1953-1979
| Recepient | Degree | Year | Title (at the time of conferment) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrhus Frederic Skinner | Honorary Dr. of Laws | 1979 | Professor, Harvard University |
| Gottfried Baumgartel | Ehrendoktors | 1977 | Professor, Universität zu Köln |
| Amintore Fanfani | Honorary Dr. of Laws | 1977 | Member of the Italian Senate, former Prime Minister of Italy |
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Honorary Dr. of Laws | 1976 | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Sommai Hoontrakoon | Honorary Dr. of Economics | 1974 | Minister of Finance, Thailand (graduate of faculty of economics, Keio University in 1942) |
| Kia-Ngau Chang | Honorary Dr. of Laws | 1972 | Professor, Hoover institution, Stanford University |
| Paul Anthony Samuelson | Honorary Dr. of Laws | 1971 | Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Konosuke Matshita | 1971 | Chairman of the Boad, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | |
| Roland Kammel | Ehrendoktors | 1971 | Professor, Technische Universität Berlin |
| Helmut Winterhger | Ehrendoktors | 1971 | Professor, RWTH Aachen |
| Gerhard Luke | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1970 | Professor, Universität des Saarlandes |
| Arthur Kaufmann | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1970 | Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| Seiichiro Takahashi | 1968 | Member, Board of Councillors, Executive Advisor for Academic Affairs, Professor Emeritus of Keio University | |
| Anzaemon Matsunaga | 1968 | Member, Board of Councillors of Keio University | |
| Edwin Oldfather Reischauer | Honorary Dr. of Laws | 1967 | Former U.S. ambassador to Japan (U.S. minister to Japan Mr.Osborn was present in place of Dr. Reischauer) |
| Eugene Robert Black | Dr. of Laws | 1965 | Former president, the World Bank Group |
| Masafumi Tomita | 1964 | Member, Board of Councillors of Keio University (compiler of the complete collection of Yukichi Fukuzawa) |
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| James Bryant Conant | Dr. of Laws | 1961 | Former president, Harvard University |
| Gregg Manners Sinclair | Honorary Dr. of Philosophy | 1960 | Former president, the University of Hawaii |
| Rune Capitant | Doctor of Honoris Causa | 1960 | Professor, Université Paris, Directeur, Maison Franco-Japonaise |
| Konrad Adenauer | Dr. of Laws | 1960 | Chancellor of West Germany |
| Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | Dr. of Laws | 1957 | Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister, India |
| Robert L. Gitler | Honorary Dr. of Philosophy | 1956 | Professor, Department of Library Science, Keio University |
| Oliver Rufus McCoy | Dr. of Laws | 1956 | Rockefeller Foundation, Head of Tokyo Office |
| Selman Abraham Waksman | Dr. of Laws | 1953 | Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
