Past Recipients (1905-2000)

Year

Name & Occupation

Degree

1905   

BAILEY, Thomas E., M.D.

Philosophy

CALLAGHAN, Charles W.
President, Union Pulp and Paper Co.

CARRIGAN, Andrew
Vice President, Dunham-Carrigan-Haden

COFFEY, The Honorable James W.
Editor, San Francisco Examiner
Judge, Superior Court of San Francisco

GALLWEY, John, M.D.
Physician and surgeon, San Francisco

HARVEY, John Downey

MURPHY, Eugene P.
Owner, EP&TP Real Estate and Insurance

PAYSON, Capt., Albert H., USA
Assistant to the President, the Santa Fe Railroad

PHELAN, The Honorable James Duval
Mayor of San Francisco 1897-1902
United States Senator 1913-1919

QUEEN, Richard E.
Lawyer

RYAN, Robert X.
Freight Agent, Northwestern and Northshore Railroad Companies

SULLIVAN, The Honorable Frank J.
Member of the California State Senator, 1882

SULLIVAN, The Honorable Jeremiah F.
Member of the Board of Education 
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California

SULLIVAN, The Honorable Matthew I.
United States Senator and Mayor of San Francisco

TOBIN, Joseph F.
Lawyer, Tobin and Tobin Attorneys at Law

Philosophy

1907

KELLY, James R.
First Prefect, Gentlemen's Sodality, St. Ignatius Church

Philosophy

1928

HALEY, George
Professor of Biology

Philosophy

1930

ARTIGUES, Dr. Achilles
Musical producer and director, San Francisco

Music

BOLTON, Herbert Eugene
Author
Professor of History, University of California at Berkeley

CLARK, Dr. William A.
Vice President and Director, United Verde Copper Co.
Founded the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Literature

CONNOLLY, Rt. Rev., M.D.
Archdiocese of San Francisco

Education

ESPINOZA, Dr. Aurelio
Author
Professor of Romance Languages, Stanford University

GREGORY, Brother Ubaldus, F.S.C.
President, St. Mary's College, Moraga

O'SHAUGHNESSY, Michael M.
Founding Dean, St. Ignatius College of Engineering 1912
Chief Engineer, Hetch Hetchy Water Project of the City of San Francisco

Science

SPROUL, Robert Gorden
President, University of California at Berkeley

WALSH, James J.
Author, New York

Education

1931

CAUFIELD, The Honorable Charles Harold
Distinguished attorney and jurist, San Francisco

NASH, John Henry
Distinguished bibliophile and printer, San Francisco

1934

ROSSI, The Honorable Angelo J.
Mayor, City of San Francisco

WALDROP, Uda
San Francisco musician and organist

1935

ALBERT, Brother, F.S.C.
President, St. Mary’s College

GARRECHT, The Honorable Francis A.

MALONE, Major General Paul B.
General Commanding, Sixth United States Army, Presidio, San Francisco

1936

BUTLER, Vincent Kingwell
Distinguished USF alumnus [awarded posthumously]

MCAULIFFE, Florence M.
Attorney-at-Law and Trustee, University of San Francisco

1938

TOBIN, The Honorable Richard
The Hibernia Bank of San Francisco

1939

FOLSOM, Frank M., ESQ.
President, Radio Corporation of America

MCCARTHY, The Honorable William H.
Postmaster of San Francisco and Trustee, University of San Francisco

1941

MAISER, Peter J., S.M.

MURPHY, Daniel Joseph
President and Director of Sierra R.R., Santa Cruz

1942

FITZPATRICK, The Honorable Timothy I.
Distinguished San Francisco jurist and alumnus, University of San Francisco

MCGINNIS, Felix S.
President, Southern Pacific Railroad

SANGER, Colonel Donald Bridgman
Officer Commanding, Reserved Officers’ Training Program
University of San Francisco

1943

DREW, William Joseph
San Francisco educator and founder, Drew School for Boys

GRADY, Henry F.
President, American Steamship Lines

MCNALLY, The Reverend Paul A., S.J.
Distinguished Professor, Physical Sciences, Georgetown University

1945

BIDAULT, The Honorable George 
Foreign Secretary, Republic of France

1948

AUSTIN, Brother, Ph.D., F.S.C.
President, St. Mary’s College
Moraga, California

BUTLER, General Frederic Bates, USA MA
United States Army Corps of Engineers

MAR, Ivanios, His Beatitude, O.I.C.
Religious Leader

1949

ARMSBY, Leonora Wood
President, Musical Association, San Francisco

CLARK, General Mark Wayne, U.S.A.
Commander of the Sixth Army, Presidio, San Francisco

LAWRENCE, Ernest Orlando
Professor of Physics, LL.D, University of San Francisco

1950

CHU, Chew Shong
Co-Founder of the Chinese Language School of San Francisco

STERLING, J.E. Wallace
President, Stanford University

1951

GIANNINI, Lawence Mario
President, Bank of America

HEARN, John J.
Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Ireland

WEDEMEYER, Albert Coady
United States Army General

1953

FALK, Adrien Joseph
President of the S&W Fine Food Inc.

