|
Year |
Valedictory |
Baccalaureate |
Keynote |
Honorary Degrees |
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1851 |
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1852 |
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1853 |
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1854 |
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1855 |
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1856 |
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1857 |
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1858 |
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1859 |
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1860 |
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1861 |
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| 1862 |
Madelon L.
Stockwell, "And Kratos" |
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| 1863 |
Emma C. Fox,
"A World Without and a World Within" |
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| 1864 |
Minnie E.
Grimes, "Earth's Treasures" |
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| 1865 |
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| 1866 |
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Maria S. Poe, Class of 1958 - A.M. |
| 1867 |
Charles E.
Mann, "The Great Problem" |
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| 1868 |
E. Josephine
Clark |
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| 1869 |
J. Ardene
Parkinson |
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| 1870 |
M.W. Darling |
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Rev. Frank S. DeHass - D.Div.
Augusta A. English, Class of 1867 -
M.S.
E. Frances McEldowney, Class of
1867 - M.S.
Charles E. Mann, Class of 1867 -
M.S. |
| 1871 |
Alva W.
Bradley |
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E. Josephine Clark, Class of 1868 -
A.M.
Nellie A. Fitch, Class
of 1868 - M.S.
Sallie A. Rilison, Class of 1868 -
M.S.
Sophronia
Ollie Harmon, Class of 1867 - M.S.
Rev. William H. Perrine - D.Div. |
| 1872 |
Samuel
Dickie |
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Lucy P. Foote, Class of 1869 -
A.M. |
| 1873 |
Charles W.
Jones |
|
Henry C.
Northrup, Class of 1870, "Perishable and Imperishable Power" |
Lucretia Allman, Class of 1869 - A.M.
Alice E. Bowers, Class of 1870 - M.S.
Rev. Thomas Carter - D.Div.
Marcellus W. Darling, Class of
1870 - A.M.
John H. Fassett, Class of 1870 -
A.M.
Rev. Lewis R. Fiske - D.Div.
William H. Harper, Class of 1870 -
A.M.
Jennie E. Haven, Class of 1869 -
M.S.
David Knox, Jr., Class of 1869 -
A.M.
Elmer D. North, Class of 1870 -
M.S.
Henry C. Northrup, Class of 1870 -
A.M.
S. Livingston Tate, Class of 1869
- A.M.
Clara R. Woolson, Class of 1869 -
A.M. |
| 1874 |
Elizabeth C.
Cooper |
|
Rev. A.H.
Gillet, "Evolution" |
Rev. Augustus Gillett, Class of 1871
- A.M.
Rev. Duncan M. Ward,
Class of 1871 - A.M.
Rev. Edward A. Whitwam, Class of
1871 - A.M. |
| 1875 |
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| 1876 |
John A.
Creswell |
|
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Rev. George L. Cole, Class of 1869 -
A.M.
Rev. George N. Power -
D.Div. |
| 1877 |
Clara B.
Robertson |
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| 1878 |
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1879 |
|
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Edward B.
Bancroft |
Bertha F. Aldrich, Class of 1876 -
A.M.
William H. Allman,
Class of 1876 - A.M.
George L. Bailey, Class of 1876 -
M.S.
Edward B. Bancroft, Class of 1876
- A.M.
Samuel Dickie, Class of 1872 -
M.S.
John M. Hall, Class of 1876 - M.S.
John W. Hallenbeck, Class of 1873
- A.M.
Edward W. Jenks - LL.D.
James C. Jocelyn, Class of 1876 -
M.S.
J. Ardene Parkinson, Class of 1869
- A.M.
Isaac H. Riddick, Class of 1870 -
A.M.
Rev. James S. Waugh - D.Div. |
| 1880 |
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| 1881 |
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| 1882 |
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Rev. Jacob
Todd (Philadelphia) |
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| 1883 |
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Rev. W.S.
Studley (Buffalo) |
Rev. Henry M. Joy - D.Div.
Rev. James S. Smart - D.Div. |
| 1884 |
Gertrude
Allen |
|
Rev. J.W.
King (New York City) |
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| 1885 |
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Bishop Cyrus
D. Foss |
Rev. James Henry Potts - D.Div. |
| 1886 |
|
President
Lewis R. Fiske |
Rev. D.A.
