Honorary Degree Recipients
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Mabel Pollitt Adams |
EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Letters |
1967 |
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A.D. Albright |
President, Northern Kentucky University |
Doctor of Laws |
1993 |
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Educator, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1989 |
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James E. Bassett |
Director, Kentucky State Police |
Doctor of Laws |
1976 |
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Karl D. Bays |
Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1977 |
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Charles Elmore Beck |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
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Robert D. Bell |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1986 |
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Mon. Ralph W. Beiting |
Founder, Christian Appalachian Project |
Doctor of Humanities |
1999 |
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Eula Bingham |
Asst. Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Science |
1978 |
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Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Science |
2005 |
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James M. Boswell |
Doctor of Laws |
1981 |
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Jane Boyer |
Civic Leader |
Doctor of Humanities |
2010 |
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Edward N. Breathitt |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
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Harry S. Broudy |
Philosopher, educator, author |
Doctor of Letters |
1980 |
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John Y Brown, Jr. |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1980 |
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Helen E. Browne |
Nurse |
Doctor of Science |
1977 |
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Frances Burke |
State Senator |
Doctor of Laws |
1989 |
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Harold Glenn Campbell |
Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1998 |
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Rev. Homer W. Carpenter |
Minister |
Doctor of Letters |
1963 |
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Malcolm Scott Carpenter |
Commander, US Navy |
Doctor of Science |
1969 |
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Julian Carroll |
Lt. Governor of Kentucky (later Governor) |
Doctor of Laws |
1974 |
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Tim Lee Carter |
US Representative from Kentucky |
Doctor of Science |
1974 |
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Lillie D. Chaffin |
Educator and writer, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Letters |
1978 |
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Merritt Madison Chambers |
Educator |
Doctor of Letters |
1969 |
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Business |
Doctor of Science |
2005 |
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James Chenault |
Judge, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
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Thomas D. Clark |
Historian and Scholar |
Doctor of Letters |
1976 |
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Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2010 |
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Earle C. Clements |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
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Nick Clooney |
Journalist |
Doctor of Humanities |
2008 |
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Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2010 |
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President, University of Michigan |
Doctor of Science |
2012 |
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J. Winston Coleman |
Historian and author |
Doctor of Letters |
1976 |
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Martha Layne Collins |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1985 |
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Bert T. Combs |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1963 |
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Earle B. Combs |
Athlete, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1974 |
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C. Vernon Cooper, Jr. |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1996 |
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John Sherman Cooper |
US Senator from Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1962 |
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Minister, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2003 |
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Francis L. Dale |
Newspaper Publisher |
1967 |
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Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Science |
2008 |
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Richard B. Davis |
Doctor of Letters |
1980 |
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Felix W. DeWeldon |
Sculptor |
Doctor of Letters |
1974 |
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David Barrow Dick |
Author and journalist |
Doctor of Letters |
2000 |
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Frank G. Dickey |
President, University of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1981 |
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Donald R. Dizney |
Health Services |
Doctor of Laws |
1987 |
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Herman Lee Donovan |
President of Eastern Kentucky State College |
Doctor of Laws |
1962 |
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Adron Doran |
President, Morehead State University |
Doctor of Laws |
1970 |
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Louise Rutledge Dowerman |
Librarian, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Letters |
1997 |
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Dero Downing |
President, Western Kentucky University |
Doctor of Laws |
1979 |
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John Draud |
Commissioner of Education, Kentucky, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2009 |
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Jo Eleanor Elliott |
Nurse |
Doctor of Science |
1983 |
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Richard J. Evans |
Doctor of Letters |
1964 |
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Rupert N. Evans |
Educator |
Doctor of Laws |
1982 |
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Charles B. Flood |
Author and scholar |
Doctor of Letters |
1982 |
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Wendell Ford |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1973 |
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Hanley Funderburk |
EKU President |
Doctor of Laws |
1998 |
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Bonnie Gray |
Educator |
Doctor of Humanities |
2011 |
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Clarke T. Gray |
Doctor of Science |
1988 |
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Mark Grayson |
Educator |
Doctor of Laws |
2005 |
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Clarence Gifford |
Doctor of Laws |
1971 |
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Ted C. Gilbert |
