Past Honorary Degree Recipients
University of Prince Edward Island
2023
- John Horrelt
- Kathy Martin
- Heather Morrison
- Gaynor Watson-Creed
2020 (presented at Convocation ceremonies in 2022)
- H. Frank Lewis
- J. Gordon MacKay
- Frances McBurnie
- Marylou N. Hughes
2019
- Diane Campbell
- Albert P. Fogarty
- Roger W. Warren
2018
- William (Bill) LeClair
- Anne (Michael) Love
- J. Weston (Wes) MacAleer
- E. Anne Smith
2017
- Judith Clark
- Allan Curran
- Elizabeth Epperly
- Stan MacPherson
2016
- Katherine Bick
- Ray Murphy
- William Stanish
2015
- Catherine S. Callbeck
- J. Charlie Cheverie
- Lennie Gallant
- Patricia (Pat) Mella
2014
- Barbara A. Hagerman
- Robert K. Irving
- James C. MacAulay
- Matthew Macdonald
2013
- Marie Burge
- Regis Duffy
- Diane Griffin
- Fred Hyndman
Special Convocation:
- Rhoda Karetak (Iqaluit, NU)
- Donald Uluadluak (Iqaluit, NU)
2012
- Michael Bliss
- Derek Key
- Frank Zakem
2011
- Monique Collette
- Louis MacEachern
- Teresa Mellish
- Danny Williams
2010
- Pat Binns
- Judy Bragg
- Donald MacKenzie
- Harry Snow
2009
- Parker Jewell
- Marilla Millar
- Anne Murray
- Michael Schurman
Special Convocation:
- Meeka Arnaquq (Iqaluit, NU)
- Mariano Aupilardjuk (Iqaluit, NU)
2008
- James E. Carter
- Wayne D. Gray
- Nona Macdonald Heaslip
- Joseph Ng
2007
- Donna Jane Campbell
- Paul Giannelia
- Richard Homburg
- Kay MacPhee
Special Convocation:
- Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
2006
- Elaine Helen Campbell
- Suzanne Lévesque
- David Wallace Rodd
- Joseph Fenwick Watkin
- Alice Patterson Webster
2005
- James Matthew Lee
- Colin Edward MacDonald
- John Joe Sark
- Charles Stewart Scranton
- "The Marthas" - the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha
2004
- Joseph Georges Arsenault
- Francis Blanchard
- Jacques Hebert
- Arnold Aubrey Hiltz
- Ellen Margaret Macdonald
- Antonine Maillet
Special Convocation:
- Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado
2003
- Marlene Bryenton
- Kent G. Ellis
- Arthur Linkletter
- David R. Mason
- Sam Sniderman
- Mary Walsh
Special Convocation:
- Vera Elizabeth Dewar
- Doug Hall
- Hesta Arlette MacDonald
- J. Faber MacDonald
- Katherine MacDonald
- Roy MacLaren
- Cecil E. MacPhail
- Ruby Matheson
2002
- Tom Connors
- Lorie Kane
- Alistair MacLeod
- Beverley McLachlin
2001
- M. Lorne Bonnell
- Norman Kenneth Campbell
- Donald Harron
- Brady J. Smith
2000
- M. Olive Bryanton
- Stephen Lewis
- Paul Hudson Schurman
1999
- Angele Arsenault
- Colin James McMillan
1998
- Doris Hilda Anderson
- Mary Johanna Boyd
- Ronald Everard Irving
- James Simpson Palmer
1997
- Elaine Russell Harrison
- Marion Loretta Reid
- J. Antoine Richard
1996
- Adrienne Clarkson
- Dorothy C. Hall
- Brian Maxfield Dunbar Chandler
- John Angus Weir
1995
- Wilbert C. Mclnnis
- J. Hubert O'Hanley
- Mary Nicholson Ross
- Bertha Wilson
1994
- Roberta Lynn Bondar
- Eleanor Mary Lowe
- William A. Ledwell
- John H. Maloney
1993
- L. George Dewar
- Elinor MacDonald MacLellan
- J. Mavor Moore
- Reginald G. Thomson
1992
- June Callwood
- Lyman Maclnnis
- Mary Irene McKinnon
- Wanda Wyatt
1991
- Stephen P. Connolly
- Trevor Lloyd Jones
- Anne Marie Perry
- Alan K. Scales
1990