Goodsell (New Haven, CT) |
|
| 1887 |
|
President
Lewis R. Fiske |
President
Henry A. Buttz, Drew University |
Rev. Jeremiah H. Bayless - LL.D. |
| 1888 |
|
|
Rev. George
E. Reed (New Haven) |
Rev. Charles T. Allen - D.Div.
Rev. John Graham - D.Div. |
| 1889 |
|
President
Lewis R. Fiske |
Bishop John
P. Newman |
Rev. Nicholas Willoughby - D.Div. |
| 1890 |
|
President
Lewis R. Fiske |
Rev. Howard
Duffield or Rev. John Rhey Thompson (NY) |
Rev. Levi Master - D.Div. |
| 1891 |
|
President
Lewis R. Fiske |
Rev. William
V. Kelley (Brooklyn, NY) |
Rev. William Henry Shier - D.Div.
Rev. Enoch Stubbs - D.Div. |
| 1892 |
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Rev. A. Coke
Smith |
Rev. James Venning - D.Div. |
| 1893 |
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Bishop W.H.
Ninde (Detroit) |
|
| 1894 |
Clarence E.
Allen |
|
Bishop
Charles B. Galloway |
Rev. William Wellington - D.Div.
Rev. Samuel Plantz - D.Div. |
|
1895 |
Eugene C.
Allen |
|
Chancellor
W.F. McDowell, Denver University |
Rev. Edward Bennett Bancroft - D.Div.
(See also 1879)
Rev. George S. Hickey - D.Div.
Rev. Richard Thomas Savin - D.Div. |
| 1896 |
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Rev. Edward
Taylor (Boston) |
Rev. Wilbur Israel Cogshall, Ex-1865
- D.Div.
Rev. Matthew C. Hawks
- D.Div.
Senator James McMillan - LL.D.
Rev. John Stevens - D.Div. |
| 1897 |
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Rev. Isaac E. Springer - D.Div. |
|
1898 |
|
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Rev. Arthur
Edwards |
Rev. Louis DeLamarter - D.Div.
Prof. Delos Fall - Sc.D.
Rev. William H. Puffer - D.Div. |
| 1899 |
|
President
Ashley |
E. Benjamin
Andrews, Chicago Superintendent of Schools |
Rev. Lambert E. Lennox - D.Div.
Rev. John Sweet - D.Div. |
| 1900 |
|
|
|
Samuel Dickie - LL.D. (See also
1879)
Rev.
Edward George Lewis - D.Div. |
|
1901 |
|
|
Rev. William
Fraser McDowell, Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Education
of the Methodist Episcopal Church (See also 1895) |
Rev. Alfred E. Craig - D.Div.
Rev. Benjamin F. Matrau - D.Div.
Rev. John E. Robinson - D.Div.
Rev. Joshua Stanfield - D.Div. |
|
1902 |
Frances
Gibson |
President
Samuel Dickie |
Rev. S.
Parkes Cadman |
Rev. George Elliott - LL.D. |
| 1903 |
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| 1904 |
|
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Rev. Polemus
H. Swift |
Rev. James E. Jacklin - D.Div.
Rev. Luther E. Lovejoy - D.Div.
Thomas W. Palmer - LL.D.
George O. Robinson - LL.D.
William J. Wilson - S.T.D. |
|
1905 |
|
|
Bishop
William Fraser McDowell (See also 1901) |
Washington Gardner - LL.D. |
|
1906 |
|
|
Rev. Frank
W. Gunsaulus |
Rev. Andrew J. Eldred - D.Div.
Rev. James Hamilton - D.Div.
Rev. Seth Reed - D.Div.
Rev. Henry E. Wolfe - D.Div. |
|
1907 |
|
|
Rev. William
F. Anderson, Secretary of the Board of Education for the Methodist
Episcopal Church |
Rev. Eugene Allen - D.Div.
Rev. Patrick J. Maveety - D.Div. |
| 1908 |
|
|
Bishop James
W. Bashford |
Rev. Edward Arthur Elliott - D.Div.
Prof. Delos Fall - LL.D. (See also
1898)
Rev. William P. French - D.Div.
Rev. Lewis N. Moon - S.T.D.
Rev. William H.B. Urch - D.Div. |
| 1909 |
|
|
Rev. S.
