| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Fabian Garcia | Doctor of Agriculture | 1927 |
| Elmer Ottis Wooten | Doctor of Science | 1932 |
| Frank Murphy (US Supr. Ct. Justice) | Doctor of Laws | 1939 |
| Gen. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright | Doctor of Laws | 1945 |
| Clinton Presba Anderson | Doctor of Agriculture | 1946 |
| Tomlinson Fort, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 1952 |
| Oris Vernon Wells | Doctor of Laws | 1952 |
| Gen. George Gage Eddy | Doctor of Science | 1953 |
| Bruce Hornbrook Sage | Doctor of Engineering | 1953 |
| George Lee McNew | Doctor of Science | 1954 |
| Seaborn Pasco Collins | Doctor of Laws | 1956 |
| William Herman Goodrich | Doctor of Laws | 1956 |
| John Arthur Logan | Doctor of Laws | 1956 |
| Conrad Nicholson Hilton | Doctor of Laws | 1957 |
| William Edgworth Morgan | Doctor of Laws | 1958 |
| Gen. John Bruce Medaris | Doctor of Laws | 1959 |
| Cleofas Calleros | Master of Fine Arts | 1960 |
| Harry Joseph Goett | Doctor of Engineering | 1960 |
| Maj. Gen. Leighton I. Davis | Doctor of Laws | 1961 |
| Dr. Sarah E. Stewart | Doctor of Laws | 1961 |
| Paul Horgan | Doctor of Laws | 1962 |
| Rear Admiral Levering Smith | Doctor of Laws | 1962 |
| Guenther Hintze | Doctor of Laws | 1962 |
| D. Brainerd Holmes | Doctor of Laws | 1963 |
| Herman E. Charles | Doctor of Laws | 1963 |
| George W. Gardiner | Doctor of Laws | 1963 |
| Ernest Sterling Marsh | Doctor of Laws | 1964 |
| George E. Mueller | Doctor of Laws | 1964 |
| John Frederick Thorlin | Doctor of Laws | 1964 |
| Dr. Arnold Toynbee | Doctor of Letters | 1964 |
| Watrous Henry Irons | Doctor of Laws | 1965 |
| Jesse Mack Hanks | Doctor of laws | 1965 |
| Carlos Villamar Talledo | Doctor of Laws | 1965 |
| Jack M. Campbell | Doctor of Laws | 1966 |
| Frank C. DiLuzio | Doctor of Laws | 1966 |
| James E. Webb | Doctor of Laws | 1966 |
| Dr. Earl Walden | Doctor of Human Letters | 1966 |
| Dr. Emilio G. Collado | Doctor of Laws | 1967 |
| Brig. Gen Leo A. Kiley | Doctor of Laws | 1967 |
| Dr. Miguel Aleman | Doctor of Laws | 1967 |
| Robert O. Anderson | Doctor of Laws | 1968 |
| Erle Stanley Gardner | Doctor of Laws | 1968 |
| Peter Hurd | Doctor of Laws | 1968 |
| Sr. Juan Gonzalez A. Alpuche | Master of Humanities | 1969 |
| Albert K. Mitchell | Doctor of Laws | 1969 |
| D.W. Reeves | Doctor of Laws | 1970 |
| Robert R. Gilruth | Doctor of Laws | 1970 |
| Albert Rosenfeld | Doctor of Letters | 1970 |
| John A. D. Cooper | Doctor of Laws | 1971 |
| Maria Montoya Martinez | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1971 |
| Edgar Dean Mitchell | Doctor of Science | 1971 |
| William Henry Mauldin | Doctor of Letters | 1972 |
| Norman Borlaug | Doctor of Laws | 1973 |
| Lee Buck Trevino | Doctor of Laws | 1973 |
| Bertha P. Dutton | Doctor of Laws | 1973 |
| Henriette Wyeth Hurd | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1974 |
| Edwin Leard Mechem | Doctor of Laws | 1974 |
| Hugh Fleming Steen | Doctor of Laws | 1974 |
| Fray Angelico Chavez | Doctor of Laws | 1975 |
| Dr. Charles Price Loomis | Doctor of Laws | 1975 |
| Sen. Joseph Manuel Montoya | Doctor of Laws | 1975 |
| Frank Waters | Doctor of Letters | 1976 |
| Elliott Speer Barker | Doctor of Laws | 1976 |
| Francine Irving Neff | Doctor of Laws | 1976 |
| Stephen E. Reynolds | Doctor of Laws | 1977 |
| Jackson A. Rigney | Doctor of Laws | 1977 |
| J. Cloyd Miller | Doctor of Laws | 1977 |
| Agnes Bernice Martin | Doctor of Fine Arts | 1978 |
| Dr. Roy Alton Young | Doctor of Laws | 1978 |
| Abelicio Marquez Pena | Doctor of Laws | 1978 |
| Earl Nunn | Doctor of Laws | 1978 |
| John P. Stapp | Doctor of Science | 1979 |
| Richard R. Bradford | Doctor of Letters | 1979 |
| Albert Henry Schroeder | Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
| Clara Belle Williams | Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
