Board of RegentsHonorary Degrees, University Medals and Distinguished Service Awards Full List A-Z
Honorary Degrees
Recognition of outstanding achievement in one or more of the following areas: intellectual contributions, university service, and/or public service.
University Medals
Recognition of those persons whose achievements and contributions are particularly associated with the university.
Distinguished Service Awards
Recognition of achievements and contributions particularly associated with the state and/or nation.
| Name | Award | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Sabin , Agnes Bowie | Alumni Recognition Award | 1963 |
| Sabin , Florence Rena | Doctor of Science | 1935 |
| Sabin , Florence Rena | University Recognition Medal | 1947 |
| Sabin , Robert R. (Bud) | Alumni Recognition Award | 1971 |
| Sadler , Neil | Stearns Award | 1984 |
| Saidy , Kathleen A. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1977 |
| Sakmann , Bert | Science | 1994 |
| Salazar , Lola | University Medal | 2021 |
| Salazar , Rob | University Medal | 2021 |
| Salzberg , Kathleen | University Medal | 2004 |
| Sanborn , Roger A. | Distinguished Service Award | 1987 |
| Sandene , Erling | Distinguished Service Award | 1990 |
| Saponas , Thomas | Distinguished Service Award | 2007 |
| Saponas , Thomas A. | University Medal | 1986 |
| Sasaki , Hideo | Humane Letters | 1984 |
| Saunders , Don F. | University Medal | 1978 |
| Savage , John Lucian | Doctor of Engineering | 1947 |
| Savell , Isabelle Keating | Humane Letters | 1984 |
| Sawyer , Dr., Kenneth C. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1948 |
| Sawyer , Kenneth C. | Athletic Hall of Honor | 1967 |
| Sawyer , Kenneth C. | Norlin Award | 1967 |
| Schaafsma , Polly | Science | 2016 |
| Schaden , Richard | Humane Letters | 2018 |
| Schelke , Charles V. | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1967 |
| Schmidt , Eric W. | Distinguished Service Award | 1996 |
| Schmidt , Martin F. | Stearns Award | 1965 |
| Schodt , Eddie W. | Norlin Award | 1975 |
| Schoenbaum , Sam | Humane Letters | 1987 |
| Schoolland , John B. | University Medal | 1979 |
| Schribner , Bert F. | Outstanding Colorado Business Award | 1937 |
| Schrier , Robert William | Hd--science | 1996 |
| Schroeder , Patricia Scott "Pat" | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1997 |
| Schroffel , Bruce | University Medal | 2014 |
| Schuck , Stephen M. | University Medal | 1981 |
| Schultz , Norman R. (Posthumously) | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1978 |
| Schultz , Phyllis Weisheit | University Medal | 1985 |
| Schutte , Thomas F. | Norlin Award | 1982 |
| Scott , Jr., Austin W. | Stearns Award | 1966 |
| Scott , M.D., Wendell G. | Norlin Award | 1971 |
| Scott , Robert K. | University Medal | 2001 |
| Scott , Wendell Garrison | Doctor of Science | 1954 |
| Scully , James H., Jr., Md | Doctor of Science | 2003 |
| Sears , Don W. | Stearns Award | 1967 |
| Sears , Don W. | University Recognition Medal | 1975 |
| Seawell , Donald R. | Distinguished Service Award | 2000 |
| Seebass , A. Richard | University Medal | 1994 |
| Seidensticker , Edward G. | Humane Letters | 2001 |
| Selleck , Elizabeth Fay | Stearns Award | 1956 |
| Sellery , George Clarke | Doctor of Laws | 1921 |
| Sells , Charles Harvey | Doctor of Engineering | 1957 |
| Sethman , Harvey T. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1971 |
| Sethman , Harvey Thurston | University Recognition Medal | 1948 |
| Sewall , Henry | Doctor of Science | 1927 |
| Sewell , Joseph Addison | Doctor of Laws | 1914 |
| Shakhashiri , Bassam Z. | Doctor of Science | 1992 |
| Shannon , James A. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1969 |
| Sharp , James H. | University Medal | 1979 |