1955

BROWN, The Right Reverend James N.
Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of San Francisco

1956

DUNNE, The Reverend Peter Masten, S.J.
Distinguished Professor of History, University of San Francisco

ROMULO, The Honorable Carlos Pena
Ambassador to the United States, Republic of the Philippines

1957

CALLAGHAN, Vice Admiral William M., USN
Naval Officer 1915 -1945, Washington

FLANAGAN, The Right Reverend William J.
Director, Catholic Social Services, Archdiocese of San Francisco

HICKS, John D.
Professor of History, University of California at Berkeley

1958

BLACK, James B.
Chairman of the Board, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

KELLER, The Reverend James G.
Founder, The Christopher Movement

1959

BROWN, The Honorable Edmund G., Sr.
Governor of the State of California

STEINHART, Jesse H., ESQ
Attorney-at-law

1960

HARNEY, Charles L.
President, Harney Construction Company, Inc.

1961

DWYER, The Most Reverend Robert J.
Bishop of Reno, Nevada.

KENDRICK, Charles 
Chairman of the Board, Schlage Lock Corporation

PRADO, The Honorable Don Manuel
President, Republic of Peru

1962

MCGUCKEN, The Most Reverend Joseph T.
Archbishop of San Francisco

ZELLERBACH, James David
Chairman of the Board, Crown Zellerbach Corporation

1963

MCLAREN, Loyall N.
Regent of the University of San Francisco

MURRAY, The Reverend John Courtney, S.J.
Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Woodstock College, Maryland

THOMPSON, The Honorable Llewellyn E.
Ambassador at Large, Department of State of the United States

1964

BROWN, The Reverend Robert McAfee
Scholar, author, ecumenist and Professor of Religion, Stanford University

1965

BOLAND, Frederick H.
Chancellor, Trinity College University of Dublin

1966

DILLENBERGER, John
Dean, Graduate Theological Union, University of California at Berkeley

HELLMAN, Marco F.
Senior Partner, J. Barth & Co., San Francisco

1967

LOEBBECKE, Ernest J.
Chairman of the Board, Title Insurance and Trust Company

Business

1968

HEYNS, Roger W.
Chancellor, University of California at Berkeley

YOUNG, Whitney M., Jr.
Executive Director, National Urban League

1969

CASASSA, The Reverend Charles S., S.J.
President, Emeritus and Chancellor, Loyola University of Los Angeles

MADISON, Marshall P.
Senior Partner, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro 

1970

GILSON, Etienne
Scholar and philosopher; Member, L’Academie Francaise

KOUNTZ, Samuel L., M.D.
Professor of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco

Humane Letters

1971

OZAWA, Seiji
Music Director and Conductor, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Fine Arts

SUSSNA, Frances
Director, Multi-Culture Institute of San Francisco

Humane Letters

1972

BAUMAN, Sister Mary Beata, S.M.
Founding Dean, University of San Francisco School of Nursing

Nursing Science

BOEDDEKER, The Reverend Alfred, O.F.M.
Founder and Director, St. Anthony’s Dining Room of San Francisco

DUNNE, The Reverend William J., S.J.
President Emeritus, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

PETERSON, Rudolph E.
Administrator, United Nations Development Program

SULLIVAN, The Honorable Raymond L.
Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of California

1973

AYMES, Sister Maria De La Cruz
Society of Helpers, Catechetical scholar, and author

BROWER, David Ross
Founder, “Friends of the Earth”

Philosophy in Ecology

1974

DONOGHUE, Augustine P.
Emeritus Director of Admissions, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

HAAS, Walter Abraham 
Chairman of the Board, Levi Strauss Corporation and 
Levi Strauss Foundation

HART, George David
Trustee and Chairman of the Cal State University System

BRUNDAGE, Avery
Founder, San Francisco Asian Art Museum

Fine Arts

1975

IMAMICHI, Junzo 
Chairman of the Board, Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation

SAUNDERS, John Bernard De Cusance Morant, M.D.
Chancellor, University of California at San Francisco

