| Very Rev. C. T. O'Callaghan, Rector of St. Vincent's Church |
1897 |
Doctor of Divinity |
| General Joseph W. Burke, LL.B. |
1899 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Rev. Dionysius Savage |
1903 |
Doctor of Divinity |
| Prof. August J. Staub |
1903 |
Doctor of Music |
| Prof. Paul C. Boudousquie |
1903 |
Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Very Rev. James P. Turner, Vicor General of Phiadelphia, Chancellor |
1905 |
Doctor of Divinity |
| Rev. Edward Kirwan |
1905 |
Doctor of Divinity |
| Rev. Michael Maher |
1905 |
Doctor of Divinity |
| Benito Santamaria Azner |
1905 |
Doctor of Licentiate in Theology |
| William M. Mastin, MD |
1905 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. Charles J. Theard |
1905 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. John St. Paul |
1905 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. Richard B. Otero |
1905 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. Clarence S. Herbert |
1905 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Thomas Della Torre |
1905 |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| Very Rev. Charles H. Mohr, OSB (Order of Saint Benedict) |
1906 |
Doctor of Divinity |
| James F. McCaleb, MD |
1907 |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thomas H. McHatton |
1907 |
Doctor of Science |
| Walter S. Fossier, Pharm. M. |
1907 |
Master of Arts (Honorary) |
| The Hon. George J. Sullivan |
1908 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. Frank McGloin, Knight of St. Gregory |
1910 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Rhett Goode, MD |
1911 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Peter J. Hamilton, LL.D. |
1911 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Thomas D. Flynn |
1911 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Patrick Cronin |
1912 |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| Walter J. Burke, State Senator, Louisiana |
1912 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Matthias M. Mahorner, Jr., LL.B. |
1912 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Alvin E. Herbert, Secretary of State, Louisiana |
1912 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Capt. Herbert Rowbotham, South African Mounted Irregular forces |
1912 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Francis J. Washicheck |
1912 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Miller Reese Hutchinson, E.E. (Electrical Engineer) |
1914 |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| Dr. Arthur De Prenderville |
1915 |
Doctor of Laws |
| John O. Rush, MD |
1916 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Rev. Philip J. Gallagher |
1918 |
Doctor |
| Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward James Hackett, Vicor General |
1930 |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
| Very Rev. Joseph Lawrence O'Brien |
1930 |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
| Hon. Paul Leche |
1930 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. E. Denegre Martin |
1930 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Rev. Florence D. Sullivan, S.J. |
1930 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. Richard V. Taylor |
1930 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. Tisdale J. Touart |
1930 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. John A. Valls |
1930 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Hon. Thomas Semmes Walmsley |
1930 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Dr. Erwin Craighead |
1930 |
Doctor of Literature |
| Rev. Michael Kenny, S.J. |
1930 |
Doctor of Literature |
| Mrs. Nora Byrne |
1930 |
Title of Illustrious Benefactor |
| Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch |
1930 |
Title of Illustrious Benefactor |
| William H. Reynalds |
1930 |
Title of Illustrious Benefactor |
| Gordon Smith |
1930 |
Title of Illustrious Benefactor |
| Joseph M. Walsh |
1930 |
Title of Illustrious Benefactor |
| James Dennett McIntyre |
1934 |
Doctor |
| Richard Reid |
1937 |
Doctor |
| Rev. Leo M. Byrnes |
1942 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Frank Keeler |
1950 |
Doctor of Education |
| J. Herbert Littlefield |
1951 |
Doctor of Education |
| Norman G. Nicolson |
1951 |
Doctor of Commercial Science in Transportation |
| The Most Rev. Thomas J. Toolen, D.D., Bishop of Mobile |
1952 |
Doctor of Laws |
| George Anthony Horkan |
1953 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Norris Cochran McGowen |
1953 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Thomas E. Murrary |
1955 |
Doctor of Science |
| David R. Dunlap |
1955 |
Doctor of Commerical Science |
| Edward R. Maher |
1955 |
Doctor of Commercial Science |
| Joseph N. Langan |
1956 |
Doctor of Laws |
| John Sparkman |
1956 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis Wade |
1957 |
Doctor of Literature |
| John J. Daly |
1957 |
Doctor of Literature |
| Thomas W. Martin |
1958 |
Doctor of Science |
| Rev. James Edwin Stuardi |
1959 |
Doctor of Education |
| Joseph Otto Muscat, Jr. |
1959 |
Doctor of Science |
| Martin Haverty Work |
1959 |
Doctor of Letters |
| Norborne R. Clark, Jr., M.D. |
1961 |
Doctor of Science |
| Dr. Charles H. Malik |
1963 |
Doctor |
| Maj. Gen. Emmett B. Cassady |
1963 |
Doctor |
| J. Finley McRae |
1963 |
Doctor |
| Madame Rose Palmai-Tenser |
1971 |
Doctor |
| Joseph H. Fichter, S.J. |
1973 |
Doctor |
| The Hon. Jeremiah A. Denton, US Senator for Alabama & Rear Admiral |
1974 |
Doctor |
| Walter J. Burghardt, S.J. |
1974 |
Doctor |
| Andrew C. Smith, S.J. |
1975 |
Doctor |
| Edward A. Hirs |
1981 |
Doctor |
| Samuel M. Betty |
1982
|
Doctor |
| Edward Bennett Williams |
1988 |
Doctor |
| Dudley E. Dawson, Jr. |
1988 |
Doctor |
| Isabel Zoghby Ackels |
1988 |
Doctor |
| Lawrence E. Ackels, Sr. |
1988 |
Doctor |
| William S. Smith |
1990 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Hon. Rosemary Barkett |
1990 |
Doctor of Civil Law |
| Sr. Thea Bowman, FSPA |
1990 |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
| Rev. Vincent T. O'Keefe, S.J. |
1990 |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
| Michael J. Buckley, S.J. |
1990 |
Doctor |
| R. P. Francisco Estrada, S.J. |
1990 |