| Shattuck , Burtis B. H. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1959 |
| Shaw , George H. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1946 |
| Shearer , Eugene M. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1965 |
| Sheets , Norman L. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1957 |
| Shelanski , Herman A. | Humane Letters | 2018 |
| Shell , John W. | University Medal | 2003 |
| Shellabarger , Jack B. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1974 |
| Shepard , Bruce E. | Distinguished Service Award | 1985 |
| Shepard , David H. | Humane Letters | 2011 |
| Shephard , Anna O. | Doctor of Science | 1943 |
| Shephard , Bruce E. | University Medal | 2002 |
| Shephard , Bruce E. | Humane Letters | 2004 |
| Sherwood , Jean | University Recognition Medal | 1937 |
| Shipley , Margaret (Peggy) C. | University Medal | 1978 |
| Shore , Roy H. M.D. | Distinguished Service Award | 1994 |
| Shorey , Paul | Doctor of Laws | 1917 |
| Shreve , Caroline Prouty | Alumni Recognition Award | 1974 |
| Shreve , Carolyn P. & Theodore N. | University Medal | 1995 |
| Shryver , Katherine Buckles | University Recognition Medal | 1945 |
| Shwayder , Fay | University Medal | 1989 |
| Shwayder , Herschel R. | Outstanding Colorado Business Award | 1974 |
| Sie , Anna | University Medal | 2012 |
| Sie , Anna | Humane Letters | 2017 |
| Sie , John J. | University Medal | 2012 |
| Sie , John J. | Humane Letters | 2017 |
| Sie Whitten , Michelle | Distinguished Service Award | 2019 |
| Siegel , Morris "Mo" | Distinguished Service Award | 1986 |
| Silver , Harold F. | Outstanding Colorado Business Award | 1944 |
| Silverman , Lawrence F. | University Medal | 1978 |
| Simmons , Michael A. | Distinguished Service Award | 1990 |
| Simons , Williams S. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1970 |
| Simpson , George G. | Doctor of Science | 1972 |
| Sink , M. Virginia | Norlin Award | 1980 |
| Sissel , George A. | Distinguished Service Award | 2003 |
| Sissel , George A. | University Medal | 2013 |
| Sissel , Mary R. | University Medal | 2013 |
| Six , Robert F. | Doctor of Science | 1974 |
| Skaggs , L.S. | Doctor of Science | 1992 |
| Slack , Ralph, "Cappy" | Alumni Recognition Award | 1982 |
| Slocum , William Frederick | Doctor of Laws | 1915 |
| Small , Clare Hebard | Stearns Award | 1956 |
| Small , Dennis H. (Posthumously) | University Medal | 1981 |
| Smead , Ann | Honorary Degree | 2024 |
| Smiley , Joseph | Norlin Award | 1969 |
| Smiley , Joseph R. | University Medal | 1987 |
| Smiley , William Henry | Doctor of Laws | 1913 |
| Smith , Aladeen | Stearns Award | 1985 |
| Smith , Albert E. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1965 |
| Smith , Apollo M. O. | Doctor of Science | 1975 |
| Smith , Brenda J. | University Medal | 1996 |
| Smith , Brenda J. | Distinguished Service Award | 2003 |
| Smith , Donald D. | University Medal | 1988 |
| Smith , Earlene Marie | University Medal | 1981 |
| Smith , Hallett D. | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1968 |
| Smith , Hobart | Stearns Award | 1981 |
| Smith , Johnny | Humane Letters | 1986 |
| Smith , Margaret Mendenhall | University Recognition Medal | 1951 |
| Smith , Margaret Tasher | Distinguished Service Award | 1984 |
| Smith , Morgan | Distinguished Service Award | 1984 |
| Smith , Roger V. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1978 |
| Smith , Rozella B. | Science | 1982 |
| Smith , Walter W. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1968 |
| Smith , William V.S. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1967 |
| Smyth , M.D., Charley Johnson | Science | 1988 |
| Smythe , Peter | Alumni Recognition Award | 1971 |
| Smythe , Peter D. | University Medal | 1979 |
