Honorary Degrees
Doctor of Laws, Lawrence College, June 1962
Doctor of Laws, Tufts University, June 9, 1963
Doctor of Laws, Brown University, June 2, 1969
Doctor of Laws, Columbia University,June 6, 1972
Doctor of Commercial Science, Pace University, April 2, 1974
Doctor of Commercial Science, St. John’s University, June 2, 1974
Doctor of Laws, Fordham University, May 29, 1977
Doctor of Commercial Science, New York University, June 2, 1977
Doctor of Humane Letters, Lafayette College, June 6, 1977
Doctor of Laws, Wesleyan University, June 3, 1984
Doctor of Laws, Morehouse College, May 19, 1985
Doctor of Laws, Hamilton College, May 19, 1996
From left to right: Colin Campbell, President of Wesleyan; Edward Kennedy; David McCullough; Natalie Zemon Davis; Walter B. Wriston; Nicholas John Turro, Jr.; and D. Ronald Daniel, Board Chairman, Wesleyan University Trustees. Edward Kennedy, David McCullough, Natalie Zemon Davis, Walter B. Wriston, and Nicholas John Turro, Jr. received honorary degrees during the 1984 Wesleyan University Commencement.