Honorary Degrees Awarded by Bellarmine University

2024

• Mike Hobbs '71, Doctor of Humane Letters 
• Shelton Fabre, Doctor of Humane Letters

2023

• Nick '69 and Gency '70 Carosi, Doctor of Humane Letters 
• Mary Gwen Wheeler, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn, Doctor of Humane Letters

2022

• Russel F. Cox, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Michael J. Stone, Doctor of Humane Letters

2021

• John F. Lansing, Doctor of Humane Letters

2019

• Dr. Carole C. Pfeffer, Doctor of Humane Letters

2018

• Susan M. Cameron, Doctor of Humane Letters

2017

• W. Patrick Mulloy II, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Leonard M. & Susan M. Spalding, Doctor of Humane Letters
• The Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, Doctor of Humane Letters

2016

• Joseph P. Clayton, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Fr. J. Ronald Knott, Doctor of Humane Letters
• The Most Rev. Joseph E. Kurtz, Doctor of Humane Letters

2015

• Michael B. McCallister, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rabbi Joseph Rapport, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Marian A. Swope, Doctor of Humane Letters

2014

• Roger Rosenblatt, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Tom Thomas, Doctor of Humane Letters

2013

• Rev. Dr. Kevin W. Cosby, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Joseph & Carol Ferguson, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Lt. Col. Kenny Lynn Harryman, Doctor of Humane Letters

2012

• Hon. David L. Armstrong, Doctor of Laws
• Hon. Steve Beshear, Doctor of Laws
• Hon. Mitch Daniels, Doctor of Laws
• Mr. Bradford T. Ray, Doctor of Humane Letters

2011

• Jerry E. Abramson, Doctor of Humane Letters
• C. Edward Glasscock, Doctor of Laws
• T. William Samuels, Jr., Doctor of Laws

2010

• Dr. Margaret Mahoney, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Robert F. Sexton, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Lee B. Thomas, Doctor of Humane Letters

2009

• Bishop John J. McRaith, Doctor of Divinity
• Wendy Whelan, Doctor of Arts
• John Cranor, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Bob Edwards, Doctor of Humane Letters

2008

• Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick, Doctor of Divinity
• Curt Tofteland, Doctor of Humane Letters

2007

• William P. Bradford, Doctor of Arts
• Wendell Berry, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Stan Curtis, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Joan Cralle Day, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Most Rev. Thomas C. Kelly, OP, Doctor of Humane Letters

2006

• Nolen C. Allen, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Ina Brown Bond, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Sr. Helen Prejean, SCJ, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Mr. Mason C. Rudd, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Joseph E. Stopher, Doctor of Laws

2005

• Dr. Lawrence S. Cunningham, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Hon. Wendell H. Ford, Doctor of Laws
• James R. Gaunt, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Sr. Mary Kathleen Sheehan, SCN, Doctor of Humane Letters

2004

• Wade H. Hall, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Michael Harreld, Doctor of Laws
• Sr. Sarah Stauble, OSU, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Richard D. Thurman, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Theodore R. Wade, Jr., Doctor of Humane Letters

2003

• Dr. Robert Giroux, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Parker Palmer, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Bro. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Hon. Richard FitzGerald, Doctor of Laws
• Owsley & Christy Brown, Doctor of Humane Letters

2002

• Hon. Romano L. Mazzoli, Doctor of Laws
• Morton Boyd, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Lee H. Hamilton, Doctor of Laws
• Seamus Heaney, Doctor of Humane Letters

2001

• Dr. John H. Ford, Doctor of Humane Letters
• John J. Guarnaschelli, M.D., Doctor of Science
• Brother James M. Kelly, C.F.X., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Helen Veliky Petrik, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Sr. Mary Luke Tobin, SL, Doctor of Humane Letters

2000

• Dr. Joseph Charles Burke, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Abby Hughes Fife, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Patricia Lowman, OSU, Doctor of Humane Letters
• James Louis Meagher, Doctor of Humane Letters