Parkes Cadman (See also 1902) |
Rev. Clarence E. Allen - D.Div. |
| 1910 |
|
President
Samuel Dickie |
Bishop
William F. Anderson (Chattanooga, TN) (See also 1907) |
Rev. Charles Bronson Allen - D.Div.
Rev. Rockwell Clancy - D.Div.
Rev. Robert J. Floody - D.Div.
Rev. James H. Potts - LL.D.
Rev. Dwight H. Ramsdell - D.Div. |
| 1911 |
|
|
Bishop
William A. Quayle |
Rev. Edward A. Armstrong - D.Div.
Rev. Charles W. Baldwin - D.Div.
Rev. Martin Luther Fox - D.Div.
Rev. Walter Healy - D.Div.
Rev. A Raymond Johns - D.Div.
Homer Folks - LL.D.
Rev. H. Addis Leeson - D.Div.
Prof. Frederick Lutz - Litt.D.
Rev. A. Ames Maywood - D.Div.
Rev. John Russell - D.Div. |
| 1912 |
|
|
Dr. Frank W.
Gunsaulus (See also 1906), "The Education of
an American" |
Rev. Hugh Kennedy - D.Div.
Bishop Frederick D. Leete - LL.D.
Rev. Fred Lendrum - D.Div.
Rev. Eugene Moore - D.Div. |
|
1913 |
|
President
Samuel Dickie |
Bishop
William Fraser McDowell (See also 1905) |
|
| 1914 |
|
|
President
George E. Vincent, American Sociological Society |
Rev. Carlos L. Adams - D.Div.
Owen R. Lovejoy - LL.D.
Rev. Arba Martin - D.Div. |
| 1915 |
|
President
Samuel Dickie |
Bishop
Theodore S. Henderson, "The Little Red House by the Side of the
Road" |
Rev. William J. Balmer - D.Div.
Rev. William H. Phelps - D.Div.
Edgar J. Townsend - LL.D. |
| 1916 |
|
|
Bishop
Eugene R. Hendrix |
|
| 1917 |
|
|
President
Charles M. Stuart |
Rev. Walter Everett Burnett - D.Div.
Rev. Frank Foster Fitchett - D.Div. |
| 1918 |
|
|
Bishop
Thomas Nicholson |
Rev. Edgar C. Tullar - D.Div.
Rev. Cassius E. Wakefield - D.Div.
Rev. Clark S. Wheeler - D.Div. |
| 1919 |
Freda Earl |
Bishop
William Fraser McDowell |
Bishop Homer
Clyde Stuntz |
Ira Eugene Cutler - Sc.D.
Rev. Howard A. Field - D.Div.
Rev. Lewis H. Manning - D.Div.
Rev. Frederick Spence - D.Div. |
| 1920 |
|
|
Bishop
Ernest Lynn Waldorf |
Rev. Wilbur W. Diehl - D.Div.
Bishop H. Lester Smith - LL.D.
Bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf - LL.D. |
|
1921 |
|
|
Bishop Edwin
Holt Hughes (Chicago) |
Rev. King D. Beach - D.Div.
John Wesley Laird - LL.D.
Rev. Edgar J. Warren - D.Div.
Rev. Robert Williams - D.Div.
Rev. Frederic Faye Wolfe - D.Div. |
| 1922 |
|
|
Dean A.L.
Bouton, New York University |
Archibald Lewis Bouton - Litt.D.
Edgar A. Guest - Litt.D.
Bishop Theodore Simpson Henderson
- LL.D.
Rev. Dunning Idle - D.Div.
Rev. John J. Martin - D.Div.
Forrest Ray Moulton - Sc.D.
Rev. Oscar Thomas Olson - D.Div.
Rev. Alfred Way - D.Div. |
| 1923 |
Marjorie
Scaddin |
|
Rev. Lynn
Harold Hough, Central Methodist Church in Detroit |
Rev. C.E. Hoag - D.Div.
Rev. Harvey G. Pearce - D.Div. |
| 1924 |
|
|
Samuel
Dickie |
Charles B. Warren - LL.D. |
| 1925 |
|
President
John L. Seaton |
Rev. Dr. W.S.
Bovard, Secretary of the Methodist Board of Education |
Rev. Russell D. Hopkins - D.Div.
Clarence Cook Little - LL.D.
