Honorary Degrees from The University of Calgary are conferred upon the authorization of the University's Senate, a body of community and University representatives established under the Universities Act.
Anyone may nominate a candidate for an honorary degree and nominations are accepted year-round. Normally excluded from consideration are those currently holding elected office, as well as current members of the University community. Full details, including nomination forms, may be obtained from the Senate Office.
Alphabetical List, by year of award
1966
A.L. Doucette†, R.L. Gorman†, B. Lovell, R. Warren†
1967
J.S. Boggs, J.A. Corry†, J.M. Harrison†, E.L. Harvie†, W.B. Hutchinson†, H.G. Love†, J.W.G. MacEwan†, E.C. Manning†, L.B. Pearson†, W. Penfield†, E.W. Robinson, D.C. Rose, G.H. Thompson†
1968
C. Beil†, R.A. Brown, Jr.†, B. Butler†, J. Deutsch†, A.Y. Jackson†, A.F. Key†, G. Lloyd, H. de M. Molson†, C.A. Ronning†, M.F. Strong, W.H. Swift
1969
W. Hansen†, E.D. MacPhee†, E.P. Scarlett†, W.A. Steckle†, H.E. Strom†, E. Vinci†, C.R. Whyte†
1970
F.A. McKinnon†, A.J.R. Smith†, L.A. Thorssen†
1971
M.B. Bates†, J.B. Cross†, W. Epstein†, H. Gortler†, C.M. Harris†, J.C. Mahaffy†, C.C. Meikle†, S.C. Nickle†
1972
R.T. Affleck†, H.S. Armstrong†, R. Dubos†, G.H. Gooderham†, C.A. Low, C. Swanson†, J.T. Wilson†
1973
H.B. Chown†, H. Cohen†, I.H. Kerr†, G.M. Laing†, M.A. Vaness, M.A.R. Young†
1974
H.A. Dempsey, M.J. Dover†, P.B. O'Byrne†, L.F. Paterson†, A.E. Reid, J.V. Van Tighem†
1975
R. Davies†, W.A. Friley†, D.H.H. Fullerton†, J.H. Gray†, D.S. Harkness†, W.G. Morrow†, W.E. Taylor, Jr.†
1976
A.W.R. Carrothers†, N. de Grandmaison†, A.A. Fish†, G.W. Govier, R.D. Southern, G.C. Swann
1977
A.G. Bailey†, J.N. Britton†, S.M. Hodgson, H.M. Ingstad, T.A. Link†, E.R.W. Neale†, A.G.A. Russell†
1978
D. Cameron†, S.D. Clark, D. Lander†, R.O. Lindseth, C. Safran†, W.J. Warren†, L. Willumsen†
1979
G.W. Baldwin†, J.P. Gallagher†, R.U. Lemieux†, C.H. McKinnon†, C.O. Nickle†, R.G. Steinhauer†, J.J. Wettlaufer
1980
J.A. Armstrong, H.E. Lehmann†, D.F. Motter, G.F.G. Stanley†, G.M. Tuttle, P.E. Vernon†
1981
D.R.S. Bader†, M.P. Bielish, M.P. Hess, M. Kovitz, J.B. MacInnis, J. Snow†, J.W. Watson†
1982
M.Cohen, W.O. Mitchell†, J. Sauvé†, B.V. Scharrer, S.M. Stinson, A. Tarski†
1983
R.F. Avery†, N.H. Carpenter, W.A. Cochrane, M.G. Graves†, P.L. Shinnie*, B. Wilson
1984
A. J. E. Child†, C. J. Clark, J. L. Nichol, L. Perinbam, J. H. T. Snow†, B. G. Wilson
1985
D. M. Baird, E. Heimler†, J.L. Lebel†, E. Robins†, J.A. Samaranch†, R.G. Townsend†
1986
J.V.M. Braithwaite†, J.M.S. Careless, W. M. Gibson†, K. J. Kasha, J.H. Laycraft, E.P. Lougheed†, D.T. Suzuki
1987
A.R. Cross†, P.D. Hargrave†, J.F. Mustard, A.R. Smith†, V. Wahlberg, S.A. Wood
1988
A.G. Anselmo†, R.C. Clark, A.T. Jenkyns†, F.W. King, J. Mitchell†
1989
N. Al Hussein, V.B. Archer†, T. Beck, D.J. Cardinal, P. Gzowski†, R. Hansen, I.L. Head, K.S. Li, B. Norford, P.K. Page
1990
R.S. Abella, M. Bernardi, J.M. Browning†, M.P. Connell, J. Crowshoe†, T. Rozsa†, P.H. Russell, M.E. Southern
1991
D.A. Colville, D.L. Dupuy, J.K. Gray, R.K. Guy*, E. Heath†, D.L. McNeil†, J.H. Parker, T.M. Penelhum*, J.S. Perrott†, M.W. Ward, D.A. Wheeler, M.M. Williams, R.A. Willson†
1992