1999

• Sharon K. Darling, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Samuel Robinson, Doctor of Humane Letters

1998

• Damian Paul Alagia, Jr., Doctor of Laws
• Dr. James E. Muller, Doctor of Humane Letters

1997

• Galway Kinnell, Doctor of Humane Letters

1996

• Dr. Arthur H. Keeney, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Bishop Charles G. Maloney, Doctor of Humane Letters

1995

• Owsley B. Frazier, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Donald C. Swain, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Elaine L. Chao, Doctor of Humane Letters

1994

• Sister Eileen M. Egan, SCN, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Jon Jory, Doctor of Arts
• Laramie L. Leatherman, Doctor of Laws (posthumously)
• Arthur M. Walters, Doctor of Humane Letters

1993

• Bro. Edward Driscoll, C.F.X., Doctor of Humane Letters
• Bruce L. Ferguson, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Eugene V. Petrik, Doctor of Humane Letters (posthumously)

1992

• James A. Patterson, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Sr. Angelice Seibert, O.S.U., Doctor of Humane Letters

1991

• Thomas C. Boysen, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Jane M. Norton, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. Vernon Robertson, Doctor of Humane Letters

1990

• Dr. Roy L. Honeycutt, Doctor of Letters
• Dr. John Mulder, Doctor of Letters
• Rabbi Simcha Kling, Doctor of Letters

1989

• Mary Caperton Bingham, Doctor of Letters
• Amelia Brown Frazier, Doctor of Letters
• H. Edward O'Daniel, Jr., Doctor of Laws

1988

• Maurice D. S. Johnson, Doctor of Letters
• Robert H. Michels, Doctor of Laws
• Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr., Doctor of Laws

1987

• James Laughlin, Doctor of Letters
• Lyman T. Johnson, Doctor of Letters
• Johannes Cardinal Willebrandes, Doctor of Letters

1986

• Mr. Lionel Hampton, Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. Scott D. Thomson, Doctor of Letters

1985

• Dr. Allan M. Lansing, Doctor of Humane Letters

1984

• Fr. Bruce Ritter, OFM Conv., Doctor of Letters

1983

• Joshua B. Everett, Doctor of Letters

1981

• Kenneth A. Barker, Jr., Doctor of Laws

1980

• Robinson S. Brown, Jr., Doctor of Laws

1978

• Archbishop Jean Jadot, Doctor of Laws
• Rev. John A. Lyons, Doctor of Letters
• Col. Harland Sanders, Doctor of Laws

1977

• Rev. Hilary H. Gottbrath, OFM Conv., Doctor of Laws

1976

• Cornelius E. Hubbuch, Doctor of Laws
• Samuel H. Klein, Doctor of Laws
• Prof. Leonard Latkovski, Doctor of Letters

1975

• Rev. Msgr. Alfred F. Horrigan, Doctor of Laws
• Rev. Msgr. Raymond J. Treece, Doctor of Laws

1974

• Vernon J. Bourke, Doctor of Letters

1973

• Joseph F. Cullman, III, Doctor of Laws
• Woodrow M. Strickler, Doctor of Laws
• Paul M. Weiss, Doctor of Laws

1971

• Rev. Msgr. John F. Murphy, Doctor of Laws
• Carl D. Perkins, Doctor of Laws

1970

• W. L. Lyons Brown, Doctor of Laws
• John Howard Griffin, Doctor of Laws

1969

• Barry Bingham, Sr., Doctor of Laws
• Archibald P. Cochran, Doctor of Laws
• Thruston B. Morton, Doctor of Laws

1968

• John Cardinal Krol, Doctor of Letters

1967

• Philip Grant Davidson, Doctor of Letters

1963

• Daniel Clark Walsh, Doctor of Letters

1961

• Roy J. Deferrari, Doctor of Letters
• Rt. Rev. Msgr. Felix N. Pitt, Doctor of Laws
• Alphonsus J. Lesousky, Doctor of Laws
• Thomas E. Murray, Doctor of Letters
• Robert M. Watt, Doctor of Letters