Rev. Newell Avery McCune - D.Div. |
| 1926 |
|
President
John L. Seaton |
Bishop Edwin
Holt Hughes (See also 1921) |
B. Smith Hopkins - Sc.D.
Rev. Samuel Wesley Irwin - D.Div.
Merton Stacher Rice - Litt.D.
Arthur Edgar Westbrook - Mus.D. |
| 1927 |
|
President
John L. Seaton |
Bishop
William Fraser McDowell (See also 1913) |
Rev. Frank Kingdon - D.Div.
Frank Leslie Mulholland - LL.D. |
| 1928 |
|
President
John L. Seaton |
Bishop
Francis J. McConnell |
F. Ernest Johnson - D.Div.
Webster Houston Pearce - LL.D. |
| 1929 |
|
President
John L. Seaton |
Congressman
John C. Ketcham (Hastings) |
William T. Bovee, Northwestern
University - Sc.D.
Arnold H.
Goss - B.A.
Ernest Clark Hartwell, Buffalo
Superintendent of Schools - Ed.D.
John Clark Ketchum (Hastings) -
LL.D.
John Preston MacMillan, Methodist
Episcopal Board of Education for Chicago - Ed.D. |
| 1930 |
|
Bishop
Thomas Nicholson (Detroit) |
Dr. Alexander Grant
Ruthven, President of the University of Michigan |
Alexander Grant Ruthven - LL.D. |
| 1931 |
|
Bishop
Thomas Nicholson |
Dr.
Frederick Bohn Fisher, Pastor of First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Ann Arbor |
D. Stanley Coors, Class of 1914,
Pastor at Kalamazoo Methodist Church - D.Div.
Rev. Marshall Russell Reed, Class of
1914, Pastor at Ypsilanti Methodist Church - D.Div.
Edwin Roscoe Sleight, Class of
1901, Albion College Math Department - Sc.D. |
| 1932 |
|
President
John L. Seaton |
Dr. Joseph
M. McGray, Pastor Central Methodist Church of Detroit |
Frank Tracy Carlton, Applied Sciences
at Case School, former professor of economics at Albion College - LL.D.
Robert Elmer Horton, Class of 1897
(Albany, NY) - Sc.D.
Floyd Wesley Reeves, University of
Chicago - Sc.D. |
| 1933 |
|
Bishop Edgar
Blake (Detroit) |
Dr. Frederick
Samuel Goodrich, Professor of English Bible at Albion College, "Pleasing Perspectives" |
Smith W. Burnham, Class of 1892
(Kalamazoo) - LL.D.
Rev. Burley
Frank Lamb, Class of 1913 (Columbus, OH) - LL.D.
Arthur Frederick Wesley, Class of
1913 (Buenos Aires) - D.Div. |
| 1934 |
|
Rev. Hazen
G. Werner, Pastor of Court Street Methodist Episcopal Church in
Flint |
Homer Folks,
Secretary of State Charities Aid Association of New York City, "What
Have We Learned Since 1889?" |
Prof. Richard Clyde Ford, Class of
1894 (Ypsilanti) - Litt.D.
Rev.
LeRoy Thomas Robinson, Class of 1912 (Grand Rapids) - D.Div.
Rev. Hazen Graff Werner, Class of
1920 (Flint) - D.Div. |
| 1935 |
|
Dr.
Frederick S. Goodrich |
Dr. Merton Stacher
Rice, Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church of Detroit |
Dr. Frederick Samuel Goodrich -
D.Litt.
Paul Turner Hickey,
President of the Detroit Institute of Technology - LL.D.
LeRoy Elwood Kimball, Class of
1910, New York University comptroller - LL.D.
Jay Wesley Sexton, Class of 1902,
Superintendent of Lansing Schools - LL.D.
Bessie Bruce White, Class of 1898,
social service worker, Albion College trustee (Cincinnati) - L.H.D. |
| 1936 |
|
Rev. Frank
McCoy Field, Class of 1909 (Port Huron) |
Eugene Bradley
Elliot, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, "Two Times Two" |
Dr. Eugene Bradley Elliott, Class of
1924, Superintendent of Public Instruction - LL.D.
Rev. Frank McCoy Field, Class of 1909
(Port Huron) - D.Div.
