Honorary Degrees
The West Virginia Board of Education, at its meeting of October 26-27, 1959, authorized Concord College* to award honorary degrees. The first honorary degrees were conferred on May 14, 1960, at the Inauguration of Joseph Franklin Marsh, Jr., as Thirteenth President of the College, with Dr. Phillip Mallory Conley of Charleston, West Virginia, receiving the first such degree awarded by the College.
*Concord College became Concord University on July 1, 2004
| Number | Date | President | First Name | Middle Name | Last Name | Recipient Title | Recipient Location | Citation | Degree Earned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1960 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Robert | Kenneth | Carr | President, Oberlin College | Oberlin, Ohio | Doctor of Laws | |
| 2 | 1960 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Philip | Mallory | Conley | President, Education Foundation of West Virginia | Charleston, West Virginia | Doctor of Laws | |
| 3 | 1960 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Cecil | Harland | Underwood | Former Governor of West Virginia | Huntington, West Virginia | Doctor of Laws | |
| 4 | 1960 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Fred | Berthold | Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire | Doctor of Divinity | ||
| 5 | 1960 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Elvis | Jacob | Stahr | Former President of West Virginia University and Secretary of the ArmyPresident, Indiana University | Bloomington, Indiana | Doctor of Laws | |
| 6 | 1961 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Harvey | Mitchell | Rice | President Macalester College | St. Paul, Minnesota | Doctor of Laws | |
| 7 | 1961 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Huston | Cummings | Smith | Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Doctor of Letters | |
| 8 | 1961 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | William | Wallace | Barron | Former Governor of West Virginia | Charleston, West Virginia | Doctor of Laws | |
| 9 | 1961 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | David | Kirby | Dean of Faculty, Emeritus, Concord College | Athens, West Virginia | Doctor of Humane Letters | ||
| 10 | 1961 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Robert | Edward Lee | Strider | President, Colby College | Waterville, Maine | Doctor of Laws | |
| 11 | 1962 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Brand | Blandshard | Sterling Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Doctor of Letters | ||
| 12 | 1962 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Oliver | Perry | Chitwood | Professor of History, Emeritus, West Virginia University | Morgantown, West Virginia | Doctor of Letters | |
| 13 | 1962 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Charles | Hodel | Former Chairman, West Virginia Centennial Commission | Beckley, West Virginia | Doctor of Laws | ||
| 14 | 1962 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Edward | McCrady | Vice-Chancellor and President The University of the South | Sewanee, Tennessee | Doctor of Humane Letters | ||
| 15 | 1963 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Charles | Habib | Malik | Former President of the General Assembly of the United Nations Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, American University of Beirut | Beirut, Lebanon | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 16 | 1963 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Brooks | Hays | Former Congressman and Special Assistant to the President of the United States Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Doctor of Humane Letters | ||
| 17 | 1963 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Nannie | Bee Core | Hearn | Alumna of Concord College | Athens, West Virginia | Bachelor of Education | |
| 18 | 1964 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | George | West | Diehl | Former President of Concord College Pastor, Old Oxford Presbyterian Church | Lexington, Virginia | Doctor of Laws | |
| 19 | 1964 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Ella | Lively | Holroyd | Professor of Music, Emeritus, Concord College | Athens, West Virginia | Doctor of Music | |
| 20 | 1964 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Leonard | Riggleman | President, Emeritus, Morris Harvey College | Charleston, West Virginia | Doctor of Humane Letters | ||
| 20 | 1964 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Leonard | Riggleman | President, Emeritus, Morris Harvey College | Charleston, West Virginia | Doctor of Humane Letters | ||
| 21 | 1965 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | William | Francis | Troy | President, Wheeling College | Wheeling, West Virginia | Doctor of Divinity | |
| 22 | 1965 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Claude | Clifford | Dove | Professor of Education, Emeritus, New Mexico State University | University Park, New Mexico | Doctor of Humane Letters | |
| 23 | 1965 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Harry | Bruce | Heflin | Former President of Glenville State College Vice-President, West Virginia University | Morgantown, West Virginia | Doctor of Laws | |
| 24 | 1965 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Hulett | Carlson | Smith | Governor of West Virginia | Charleston, West Virginia | Doctor of Laws | |
| 25 | 1966 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | David | Kell | Allen | Doctor of Humane Letters | |||
| 26 | 2009 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Llord | Harman | Elliot | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 27 | 1967 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Stanley | Hubert | Martin | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 28 | 1967 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Ernest | Elliott | Church | Doctor of Pedagogy | |||
| 29 | 1967 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Harry | Hill | Doctor of Science |
