Honorary Graduate
The Honorary Graduate Award is given to an individual who, though not a graduate of the Law School, exemplifies support for and commitment to Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College and whose friendship, generosity and leadership profoundly help strengthen the Law School both today and beyond.
Nominate an individual for this award.
Past Honorary Graduate Award Recipients
1982: Stephen Kanter
1983: Fred D. Fagg III
Alice Gantenbein Kerbel
Elizabeth J. Lasselle
Thomas E. Tongue
1984: William Swindells, Sr.
Dorothy L. Cornelius
1985: Richardson W. Nahstoll
Edmund O. Belsheim
1986: Robert S. Miller
1987: Hon. Owen M. Panner
1988: Hon. Clifford B. Olsen
1989: Sidney I. Lezak
1990: Hon. Richard L. Unis
1991: George D. Rives
1992: Ronald K. Ragen
1993: B. Ann Kendrick
1994: Hon. Edwin Peterson
1995: Norman J. Wiener
1996: Clifford N. Carlsen, Jr.
1997: Barnes H. Ellis
1998: M. Carr Ferguson
1999: Monte Bricker
2000: Edwin A. Harnden
2001: Dr. Stephen Dow Beckham
Dennis J. Whittlesey
2002: Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum
2003: Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr.
2004: U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
2005: Hon. Alex O. Bryner
David S. Case
Russell L. Winner
2006: Paul E. Bragdon
2007: Paul Casey
2008: John and Susan Bates
2009: Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain
2010: Kay Kitagawa
Andrew Johnson-Laird
2011: Hon. Adrienne C. Nelson
2013: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
2014: Hon. Michael Simon
2015: Hon. Darleen Ortega
2017: Marilyn Cover
2018: Prof. Doug Newell
2020: Prof. Susan Mandiberg
2022: Dean Emeritus, James Huffman
2023: Professors Amy Bushaw and Henry Drummonds