| Snyder , Gary | Distinguished Service Award | 1992 |
| Sokol , Louis F. | Distinguished Service Award | 1991 |
| Solich , George H. | University Medal | 2012 |
| Solomon , Susan | Doctor of Science | 1993 |
| Sorenson , Royal W. | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1966 |
| Sorenson , Royal Wasson | Doctor of Science | 1938 |
| Soto , Julissa | Distinguished Service Award | 2023 |
| Spackman , W. M. | University Medal | 1985 |
| Spears , Lorraine | University Medal | 2006 |
| Spencer , Gilman F. | Humane Letters | 1994 |
| Spencer , Robert "Bill" | Alumni Recognition Award | 1973 |
| Spencer , Robert W. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1966 |
| Spencer , Robert W. | Athletic Hall of Honor | 1977 |
| Spender , Sir Percy Claude | Doctor of Laws | 1953 |
| Spengler , Robert I | Alumni Recognition Award | 1975 |
| Spitz , Rene A. | Doctor of Science | 1970 |
| Sprague , Marshall | Humane Letters | 1978 |
| Spurlock , Benjamin H. | Stearns Award | 1976 |
| Srivastava , Ashok | Distinguished Service Award | 2025 |
| Stafford , Jean | Doctor of Humane Letters | 1972 |
| Stafford , Miss Jean Wilson | Norlin Award | 1956 |
| Stahl , Karl H. | Stearns Award | 1969 |
| Stanton , Timothy William | Doctor of Science | 1924 |
| Starzl , Thomas E. | Stearns Award | 1976 |
| Starzl , Thomas E., Md | Science | 1998 |
| Stavely , Dan | Stearns Award | 1979 |
| Stearns , Mrs. Robert L. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1951 |
| Stearns , Robert L. | Norlin Award | 1940 |
| Stearns , Robert L. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1966 |
| Stearns , Robert Lawrence | Doctor of Laws | 1954 |
| Steele , Brandt F. | Distinguished Service Award | 1982 |
| Stein , Sandra & Marvin | Distinguished Service Award | 1994 |
| Steinhauer , George N. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1971 |
| Stepanek , Joseph E. | Norlin Award | 1977 |
| Stern , David M. | Science | 2000 |
| Stewart , B. M. | University Medal | 1985 |
| Stewart , Mary | Master of Letters | 1927 |
| Stewart , Omer C. | Stearns Award | 1975 |
| Stiles , Lindley Joseph | University Recognition Medal | 1958 |
| Stokes , Thomas C. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1977 |
| Storer , Todd C. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1935 |
| Storke , Frederic P. | Stearns Award | 1960 |
| Stovall , John A. | Distinguished Service Award | 1982 |
| Strait , A. Marvin | Distinguished Service Award | 1998 |
| Strauss , Henry | Humane Letters | 2018 |
| Streamer , A. Camp | Doctor of Engineering | 1946 |
| Streamer , A. Camp | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1967 |
| Stubbs , Donald S. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1975 |
| Stubbs , Jr., Frank W. | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1969 |
| Suka , Sidney | Alumni Recognition Award | 1966 |
| Sullivan , George L. | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1968 |
| Summers , Claude M. | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1977 |
| Sutley , Melvin L. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1951 |
| Sutton , Leonard V.B. | Laws | 1990 |
| Suzzalo , Henry | Doctor of Laws | 1930 |
| Swain , Francis E. | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1970 |
| Swanson , Alvin D. | Alumni Recognition Award | 1974 |
| Swanson , Alvin D. | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1975 |
| Swedish , Joseph R. | University Medal | 2003 |
| Sweeney , Robert F. | Distinguished Service Award | 2001 |
| Swigert , John L. | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award | 1971 |
| Swigert , John Leonard | Athletic Hall of Honor | 1970 |
| Swigert , Jr., John L. | University Recognition Medal | 1970 |
| Swisher , Earl | Alumni Recognition Award | 1965 |