George Glenn Newell, Class of
1891, artist (New York) - LL.D. |
|
1937 |
|
Rev. Edwin
William Stricker, Class of 1915 (Pomona, CA) |
Honorable Prentiss Marsh
Brown, Class of 1911, United States Senator from Michigan |
Prentiss Marsh Brown (St. Ignace) - LL.D.
Rev. Edwin William Stricker, Class of 1915 (Pomona, CA) - D.Div. |
| 1938 |
|
Dr. Sidney
Davey Eva, Secretary of the Detroit Area of the Methodist Episcopal
Church |
Dean Aaron
John Brumbaugh, Dean of the College at the University of Chicago |
Dr. Randolph Greenfield Adams (Ann
Arbor) - LL.D.
Dr. Aaron John
Brumbaugh - LL.D.
Rev. Sidney Davey Eva - D.Div. |
| 1939 |
|
Dean William
Whitcomb Whitehouse |
Dr. Arthur
Chester Millspaugh, Class of 1908, Research Associate for the
Brooking Institution (Washington, D.C.) |
Rev. Frederick Bruce Johnston, Class
of 1904 (Detroit) - D.Div.
Andre
Kostelanetz (New York) - Mus.D.
Arthur Chester Millspaugh - LL.D. |
| 1940 |
|
Rev. Lester
A. Kilpatrick, Pastor of the First Methodist Church of Grand Rapids |
Dr. Henry
Hitt Crane, Pastor of Central Methodist Church of Detroit |
Guy Chambers Filkins (Detroit) -
Mus.D.
Rev. Lester A. Kilpatrick,
Pastor at Grand Rapids Methodist Church - D.Div.
Sebastian Spering Kresge (Mountainhome,
PA) - D.B.A.
Harvey Newton Ott (Buffalo) - Sc.D. |
| 1941 |
|
Rev. John
Harris Leamon, Class of 1920, Pastor of First Church in Cambridge,
Congregational (MA) |
U.S. Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg |
Owen Andrew Emons, Class of 1913,
Principal of Cooley High School in Detroit - Ed.D.
Rev. John Harris Leamon - D.Div.
Archie Elbert McCrea, Editor of
The Muskegon Chronicle - LL.D.
Arthur Hendrick
Vandenberg - L.H.D. |
| 1942 |
|
Rev. Jacob
Adolph Halmhuber, Pastor of Trinity Methodist Church in Highland
Park |
G. Lynn
Sumner, Class of 1907, President of the G. Lynn Sumner Advertising
Company (New York) |
Rev. Frank Lozerne Fitch, Class of
1910, Superintendent of Port Huron Methodist Church - D.Div.
Rev. Jacob Adolph Halmhuber - D.Div.
Rev. William Henry Helrigel, Class
of 1923, Superintendent of Grand Traverse Methodist Church - D.Div.
Miss Frances Knight, Social worker
in Detroit (England) - L.H.D.
Rev. William Clements Perdew,
Pastor of Kalamazoo Methodist Church - D.Div.
G. Lynn Sumner - LL.D. |
| 1943 |
|
Rev. William
C.S. Pellowe, Class of 1917, Superintendent of the Saginaw District
of the Methodist Church |
Dr. Wei Tao-ming,
Chinese Ambassador to the United States |
Wei Tao-ming - LL.D.
Dr. William C.S. Pellowe - D.Div. |
| 1944 |
|
Rev. Everett
Kyes Seymour, Metropolitan Methodist Church in Detroit |
Michigan Governor
Harry Francis Kelly |
Rev. Glenn McKinley Frye (Benton
Harbor) - D.Div.
Governor Harry
Francis Kelly - LL.D.
Mark Edson Putnam, Class of 1910,
Vice President of Dow Chemical (Midland) - Sc.D.
Rev. Everett Kyes Seymour
(Detroit) - D.Div. |
| 1945 |
|
Bishop
Arthur Frederick Wesley, Bishop of the Buenos Aires Area of the
Methodist Church |
Dr. William
Pearson Tolley, Chancellor of Syracuse University |
Rev. Stuart LeRoy Anderson, Class of
1933 (Long Beach, CA) - D.Div.
Friend Morris Conchran, Business manager - D.B.A.
Rev. Wayne Harrison Fleenor, Class
of 1924 - D.Div.
Rev. Dwight Sherer Large, Class of
1933, Kalamazoo Methodist Church - D.Div.
Rev. Carl L. Martenson, Class of
1929, Saginaw minister - D.Div.