Education Administration, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1998 |
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Raymond E. Giltner |
Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1991 |
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Lyman V. Ginger |
Executive Director, Cardinal Hill Hospital |
Doctor of Laws |
1991 |
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J. Malcom Grear |
Doctor of Letters |
1998 |
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Ralph Hacker |
Radio personality |
Doctor of Humanities |
2011 |
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John R. Hall |
CEO, Ashland Oil |
Doctor of Laws |
1990 |
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Col. Finley R. Hamilton |
Commander & Conductor, US Army Field Band |
Doctor of Arts |
2003 |
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William S. Hayes |
President, Alice Lloyd College |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
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Robert R. Hensley |
Doctor of Laws |
1976 |
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Thomas Herndon |
Educator |
Doctor of Science |
1984 |
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Carl M. Hill |
Doctor of Science |
1975 |
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Henry H. Hill |
President George Peabody College for Teachers |
Doctor of Laws |
1963 |
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Mary Jo Hill |
Doctor of Letters |
1974 |
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Larry J. Hopkins |
US Representative from Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1989 |
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Walter D. Huddleston |
US Senator from Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
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Eugene Hughes |
President of EKU |
Doctor of Laws |
2011 |
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Floyd Hunter |
Educator |
Doctor of Letters |
1978 |
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Carl E. Hurley |
Educator and Entertainer, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Letters |
1997 |
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Francis Hutchins |
President, Berea College |
Doctor of Laws |
1979 |
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Louise G. Hutchins |
Doctor |
Doctor of Science |
1983 |
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John Irwin |
Educator |
Doctor of Science |
1985 |
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Timothy James |
US Military, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2009 |
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Ewart W. Johnson |
Kentucky State Parks Commissioner |
Doctor of Laws |
1976 |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
Vice President of the United States |
Doctor of Laws |
1961 |
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Brereton Jones |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
2008 |
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Merle B. Karnes |
Educator |
Doctor of Letters |
1977 |
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Cecil Karrick |
Doctor of Letters |
1999 |
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John M. Keane |
Vice Chief of Staff, US Army |
Doctor of Public Service |
2001 |
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Col. P.K. Keen |
US Army, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2003 |
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Joseph H. Keller, Jr. |
Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1982 |
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Jerome P. Keuper |
Educator |
Doctor of Science |
1977 |
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Roy Kidd |
EKU Football Coach, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2010 |
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Garvice D. Kinkaid |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
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Pauline Knapp |
Doctor of Laws |
1973 |
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James C. Klotter |
Doctor of Letters |
1997 |
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Joseph E. Lambert |
Chief Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court |
Doctor of Laws |
1999 |
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Peter P. Lejins |
Scholar |
Doctor of Laws |
1986 |
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Homer Ledford |
Musician, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2006 |
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Chunbo Li |
CEO, Zhejiang Medicine Corporation |
Doctor of Laws |
2011 |
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Margaret Lindsey |
Doctor of Letters |
1976 |
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Hazel C. Little |
Educator and Librarian, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Letters |
1996 |
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Thomas C. Little |
Educator, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1986 |
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Brad Loar |
FEMA, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2009 |
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Thomas Logsdon |
Aeronautics Engineer, Rockwell, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Science |
2007 |
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Irvin Lunger |
Doctor of Letters |
1974 |
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Pearse Lyons |
Founder and President, Alltech |
Doctor of Commerce |
2011 |
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John W. Macy |
Chair, US Civil Service Commission |
Doctor of Laws |
1966 |
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Lee Majors |
Actor, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2006 |
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Robert R. Martin |
EKU President, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1977 |
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Dan Mason |
CBS Radio, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2006 |
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Bobbie Ann Mason |
Kentucky author |
Doctor of Letters |
1995 |
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Angela Barron McBride |
Educator |
Doctor of Laws |
1991 |
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John Ed McConnell |
Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1993 |
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Mitch McConnell |
US Senator from Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
2006 |
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Thomas McDonough |
Educator |
Doctor of Science |
1967 |
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Dustan McCoy |
Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
2003 |
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Gale McGee |
US Senator from Wyoming |
Doctor of Laws |
1967 |
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N. Mitchell Meade |
Judge |
Doctor of Laws |
1994 |
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Brenda Miller |
Senior Safety Advisor, US Army Combat Readiness |
Doctor of Laws |
2012 |
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William F. Miller |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1965 |
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Mildred L. Montag |
Nurse Educator |
Doctor of Science |
