Honorary Degree Recipients

No.RecipientDate ConferredTitleCountry
01Lederle, John W.1963/4/2915th President, University of MassachusettsU.S.A.
02Mather, Jean P.1963/4/2914th President, University of MassachusettsU.S.A.
03Heckler, Hermann1965/3/23Hokkaido University foreign instructorGermany
04Kelly, Harry C.1965/7/2Provost, North Carolina State UniversityU.S.A.
05Robinson, Robert1965/7/2Director, Shell Chemical Co. , 1947 Nobel Prize in ChemistryU.K.
06Wood, Robert C.1976/9/15President, University of MassachusettsU.S.A.
07Bromery, Randolph W.1976/9/15President, University of Massachusetts, AmherstU.S.A.
08Blumel, Joseph C.1976/9/154th President, Portland State UniversityU.S.A.
09Maki, John M.1976/9/15Professor, University of MassachusettsU.S.A.
10Helbig, Herbert1976/9/15Professor Emeritus, Free University of BerlinGermany
11Dodge, Robert E.1976/9/15Professor, Portland State UniversityU.S.A.
12Hessland, Ivar R.1976/9/15Professor, Stockholm UniversitySweden
13Kupchan, S. Morris1976/9/15Professor, University of VirginiaU.S.A.
14Bloch, Konrad E.1976/9/15Professor, Harvard University, 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineU.S.A.
15Lobitz, Walter C., Jr.1976/9/15Professor, University of Oregon Medical SchoolU.S.A.
16Seevers, Maurice H.1976/9/15Professor Emeritus, University of MichiganU.S.A.
17Emmett, Paul H.1976/9/15Visiting Professor, Portland State UniversityU.S.A.
18Drake, Mack1977/11/3Professor, University of MassachusettsU.S.A.
19Todd, Alexander R.1978/3/27Professor, Cambridge University, Master of Christ’s CollegeU.K.
20Mellen, William J.1989/7/3Professor Emeritus, University of MassachusettsU.S.A.
21Corey, Elias J.1990/9/3Professor, Harvard University, 1990 Nobel Prize in ChemistryU.S.A.
22Konishi, Masakazu1991/8/29Professor, California Institute of TechnologyU.S.A.
23Bockris, John O’Mara1991/9/19Professor, Texas A & M UniversityU.S.A.
24Aschoff, Jurgen W.1993/8/27Professor Emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral PhysiologyGermany
25Khorana, Har Gorbind1993/11/11Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineU.S.A.
26Bern, Howard A.1994/10/21Professor Emeritus, University of California, BerkeleyU.S.A.
27Alexander, Vera1999/4/26Professor, University of Alaska, FairbanksU.S.A.
28Mohri, Mamoru2000/4/17Director, National Museum of Emerging Science and InnovationJapan
29Lee, Ki-Jun2000/8/7President, Seoul National UniversityRepublic of Korea
30Scott, David K.2001/2/7Chancellor, University of Massachusetts, AmherstU.S.A.
31Knapp, David C.2001/11/8President Emeritus, University of MassachusettsU.S.A.
32Parsons, Timothy R.2001/11/20Professor Emeritus, University of British ColumbiaCanada
33Yanagimachi, Ryuzo2002/1/22Professor, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, John A. Burns School of MedicineJapan
34Asano, Takashi2004/5/25Professor Emeritus, University of California, DavisU.S.A.
35Fanger, Povl O.2004/7/16Professor, University of DenmarkDenmark
36Marshall, Barry J.2006/3/15Honorary Clinical Professor, University of West Australia, 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAustralia
37Matsuda, Masatake2009/3/9Director Advisor, East Japan Railway Co., President Emeritus, Hokkaido University Federation of Alumni AssociationJapan
38Yunus, Muhammad2009/9/29Managing Director, Grameen Bank, 2006 Nobel Peace PrizeBangladesh
39Lee, Jang Moo2011/10/17President Emeritus, Seoul National UniversityRepublic of Korea
40Ding, Zhongli2018/3/25President, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
41Victor, Antonovich Sadovnichy2018/5/19Rector, Moscow State UniversityRussia
42Yun, Yeo-pyo2018/7/5President, Chungbuk National UniversityRepublic of Korea
43Marciano, Joel Joseph Jr. S.2023/1/27Director General, Philippine Space AgencyRepublic of the Philippines