• 2000, Thomas J. Clifford, Doctor of Laws
• 2000, Bernard O'Kelly, Doctor of Letters
• 2000, Dwight Baumann, Doctor of Laws
• 2001, Richard A. Olafson, Doctor of Letters
• 2001, Patricia A. Owens, Doctor of Letters
• 2001, Raymond Rude, Doctor of Letters
• 2001, Peter Schickele, Doctor of Letters
• 2002, Calvin K. Fercho, Doctor of Letters
• 2002, Lloyd Omdahl, Doctor of Letters
• 2002, Noel Watson, Doctor of Letters
• 2002, Byron L. Dorgan, Doctor of Letters
• 2003, Robert Kyle, Doctor of Letters
• 2004, Kurt H. Mueller, Doctor of Letters
• 2005, H.F. "Sparky" Gierke, Doctor of Letters
• 2005, Charles "Chuck" Johnson, Doctor of Letters
• 2006, A. Bart Holaday, Doctor of Letters
• 2006, Lance A. Lord, Doctor of Letters
• 2006, Rodney J. Rohrich, Doctor of Letters
• 2007, Laurel Reuter, Doctor of Letters
• 2007, Russell Lefevre, Doctor of Letters
• 2008, Edward Schafer, Doctor of Letters
• 2008, Jean Kiesau, Doctor of Letters (posthumous)
• 2009, Edwin Benson, Doctor of Letters
• 2009, LaVonne Russell Hootman, Doctor of Letters
• 2009, James C. Ray, Doctor of Letters