Commencement Speakers & Honorary Degree Recipients

*Rensselaer president

Title	Commencement Speakers	Honorary Degree Recipients
June 14, 1937	Homer L. Ferguson President, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.	Ralph H. Chambers Degree Received D.Eng. Homer L. Ferguson Degree Received D.Eng. Homer R. Stanford Degree Received D.Eng.
June 13, 1938	Rear Admiral Luther E. Gregory Civil Engineer Corps, Retired	Luther E. Gregory Degree Received D.Eng. Henry H. Porter Degree Received D.Eng.
June 12, 1939	Stephen F. Voorhees Architect, Voorhees, Walker, Foley and Smith	Stephen F. Voorhees Degree Received D.Eng. Rolland G. Allen Degree Received D.Eng. Norman M. Smith Degree Received D.Eng.
June 17, 1940	Clark H. Minor President, International General Electric Co.	Eduardo J. Chibas Degree Received D.Eng. Clark H. Minor Degree Received D.Eng. Robert C. Stanley Degree Received D.Eng.
1941	Philip D. Reed Chairman of the Board, General Electric Co.	Philip D. Reed Degree Received D.Eng. Frederick E. Williamson Degree Received D.Eng.
May 17, 1942	Albert N. Williams President, Western Union Telegraph Co.	Harry A. Hopf Degree Received D.Eng. John A. Sampson Degree Received D.Sc. Arthur S. Tuttle Degree Received D.Eng. Albert N. Williams Degree Received D.Eng.
April 17, 1943	Commander John R. Perry	None
December 23, 1943	Eugene E. Wilson Vice Chairman of the Board, United Aircraft Corp,. Hartford, CT	Eugene E. Wilson Degree Received D.Eng.
June 21, 1944	Philip W. Henry '87	None
August 20, 1944	Allen B. DuMont	None
October 21, 1944	Maj. Gen. William Henry Harrison Chief, Procurement and Distribution Service, US Army	None
February 22, 1945	Percival M. Sax '90 Consulting Engineer	None
April 22, 1945	James H. McGraw, Jr. President, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Inc.	James H. McGraw, Jr. Degree Received D.Eng. Charles S. Pillsbury Degree Received D.Eng.
June 22, 1945	Malcolm Pirnie, C.E.	Malcolm Pirnie, C.E. Henry B. Davenport Degree Received D.Eng. Joseph H. Nuelle Degree Received D.Eng.
October 24, 1945	Rear Admiral Lewis B. Combs '16 Asst. Chief, Bureau of Yards & Docks, US Navy	Lewis B. Combs Degree Received D.Eng. Thomas F. Farrell Degree Received D.Eng.
February 22, 1946	Rear Admiral John J. Manning '15 Chief, Bureau of Yards & Docks, US Navy	John J. Manning Degree Received D.Eng. William H. Harrison Degree Received D.Eng.
June 24, 1946	Maj. Gen. Edmond H. Leavey Chief of Transportation, Army Service Forces	Ralph W. Gallagher Degree Received D.Eng. Edmond H. Leavey Degree Received D.Eng. James Pine Degree Received D.Eng.
February 1, 1947	Arthur S. Adams Provost, Cornell University	Arthur S. Adams Degree Received D.Eng. Willem F. Westendorp Degree Received D.Eng.
June 16, 1947	Harry A. Winne Vice President of Engineering Policy, General Electric Co.	Harry A. Winne Degree Received D.Eng.
August 30, 1947	Francis E. Gallagher President, Behr-Manning Corp.	None
January 24, 1948	Frank W. Abrams Chairman of the Board, Standard Oil Company	Frank W. Abrams Degree Received D.Eng.
June 11, 1948	Charles Erwin Wilson President, GM Corp.	H. Mansfield Horner Degree Received D.Eng. Charles Erwin Wilson Degree Received D.Eng.
September 4, 1948	Robert Paxton '23 President, Manager, General Electric Corp.	None
June 10, 1949	Ben Moreell President, Jones, & Laughline Steel Corp.	Matthew A. Hunter Matthew A. Hunter Degree Received D.Eng. Thomas D. Jolly Degree Received D.Eng. Ben Moreell Degree Received D.Eng. Edward R. Weidlein Degree Received D.Eng.
January 27, 1950	Gen. Omar N. Bradley Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Department of Defense	Omar N. Bradley Degree Received D.Eng. Don G. Mitchell Degree Received D.Eng. James W. Parker Degree Received D.Eng.