Boston University
Abba Eban, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. . . . LL.D.
Senator John F. Kennedy . . . LL.D.
Arthur A. Schuck, chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America . . . L.H.D.
Charles Munch, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra . . . Mus.D.
Citation: "Despite your becoming modesty, you have given courageous leadership through music in years of crisis and of calm."
Nathan Marsh Pusey, president of Harvard University . . . LL.D.
Citation: "You have an abiding faith in the life of the mind. You possess the courage to state your convictions. You reveal a vital concern for the effectiveness of religion in these confusing days."
Columbia University
Thomas Reed Powell, Story professor emeritus of law at Harvard University . . . LL.D.
Frank W. Abrams, chairman of the board (ret.), Standard Oil Company of NJ. . . . LL.D.
E. Roland N. Harriman, chairman, American National Red Cross . . . LL.D.
Allen Dulles, head of CIA . . . LL.D.
Felix Andries Vening-Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist . . . Sc.D.
Citation: "His work, the measurement of the variation of the value of gravity, has made possible the accurate calculation of the shape of the earth."
Senator Margaret Chase Smith . . . LL.D.
Citation: "A distinguished member since 1948 of the 'most exclusive gentlemen's club in the world,' Senator Smith reaffirms the growing realization, wisely recognized by her astute constituents, that ability and proven performance, rather than sex, provide the reasonable standards for political selection."
Senator H. Alexander Smith . . . LL.D.
Citation: "A lawyer, a man of the people, a master of the science of politics and government, his varied career has found him always busy, ever generous, constructive in works and in philosophy, never dismayed by foreboding events."
Loyola University (Chicago)
General Mark Clark . . . LL.D.
Citation: "His brilliant leapfrogging military tactics, so successfully imitated in the Korean War, enabled his legions to overcome a stubborn foe in treacherous battles the length of Italy. His was the burden and his the honor of Sicily, Anzio, Nettuno and Rome."
Marietta College
Burton E. Stevenson, editor of The Home Book of Verse and The Home Book of Quotations . . . Litt.D.
Marquette University
Ivan Mestrovic, sculptor . . . LL.D.
Citation: " 'The greatest phenomenon among the sculptors,' said the immortal Rodin. A patriot whose genius expressed with epic grandeur the indomitable spirit of his beloved Croatia."
New York University
George Packer Berry, dean of the Harvard Medical School . . . Sc.D.
Vincent du Vigneaud, professor and chairman of the department of biochemistry of the Cornell University Medical College . . . Sc.D.
Evarts Ambrose Graham, pioneer thoracic surgeon . . . Sc.D.
Kaj Ulrik Linderstrom-Lang, director of the Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen . . . Sc.D.
Robert F. Loeb, professor and chairman of the department of medicine, Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons . . . Sc.D.
Thomas Parran, former U.S Surgeon General . . . Sc.D.