Honorary Degrees

Williams has conferred honorary degrees since 1795. Any member of the college can make nominations, from which each year the Honorary Degrees Committee (made up trustees, faculty, staff, and students) recommends to the full Board of Trustees a group of five or six recipients who have excelled in diverse fields and stand as inspiring examples for our graduating students.

Nominations can be sent to the committee’s staff person, Jim Kolesar, assistant to the president for public affairs, at jkolesar@williams.edu.