| Recipient | Conferred By | Date Conferred |
| Lonnie Bunch | ASU President Michael Crow | May 9, 2022 |
| Ruth McGregor | ASU President Michael Crow | May 9, 2022 |
| David Brooks | ASU President Michael Crow | May 6, 2019 |
| Rafael Reif | ASU President Michael Crow | May 7, 2018 |
| Howard Schultz | ASU President Michael Crow | May 8, 2017 |
| Sir William Castell LVO | ASU President Michael Crow | May 9, 2016 |
| Wendy Kopp | ASU President Michael Crow | May 9, 2016 |
| Carolyn Porco | ASU President Michael Crow | May 11, 2015 |
| John Seeley Brown | ASU President Michael Crow | May 11, 2015 |
| Joseph E. Stigliltz | ASU President Michael Crow | May 14, 2014 |
| Pamela A. Matson | ASU President Michael Crow | May 14, 2014 |
| Freeman A. Hrabowski, III | ASU President Michael Crow | May 14, 2014 |
| Juan Ramón de la Fuente | ASU President Michael Crow | May 9, 2013 |
| Clayton M. Christensen | ASU President Michael Crow | May 9, 2013 |
| Janine M. Benyus | ASU President Michael Crow | May 9, 2013 |
| Lim Chuan Poh | ASU President Michael Crow | May 2, 2012 |
| Eric R. Kandel | ASU President Michael Crow | May 2, 2012 |
| Temple Grandin | ASU President Michael Crow | May 2, 2012 |
| Tom Brokaw | ASU President Michael Crow | May 2, 2012 |
| James J. Duderstadt | ASU President Michael Crow | May 14, 2008 |
| Leland Hartwell | ASU President Michael Crow | Dec. 13, 2007 |
| J. Craig Venter | ASU President Michael Crow | May 10, 2007 |
| Jane Dee Hull | ASU President Michael Crow | Dec. 14, 2006 |
| Frank H.T. Rhodes | ASU President Michael Crow | May 11, 2006 |
| Wu Qidi | ASU President Michael Crow | May 11, 2006 |
| The Right Honourable Kim Campbell | ASU President Michael Crow | Dec. 15, 2005 |
| Lord John Browne of Madingley | ASU President Michael Crow | Dec. 15, 2005 |
| Blake Edwards | ASU President Michael Crow | Sep. 23, 2005 |
| Peterson Zah | ASU President Michael Crow | May 12, 2005 |
| Lawrence Douglas Wilder | ASU President Michael Crow | May 13, 2004 |
| Rafael Rangel Sostmann | ASU President Michael Crow | May 13, 2004 |
| Rita R. Colwell | ASU President Michael Crow | May 13, 2004 |
| Bob Stump | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 19, 2002 |
| John R. Christian | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 2, 2002 |
| Rex G. Maughan | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 9, 2002 |
| Jerry Colangelo | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 9, 2002 |
| Jewell McFarland Lewis | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 31, 2001 |
| Delbert Ray Lewis | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 31, 2001 |
| Robert H. Johnson | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 31, 2001 |
| Richard Berlin Snell | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 10, 2001 |
| Alice Wiley Snell | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 10, 2001 |
| L. William Seidman | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 14, 2000 |
| Marilyn A. Papp | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 14, 2000 |
| L. Roy Papp | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 14, 2000 |
| Lamonte H. Lawrence | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 4, 2000 |
| Nadine Severns Carson | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 4, 2000 |
| Rudy E. Campbell | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 2000 |
| Barbara McConnell Barrett | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 2000 |
| Craig E. Weatherup | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 17, 1999 |
| Alfredo Gutierres | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 17, 1999 |
| Raul Yzaguirre | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 14, 1999 |
| Eddie Basha | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 14, 1999 |
| Leon Howard Sullivan | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 18, 1998 |
| Norman William Fain | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 18, 1998 |
| Wm. Polk Carey | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Craig R. Barrett | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 15, 1998 |
| John P. Frank | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 19, 1997 |
| Newton Rosenzweig | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 8, 1997 |
| Jack W. Whiteman | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 16, 1997 |
| Paul J. Fannin | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 16, 1997 |
| John F. Long | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 20, 1996 |
| Chang-Lin Tien | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 20, 1996 |
| Frank J. Sackton | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 9, 1996 |
| Gary L. Tooker | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 10, 1996 |
| William S. Hoover | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 10, 1996 |
