John Hanson Thomas Main: President of Grinnell College, who has stamped his constructive thought upon a leading college of the Middle West.
Doctor of Laws:
Alfred North Whitehead: A philosopher, generous and kind, whose thought pierces deeper than others look.
Doctor of Laws:
George Fisher Baker: A great banker, whose labors have not clogged his sensibility, whose power has not dimmed his magnanimity, whose position has not impaired his simplicity.
Doctor of Laws:
Andrew William Mellon: Who with rare courage and sagacity has conducted on enduring principles the public finance of a vast and complex nation.