.S.S.* Peter S. Lynch, LL.D. Thomas S. Murphy, LL.D. Patrick E. Roche, D.B.A. Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule, III, L.H.D. Kenneth Gilmore Ryder, D.Sc.Ed. John F. Smith, Jr. The President’s Medal for Richard Francis Syron, LL.D. 1996 Excellence (April 19, 2001) (March 18, 1989) Lawrence A. Bossidy, The President’s Medal Cherryl Thomas, D.Pub.Adm. Jerzy Turowicz, L.H.D. for Excellence (April 18, 1996) Tommy G. Thompson, LL.D* General Information 105

2002 2003 2004 R. Nicholas Burns, LL.D.* Sister Kathleen Carr, C.S.J., L.H.D. Thomas Anthony Busch, L.H.D. Rev. Robert J. Bowers, L.H.D John L. Mahoney, L.H.D. Alan Greenspan, LL.D. Charles Dolan, The President’s Medal for Dawn E. McNair, L.H.D. (March 12, 2004) Excellence (April 18, 2002) Robert L.Reynolds, The President’s Medal Ray Alexander Hammond II, L.H.D. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, L.H.D for Excellence (April 23, 2003) Timothy John Ru ssert, LL.D. * Rev. John W. O’Malley, S.J., L.H.D Thomas A. Vanderslice, D.B.A. Katarina Schuth, O.S.F., Litt.D. Sister Marie Santry, S.N.D. de Namur, L.H.D Erik Weihenmayer, L.H.D. * Blenda J. Wilson, D. Pub. Adm. Elisabeth Zweig Leoni, D.Pub.Adm. Wellington T. Mara, The President’s Medal for Excellence (April 15, 2004)

* Commencement Speakers. Source: President’s Office

Honorary Degrees Types of Degrees Granted by Boston College Conferred at Boston College

D.A. Doctor of Arts Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) D.B.A. Doctor of Business Administration Bachelor of Science (B.S.) D.C.S. Doctor of Commercial Science Master of Arts (M.A.) D.E.Sc. Doctor of Engineering Science D.F.A. Doctor of Fine Arts Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) D.Journ. Doctor of Journalism Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) D.Mus. Doctor of Music Master of Education (M.Ed.) D.N.S. Doctor of Nursing Science Master of Science (M.S.) D.Pub.Adm. Doctor of Public Administration D.Sc. Doctor of Science Master of Science in Teaching (M.S.T.) D.Sc.Ed. Doctor of Science in Education Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) D.Sc.L. Doctor of the Science of Law Certificate of Advanced Educational Specialization (C.A.E.S.) D.Sc.T. Doctor of the Science of Theology Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (C.A.G.S.) D.S.S. Doctor of Social Science (Ph.D.) H.D. Doctor of History Hist.Phil.D. Doctor of History in Philosophy Doctor of Law (J.D.)

J.U.D. Doctor of Civil and Canon Laws LL.D. Doctor of Laws

L.H.D. Doctor of Humane Letters Litt.D. Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Literature R.D. Doctor of Religion S.T.D. Doctor of Sacred Theology Sc.D. Doctor of Science

Source: Commencement Programs, 1955 - present