Dr. John Lawrence Seaton,
President of Albion College for 21 years - L.H.D.
Dr. William Pearson Tolley - L.H.D.
Rev. George Dempster Yinger, Class
of 1929, Methodist Church pastor - D.Div. |
| 1946 |
|
President
W.W. Whitehouse |
Dr. Guy
Everett Snavely, Executive Director of the American Association of
Colleges (Washington, D.C.) |
Dr. Guy E. Snavely - L.H.D.
Dr. William Clyde Donald,
Methodist Church (Flint) - D.Div.
Dr. Charles Gordon Phillips,
Methodist Church (Port Huron) - D.Div. |
| 1947 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Dr. John
Dale Russell, Director of the Division of Higher Education of the
United States Office of Education, Higher Education for Modern Needs |
State Representative Robert W. Baldwin,
Alumnus (Albion) - D.B.A.
Rev.
Harry A. Brewer (Flushing) - D.Div.
Rev. Spencer Bacons Owens - D.Div.
Dr. John Dale Russell - LL.D.
Marquis E. Shattuck, Educator
(Detroit) - LL.D. |
| 1948 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Rev. Dr. Norman
Vincent Peale, Minister of Marble Collegiate Church in New York
City, "The Technique of Successful Living" |
Bishop Theodor Arvidson
(Stockholm) - D.Div.
Bishop J.W. Ernst Sommer (Germany) - L.H.D.
Mrs. Mary Brooks Picken Sumner,
Author of over 90 books - Litt.D.
Bishop Raymond J. Wade, Head of
MI Methodists - L.H.D.
William C. Webster, Class of 1887,
Teacher and educational administrator - LL.D. |
| 1949 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Bishop
Marshall R. Reed (Detroit) |
F. Dudleigh Vernor, Class of 1911,
Organist for Detroit Metropolitan Methodist Church and organ instructor
at Albion College - Mus.D.
Rev.
Byron A. Hahn, Class of 1929, Methodist District Superintendent (Big
Rapids) - D.Div.
Rev. Benjamin F. Holme, Pastor of
Westlawn Methodist Church (Detroit) - D.Div. |
| 1950 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Honorable
Prentiss M. Brown, Class of 1911, former United States Senator from
Michigan, Chairman of the Board of the Detroit Edison Company, Trustee
of Albion College (See also 1937) |
Rev. Arnold F. Runkel, Pastor of
First Methodist Church of Birmingham - D.Div.
Floyd W. Starr, Class of 1910,
Founder and head of Starr Commonwealth for Boys (Albion) - LL.D.
Rev. Richard D. Wearne, Class of
1914, Kalamazoo Methodist District Superintendent - D.Div. |
| 1951 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Rev. Dr.
Ralph Washington Sockman, Minister of Christ Church of New York
City, What Makes America |
Howard Cyrus Lawrence (Grand Rapids) -
LL.D.
William Jason Moore,
Detroit organist - B.A.
Carl Maxon Saunders, Editor of The
Jackson Citizen Patriot - D.Litt.
Attorney Paul Warren Voorhies
(Detroit) - LL.D.
Quinton Forrest Walker, Chief economist
of R.H. Macy Co. (New York) - D.B.A. |
| 1952 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
President
Harlan H. Hatcher (University of Michigan) |
President Harlan H. Hatcher - D.Litt.
Stanley S. Kresge, Class of 1923 -
D.B.A.
Rev. Alfred Landon, Class of 1923,
District Superintendent of Saginaw Bay district of Methodist Church -
D.Div.
Rev. Maurice D. McKean, Class of
1924, Minister of Trinity Methodist Church in Grand Rapids - D.Div.
Bishop Shot K. Mondol, Hyderabad
area of South Asia Central Methodist Conference (India) - LL.D.
V.V. Moulton, Administrative
President of Auto Owners Insurance Company and Albion College trustee
(Lansing) - D.B.A. |
| 1953 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Dr. LeRoy E.
Kimball, Class of 1910, Vice Chancellor of New York University,
Trustee of Albion College, "Our Albion Heritage" |
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| 1954 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Dr. Grove
Hiram
Patterson, Editor-in-Chief of The Toledo Blade, "The
Uncommon Man" |
David Dodds Henry - D.Litt.
Frederick Carl Vosburg - D.Div.