1981 |
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William Robert Moody |
Doctor of Letters |
1971 |
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Robert B. Morgan |
Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1987 |
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Craig Morrison |
Business, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Science |
2007 |
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Thurston B. Morton |
US Senator and Representative from Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1969 |
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Irene Steed Muir |
Doctor of Letters |
1966 |
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Story Musgrave |
Astronaut |
Doctor of Science |
2004 |
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Lonnie Napier |
State Representative |
Doctor of Laws |
2007 |
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Robert L. Nichols |
Doctor of Science |
1973 |
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Louie B. Nunn |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1968 |
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Elizabeth M. Nuss |
Student Personnel Administrator |
Doctor of Laws |
1995 |
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William F. O’Donnell |
President of Eastern Kentucky State College |
Doctor of Laws |
1962 |
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Allan W. Ostar |
American Assoc. of State Colleges & Universities |
Doctor of Laws |
1972 |
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John S. Palmore |
Chief Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court |
Doctor of Laws |
1984 |
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Fess Parker |
Actor and Playwright |
Doctor of Letters |
1968 |
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Norman Vincent Peale |
Minister and Author |
Doctor of Letters |
1964 |
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Steve Pence |
Lt. Governor of Kentucky, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
2004 |
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Carl D. Perkins |
US Representative from Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1964 |
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Kenneth Perry |
Educator, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1983 |
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Joseph W. Phelps |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1990 |
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Charles Pilliod |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1979 |
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Mon. Felix Newton Pitt |
Doctor of Letters |
1967 |
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Edward C. Pomeroy |
American Assoc. of Colleges for Teacher Education |
Doctor of Letters |
1968 |
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J.C. Powell |
EKU President |
Doctor of Laws |
1985 |
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A.V. Ramayya |
Scholar in Nuclear Physics |
Doctor of Science |
2009 |
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Helen M. Reed |
Director of Model Laboratory School |
Doctor of Letters |
1995 |
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Robert V. Remini |
Educator and author |
Doctor of Letters |
1992 |
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R. R. Richards |
Educator, EKU ALumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1986 |
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Gen. David Rodriguez |
Commander, US Army Forces Command |
Doctor of Laws |
2012 |
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Hal Rogers |
US Representative from Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1988 |
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Carlos P. Romulo |
Ambassador of the Philippines to the US |
Doctor of Laws |
1961 |
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Warren W. Rosenthal |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1994 |
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John D. Rowlett |
Vice President for Academic Affairs, EKU |
Doctor of Laws |
1993 |
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Harlan Sanders |
Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken |
Doctor of Laws |
1973 |
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F. Douglas Scutchfield |
Doctor, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Science |
2004 |
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Betty L. Siegel |
President, Kennesaw State University |
Doctor of Laws |
1992 |
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Robert F. Sexton |
Prichard Commission for Academic Excellence |
Doctor of Letters |
2001 |
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Honorable Eric K. Shinseki |
US Secretary for the Dept. of Veteran Affairs |
Doctor of Laws |
2010 |
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Ricky Skaggs |
Musician |
Doctor of Humanities |
2005 |
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Albert P. Smith, Jr. |
Journalist |
Doctor of Letters |
1982 |
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Louis Smith |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
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Harry M. Sparks |
Doctor of Laws |
1975 |
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Jane Stephenson |
Founder, New Opportunity School for Women |
Doctor of Letters |
2004 |
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Florence B. Stratemeyer |
Educator |
Doctor of Letters |
1970 |
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Jesse Stuart |
Kentucky author |
Doctor of Letters |
1964 |
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James L. Sublett |
Teachers Retirement System |
Doctor of Laws |
1970 |
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Martha C. Sudduth |
Educator |
Doctor of Letters |
1977 |
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Flonnia C. Taylor |
Educator |
Doctor of Letters |
1978 |
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Helen Thomas |
Journalist |
Doctor of Letters |
2002 |
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Kelly Thompson |
President, Western Kentucky University |
Doctor of Laws |
1971 |
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Russell I. Todd |
Doctor of Science |
1973 |
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Mitchell Tolle |
Artist |
Doctor of Arts |
2002 |
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LeRoy T. Walker |
Educator |
Doctor of Laws |
1985 |
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William Wallace |
Lawyer, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1974 |
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Elmer Whitaker |
Business |
Doctor of Laws |
1993 |
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Wallace Wilkinson |
Governor of Kentucky |
Doctor of Laws |
1988 |
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Craig E. Williams |
Activist and Environmentalist, EKU Alunmus |
Doctor of Humanities |
2008 |
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Ralph H. Woods |
President, Murray State University |
Doctor of Laws |
1968 |
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Robert M. Worthington |
Educator, EKU Alumnus |
Doctor of Laws |
1972 |
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Lt. Gen. Robert Yerks |
US Army, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee (2000) |
Doctor of Humanities |
2007 |