| Reginald Robers Aston | Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
| H C Cox | Doctor of Laws | 1981 |
| Paul W. Klipsch | Doctor of Laws | 1981 |
| Pete Domenici | Doctor of Laws | 1982 |
| William Jack Howard | Doctor of Laws | 1982 |
| Harry Vearle Payne | Doctor of Laws | 1982 |
| Richard Edward Greenleaf | Doctor of Laws | 1983 |
| Corinne Howell Wolfe | Doctor of Laws | 1983 |
| Jorge Espinosa de los Reyes | Doctor of Laws | 1983 |
| Alvin M. Stockton | Doctor of Laws | 1984 |
| Evern Randolph Wall | Doctor of Laws | 1984 |
| J. Paul Taylor | Doctor of Laws | 1985 |
| Katherine Davalos Ortega | Doctor of Laws | 1986 |
| Keith Willette Avery | Doctor of Letters | 1986 |
| Brig. Gen Leo Marquez | Doctor of Laws | 1987 |
| Senator I. M. (Ike) Smalley | Doctor of Laws | 1988 |
| William Claud Tharp | Doctor of Letters | 1988 |
| Frank O. Papen | Doctor of Laws | 1988 |
| William Kent Schriver | Doctor of Laws | 1989 |
| Effie Hall Jones | Doctor of Letters | 1989 |
| Jimmy Ray Walls | Doctor of Laws | 1990 |
| Eve LucilleYoquelet | Doctor of Laws | 1990 |
| Reynaldo Ursulo Ortiz | Doctor of Laws | 1991 |
| Joseph R. Skeen | Doctor of Laws | 1991 |
| Alice Martin King | Doctor of Laws | 1992 |
| Robert C. de Baca | Doctor of Laws | 1992 |
| Samuel A. Donaldson | Doctor of Laws | 1993 |
| Morgan Nelson | Doctor of Laws | 1993 |
| Jerry King | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| Lt. Gen. Edward D. Baca | Doctor of Laws | 1994 |
| Suzanne Hoyt Garcia | Doctor of Laws | 1995 |
| John L. Whitmire | Doctor of Laws | 1995 |
| Norman Brinker | Doctor of Laws | 1996 |
| Stan B. Hanssen | Doctor of Laws | 1996 |
| Jeanne B. Hanssen | Doctor of Laws | 1996 |
| Richard Leza | Doctor of Laws | 1997 |
| Ernest T. “Ernie” Mills | Doctor of Letters | 1997 |
| Jerome Shaw | Doctor of Laws | 1998 |
| Hubert B. Cooper | Doctor of Laws | 1998 |
| Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg | Master of Musical Arts | 1999 |
| Ciriaco Q. Gonzales | Doctor of Laws | 1999 |
| Daniel D. Villanueva | Doctor of Laws | 1999 |
| Linda Mitchell Davis | Doctor of Laws | 1999 |
| Alvy Ray Smith | Doctor of Laws | 1999 |
| Edward L. Lujan | Doctor of Laws | 2000 |
| Robert W. Davis | Doctor of Laws | 2000 |
| John T. Ackerman | Doctor of Laws | 2001 |
| Luis V. Amador, M.D. | Doctor of Laws | 2001 |
| John A. Yates, Sr. | Doctor of Laws | 2001 |
| Nancy Enriquez Archuleta | Doctor of Laws | 2002 |
| Joan Raabe-Asprey | Doctor of Laws | 2002 |
| Robert R. Asprey | Doctor of Laws | 2002 |
| Albert Torres Gonzales, J.D. | Doctor of Laws | 2002 |
| Stanley E. Fulton | Doctor of Laws | 2003 |
| Gen. Lester L. Lyles | Doctor of Laws | 2003 |
| G.X. McSherry | Doctor of Laws | 2003 |
| Harrison Hagan Schmitt | Doctor of Laws | 2004 |
| Col. Leonard Sugerman | Doctor of Laws | 2004 |
| Louis R. Henson | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| Mary Catherine Brantner Henson | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| Andrea C. Everett | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| George Carl Everett, Jr. | Doctor of Laws | 2005 |
| Melvin “Don” Kidd | Doctor of Laws | 2006 |
| Michael L. Johnson | Doctor of Laws | 2006 |
| Ms. Paulina Salopek | Doctor of Letters | 2007 |
| Mr. Mike Maloof | Doctor of Letters | 2007 |
| Mrs. Barbara Hubbard | Doctor of Letters | 2007 |
| Mr. Harold W. Foreman | Doctor of Letters | 2008 |
| Mr. Edgar Foreman | Doctor of Letters | 2008 |
| Mr. Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman, Jr. | Doctor of Letters | 2008 |
| Ms. Carla Aragon | Doctor of Letters | 2009 |
| Mr. Norbert “Herb” Wright Wimberly, Jr. | Doctor of Letters | 2009 |
| Mr. Jose Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa | Doctor of Letters | 2009 |
| Del Archuleta |
Doctor of Letters |
2010 |
| Peyton Yates |
Doctor of Letters |
2010 |
