Commencement Speakers & Honorary Degree Recipients

*Rensselaer president

Title	Commencement Speakers	Honorary Degree Recipients
June 12, 1912	Henry W. Hodge '85 Consulting Engineer, NY City	None
June 18, 1913	John Sterling Deans Chief Engineer, Phoenix Bridge Co.	None
June 17, 1914	John Houston Finley, LL.D. President, University of the State of NY	None
June 16, 1915	Hiram F. Mills '56 Hydraulic Engineer	None
June 14, 1916	Alfred Tredway White '65, C.E.	Robert W. Hunt Degree Received D.Eng.
June 13, 1917	Charles Whiting Baker Consulting Editor, Engineering News-Record	None
May 1, 1918	Edwin Wilbur Rice, Jr. President General Electric	Onward Bates '75 Degree Received D.Eng. William H. Burr Degree Received D.Eng. Henry W. Hodge '85 Degree Received D.Eng. A. C. Humphreys Degree Received D.Eng. Edwin Rice, Jr. Degree Received D. Eng. Francis E. House Degree Received M.C.E.
December 21, 1918	Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Odell	None
June 16, 1920	Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Odell Col. Ransom H. Gillett	Herbert C. Hoover Degree Received D.Eng. Leonard Wood Degree Received D.Sc.
June 17, 1921	Frederick B. Smith	None
June 16, 1922	Dallas L. Sharp Prof. of English Literature, Boston University	Arthur M. Greene, Jr. Degree Received D.Eng
June 15, 1923	Rear Admiral Harry H. Rousseau '91	None
June 13, 1924	George S. Davison President '78 Gulf Refining Co.	Henri Abraham Degree Received D.Eng. James R. Angell Degree Received Ph.D. Edward A. Birge Degree Received Ph.D. Carl E. Grunsky Degree Received D.Eng. William Kelly Degree Received D.Eng. Frederick R. Low Degree Received D.Eng. Charles L. Morgan Degree Received D.Eng. Luigi Luiggi Degree Received D.Eng. Livingston Farrand Degree Received Ph.D. Albert A. Michelson Degree Received D.Sc. Farley Osgood Degree Received D.Eng. Samuel W. Stratton Degree Received Ph.D. Arthur Surveyor Degree Received D.Eng.
June 19, 1925	John Van Wicheren Reynders '86 Consulting Engineer	Henry Ford Degree Received D.Eng.
June 14, 1926	Ralph Earle President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute	George S. Davison Degree Received D.Eng.
June 10, 1927	Philip W. Henry '87	None
June 11, 1928	Percival M. Sax '90 Consulting Engineer	None
June 15, 1929	Morris R. Sherrerd '86 Consulting Engineer	None
June 14, 1930	John N. Shannahan President, Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.	None
June 13, 1931	Charles Butler Architect, New York City	Charles Butler Degree Received D.Sc. William Leland Thompson Degree Received LL.D.
June 11, 1932	Clarence F. Hirshfeld Detroit Edison Company	Clarence F. Hirshfeld Degree Received D.Eng. William L. Robb Degree Received D.Eng.
June 17, 1933	Leonor F. Loree President, D & H Railroad Co.	Leonor F. Loree Degree Received D.Eng. Charles P. Perin Degree Received D.Eng. Daniel L. Turner Degree Received D.Eng.
June 16, 1934	Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett Prime Minister of Canada	Richard B. Bennett Degree Received LL.D. Hugh L. Cooper Degree Received D.Eng. George O. Knapp Degree Received D.Eng. Howard McClenahan Degree Received D.Eng.
June 15, 1935	Major General Edward Murphy Markham Chief Engineers, USA	Edward W. Arms Degree Received D.Eng. Edward M. Markham Degree Received D.Eng.
June 13, 1936	Samuel Ferguson Chairman of the Board, Hartford Electric Light and Power Co.	Samuel Ferguson Degree Received D.Eng. Edwin S. Fickes Degree Received D.Eng. Louis D. Ricketts Degree Received D.Eng