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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1967 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Felix | Edward | Repetto | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 31 | 1967 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | James | Stanley | Smithson | Doctor of Science | |||
| 32 | 1967 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Festus | Paul | Summers | Doctor of Humane Letters | |||
| 33 | 1967 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | William | Pearson | Tolley | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 34 | 1968 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Wilburn | Camrock | Campbell | Doctor of Humane Letters | |||
| 35 | 1968 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Theodore | Davidge | Lockwood | Doctor of Humane Letters | |||
| 36 | 1968 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Harold | Clark | Martin | Doctor of Letters | |||
| 37 | 1968 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Stewart | Harold | Smith | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 38 | 1969 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Arch | Alfred | Moore | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 39 | 1970 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Gordon | Elmer | Hermanson | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 40 | 1970 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | George | Wayman | Bryson | Doctor of Humane Letters | |||
| 41 | 1970 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Daniel | Hale | Doctor of Science | ||||
| 42 | 1970 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Alexander | Marrs | Harman | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 43 | 1970 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | William | James Lord | Wallace | Doctor of Humane Letters | |||
| 44 | 1971 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Perry | Epler | Gresham | Doctor of Humanities | |||
| 45 | 1971 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | John | Grove | Barker | Doctor of Pedagogy | |||
| 46 | 1971 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Edward | Sagendorph | Mason | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 47 | 1972 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Charles | Lee | Harman | Doctor of Humanities | |||
| 48 | 1972 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | Walter | Ray | Cooke | Doctor of Pedagogy | |||
| 49 | 1972 | Joseph Franklin Marsh | John | Sloan | Dickey | Doctor of Laws | |||
| 50 | 1987 | Jerry L. Beasley | Queen | Sirikit | Queen | Thailand | Doctor of Humane Letters | ||
| 51 | 1999 | Jerry L. Beasley | Arnold | G | Porterfield | Bachelor of Arts | |||
| 52 | 2003 | Jerry L. Beasley | James | H. "Buck" | Harless | Doctor of Business Administrat | |||
| 53 | 2006 | Jerry L. Beasley | Roland | P. | Sharp | Doctor of Humanitarian Service | |||
| 54 | 2006 | Jerry L. Beasley | Wayne | W. | Meisel | Doctor of Business Administrat | |||
| 55 | 2006 | Jerry L. Beasley | Ruby | Anderson | Carter | Doctor of Education | |||
| 56 | 2007 | Jerry L. Beasley | Gaston | Caperton | Doctor of Humanitarian Service | ||||
| 57 | 2008 | President Emeritus Joseph Franklin Marsh | Jean | Dressler | Beasley | Doctor of Humanitarian Service | |||
| 58 | 2008 | President Emeritus Joseph Franklin Marsh | Jerry | L. | Beasley | Doctor of Humanitarian Service | |||
| 59 | 2010 | Gregory F. Aloia | M. L. | Swarankar | Doctor of Humanities |
