The following individuals have received honorary degrees, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Oregon.
Recipients
2019-20 Recipient
James Ivory
Conferred during the 2022 commencement ceremony
2018-19 Recipient
Phillip H. Knight
Conferred during the 2020 virtual commencement ceremony
2017-18 Recipient
Lorry I. Lokey
Conferred during the 2018 Commencement Ceremony
2008 Recipients
The UO bestowed honorary degrees to the following individuals who were students in 1942 when Executive Order 9066 ordered their evacuation to internment camps.
- Chiye Arai
- Midori Funatake
- Mary Furusho
- Frank Tadakazu Hachiya
- Theodore Terumasa Hachiya
- Thomas Chikara Hayashi
- Woodrow Tsutoma Ichihashi
- Kenji Inahara
- Harold Kay Ito
- Makoto McKinley Iwashita
- Takuo Kawauchi
- Alice Yoshie Kawasaki
- Grace Kumazawa
- Ellen Ogawa
- Tadashi Melvyn Osaki
- Samuel Teruhide Naito
- Kenzo Nakagawa
- Lawrence Fumio Takei
- George Shingo Uchiyama
- Robert Shu Yasui
2001 Recipient
Marian Wright Edelman
1999 Recipient
Helmuth Rilling
1996 Recipient
Mark O. Hatfield
1994 Recipient
Corazon Aquino