1980-1989
Listed below are recipients from 1980 to 1989.
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1989 |
| David G. Cogan, M.D., Doctor of Science A founder of the discipline of neuro-opthalmology |
| Patricia Murphy Derian, Doctor of Human Letters Champion of human rights |
| Stephen J. Gould, Doctor of Science Prominent evolutionary biologist; influential and widely read author of popular science |
| F. Sherwood Rowland, Doctor of Science Pioneer in the study of ozone depletion from chlorofluorocarbon pollution |
| 1988 |
|
Kenneth B. Clark, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| John Cocke, Doctor of Science World-leading computer scientist; member of the National Academy of Engineering |
| Cathleen S. Morawetz, Doctor of Science Director of the Courant Institute; role model of achievement for women in scientific careers |
| Robert Shaw, Doctor of Fine Arts Director of the Atlanta Symphony |
| Garry B. Trudeau, Doctor of Humane Letters Cartoonist; creator of "Doonesbury" |
| 1987 |
| Mary L. Good, Doctor of Science President of the American Chemical Society; member of the National Science Board; role model of achievement for women in science |
| Ted Koppel, Doctor of Humane Letters Anchor of ABC News Nightline |
| Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers), Doctor of Humane Letters Syndicated columnist; supporter of many charitable causes |
| Thomas E. Powell, Jr., M.D., Doctor of Science Founder of Carolina Medical Supply; supporter of the development of Duke Marine Lab |
| R. David Thomas, Doctor of Laws Business leader; proponent of higher education |
| 1986 |
| Lee A. Iacocca, Doctor of Laws Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Chrysler Corporation |
| Robert M. Lumiansky, Doctor of Literature President of the American Council of Learned Societies; educational administrator; Trustee Emeritus of Duke University |
| Kenneth C. Royall, Jr., Doctor of Laws Member of the N.C. General Assembly; champion of mental health and higher education |
| Terry Sanford, Doctor of Laws President Emeritus of Duke University; former Governor of North Carolina |
| Ralph O. Slatyer, Doctor of Science Distinguished Australian botanist; teacher; scientific advisor; UNESCO Ambassador |
| 1985 |
| Emanuel Azenberg, Doctor of Fine Arts Broadway producer |
| Martin Cummings, Doctor of Science Former Director of the National Library of Medicine |
| Theodore M. Hesburgh, Doctor of Humane Letters President of the University of Notre Dame |
| Carlos DuPre Moseley, Doctor of Humane Letters Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Past President of the New York Philharmonic |
| Shridath Ramphal, Doctor of Humane Letters Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations; former Minister of Justice and Foreign Affairs of Guyana |
| 1984 |
| Katharine Graham, Doctor of Humane Letters Chairman of the Board of the Washington Post Company |
| Mstislav Rostropovich, Doctor of Fine Arts Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra |
| J. Paul Sticht, Doctor of Laws Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. |
| Mitchell Sviridoff, Doctor of Laws President of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation; innovator of programs using both public and private resources to solve public problems |
| 1983 |
| Sir Isaiah Berlin, Doctor of Humane Letters Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford University; philosopher; author; teacher; diplomat |
| William Ragsdale Cannon, Doctor of Literature Bishop of the United Methodist Church; Christian historian; former Dean of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University |
| Bonnie Ethel Cone, Doctor of Humane Letters Mathematics teacher; a founder of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Helen Grey Edmonds, Doctor of Literature Professor of History Emeritus at North Carolina Central University; participant in numerous diplomatic and cultural missions to Europe and Africa |
| Ernest Ludwig Eliel, Doctor of Science William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; internationally renowned stereochemist |
| George Thomas Harrell, Doctor of Laws Founding Dean of two medical schools; research scientist; educator; medical historian |
| Paul Grant Rogers, Doctor of Laws Former Congressman from Florida; former Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health and Environment |
| Mary D.B.T. Semans, Doctor of Laws Chairman of The Duke Endowment; Trustee Emerita of Duke University; philanthropist; civic and cultural leader |
| Paul Taylor, Doctor of Fine Arts Creator of the Paul Taylor Dance Company; innovative choreographer; dancer; teacher |
| 1982 |
| James Edward Cheek, Doctor of Humane Letters President of Howard University; theologian; historian |
| Hanna Holborn Gray, Doctor of Humane Letters President of the University of Chicago; historian; teacher; author |
| George Herbert Hitchings, Doctor of Science Distinguished biochemist; pioneering research in chemotherapy; retired officer of Burroughs Wellcome Company |
| Geoffrey Moriaso Ole Maloiy, Doctor of Science Professor at the University of Nairobi; animal physiologist; distinguished scientist and scholar |
|
Donald F. McHenry, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Floyd Millard Riddick, Doctor of Humane Letters Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United States Senate; author and educator |
| 1981 |
| Philip Hauge Abelson, Doctor of Science Physicist; Editor of SCIENCE |
| Gwendolyn Brooks, Doctor of Letters Pulitzer Prize winning poet |
| Harry Eagle, Doctor of Science Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Gerald Holton, Doctor of Laws Professor of Physics and History of Science at Harvard University |
| Stanley Sebastian Kresge, Doctor of Humane Letters Past President of the Kresge Foundation; business leader; philanthropist; churchman; friend of higher education |
| Edward Hirsch Levi, Doctor of Laws Former United States Attoney General; President of the University of Chicago |
| Steven Muller, Doctor of Laws President of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| Laurence S. Rockefeller, Doctor of Humane Letters Distinguished philanthropist |
| Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr., Doctor of Laws Chancellor, State University of New York |
| 1980 |
| Joseph M. Bryan, Doctor of Laws Corporate leader with Jefferson-Pilot; one of the six original members of the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame |
| Milton Stover Eisenhower, Doctor of Laws President of Johns Hopkins University |
| Paul Eliot Green, Doctor of Fine Arts Pulitzer Prize winning writer; playwright of The Lost Colony |
| Helen Hayes, Doctor of Fine Arts Actress; winner of Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and Academy Awards |
| L. Richardson Preyer, Doctor of Humane Letters Six-term Congressman from North Carolina; former Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics |