Honorary doctorates
Since 1949 the University of St.Gallen has awarded honorary doctorates for outstanding achievements in research and practice.
| 1949 | Prof. Dr. Eugen Böhler Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Gottfried Haberler Dr. Heinrich Homberger Dr. Carl Moser-Nef |
| 1950 | Heinrich Wachter |
| 1951 | Paul Alther Dr. Adolf Jöhr |
| 1952 | Prof. Dr. August Egger Ernst Homberger |
| 1953 | Dr. Hermann Becker Johann Jakob Gabathuler Dr. Thomas Holenstein Friedrich Hug |
| 1957 | Prof. Dr. Paul Scherrer |
| 1958 | Curt E. Wild Emil Zaugg |
| 1960 | Prof. Dr. Goetz Briefs |
| 1961 | Prof. Dr. Ludwig Erhard |
| 1962 | Dr. René Bühler |
| 1963 | Prof. Dr. Herbert Lüthy Prof. Fritz Jules Roethlisberger, A.B., B.S., A.M. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schönenberger Prof. Dr. Jan Tinbergen |
| 1964 | Dr. Adolf Graf |
| 1967 | Prof. Dr. Karl Föhl Dr. h. c. Max Schmidheiny |
| 1968 | Dr. Arnold Saxer |
| 1970 | Prof. Dr. Peter F. Drucker Prof. Dr. Peter Jäggi Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Krelle |
| 1971 | Prof. Dr. Otto Jaag Ernst Keller |
| 1972 | Prof. Dr. Fritz Machlup |
| 1973 | Dr. Walter Berchtold |
| 1974 | Dr. Aurelio Peccei |
| 1977 | Alfred Waldis |
| 1978 | Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann |
| 1979 | Dr. Christian Gasser |
| 1982 | Prof. Dr. Karl Brunner |
| 1984 | Dr. Max Eisenring |
| 1985 | Prof. Dr. Jean-François Bergier Prof. Arthur Rich |
| 1987 | Prof. Dr. Oliver E. Williamson |
| 1989 | Prof. Dr. Frederic Vester |
| 1990 | Prof. Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs |
| 1991 | Prof. Dr. Frank Achtenhagen Prof. Dr. Gerhard Reber Dr. Willy Zeller |
| 1993 | Prof. Dr. Heribert Meffert Dr. Dres. h. c. Helmut Schlesinger |
| 1994 | Prof. Dr. Gérard Gäfgen |
| 1995 | Prof. Dr. Walter Ernst Masing |
| 1996 | Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Werner Kirsch |
| 1997 | Prof. Dr. Franz-Xaver Kaufmann |
| 1998 | Prof. Dr. Bruno S. Frey Prof. Ikujiro Nonaka, Ph.D. |
| 1999 | Prof. Paul De Grauwe, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schürer |
| 2000 | Prof. Dr. Stafford Beer Prof. Dr. Walter Eversheim Prof. Dr. Wallace E. Oates |
| 2001 | Prof. David F. Hendry, Ph.D. |
| 2002 | Prof. Geoffrey Brennan, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Arnold Picot |
| 2003 | Prof. Dr. Richard Blundell |
| 2004 | Prof. Dr. Ernst Fehr Prof. Dr. Karl E. Weick |
| 2005 | Prof. Dr. Klaus Backhaus Prof. Roger H. Gordon |
| 2006 | Prof. Michael J. Brennan, Ph.D. Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell, Ph.D. |
| 2007 | Prof. Joshua D. Angrist, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Wolffried Stucky |
| 2008 | Prof. Robert H. Frank, Ph.D.