Howard Charles Baldwin - LL.D.
Clarence Beverly Hilberry - L.H.D. |
| 1955 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Bishop Hazen
Graff Werner, Class of 1920, Ohio Area Methodist Church, "Majoring
in a Minor" |
Harriette Simpson Arnow, Author -
Litt.D.
Kenneth Gill Bartlett,
Class of 1927, Syracuse University - LL.D.
Margaret Blair Johnstone, Class of
1933, Minister and author - D.Div.
James Fred McKale, Class of 1910,
University of Arizona - LL.D. |
| 1956 |
|
Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Dr. David
Dodds Henry, President of University of Illinois, "The Road Not
Taken" |
Rev. Howard Ward Burden, Class of 1922
(Saginaw) - D.Div.
Rev. Richard
Carvel Miles, Class of 1929, Albion-Lansing District of the Methodist
Church - D.Div.
Dr. Carl Vernon Weller, Class of 1908
(Ann Arbor) - Sc.D. |
| 1957 |
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Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Dr. John Alfred
Hannah, President of Michigan State University, "In Answer to a
Letter" |
John Alfred Hannah - LL.D.
Dr. Fred Arthur Russell, Class of 1908,
University of Illinois - LL.D. |
| 1958 |
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Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Dr. Claude
Jerome Lapp, Class of 1917, Director of Fellowships for the National
Academy of Sciences National Research Council, "The Great Challenge" |
Rev. Versile Dell Bentley, Class of 1931
(Detroit) - D.Div.
Rev. Frederic
Olen Hunt (Philadelphia, PA) - D.Div.
Rev. James Wallace Wright, Class of 1939
(Grand Rapids) - D.Div. |
| 1959 |
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Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Dr. Stanley
Sebastian Kresge, Class of 1923 (Detroit), "Government, Business
and the Church-Related College" |
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| 1960 |
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Dr. W.W.
Whitehouse |
Dr. David Bernard
Steinman, Designing Engineer of the Mackinac Bridge, "The Faith of
a Bridgebuilder"
[Note: "Dr. Steinman has had to cancel
all engagements for several weeks by order of his physician. We regret
that he cannot be present at the Commencement exercises today."] |
Rev. Paul Franklin Albery, Trinity
Methodist Church of Grand Rapids - D.Div.
Dr. John Harper Dawson, President of
Adrian College - D.Div.
Walter Clark Dean, President of United
Steel Products Co. (Albion) - D.B.A.
Prof. Earl Anderson Slocum, University
of North Carolina - Mus.D.
Paul Robert Trautman, Business manager
of Albion College - D.B.A.
Dr. William Whitcomb Whitehouse,
President of Albion College - LL.D. |
| 1961 |
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Dr. Arnold
J. Toynbee, Eminent historian, "Religion in Public Life" |
Heman Leslie
Hoffman, Class of 1928, Electronics Industrialist (Los Angeles), "Project Adventure" |
Dr. Judson William Foust, Central Michigan
University - LL.D.
Rev. Robert
Hubert Jongeward (Jackson) - D.Div.
Heman Leslie Hoffman -
LL.D. |
| 1962 |
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Dr. Louis W.
Norris, "What Have You Heard?" |
George
Wilcken Romney (Detroit), "Aim High" |
Karl Walter Haas, WJR commentator - Mus.D.
Rev. John William Parrish
(Ferndale) - D.Div.
George Wilcken Romney, Governor of
Michigan - LL.D. |
| 1963 |
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Dr. Henry
Hitt Crane, Minister Emeritus at Detroit Central Methodist
Church, "Voyagers" |
Dr. William
Ira Cargo, Deputy U.S. Representative to the International Atomic
Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria |
Henry Daniels Brown, Detroit Museum
Curator - LL.D.
Dr. William Ira
Cargo - LL.D.
Charles Evan Feinberg - Litt.D.
Willa Beatrice Player (Greensboro, NC) -
LL.D. |
| 1964 |
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Bishop
Marshall R. Reed, "Look up, Lift up, Go Ahead!" |
Amory
Houghton, Jr., Chairman of the Board for Corning Glass |
Rev. Keith T. Avery (Grand Rapids) -
D.Div.
Rev. Herbert C. Brubaker
(Saginaw) - D.Div.
Alden Ball Dow (Midland) - Doc.F.A.
