Honorary Degrees Bestowed by Lewis University
1955 - 2012
| Frank J. Lewis | 1955 | Dr. Raymond Pietak | 1995 |
| John R. Lewis | 1955 | Lt. Gov. Robert Kustra | 1996 |
| Archbishop Bernard J. Sheil | 1961 | Brother Basil Rothweiler, FSC | 1996 |
| Bishop Martin D. McNamara | 1961 | Honorable Mary Ann McMorrow | 1996 |
| Mrs. Frank J. Lewis | 1961 | Lowell P. Stahl | 1996 |
| Brother Joel Damian Wilhelm, FSC | 1962 | Thomas Curley | 1997 |
| Patrick D. Fahey | 1962 | Sister Sheila Lyne, RSM | 1997 |
| Reverend Edward V. Stanford | 1963 | Merri Dee | 1997 |
| Thomas F. Fabish | 1963 | Herbert Kelleher | 1998 |
| Irving Crown | 1964 | Congressman William Lipinski | 1998 |
| Dr. Philip S. Skell | 1965 | Sister Rosemary Connelly, RSM | 1998 |
| Dr. Jack Hine | 1965 | Brother Denis Murphy, FSC | 1998 |
| Chih‑Fan Chen | 1965 | Most Rev. Roger Schweitz, OMI | 1999 |
| Archbishop John Patrick Cody | 1966 | Professor Emeritus John Lamb | 1999 |
| Senator Everett M. Dirksen | 1966 | Brother James Zullo, FSC | 1999 |
| Dr. Russell Harvey | 1967 | Honorable Philip J. Rock | 2000 |
| Honorable Richard J. Daley | 1967 | Kevin Reardon | 2000 |
| Bishop Romeo Blanchette | 1967 | Dr. Lawrence Carter | 2001 |
| Brother Leander Paul McGinnis, FSC | 1967 | Monsignor John Egan | 2001 |
| Gwendolyn Brooks | 1968 | Chicago Police Supt. Terry G. Hillard | 2001 |
| Michael J. Howlett | 1968 | J. D. Ross | 2001 |
| Reverend Mother M. Borromeo, OSF | 1968 | Bill Kurtis | 2001 |
| Milburn P. Akers | 1969 | George A. Ranney, Jr. | 2001 |
| Rabbi Morris M. Hershman | 1969 | Dr. Jay P. Dolan | 2001 |
| Dr. Joseph M. McDaniel, Jr. | 1969 | Margaret "Peggy" Roach | 2001 |
| Reverend C. Albert Koob | 1970 | Dr. Monika Hellwig | 2002 |
| Margaret Taylor Burroughs | 1972 | Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem | 2002 |
| Frank Gospodaric | 1972 | Barbara Gaines | 2002 |
| Brother Alphonsus Pluth, FSC | 1972 | Dr. Philip R. Hogan | 2002 |
| Brother George Kennedy, FSC | 1972 | Elmer W. Johnson | 2002 |
| Reverend John Brennan | 1973 | The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert | 2002 |
| Matthew Stefanich, Sr. | 1973 | Brother Michael O’Hern, FSC | 2002 |
| Dr. Harold McAninch | 1974 | Most Reverend John R. Gorman | 2003 |
| Brother Bernard LoCoco, FSC | 1974 | Reverend Stanley L. Davis, Jr. | 2003 |
| Professor Hiroshi Ushikubo | 1974 | Anselmo Calderon | 2003 |
| Ms. Carmen Maymi | 1975 | Lynne Thigpen (posthumously) | 2003 |
| Andrew Barber | 1975 | Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory | 2003 |
| John Waner | 1976 | Dr. Juan Andrade, Jr. | 2003 |
| Dr. George DeTrana | 1977 | Dr. Kenneth Packer | 2003 |
| Mrs. Dorothea DeTrana | 1977 | Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin | 2004 |
| William J. Sabo | 1977 | Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth | 2004 |
| Mrs. Lorraine L. Blair | 1979 | Dr. Joseph R. Incandela | 2004 |
| Brother Timothy M. Anderson, FSC | 1979 | David R. Mosena | 2004 |
| James P. Economos | 1979 | William J. Burns | 2004 |
| Saint John Baptist De La Salle (Posthumously) | 1980 | Brother Daniel F. Casey, FSC | 2004 |
| Joseph Cornolo | 1980 | Frank Turk, Jr. | 2005 |