Doctor |
| Lynette S. Gaines |
1990 |
Doctor |
| Shirley Ann Grau |
1990 |
Doctor |
| John L. May, Bishop of Mobile |
1990 |
Doctor |
| Helen Hayes |
1990 |
Doctor |
| Linda Zoghby |
1991 |
Doctor of Music |
| George W. Hunt, S.J. |
1991 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Fred Chappell |
1991 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Thomas H. Clancy, S.J. |
1991 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sr. Elise Boudreaux, D.C. |
1992 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Samuel Eichold |
1992 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Charlotte Hartsig Eichold |
1992 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Henry (Hank) Aaron |
1992 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Erma Louise Bombeck |
1992 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| The Most Rev. Joseph Bernard Bruini, D.D., J.C.D., LL.D. |
1993 |
Doctor of Theology |
| Celestine Sibley |
1993 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Georgie Anne Geyer |
1993 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Michael E. Zoghby |
1994 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Joseph S. Bruno |
1994 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Ellen Tarry |
1994 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Fannie Flagg |
1994 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Kathleen W. Andrews |
1995 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| The Jesuit Community |
1995 |
Doctorate in the Humanities |
| Robert Herndon Radcliff, Jr. |
1995 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Arlene Mitchell |
1995 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Winston Groom |
1995 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Albert Murray |
1996 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| William Jefferson Hearin |
1996 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Thomas E. Caestecker |
1996 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ron Hansen |
1996 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Harper Lee |
1997 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Most Rev. Oscar H. Lipscomb |
1997 |
Doctor of Sacred Theology |
| Colman McCarthy |
1997 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Rev. William J. Rewak, S.J. |
1998 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Gerard F. Rubin |
1998 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Alexis M. Herman |
1998 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Rev. Alfred C. Kammer, S.J. |
1999 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Dorothy Outlaw |
1999 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Arthur R. Outlaw |
1999 |
Doctor of Public Service |
| Congressman H. L. "Sonny" Callahan |
1999 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Kathryn Tucker Windham |
2000 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Bro. Rick Curry, S.J., Ph.D. |
2000 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Garry Wills, Ph.D. |
2000 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Ann Weaver Delchamps |
2001 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Rev. John William Padberg, S.J. |
2001 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sr. Margaret A. Farley, R.S.M. |
2001 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Mrs. Nan Hirschbert Altmayer |
2002 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Most Rev. William R. Houck, D.D. |
2002 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Judith Ann Mayotte, Ph.D. |
2002 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Mr. John W. Barter III |
2003 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Mr. Vivian G. Johnston, Jr. |
2003 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J. |
2003 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Albert P. Viragh |
2004 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Fannie Ernestine Motley |
2004 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Rev. William J. Byron, S.J. |
2004 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| The Hon. Michael C. Dow, Mayor of Mobile |
2005 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Mr. Andrews J. McLaughlin, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees |
2005 |
Doctor of Laws |
| Most Rev. Wilton Gregory, S.L.D., Archibishop of Atlanta |
2005 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| V. Gordon Moulton, President of the University of South Alabama |
2006 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Rev. John W. O'Malley, S.J. |
2006 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Msgr. Edward J. Dillion, J.C.D. |
2007 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John J. Burke, Jr. |
2007 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Winthrop M. Hallett III (President, Mobile Chamber of Commerce) |
2008 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Rev. Stephen V. Sunborg, S.J. (President, Seattle University) |
2008 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Stephanie Russell |
2009 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Rev. Charles L. Currie, S.J. (President, Association of Jesuit Colleges & Uni.) |
2009 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Regina M. Benjamin, M.D. |
2009 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| George E. Barrett |
2013 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| James D. McKinney, Chairman of the Board of Trustees |
2015 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Jo Ann Jenkins (CEO of AARP) |
2016 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Arthur J. Tipton, PhD., President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Research |
2017 |
Doctor of Science |
| Rev. James Martin, S.J. |
2018 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Governor Mike DeWine |
2019 |
Doctor of Law |
| No degrees awarded |
2020 |
|
| No degrees awarded |
2021 |
|
| The Honorable Merceria Ludgood, Commissioner, Mobile County District One |
2022 |
Doctor of Law |
| Ronald McCants |
2022 |
Doctor of Humane Letters |
| No degrees awarded |
2023 |
|
| No degrees awarded |
2024 |
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