List of Recipients
2020s
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|
Fouad Bennis Professor Emeritus of École Centrale de Nantes | Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2025 |
Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission | Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2025 |
Seoung Hwan Suh President of Yonsei University | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2023 |
David J. Teece Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley | Doctor of Business and Commerce, honoris causa | 2023 |
Miguel Poiares Maduro Professor and Dean of the Católica Global School of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa | Doctor of Laws, honoris causa | 2022 |
2010s
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|
Tim Brown Designer, CEO of IDEO Inc. | Doctor of Media Design,honoris causa | 2018 |
Richard L. Armitage Former United States Deputy Secretary of State | Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2018 |
Neil Wallace Professor, the Pennsylvania State University | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2017 |
Sir Tim Berners-Lee KBE The director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) | Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2017 |
Hugo F. Sonnenschein President Emeritus and Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, the University of Chicago | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2015 |
Kap-Young Jeong Professor, President, Yonsei University | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2014 |
Otoshige Sakai Noh actor | Doctor Honoris Causa | 2013 |
Marcel K. Richter Professor, University of Minnesota | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2013 |
Patrick Chedmail Professor, Ecole Centrale de Nantes | Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2012 |
Vinton Gray Cerf | Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2012 |
His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck The King of Bhutan | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2011 |
Han-Joong Kim Professor, President, Yonsei University | Doctor of Medicine, honoris causa | 2011 |
Fritz Klocke Professor, RWTH Aachen | Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2010 |
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University Start:Link Area LINK | Doctor of Laws, honoris causa | 2010 |
2000s
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|
Jan Peter Balkenende Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Doctor of System Design and Management, honoris causa | 2009 |
Klaus Stern Professor, Universität zu Köln | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 2009 |
S R Nathan President of the Republic of Singapore | Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2009 |
Sandra Day O'Conner Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2008 |
Vartan Gregorian President, Carnegie Corporation of New York | Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa | 2008 |
Peter Mathias Former Master of Downing College, Cambridge | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2008 |
Jean Pierre Bourguignon Director of l’Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (I.H.É.S.) | Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2008 |
Sir Harold W.Kroto Francis Eppes Professor, Florida State University | Doctor of Science, honoris causa | 2008 |
Sir Tim Hunt Principal Scientist, Cancer Research UK | Doctor of Medicine, honoris causa | 2008 |
Paul David Hewson（Bono） U2 lead singer and anti-poverty activist | Doctor of Laws, honoris causa | 2008 |
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Historian | Docteur Honoris Causa en Economie | 2008 |
Jean- Michel Grandmont Senior Researcher of the Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique | Doctor Honoris Causa en Economie | 2007 |
Tarisa Watanagase Governor, the Bank of Thailand | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2007 |
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono The President of the Republic of Indonesia | Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa | 2006 |
Peter Courtland Agre Nobel laureate for chemistry prize, Professor, Duke University | Doctor of Medicine, honoris causa | 2006 |
Alexander Ioffe Professor, Technion-Israeli Institute of Technology | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2006 |
Helmut Rüßmann Professor, Universität des Saarlandes | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 2005 |
Hans kurt Tönshoff Professor Emeritus, Leibniz Universität Hannover | Ehrendoktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften | 2004 |
Mahathir bin Mohamad Former Prime Minister of Malaysia | Doctor of Laws, honoris causa | 2004 |
Dale W. Jorgenson Professor, Harvard University | Doctor of Business and Commerce, honoris causa | 2003 |
Pierre Vaussy Former principal of Ecole Centrale de Nantes | Docteur en Science et Technologie Honoris Causa | 2003 |
Lawrence R. Klein Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Economics, honoris causa | 2002 |
Peter Müller Prime Minister of Saarland, Germany | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 2001 |
1980－1990s
Recepient/Title (at the time of conferment) | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|
Kazuo Watanabe Professor, Universidade de São Paulo | Doutor em Direito Honoris Causa | 1999 |
Lionel W. Mckenzie Professor Emeritus, University of Rochester | Doctor Economics, honoris causa | 1998 |
Gérard Debreu Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley | Docteur en Economie Honoris Causa | 1997 |