Humane Letters

1976

ALDER, Kurt Herbert
General Director, San Francisco Opera Association

Music

ORR, Robert Taylor
Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences

SHUMATE, Charles A., M.D.
President, California Historical Society

Humane Letters

WEINBERGER, Caspar Willard 
Former U.S. Secretary of Education

1977

HOFFMAN, Claire Giannini
Director Emeritus, Bank of America Corporation

HOW, Jack H.
Emeritus Regent and Trustee, University of San Francisco

SWIG, Benjamin Harrison
Chairman of the Board, Fairmont Hotel Corporation

1978

CUNNINGHAM, Sister Catherine, S.N.D.
President, College of Notre Dame of Belmont, California

Humane Letters

LI, Choh Hao, M.D.
Professor of Biochemistry, University of California at San Francisco

MAGNIN, Cyril
Former Chairman of the Board, Joseph Magnin Companies of San Francisco

Fine Arts

1979

BONNER, John F.
President and CEO, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco

Engineering

FROMM, Alfred
President of Fromm & Sichel, Inc.
Co-Founder, Fromm Institute for Life-Long Learning at USF

FROMM, Hannah
Co-Founder and Director, Fromm Institute for Life-Long Learning at USF

THORTON, Dr. Robert 
Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of San Francisco

1980

CARLIN, The Reverend Harry Vincent, S.J.
Executive Vice President, St. Ignatius College Preparatory of San Francisco

Public Service

QUINN, The Most Reverend John Raphael
Archbishop of San Francisco

1981

MCDONNELL, Sister Mary Geraldine, S.M.
Emerita Dean, University of San Francisco, School of Nursing

Humane Letters

POMEROY, Janet
Founder and Director, The Recreation Center for the
Handicapped, Inc., San Francisco

Humane Letters

SWIG, Melvin M.
Director, Fairmont Hotel Corporation, San Francisco

Public Service

PIETSCH, Charles J., Jr.
Philanthropist and developer, Honolulu Hawaii

Humane Letters

FANFANI, The Honorable Amintore
Statesman and President of the Republic of Italy

Humane Letters

1982

ALTMAN, Ludwig
Concert organist and music director, Temple Emanu-El of San Francisco

BECHTEL, Stephen D.
Senior Director, Bechtel Group

Public Service

DIEKMANN, The Reverend Godfrey L., O.S.B.
Professor of Theology, St. John’s University, Minnesota
Founder and Leader, American Liturgical Renewal

GORMAN, C. Mel
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of San Francisco

1983

BURNS, The Reverend Robert Ignatius, S.J.
Senior Professor of History, University of California at Los Angeles 
Former Professor of History, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

FURST, Dr. Arthur
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Founder, Institute of Chemical Biology, University of San Francisco

SUWA, Hiroshi
President, Tokyo Broadcasting System, Tokyo, Japan

Public Service

TAMAYO, Rufino
Mexican painter and sculptor, Colonia San Angel, Mexico

Fine Arts

CASAROLI, Cardinal Agostino
Secretary of State of the Vatican City State

Humane Letters

1984

BERNARDIN, Cardinal Joseph
Archbishop of Chicago
Former President, National Conference of Catholic Bishops

CHEMIAKIN, Mihail
Painter and Russian expatriate

Fine Arts

CURRY, Frances J., M.D.
Former Health Director, City and County of San Francisco
Founder and Director, Saint Anthony Medical Foundation Clinic

Humane Letters

DAVIES, Louise M.
Philanthropist and major donor to the Davies Symphony Hall

LUTTGENS, Leslie
Founder and Director, San Francisco Education Fund

Public Service

HARMAN, Avraham
Chancellor, Ha’Universita Ha’ivrith Bi’Yerushalayim, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

1985

ERICKSON, Erik
Internationally recognized psychologist and scholar

Humane Letters

ERICKSON, Joan
Psychologist and author

Humane Letters

BIGLIERI, Edward G., M.D.
Physician, teacher and biomedical research
University of California at San Francisco

HERLIHY, David J.
Professor of English and Master of Mather House, Harvard University

Humane Letters

SIN, Cardinal Jaime
Archbishop of Manila

Humane Letters

1986

KEARNS, Louis J.
Founder and owner, Coit Drapery Cleaners
Founder and Director, Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation of the United States

NOONAN, The Honorable John T.
Author and Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley
Justice of the United States Court of Appeals

Humane Letters

ROSSI, The Reverend Piero Carlo, S.J.
Professor emeritus of Modern Languages, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

TERWILLINGER, Elizabeth Cooper
Conservationist, naturalist and educator

Natural Science

1987

DOLAN, Frances Anne
Vice President emerita for Student Development, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

