HMC
Honorary Alumni

Recipients of Honorary Degrees from Harvey Mudd College are to be recognized as Honorary Alumni of the college with all rights and privileges pertaining there unto. Such alumni will not be solicited by the Alumni Fundd.

Honorary Alumni are selected according to the following criteria. A candidate for Honorary Alumni shall:

  • be a long-standing friend of the college, its students and alumni.
  • have contributed significantly to the betterment of the students and alumni.

Past Recipients

 Recipient Year Awarded
 Jack L. Alford
 1991
 William B. Arce
 2001
 Sally Rich Arroyo
 2008
 D. Kenneth Baker
 1988
 Vivian C. Baker
 1988
 Carl Baumgaertner
 2008
 Tad A. Beckman
 2002
 Graydon D. Bell
 1988
 Louise Bell
 1988
 Robert L. Borelli
 1999
 Dorothy Campbell
 1987
 J. Arthur Cambell
 1987
 Courtney Coleman
 1997
 Howard Critchell
 1990
 Iris C. Critchell
 1990
 William H. Davenport  1988
 Nathaniel Davis
 2002
 Deren Finks
 2005
 Nancy S. Gamer
 1991
 Mack M. Gilkeson
 1997
 Thomas M. Helliwell
 2005
 Henry A. Krieger  2005
 Mitsuru Kubota
 2000
 Betty Lumpkin
 2000
 Karen McAndrew
 2006
 George I. McKelvey  1990
 James E. Monson
 1997
 Tom Mudd
 2008
 Philip Myhre
 1999
 J. Richard Phillips
 2002
 Jean F. Platt
 1984
 Joseph B. Platt
 1980
 William K. Purves   1994
 John B. Rae
 1988
 Gayle Riggs
 1997
 Henry E. Riggs
 1997
 David S. Sanders, Jr.
 1991
 William H. Sandmann
 1993
 J'nan M. Sellery
 2005
 William Sly
 1992
 Jean Strauss
 2006
 Jon C. Strauss
 2006
 Samuel B. Tanenbaum
 2004
 Joan C. Taylor
 1994
 Trude C. Taylor
 1994
 Jack H. Waggoner
 1994
 Theodore Waldman  1991
 Jean Whiteker
 1986
 Roy A. Whiteker
 1986
 Harry E. Williams
 1999
 Robert P. Wolf
 2004