During the year 1908, Officers of the University received honorary degrees as follows:

Rev, Lyman Abbott, h. '90, Preacher to the University, LL.D. from Amherst College; J. B. Ames '68, Dane Professor of Law and Dean of the Law School, LL.D. from the University of Cincinnati; W. W. Fenn '84, Bussey Professor of Theology and Dean of the Divinity School, D. D. from Harvard University; C. H. Haskins, Professor of History, A.M. from Harvard University; William James M. '69, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Sc.D. from Oxford University and Litt.D. from Durham University, England; H. C. King, A.M. '83, William Belden Noble Lecturer, LL.D. from the University of Illinois; William Lawrence '71, Overseer, D.C.L. from Durham University and LL. D. from Cambridge University, England; A. L. Lowell '71, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and President-elect of Harvard University, LL.D. from Williams College; T. W. Richards '86, Professor of Chemistry, LL.D. from Haverford College; F. C. Cheever '68, Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine, LL. D. from University of Cincinnati; Eugene Wambaugh '76, Langdell Professor of Law, LL.D. from Western Reserve University and LL.D. from Dartmouth College.