SKSM Honorary Degree Recipients

Degrees Awarded:

• Sacrae Theologiae Doctor
  (Doctor of Sacred Theology)
• Litterarum Humanarum Doctor
  (Doctor of Humane Letters)

2022:

• Dr. Sylvester Johnson (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

2021:

• Professor Najeeba Syeed (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Bishop Yvette Flunder (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

2020:

• Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2019:

• The Rev. Dr. Melanie Harris (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Robin DiAngelo (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

2018:

• The Rev. Meg Riley (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Dr. Lourdes Ashley Hunter (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

 2017:

• Dr. Glenna Matthews (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

2016:

• Red Summer (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Dr. Ysaye Barnwell (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2015:

• Daniel Jae-Won Lee (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rev. Kathleen McTigue (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Mushim Patricia Ikeda (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2014:

• Mary Anderson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rachel Balyeat (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Lee Helena Lawrence (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2013:

• Rev. Phillip C. Lawson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2012

• Rev. Gary Smith (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2011:

• Esin Çelebi Bayru (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Rosemary Matson (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

2010:

• Danny Glover (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Rev. Patti J. Lawrence (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rev. Lindi Alice Ramsden (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2009:

• Rev. Mary J. Harrington (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Christopher Lynn Hedges (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2008:

• Rev. Dr. Forrest Church (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Dr. Letty Russell (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor) (Posthumously)

2007:

• Leslie Feinberg (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Dr. Sharon Welch (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2006:

• Rev. Janne and Rob Eller-Isaacs (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rev. David Hubner (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2005:

• Rev. Dr. David Sammons (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rev. Glenn H. Turner (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Pete Seeger (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Arliss L. Ungar (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

2004:

• Earl K. Holt III (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Kathryn A. Jorgensen (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• C. Conrad Wright (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

2003:

• Gordon Davis Gibson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rev. Mark Douglas Morrison-Reed (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Sonia Benita Sanchez (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

2002:

• Rev. Jim Mitulski (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Rev. Glenda Hope (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2001:

• Eva Goldfarb and Elizabeth Casparian (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Clark B. Olsen (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

2000:

• Dr. William R. Jones

1999:

• The Rev. Jeremy Taylor (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Eva M. Gilmartin (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1998:

• The Rev. Dr. Arnold Crompton (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Sally Lilienthal (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1997:

• The Rev. Fred Keip (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Margaret Keip (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Dorothy Patterson (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Decherd Turner (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1996:

• Joanna Macy (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Diane Miller (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1995:

• boona cheema (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Ralph Stutzman (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1994:

• Judit Gellérd (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Brandoch L. Lovley (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Dr. George M. Williams (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1993:

• Warren Ross (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1992:

• The Rev. Til Evans (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Leon Hopper (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Maxine Hong Kingston (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Mary Lou Thompson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1991:

• The Rev. John Buehrens (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Carol Edwards (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Marie Fortune (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1990:

• The Rev. Junella Hansen (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. William Sloane Coffin (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1989:

• The Rev. Khoren Arisian (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Clive Jones (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Barbara Merritt (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1988:

• Henry Hampton (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Carl R. Scovel (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Yukito Yamamoto (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1987:

• The Rev. Victor Carpenter (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Norma Haan (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Judith L. Hoehler (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1986:

• The Rev. David Eaton (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Margaret F. Gooding (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1985:

• The Rev. Richard S. Gilbert (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Susan Griffin (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Sidney Earl Mead (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1984:

• Ricardo Calderon (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Joan Goodwin (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Robert E. Senghas (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1983:

• Anne McGrew Bennett (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Dr. Margaret Odell (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. David O. Rankin (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1982:

• Sandra Mitchell Caron, Esq. (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Dr. William J. Lamers, Jr. (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Charles S. Stephen, Jr. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1981:

• The Rev. Dr. Russell B. Beltzer (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Frank Dana Gentile (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Ginetta Sagan (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1980:

• The Rev. Elizabeth Baker (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1979:

• Sidney Earl Mead (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Frances Logan Merriam (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Rosamond Reynolds (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1978:

• The Rev. Max C. Coots (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. John Alexie Crane (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Greta Worstell Crosby (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Frances Moore Lappé (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1977:

• Laurene R. Lawrence (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Jean Mayer (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Ernest D. Pipes, Jr. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1976:

• May Sarton (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Margaret Edwards Williams-Braxton (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1975:

• The Rev. Dr. Arthur Graham (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Dorothy Tilden Spoerl (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Gobin Stair (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Katherine Simonds Wensberg (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1974:

• The Rev. Raymond George Manker (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Peter Spilman Raible (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1973:

• Hilda Howland Mae Mason (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1972:

• Constance Hoey Burgess (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Horton George Colbert (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Dr. Donald W. McKinney (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1971:

• David Brower (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Dwight W. Brown (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Dr. Joseph L. Fisher (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Dr. Aron S. Gilmartin (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1970:

• The Rev. Dr. Harold J. Hadley (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Michael J. Kami (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Howard George Matson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Ward Eugene Tabler (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1969:

• Mr. W. H. Ferry (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• G. Peter Fleck (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• The Rev. Dr. Austin Phillip Hewett (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1968:

• The Rev. Dr. Max David Gaebler (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Whitney Young, Jr. (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1967:

• John Alexie Crane, Jr. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Stephen Hole Fritchman (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)
• Morris Milgram (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)

1966:

• Dr. Frank F. Ehrenthal (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor)*
• The Rev. Dr. Felix Danford Lion (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1965:

• Emily Taft Douglas
• Paul Douglas

1964:

• The Rev. Dr. Raymond C. Hopkins (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• The Rev. Dr. Harry Scholefield (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1959:

• The Rev. Donald S. Harrington (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1958:

• Richard Steiner

1955:

• The Rev. Dr. Ernest W. Kuebler (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1954:

• The Rev. Peter H. Sampson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)

1953:

• Robert J. Raible (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
• Francis G. Ricker (DST)

1952:

• Dan Fenn

1950:

• Berkeley Blake

(No records exist for awarding of honorary degrees between 1942-1949)

1941:

• The Rev. Karel Joseph Haspl (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Praha, Bohemia)

1939:

• The Rev. Louis Craig Cornish (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Boston, MA)

1938:

• The Rev. Jacob Trapp (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Salt Lake City, UT)

1937:

• The Rev. Robert Cummins (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Pasadena, CA)

1936:

• The Rev. Owen Whitman Eames (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Springfield, MA)

1935:

• The Rev. Ernest Caldecott (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Los Angeles, CA)

1934:

• The Rev. Adelbert Lathrop Hudson (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Dorchester, MA)

1933:

• The Rev. Charles Rhind Joy (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Boston, MA)

1929:

• The Rev. Howard Burton Bard (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of San Diego, CA)
• The Rev. Caleb Samuel Simeon Dutton (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of San Francisco, CA)
• The Rev. Henry Wilder Foote (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Belmont, MA)
• The Rev. Dr. William Sacheus Morgan (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Berkeley, CA)
• The Rev. Charles Clarence Reed (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)
  (of Oakland, CA)

* Dr. Ehrenthal was the first recipient of the Doctor of Humane Letters award.