Degree of Uncommon Man/Woman
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The most prestigious university award granted to alumni, this Degree is awarded only when the president of the university deems it appropriate to honor individuals with rare and extraordinary service to Stanford.
List of past recipients
| John Arrillaga, ’60 |
| Anne T. Bass, MLA ’07 |
| Robert M. Bass, MBA ’74 |
| Peter S. Bing, ’55 |
| Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel, ’20 |
| George A. Ditz, 1911, JD 1913 |
| Morris M. Doyle, ’29 |
| Paul C. Edwards, 1906 |
| Jill Freidenrich, ’63 |
| John Freidenrich, ’59, LLB ’63 |
| Jim Gaither, JD ’64 |
| John W. Gardner, ’33, AM ’36 |
| May Chandler Goodan, 1914 |
| Cecil Green |
| Ida M. Green |
| Morgan Gunst, 1906 |
| Ida M. Green |
| William R. Hewlett, ’34, ENG ’39 |
| Herbert Hoover, 1895 |
| Jing Lyman |
| Richard W. Lyman |
| Burt McMurtry, MS ’59, PhD ’62 |
| Deedee McMurtry |
| John P. Morgridge, MBA ’57 |
| Tashia Morgridge |
| Linda Randall Meier, ’61 |
| David Packard, ’34, ENG ’39 |
| Lucile Salter Packard, ’35 |
| Harry B. Reynolds, 1896 |
| Louis H. Roseberry, 1903 |
| J. E. Wallace Sterling, PhD ’38 |
| Frederick E. Terman, ’20, ENG ’22 |