University of the Incarnate Word / Incarnate Word College Honorary Degrees
1956
Genevieve Tarlton Dougherty, Doctor of Laws
Covelle Newcomb Burbank, Doctor of Humane Letters
1958
Rosemary Cooper McCone, Doctor of Laws
1960
Katherine A. Ryan, Doctor of Laws
1961
Most Rev. Mariano Simon Garriga, Bishop of Corpus Christi, first president of Incarnate Word College, Doctor of Laws
1964
Montague Kingsmill Brown, Doctor of Laws
1965
Amy Freeman Lee, Doctor of Humane Letters
1967
Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher, Doctor of Laws
1971
Ronald Ibbs, Master of Arts
Maureen Halligan, Master of Arts
1980
Norman Cousins, Doctor of Humane Letters
Dr. Dorothea Orem, Doctor of Science
Dr. Hans Furth, Doctor of Education
Very Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, Doctor Humane Letters
Dr. Polykarp Kusch, Doctor of Science
Dr. Julian Samora, Doctor of Laws
1983
Henry Cisneros, Doctor of Laws
Charles E. Cheever, Sr., Doctor of Laws
1984
Most Rev. Patrick Flores, Archbishop of San Antonio, Doctor of Laws
1987
Brig. Gen. Lillian Dunlap, Doctor of Science
Sister Angela Clare Moran, CCVI, Doctor of Science
Most Rev. Thomas Drury, retired Bishop of Corpus Christi, Doctor of Humane Letters
1988
Brig. General Robert McDermott, Doctor of Humane Letters
1989
Dr. Lauro Cavazos, US Secretary of Education, Doctor of Education
Dr. Earl Lewis, Doctor of Humane Letters
1992
Dr. Buckner Fanning, Doctor of Philosophy in Religion and Humanitarianism
Dolores M. Mitchell, Doctor of Philosophy in Humanitarian Service
1994
Sr. Eleanor Cohan, CCVI,
Sr. Dorothy Ettling, CCVI,
Sr. Neomi Hayes,CCVI,
Sr. Carol Ann Jokerst, CCVI,
All were awarded Doctors of Humane Letters
Msgr. Thomas A. French, Doctor of Spirituality
1995
Rev. Patrick Guidon, OMI, Doctor of Humane Letters
Sister Elizabeth Ann Sueltenfuss, CDP, Doctor of Humane Letters
1996
Sister Mary Boniface O'Neill, SHG, Doctor of Humane Letters
Most Reverend Edmond Carmody, D.D., Doctor of Humane Letters
1997
Burton E. Grossman, Doctor of Humane Letters
1998
Liang-Lien Chang, Doctor of Humane Letters
Sister Margaret Patrice Slattery, Doctor of Humane Letters
1999
Mrs. Kathleen Watson, Doctor of Humane Letters
Most Rev. John McCarthy, Doctor of Humane Letters
Marjorie Ann Jordan, Doctor of Humane Letters
2001
Rev. Virgil Elizondo, Doctor of Humane Letters
Lydia Sada de Gonzalez, Doctor of Humane Letters
2002
Rev. John Moder, Doctor of Humane Letters
Frank A. Bennack, Doctor of Humane Letters
Henry Bonilla, Doctor of Humane Letters
2003
Sr. Teresa Stanley, Doctor of Humane Letters
Ruth Eilene Sullivan, Doctor of Humane Letters
2004
Edward E. Whitacre, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters
2005
Tom Benson, Doctor of Humane Letters
Dr. Joe Frost, Doctor of Humane Letters
Lionel Sosa, Doctor of Humane Letters
Richard J. McCracken, Doctor of Humane Letters
In 1969, at Commencement, Dr. S. Thomas Greenburg, IWC President, was presented an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Empress St. Theodora, Rome.
During her tenure, Sister Margaret Patrice Slattery, CCVI, Ph.D. received an honorary doctorate from St. Edward's University in Austin. In December of 1999, Sister Margaret Patrice was named President Emerita.