D.L. Blackwood, R.L. Bondar, W.J. Corrigan, H.E. Gunning†, L.E. McLeod†, E.R. Moore-Eyman†*, R. Rubin†, J.V. Skvorecky
1993
J.B. Ballem†, M. Gorbachev, N. Jewison, J.M. MacLeod†, R. Martland†, J.S. Palmer, D.K. Seaman†, R. Taylor
1994
J. Carpizo, M.Y. Catley-Carlson, J.L. Granatstein, A.G. Libin, J.C. Polanyi
1995
G.T. Fullerton, D.S. Harvie†, C.B. Hatfield†, R.E. Hatfield†, A. Kroeger†, D.J. McCarthy†, H.P. Milavsky, G. L. Rodger, L. van der Post†
1996
O.P. Dickason†, J.R. Evans, A.A. Fraser, F.M. Fraser†, H.N. Hotchkiss†, N. MacDonald, R.N.A. Wright
1997
J. Callwood†, E. Frei Ruiz-Tagle, R. Gandhi, R.F. Haskayne, A. Louie, J.P.S. McLaren, M.J. Molina, F.S. Rowland, S.H. Uys
1998
E. de Mille, A.M. Harradence†, F. Hayden, S.A. Kerr†, A. Markin, J.R. McCaig†, E. McNally, A. Morrice†
1999
H.A. Allard, D.D. Baldwin, R.J. Goldstone, J.A. Gosling, W.K. Moore, D.E. Mitchell, P.J. O'Byrne†
2000
P.L. Baker, D.H. Donald, L.W. MacKenzie, G.F. MacDonald, B.M. McLachlin, J. Meisel, B. Parkinson, A. V. Payne, R. Priddle, J.R. Shaw, D.B. Smith†
2001
J.T. Black, R. Crow Shoe, B.K. Follett, R.D. Ghitter, P.B. Giannelia, M.A. McCaig, G. M. Milne, K.D.M. von der Ohe, L.M. Rozsa†, C.A. Shields†, B.I. Strafford, I.D. Tyson
2002
J. Belzberg, D. Baldwin, J.F. Dinning, R.V. Joyce, C.E. Klein, C.A. Le May Doan, S. Lewis, E.P. Manning
2003
J.M. Cardinal-Schubert†, T.E. Cowan, H.H. Holkeri, T. Jackson, J.E. Newall†, M.E.L. Newall, M.S. Pollock, J. Ralston Saul
2004
A.J. Carty, M. Cohos, R.A. Dallaire, N.M. Edwards, M.K. Eriksen†, C.W. Fischer, D. Nickle†, E. Ramm, T.L. Wood
2005
T.C.R. Cardinal†, C.A. Ford, J.M. Forzani, M. Horowitz, G.J. Maier, M.A. Marra, J.C. Major, C.C. McLaurin†, N.I. Mickelson, J.F. Murrell, F.A. Plummer, A.H. Raeburn†, J.D. Simpson, S.G. Snyder
2006
S. Cyngiser, A. Egoyan, L. Lovász, F.P. Mannix, D.H. Mitchell, B.M. Mount, M.C. Piper, M.L. Rozsa de Coquet
2007
M. Dallaire, D.A. Donlon, C. Dow Baker, C.A. Fraser, R.G. Gossen, H. A. Maurer, M. McLauchlin, G. Morgan, J.A. O'Reilly, G. Stroumboulopoulos, D.J. Taylor
2008
L. Axworthy, K. Aziz, C. Beddoe, P. Currie, M. Hetherington, A. Janvier, J. Lau, B. Longstaff, L. McDonald, R. Ramsden-Wood, HRH. E. H.bin Talal, R. White
2009
A.M. Buchan, B.A. Felesky, S.L. Felesky, P. Fontaine, T. Gyatso (HH the 14th Dalai Lama), J.H. Holmlund, J.O. Koss, J.J. Orbinski, R.A. Price, B.A. Shiffman, R.B. Thirsk, M.J. Tims
2010
E. Broadbent, R. Hillier, R. Lee, I. Lewis, L. Makokis, R. McDonald, D. O’Brien, G. O’Brien, S. Schulich, M. Smallface Marule, M. Tewksbury, H. Wyatt†
2011
S. Aglukark, M.O.K. Ahtisaari, J.A. Cuthbertson. A. Golden, R. Hillier, R.C. Jackson, M. Jean, B.R. Keating, R.P. Klein†, N.L. Kwong, A.D. Neville, J.R. Perraton†, J. Snyder, W.J. Warren
2012
D.S. Ethell, J. Furlong, R. George, R. Gibbins, D. Johnston, K. King, J.B. Martin, D.P. Werklund
2013
D. Clarke, D. Dodge, R. George, C. Guenter, R. Marcus, S. McLean, R. Moriyama, J. Payette, K. Sendall, M. Smadu, E. Szathmáry, W. Winkler
2014
B. Evans, C. Hahn Oberlander, B. Hall, C. Hunt, G. O'Brien, G. Roter, N. Southern, M. Van Wielingen, M. Wilson, F. Wright
2015
I. Abuelaish, J. Bell, R. Brinster, N. Cournoyea, S. Kennedy, M. MacMillan, B. Milner, L. Mitchell, M. Poitras, A. Sedra, D. Teece, J. Thomson
* Professor Emeritus
† deceased