Honorary Degree Recipients

An honorary degree is the highest honour the university can bestow. They are awarded to outstanding individuals who have made worthy and unique contributions to their field or community.

Normally, one honorary doctorate is conferred at each Convocation ceremony. The first honorary degree from the University of Saskatchewan was awarded in 1919. 

 

Name Convocation date Discipline Degree received Campus
The Honorable Edward Ludlow Wetmore politics and government Doctor of Civil Law University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Angus Mackay agriculture Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Honorable Walter Scott politics and government Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Arthur Henry Reginald Buller D.Sc, PhD, LL.D, FRSC biology Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Duncan McColl B.A. education, politics and government Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Most Reverend O.E. Mathieu D.D., LL.D, M.G. politics and government Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Honorable William Richard Motherwell agriculture Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Henry Marshall Tory D.Sc, LL.D., FRSC administration, education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Right Reverend George Exton Lloyd religious studies Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Most Reverend Samuel Pritchard Matheson religious studies Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Honorable John Bracken agriculture, education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Sir Frederick William Gordon Haultain politics and government Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Reverend Principal Edmund Henry Oliver education, prairie studies Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Joseph Wright Sifton education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Reverend Adrian Gabriel Morice anthropology and archaeology, history, language and languages Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
James Alexander Maclean education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Francis Hedley Auld agriculture Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Sir Robert Alexander Falconer FRSC, D.Litt, DCL, DD, LL.D education, politics and government Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
William Setchel Learned PhD, LL.D education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Arthur Stanley Mackenzie FRSC, PhD, DCL, LL.D education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Robert Charles Wallace FRSC, PhD, LL.D, DSc education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
William Boyd MD, FRCP, FRSC education, medicine Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
William Pollock Fraser M.A. biology Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Christina Cameron Murray B.A. education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Walter Charles Murray M.A., LL.D, FRSC administration, education Doctor of Civil Law University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
George Herbert Ling M.A., Ph.D, LL.D education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Honorable William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon B.A., LL.D, K.C. politics and government Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
James Walter MacNeill M.D., C.M. psychiatry Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Arthur Silver Morton M.A., D.D., FRSC archives, prairie studies Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Honorable Carl Hambro international Doctor of Civil Law University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Lt. General Andrew George Latta McNaughton CB, CMB, DSO, MSc, LL.D, DCL, FRSC military, administration Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Most Reverend Gerald Casey Murray B.A., D.D., CSSR education, religious studies Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Right Reverend William Thompson Hallam M.A., B.D., D.D. education, religious studies Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Forrest Frank Hill BSA, PhD (Cornell) agriculture Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Chalmers Jack Mackenzie CMG, MC, BE, MCE, D.Sc, Lt.D, FRSC education, administration Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
General Henry Duncan Graham Crerar Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Honorable Charles Avery Dunning PC, LL.D politics and government Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Robert George Ferguson B.A., M.D. health care Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Reverend David Strathy Dix M.A., Ph.D., D.D. education, religious studies Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Lloyd Lyne Dines M.A., Ph.D, FRSC mathematics Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Ethel Margaret Coppinger B.A. education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Frank Cyril James B.Comm, M.A., Ph.D, LL.D, DCL education Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
The Honorable Donald Maclean BSc, LL.B politics and government Doctor of Civil Law University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Richard Albert Wilson M.A., Ph.D language and languages Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Samuel John Dornan journalism and media Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
Air Vice-Marshal Clifford Mackay McEwen CB, MC, DFC military Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
George Spence CBE politics and government Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
John Franklin Booth OBE, BSA, Ph.D. agriculture, economics Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
William Harrison Cook OBE, MSc, PhD, FRSC agriculture Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus
John Hubert Craigie AB, MSc, PhD, FRSC biology Doctor of Laws University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Campus