| Sister Mary Frances Seeley, OSF | 1980 | John D. “Jack” Goeken | 2005 |
| Brother Pablo Basterrechea, FSC | 1981 | Kathy Kelly | 2005 |
| Congressman Henry Hyde | 1981 | Dr. Michael H. Moskow | 2005 |
| Sir Colonel Ronald Gardner-Thorpe (Lord Mayor of London) |
1981 | Brig. Gen. Michael Mulqueen, USMC (Ret.) | 2005 |
| Arthur Rubloff | 1982 | Sister Catherine M. Ryan, O.S.F. | 2005 |
| John Powers | 1982 | John A. Buck | 2006 |
| Joseph Cardinal Bernardin | 1983 | Chet Kondratowicz | 2006 |
| Representative George O'Brien | 1984 | Rabi Sulayman, M.D. | 2006 |
| Gilbert Hennessey | 1984 | Bryan K. Foy, M.D. | 2006 |
| President Ronald Reagan | 1984 | Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC | 2006 |
| Brother John Johnston, FSC | 1985 | Paul J. Adams, III | 2006 |
| Archbishop Pio Laghi | 1985 | Dr. Lawrence A. Wyllie | 2007 |
| Dr. George Schuster | 1985 | Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ | 2007 |
| Mayor John Bourg | 1985 | Hon. Lawrence M. Walsh | 2007 |
| Dr. Lorin Nevling | 1985 | Hon. Anne Burke | 2007 |
| Ray Meyer | 1985 | Brother Konrad Diebold, FSC | 2007 |
| Richard Granville Tompkins | 1985 | Dr. Daniel Gutierrez | 2007 |
| Dorothy Mavrich | 1986 | Robert O. and Jill A. Carr | 2008 |
| William Pullinsi | 1986 | Carol Lavin Bernick | 2008 |
| Most Reverend Joseph L. Imesch | 1986 | Clifford W. Berglund | 2008 |
| Gerald Adelmann | 1986 | Robert P. O’Meara | 2008 |
| Brother Francis Huether, FSC | 1986 | Dr. Alice Bourke Hayes | 2008 |
| Philip Klutznick | 1986 | James M. Guyette | 2008 |
| Reverend Lawrence Martin Jenco | 1986 | Secretary of Education Arne Duncan | 2009 |
| Jaime Cardinal Sin | 1987 | Prof. Barbara Taylor Bowman | 2009 |
| Brother James Gaffney, FSC | 1987 | State Sen. Edward D. Maloney | 2009 |
| Dr. Charles T. Cullen | 1987 | Eric D. Isaacs, Ph.D. | 2009 |
| Barbara Donnelley | 1988 | Brother Donald C. Mouton, FSC | 2009 |
| Burt L. Rutan | 1988 | Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, J.D. | 2009 |
| Brother Ambrose Groble, FSC | 1989 | Geoffrey Baer | 2009 |
| John A. Oremus | 1989 | Brother Thomas Johnson, FSC (Convocation 8/25/09) | 2009 |
| Dick Rutan | 1989 | Paula Wolff, Ph.D. | 2010 |
| Jeana Yeager | 1989 | Paul Pawlak | 2010 |
| Most Reverend Roger L. Kaffer | 1990 | Brother Neil Kieffe, FSC | 2010 |
| Brother Luke Salm, FSC | 1990 | Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, D.D. | 2010 |
| Peter Kosiba | 1990 | Carolyn Y. Woo, Ph.D. | 2010 |
| Ardis Krainik | 1991 | Joseph C. Szabo | 2010 |
| Robert Galvin | 1991 | Terry Mazany | 2011 |
| Brother Paul Grass, FSC | 1991 | U.S. Representative Judy Biggert | 2011 |
| Sister Kathleen McIntyre, LCM | 1992 | Sarode K. Pundaleeka, M.D. | 2011 |
| Harold E. White | 1992 | Michael F. Quirk, FSC, Ed.D. | 2011 |
| Honorable George Sangmeister | 1993 | U.S. Secretary Ray LaHood | 2011 |
| Brother Terence McLaughlin, FSC | 1993 | Sister Mary Paul McCaughey, O.P. | 2011 |
| Hazel Cheadle | 1994 | James M. Denny | 2012 |
| Lois K. Benich, R.N., M.S. | 1994 | Guy R. Wiebking | 2012 |
| James J. O'Connor, M.B.A., J.D. | 1994 | Reverend Robert Barron, S.T.D. | 2012 |
| Thomas Skilling | 1995 | Natalie Bayci | 2012 |
| Harold Finley | 1995 |