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| 2009 | Prof. Gene M. Grossman, Ph.D. Prof. Michael Power, Ph.D. |
| 2010 | Prof. Dr. Lans Bovenberg Prof. Hermann Diller |
| 2011 | Prof. Darrell Duffie, Ph.D. Prof. Lars-Hendrik Röller, Ph.D. Prof. Boas Shamir, Ph.D. |
| 2012 | Prof. Richard E. Baldwin, Ph.D. Prof. Francis Koh, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schulz von Thun |
| 2013 | Prof. Dr. Günther Gebhardt |
| 2014 | Prof. John Cochrane, Ph.D. Prof. Guido Imbens, Ph.D. Prof. Martha S. Feldman, Ph.D. |
| 2015 | Prof. Anne Tsui, Ph.D. |
| 2016 | Prof. Yakov Amihud, Ph.D. Prof. Ajay K. Kohli, Ph.D. Prof. Peter Wakker, Ph.D. |
| 2017 | Prof. Robert A. Burgelman, Ph.D. |
| 2018 | Prof. Gerry Georg, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Holger Mueller |
| 2019 | Ph.D. Ann Tarca |
| 2020 | Prof. Ann Langley, Ph.D. Prof. Andrea Prat, Ph.D. Prof. Dr. Clemens Sialm |
| 2021 | Prof. Richard Whittington, Ph.D. |
| 1962 | Prof. Dr. Zaccaria Giacometti |
| 1963 | Eric Wyndham White, LL.B. |
| 1967 | Prof. Dr. Karl Schmid |
| 1968 | Prof. Peter Dürrenmatt |
| 1972 | Prof. Dr. André Grisel |
| 1973 | Hans Hausamann |
| 1979 | Kurt Buchmann |
| 1981 | Dr. Jean-Jacques Gautier Prof. Dr. Leo Schürmann |
| 1982 | Prof. Dr. Kurt Eichenberger |
| 1986 | Alexandre Hay |
| 1989 | Ernst Rüesch |
| 1990 | Václav Havel |
| 1992 | Albrik Lüthy |
| 1998 | Elisabeth Pletscher |
| 2001 | Prof. Dr. Daniel Thürer |
| 2004 | Dr. Gret Haller |
| 2005 | Prof. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. |
| 2006 | Dr. Hans Saner |
| 2007 | Martti Ahtisaari |
| 2009 | Dr. Marco Mona |
| 2010 | Prof. Michael Barzelay, Ph.D. |
| 2011 | Dr. Surin Pitsuwan |
| 2013 | Prof. Deborah Avant, Ph.D. |
| 2017 | Dr. Monika Hauser |
| 2019 | Dr. Charles Kupchan |
| 1984 | Prof. Dr. Max Kummer |
| 1985 | Erwin Schärrer |
| 1987 | Dr. Kurt Furgler |
| 1989 | Dr. Otto P. Clavadetscher |
| 1992 | Prof. Dr. Günter Stratenwerth |
| 1994 | Dr. Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger |
| 1995 | Prof. Dr. Alain Hirsch |
| 1996 | Prof. Dr. Karl Spiro |
| 1998 | Asma Jahangir, LL.B. |
| 1999 | Dr. Helmuth Schröter |
| 2003 | Dr. Yves Donzallaz |
| 2004 | Dr. Mario Monti |
| 2005 | Dr. Peter Studer |
| 2006 | Prof. Dr. Erich Schanze, LL.M. |
| 2007 | Prof. Dr. Kay Hailbronner, LL.M. |
| 2008 | Bo Vesterdorf |
| 2009 | Rolf Vetterli |
| 2010 | Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Kirchner, LL.M. |
| 2011 | Avv. Marianne Widmer-Galli |
| 2013 | Prof. Dr. Joachim Bornkamm |
| 2015 | Prof. Dr. Fabienne Hohl |
| 2017 | Dr. Thomas Hansjakob |
| 2019 | Dr. Andreas Kley |
| 2021 | Jennifer Arlen, Ph.D. |
| 2011 | Dr. Martin Meyer |
| 2014 | Prof. Susan Neiman, Ph.D. |
| 2016 | Lilija Fjodorowna Schewzowa |
| 2017 | Yves Daccord |
| 2019 | Dr. Alice Kaplan |
| 2021 | Christian Frei |
| 1974 | Prof. Dr. Johannes Duft |
| 1975 | Dr. Dr. h. c. Edgar Bonjour |
| 1978 | Ernst Brugger |
| 1983 | Prof. Dr. Jean-François Aubert |
| 1988 | François Bondy |
