Alumni

Past Honorary Doctorate Recipients

The Honorary Doctorate is the highest award Western Illinois University can bestow upon an individual who has made significant contributions in his/her career and to Western Illinois University.

2019

Samuel N. Oliva `77

2018

James E. Shipp `64 | Robert and Belinda Ontiveros

2015

Hyuk-Jong Kim MS-Ed `87 | Kirk W. Dillard `77

2014

Sandra Keiser Edwards MS-Ed `74

2010

John D. Welty `66

2007

Dan Webb

2006

Russell Dohner | Norm C. `67 and Carmelilta Teeter

2002-2003

C. Robert Leininger `60 | Dot Richardson

2001-2002

Robert Nardelli `71 MBA `75 | Eric Gleacher

1999-2000

Jim Edgar | Lynn Martin

1997-1998

Douglas L. Whitley | William O'Toole, Jr. `68

1996-1997

Josephine Johnson `55 MS-Ed `58 | Paul Vallas `76 MA `80

1995-1996

Floyd A. Swink

1994-1995

Director General Lu, Yu-Jium `91 | Laurent Walpen

1992-1993

Robert L. Crowe `59 | Donald Dexter

1991-1992

Ray E. Carmer | Marvin O. Bagby `57 MS-Ed `57

1990-1991

C. Richard Shoemate `63

1989-1990

George M. Irwin

1988-1989

Howard D. Silberer | James L. Johnson

1987-1988

Stanley R. Johnson `61

1986-1987

C.T. Vivian `14

1985-1986

Jack A. Laughery

1984-1985

General Jarl Wahlstrom | John William Chancellor

1983-1984

In-Kon Kim

1982-1983

Robert Wedgeworth

1981-1982

John R. Block

1980-1981

Adlai Ewing Stevenson, III

1979-1980

Lee Lavern Morgan

1978-1979

Harold Baker Steele

1977-1978

Robert B. Hulsen

1977-1978

Tomiji Ogawa

1975-1977

John Code Mowbray `40

1974-1975

Earl Lauer Butz

1973-1974

Abbas Aryanpur (Kashani) | Frank C. Bellrose, Jr.

1972-1973

Frank William Gay

1971-1972

T. Mac Downing | Burl Ives

1970-1971

Gwendolyn Brooks