Jacques Chirac President of the French Republic | Docteur en Droit Honoris Causa | 1996 |
Helmut Kohl Chancellor of Germany | Ehrendoktor der Rechte | 1996 |
George P. Shultz Former U.S. Secretary of State | Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa | 1996 |
Daniel Bell Professor Emeritus, Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa | 1995 |
Paul Keating Prime Minister of Australia | Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa | 1995 |
Tansu Çiller Prime Minister of Turkey | Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa | 1995 |
Alberto Kenya Fujimori Fujimori President of Peru | Doctor of Laws honoris causa | 1994 |
Carlos Saúl Menem President of Argentina | Doctor Honoris Causa en filosofia | 1993 |
Leonid Hurwicz Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota | Doctor of Economics honoris causa | 1993 |
Jacques Delors President of the European Commission | Doctor of Laws honoris causa | 1993 |
Heinz Müller-Dietz Professor, Universität des Saarlandes | Doctor of Laws honoris causav | 1992 |
Georg Ress Professor, Universität des Saarlandes, Director, Europa-Institut | Doctor of Laws honoris causa | 1992 |
Paul A. Volcker Professor, Princeton University (Dean), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve | Doctor of Economics honoris causa | 1991 |
Raymond Barre Professor, Institut d'Etudes des Politiques de Paris, former Prime Minister of France | Doctor of Economics honoris causa | 1991 |
Helmut Schmidt Former Chancellor of West Germany | Doctor of Economics honoris causa | 1991 |
Alvin Toffler Futurist | Honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Management) | 1990 |
Hans Joachim Hirsch Professor, Universität zu Köln | Honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Management) | 1990 |
Andrei Dmitriyevich Sakharov Physicist, nobel laureate for peace prize | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1989 |
Carl Hermann Ule Professor, Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speye | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1988 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford 38th President of the United States | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1987 |
Wilhelm Karl Geck Professor, Universität des Saarlandes | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1985 |
Taro Takemi President of the World Medical Association, Advisor to Science and Technology Agency, Councilor of Keio University | Doctor Honoris Causa | 1983 |
Sir John Butterfield Regius Professor, University of Cambridge, Master of Downing College | Honorary Doctor of Medical Sciences | 1983 |
Derek Stanley Brewer Master of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1982 |
Mana Saeed Al Otaiba Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, UAE | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1980 |
1950－1970s
Burrhus Frederic Skinner Professor, Harvard University | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1979 |
|---|---|---|
Gottfried Baumgärtel Professor, Universität zu Köln | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1977 |
Amintore Fanfani Member of the Italian Senate, former Prime Minister of Italy | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1977 |
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1976 |
Sommai Hoontrakoon Minister of Finance, Thailand (graduate of faculty of economics, Keio University in 1942) | Honorary Doctor of Economics | 1974 |
Kia-Ngau Chang Professor, Hoover institution, Stanford University | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1972 |
Paul Anthony Samuelson Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1971 |
Konosuke Matsushita Chairman of the Boad, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Doctor Honoris Causa | 1971 |
Roland Kammel Professor, Technische Universität Berlin | Ehrendoktors | 1971 |
Helmut Winterhger Professor, RWTH Aachen | Ehrendoktors | 1971 |
Gerhard Luke Professor, Universität des Saarlandes | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1970 |
Arthur Kaufmann Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Ehrendoktors der Rechte | 1970 |
Seiichiro Takahashi Member, Board of Councillors, Executive Advisor for Academic Affairs, Professor Emeritus of Keio University | Doctor Honoris Causa | 1968 |
Anzaemon Matsunaga Member, Board of Councillors of Keio University | Doctor Honoris Causa | 1968 |
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer Former U.S. ambassador to Japan (U.S. minister to Japan Mr.Osborn was present in place of Dr. Reischauer) | Honorary Doctor of Laws | 1967 |
Eugene Robert Black Former president, the World Bank Group | Doctor of Laws | 1965 |
Masafumi Tomita Member, Board of Councillors of Keio University (compiler of the complete collection of Yukichi Fukuzawa) | Doctor Honoris Causa | 1964 |
James Bryant Conant Former president, Harvard University | Doctor of Laws | 1961 |
Gregg Manners Sinclair Former president, the University of Hawaii | Honorary Doctor of philosophy | 1960 |
René Capitant Professor, Université Paris, Directeur, Maison Franco-Japonaise | Doctor of Honoris Causa | 1960 |
Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of West Germany | Doctor of Laws | 1960 |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister, India | Doctor of Laws | 1957 |
Robert L. Gitler Professor, Department of Library Science, Keio University | Honorary Doctor of Philosophy | 1956 |
Oliver Rufus McCoy Rockefeller Foundation, Head of Tokyo Office | Doctor of Laws | 1956 |
Selman Abraham Waksman Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Doctor of Laws | 1953 |