| Florence Nelson | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 10, 1995 |
| Ernest Boyer | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 14, 1995 |
| Rita Dove | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 14, 1995 |
| Edward Bud Jacobson | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 14, 1995 |
| Margaret Gisolo | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 14, 1994 |
| Jonathan Marshall | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 14, 1994 |
| Maxine Marshall | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 14, 1994 |
| Virginia Ullman | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 5, 1994 |
| Keith Turley | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 5, 1994 |
| Herman Chanen | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1994 |
| Rose Mofford | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1994 |
| Paul Elsner | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 14, 1993 |
| Edward Carson | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 10, 1993 |
| Polly Rosenbaum | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1993 |
| Jesse Jones | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1993 |
| Dwight Patterson | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1993 |
| Daniel Nagrin | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 18, 1992 |
| Louise Solheim | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 18, 1992 |
| Karsten Solheim | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 18, 1992 |
| Marvin Morrison | ASU President Lattie Coor | Aug. 11, 1992 |
| Willard Pedrick | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1992 |
| Alan Pritsker | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1992 |
| Tony Hillerman | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1992 |
| Cesar Chavez | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1992 |
| Frank X. Gordon | ASU President Lattie Coor | Dec. 8, 1991 |
| G. Robert Herberger | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 10, 1991 |
| Yuan T. Lee | ASU President Lattie Coor | May 11, 1990 |
| Rabbi Albert Plotkin | ASU President Richard Peck | Dec. 22, 1989 |
| Pearl Bailey | ASU President Richard Peck | Dec. 22, 1989 |
| William Kajikawa | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Aug. 5, 1989 |
| Lorraine Frank | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 12, 1989 |
| Walter Cronkite | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 12, 1989 |
| Art Buchwald | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Dec. 16, 1988 |
| Jovita R. Salonga | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Dec. 16, 1988 |
| Robert J. Eggert | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Aug. 5, 1988 |
| Robert S. Dietz | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 13, 1988 |
| Edson W. Spencer | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Dec. 18, 1987 |
| Kax Herberger | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Aug. 7, 1987 |
| Mo Udall | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Aug. 7, 1987 |
| Virginia Galvin Piper | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 15, 1987 |
| Gerald Wasserburg | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 15, 1987 |
| Frank Snell | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 15, 1987 |
| Henry Cisneros | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Dec. 19, 1986 |
| William Reilley | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Nov. 7, 1986 |
| John I. Yellott | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Aug. 8, 1986 |
| Sylvia Porter | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 16, 1986 |
| Edward J. Dwight Jr. | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 16, 1986 |
| William G. Payne | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 17, 1985 |
| Kathryn K. Gammage | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 17, 1985 |
| Northurp H. Fry | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 17, 1985 |
| William A. Fowler | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 17, 1985 |
| Edward F. Albee | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 17, 1985 |
| Leonyte Price | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | March, 8, 1985 |
| James William Creaseman | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 11, 1984 |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 11, 1984 |
| G.M. Sollenberger | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 15, 1983 |
| Tom Chauncey | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 15, 1983 |
| Martha Graham | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Oct. 17, 1982 |
| Mstislav Rostropovich | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | Aug. 6, 1982 |
| Alan duBois | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 15, 1982 |