Armory Houghton, Jr. - D.B.A.
Dr. Leonard P. Schultz
(Washington, D.C.) - Sc.D. |
| 1965 |
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Bishop
Francis Gerald Ensley, Resident Bishop of the Ohio West Area of the
Methodist Church, "One Mark of an Educated Person" |
Dr. Alvin C.
Eurich (Colorado) |
Vernon de Tar (New York) - Mus.D.
Dr. Alvin C. Eurich (Colorado) -
Litt.D.
Congressman Gerald R. Ford (Grand
Rapids) - LL.D.
Miss Elizabeth C. Hilborn, U.S.
Health Service - L.H.D.
Rev. Bernard T. Lomas (Cleveland)
- D.Div.
Rev. W. Leslie Williams (Flint) -
D.Div. |
| 1966 |
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Bishop Hazen
G. Werner, Bishop of the Taiwan-Hong Kong Area of the Methodist
Church, "Coming Off the Bridge" |
Dr. Brand
Blandshard, Professor Emeritus of Yale University |
Dr. Brand Blanshard, Yale University
- D.Litt.
Rev. Donald H.
Benedict (Chicago) - D.Div.
Miss E. Genevieve Gillette (Ann
Arbor) - L.H.D.
Rev. Herbert F. Hausser (Detroit)
- D.Div.
Harold R. Spiegel, Executive
Secretary of Arabian American Oil Co. - D.B.A.
Jack Hood Vaughn, Director of U.S.
Peace Corps. - LL.D. |
| 1967 |
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Dr. Orville
H. McKay, President of Garrett Theological Seminary, "What is
Vital" |
Republican
Congressman Gerald R. Ford (Grand Rapids) |
Dr. Wallace A. Bacon, Northwestern
University professor - Litt.D.
Collins L. Carter, President Albion Malleable Iron - D.B.A.
Dr. Myrtle Rose Reul, Associate
Professor of Social Work at Michigan State University - L.H.D.
Rev. Clement B. Yinger (Rochester,
NY) - D.Div. |
| 1968 |
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Bishop
Dwight Ellsworth Loder, Bishop of the Michigan Area Methodist
Church, "The Foolishness of Twentieth Century Wisdom" |
Dr. John
Kenneth Galbraith |
Rev. James W. Bristah (Detroit) -
D.Div.
Max M. Fisher
(Detroit) - D.B.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith (Harvard
University) - D.Litt.
Henry J. Gomberg (Puerto Rico) -
Sc.D.
Bishop Dwight E. Loder - D.Div.
Marvin E. Perkins, M.D. (New York
City) - L.H.D.
James R. Sebastian (Grand Rapids)
- LL.D. |
| 1969 |
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Rev. Nels
F.S. Ferré, Ferris Professor of Philosophy at the College of
Wooster, "Educated for a New Age" |
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Dr. Max Lerner (Minsk, Russia) -
L.H.D.
William A. Brown, Jr.
(Chicago) - LL.D.
Dr. Robert Hargreaves, Ball State
University - Mus.D.
Dr. Paul W. McCrackin
(Minneapolis, MN) - LL.D.
Jean Paul Slusser, University of
Michigan - D.F.A.
Rev. Merele D. Broyles (Detroit) -
D.Div. |
| 1970 |
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Rev. Gerald
Otho McCulloh, Director of Ministerial Training for the United
Methodist Church, "Structure, Truth and Freedom" |
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Miss Audrey Kenyon Wilder (Albion) -
LL.D.
U.S. Senator Robert P.
Griffin (Michigan) - LL.D.
Bill Mauldin, cartoonist - Litt.D.
Dr. David C. McClelland
(Cambridge, MA) - D.Litt.
Rev. Carlos C. Page (Grand Rapids)
- D.Div. |
| 1971 |
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President
Bernard T. Lomas, "Itch for the Instantaneous" |
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Rev. Donald B. Strobe (Grand Rapids)
- D.Div.
Phillip C. Curtis,
artist - D.F.A.
Dr. Robben Fleming - LL.D. |
| 1972 |
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Norman Cousins - D.Litt.
Dr. Carl Gerstacker - Sc.D.
Dr. Robert Fleming (Nepal and
India) - L.H.D.
Dr. Bethel Fleming (Nepal and
India) - L.H.D. |
| 1973 |
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