STANLEY, The Reverend David Michael, S.J.
Professor of Scripture, Regis College, Toronto

SWETONIC, Captain Marjorie A., USN
Distinguished Navy health care expert

Nursing Science

WEATHERSBY, George
Educational expert and consultant to Catholic educational institutes

Humane Letters

1988

FEINSTEIN, The Honorable Dianne Goldman
Mayor of San Francisco 1987-1988

Humane Letters

WILBUR, Mathilda Baker
Founder, Wilbur Family Fund and Wilbur Library Endowment
Honorary Trustee, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

1989

MCCORMICK, The Reverend Richard A., S.J.
Distinguished moral theologian and bioethicist

Humane Letters

O’SULLIVAN, The Reverend Carroll M., S.J.
Professor emeritus of Chemistry and Trustee
University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

ZSCHAU, Edwin Vanwyck
Former member of the United States House of Representatives
Chairman and President, Censtor Corporation

1990

BEDONI, Bertha 
Veteran of the dedicated secondary education
Presentation High School of San Francisco

Education

BURGHARDT, The Reverend Walter, S.J.
Editor, Theologian Studies ; theologian, patrologist and homilist

Humane Letters

GLASSER, Dr. William J.
Internationally known psychologist and educator

Humane Letters

LO SCHIAVO, The Reverend John J., S.J.
President, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

SALINGER, Pierre
International correspondent, ABC Television

Humane Letters

SWIG, Richard L.
President, Fairmont Hotels Corporation
Founding member, McLaren and Hospitality Management Advisory Board

WILSEY, Alfred S.
Founder/President, Wilsey-Bennett Corporation
Founding member, McLaren School of Business Advisory Council

Business

1991

JUBANI, The Reverend Simon 
Albanian priest and resistance hero

Humane Letters

HRUBETZ, Joan
Dean, St. Louis University School of Nursing

Science

O’COLLINS, The Reverend Gerald, S.J.
Dean, Pontifical Gregorian University; distinguished scriptural scholar

Theology

O’KEEFE, The Reverend Vincent, S.J.
Emeritus President, Fordham University
Former General Counselor to the Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Humane Letters

ROZELLE, Alvin Ray (Pete)
Former Commissioner of the National Football League

Humane Letters

1992

GETTY, Gordon Peter 
Philanthropist and composer

Humane Letters

MOYNIHAN, The Honorable Daniel Patrick 
United States Senator, New York, 1977-2001

Humane Letters

1993

TANG, The Most Reverend Dominic Yee Ming, S.J.
The Archbishop of Canton-China

Humane Letters

1994

ANDERSON, Brother Mel, F.S.C.
President, St. Mary’s College, Moraga

Humane Letters

BROWN, Brother Raymond, S.S.
World’s leading New Testament scholars

Humane Letters

1996

FRANKLIN, John Hope
James B. Duke Professor of History Emeritus, Duke University
President, Southern Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians

Humane Letters

LEVADA, The Most Reverend William J.
Archbishop of San Francisco

Humane Letters

PETERS, Dr. Tom
Author, In Search of Excellence, A Passion for Excellence, and Thriving on Chaos

Humane Letters

1997

CLARK, The Reverend John W., S.J. 
Provost, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

MACNEIL, Robert
Former executive editor and co-anchor of PBS’ The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour

Humane Letters

SILVA, The Reverend Francis, S.J. 
Professor of English literature, University of San Francisco and
Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose

Humane Letters

WEAKLAND, The Most Reverend Rembert
Archbishop of Milwaukee

Humane Letters

1998

BAUMANN, Reverend John A., S.J.
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Pacific Institute for Community Organizations

Humane Letters

GOIZUETA, Roberto S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Theology, Loyola University Chicago

Humane Letters

MURPHY, Sister Lillian, R.S.M.
President and CEO, Mercy Housing, Inc.

Humane Letters

1999

BRYAN, Ashley
Author

Humane Letters

KAMMER, Reverend Fred, S.J.
President, Catholic Charities, USA

Humane Letters

PREJEAN, Sister Helen, C.S.J.
Author, Lecturer and Community Activist

Humane Letters

ORTEGA Y ALANINO, Cardinal Jaime Lucas
Archbishop of Havana, Cuba

2000

GIRAUDO, Louis J.
Businessman, Attorney, and Civic Leader

SCHLEGEL, Reverend John P., S.J.
President, University of San Francisco

Humane Letters

THOMAS, Helen
UPI White House Bureau Chief

Humane Letters