| James Dickey | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 14, 1982 |
| Freddy Chiappelli | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 14, 1982 |
| Steve Allen | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 14, 1982 |
| Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 15, 1981 |
| Philip C. Curtis | ASU President J. Russell Nelson | May 15, 1981 |
| Robert Penn Warren | ASU President John Schwada | April 21, 1980 |
| Paul L. Singer | ASU President John Schwada | May 16, 1980 |
| Vincent Persichetti | ASU President John Schwada | May 16, 1980 |
| Erma Bombeck | ASU President John Schwada | May 16, 1980 |
| David C. Lincoln | ASU President John Schwada | May 18, 1979 |
| Henry Eyring | ASU President John Schwada | May 19, 1978 |
| Bart Jan Bok | ASU President John Schwada | May 19, 1978 |
| Louise Lincoln Kerr | ASU President John Schwada | May 13, 1977 |
| John J. Rhodes | ASU President John Schwada | May 14, 1976 |
| Mae S. Talley | ASU President John Schwada | May 14, 1976 |
| Robert W. Galvin | ASU President John Schwada | May 16, 1975 |
| Herbert G. Fales | ASU President John Schwada | May 16, 1975 |
| Hugh Downs | ASU President John Schwada | May 17, 1974 |
| Paul Rappaport | ASU President John Schwada | May 17, 1974 |
| Ernest W. McFarland | ASU President John Schwada | May 18, 1973 |
| Paolo Soleri | ASU President John Schwada | May 18, 1973 |
| O.D. Miller | ASU President John Schwada | June 2, 1972 |
| Raul H. Castro | ASU President John Schwada | June 2, 1972 |
| Pablo Casals | ASU President John Schwada | Mar. 30, 1972 |
| Arthur B. Schellenberg | ASU President John Schwada | June 1, 1971 |
| Richard A. Harvill | ASU President John Schwada | June 1, 1971 |
| George Homer Durham | ASU President John Schwada | June 1, 1971 |
| Ernest J. Hopkins | ASU President Harry Newburn | June 2, 1970 |
| Charles Stewart Mott | ASU President Harry Newburn | Jan 13, 1970 |
| Frank Borman | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 3, 1969 |
| John Hope Franklin | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 3, 1969 |
| Harlan Cleveland | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 4, 1968 |
| Lewis Judah Ruskin | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 4, 1968 |
| Karl Clayton Leebrick | ASU President G. Homer Durham | May 26, 1967 |
| Robert Jeffrey Hannelly | ASU President G. Homer Durham | May 26, 1967 |
| Harold David Richardson | ASU President G. Homer Durham | May 26, 1967 |
| James Bryon McCormick | ASU President G. Homer Durham | May 27, 1966 |
| John Alfred Hannah | ASU President G. Homer Durham | May 27, 1966 |
| George Fuller Miller | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 1, 1965 |
| Stewart Lee Udall | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 1, 1965 |
| Julius Charles Wetzler | ASU President G. Homer Durham | May 26, 1964 |
| Lillian Moller Gilbreth | ASU President G. Homer Durham | May 26, 1964 |
| Harvey Harlow Nininger | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 4, 1963 |
| Lynn Meade Laney | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 4, 1963 |
| Walter Early Craig | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 4, 1963 |
| Linton Elias Grinter | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 5, 1962 |
| George W. Romney | ASU President G. Homer Durham | June 5, 1962 |
| Barry Morris Goldwater | ASU President G. Homer Durham | May 30, 1961 |
| John Robert Murdock | ASU President Harold D. Richardson | May 31, 1960 |
| Carl Hayden | ASU President Grady Gammage | Nov. 14, 1959 |
| Eugene Collins Pulliam | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 26, 1959 |
| Carlos P. Garcia | ASU President Grady Gammage | June 25, 1958 |
| Carl Sauer | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 27, 1958 |
| John Cromwell Lincoln | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 27, 1958 |
| Walter Reed Bimson | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 27, 1958 |
| Howard Pyle | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 28, 1957 |
| Daniel Earl Noble | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 28, 1957 |
| Harvie Leslie taylor | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 29, 1956 |
| Alfred Knight | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 29, 1956 |
| Arthur Ervin Smith | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 24, 1955 |
| Abraham Lincoln Krohn | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 24, 1955 |
| Ira Dawson Payne | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 26, 1953 |
| Samuel Henry Morris | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 26, 1953 |
| Charles A. Stauffer | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 22, 1951 |
| Arthur John Matthews | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 28, 1940 |
| Fredrick M. Irish | ASU President Grady Gammage | May 28, 1940 |