- Gwilym John Bevan
- Michael Dennis Duffy
Special Convocation:
- Anna Jane Duffy
- Eugene McCabe
- Mary Olga McKenna
- Brendan Anthony O'Grady
1989
- Ronald James Baker
- Robertson William Davies
- George Frederick McRobie
- Arthur West Vesey
1988
- Wayne Arnold Easter
- Donald Ernest Malcolm Glendenning
- Athol Leith Roberts
- Albert Bing Ching Young
1987
- Roy Earnest Bonisteel
- Joseph Clair Callaghan
- Gustave Gingras
- Catherine Gertrude Hennessey
- Dennis George Howell
Special Convocation:
- Joseph Atallah Ghiz
- Doreen Wadad Kays
1986
- Muriel Helena Duckworth
- Maureen Katherine Forrester
- Edward Dawson Ives
- Freeman Lester McEwen
1985
- Leo Harrison Killorn
- John Ronald MacDonald
- John Angus MacLean
- Alfred Linus Morrison
1984
- Joseph Guillaume Gaudin
- George Parkin Grant
- John Thomas Place
1983
- Georgie Read Barton
- George Denton Clark
- Philip Warburton Oland
- Thomas Henry Bull Symons
1982
- Evelyn MacEwen Cudmore
- Florence Elsie Inman
- Joseph Cyril O'Brien
- Catherine Therese Wallace
1981
- Jean Pierre Edgar Gallant
- Helen de Greayer Herring
- David Samuel Horne MacDonald
- William Wright Reid
1980
- Gordon Lockhart Bennett
- Clement Cormier
- Mary Evelyn & Raymond Alfred Vessey
1979
- Alexander Bradshaw Campbell
- Farley McGill Mowat
- Ernest Wilbur Johnstone
1978
- Heath Nelson Macquarrie
- James Merrill McAlduff
- Donald Joseph McDougall
1977
- Milton James Acorn
- John George Diefenbaker
- Preston MacIntyre
1976
- Chinua Achebe
- John Tougas Croteau
- Eugene Patrick Cullen
1975
- Joseph Pulsifer Lantz
- Constance Ida MacFarlane
- Gordon Edward Pinsent
Fall Convocation
- Henry Bramwell Chandler
- Mary Elizabeth Park Henderson
- William Bernard Ready
- Jean-Guy Sylvestre
- Louis George Vagianos
1974
- William Stewart MacNutt
- Leone Mosher Ross
- David Takayoshi Suzuki
1973
- Pierre Berton
- Joseph Ulric Poirier
- Chester Bryant Stewart
1972
- John Hugh MacLennan
- Austin Alexander Scales
- Moncrieff Williamson
1971
- Dorothy Agnes Cullen
- Mark Rudolph MacGuigan
- Edward Fletcher Sheffield
1970
- Eric MacLean Found
- Laurier Lucien LaPierre
- Alan Wilfred Lund
St. Dunstan's University
1969
- Dorothy Corrigan
- Eleanor S. Duckett
- M. Alban Farmer
- Harold J. Hynes
- Hugh J. Somers
- George F.G. Stanley
1968
- Iphigenie Arsenault
- Alice Campbell
- Kay Desjardins
- Mary Henry
- Richard Gordon Lea
- Helen MacDonald
- Leo Francis MacDonald
- C. St. Clair Trainor
1967
- Joseph Alexander McMillan
- Maurice Arthur Pope
1966
- Willibald Joseph MacDonald
- Elwin H. Malone
- Georges P. Vanier
- Pauline Vanier
1965
- Joseph Henri Blanchard
- Mark Rudolph MacGuigan
- Colin Bridges MacKay
1964
- Edward Moore Kennedy
- Jean-Louis Levesque
- James Charles Cardinal McGuigan
Special Convocation:
- Jean Lesage
- John P. Robarts
- Walter Russell Shaw
- Joseph Smallwood
1963
- St. Clair Duffy
- John Sutherland Bonnell
1962
- Thane A. Campbell
- Frances Loyola Cullen
- Augustine A. MacDonald
1961
- A.E. Arsenault
- Arthur Maloney
- G.J. McLellan
Special Convocation:
- M. Roland Vinette
1960
- Maurice Roy
Prince of Wales College
1969
- John Martin Gillis
- Willibald J. MacDonald
1967
- Lester B. Pearson
- George Douglas Steel