| | Recipient | Year |
|---|
| A | Thomas Perkins Abernethy, Litt.D. | 1972 |
| Marlene Addlestone-Bursten (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2014 |
| Dr. Nathan S. Addlestone (Doctor of Letters) | 1989 |
| John E. Alessi | 2017 |
| Jennet Robinson Alterman (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2008 |
| Gerry Sue Arnold (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2012 |
| Norman J. Arnold (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2012 |
| | | |
| B | Howard H. Baker, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1998 |
| Leonard Theodore Baker, LL.D. | 1926 |
| William L. Ball, III | 1988 |
| Samuel Banks | 1976 |
| Leon Banov, LL.D. | 1960 |
| Bernard M. Baruch, of New York City | 1935 |
| Charlotte Beers-Beadleston (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2009 |
| David Muldrow Beasley (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1996 |
| Guy Eddie Beatty, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2003 |
| Betty S. Beatty (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2015 |
| Guy Eddie Beatty, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2003 |
| Charlotte Beers-Beadleston (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2009 |
| Joe Earle Berry, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1994 |
| Richard E. Besser (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2011 |
| | Robert W. Bingham | 1935 |
| Sol Blatt, Jr. (Doctor of Law) | 1992 |
| Edward J. Bloustein | 1976 |
| Isaiah Bowman | 1935 |
| William Beaty Boyd | 1986 |
| Laura Mary Bragg | 1973 |
| K. Mace Brown (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2017 |
| Dr. John R. Brumgardt (Doctor of Letters) | 1991 |
| Henry M. Bruns , LL.D. | 1857 |
| John Stewart Bryan | 1935 |
| Mark Joseph Buono (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2022 |
| Edward Milby Burton, LL.D | 1968 |
| Pierrine St. Claire Smith Byrd | 1977 |
| James F. Byrnes, Senator from South Carolina | 1935 |
| | | |
| C | Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2003 |
| Marion Rivers Cato | 2004 |
| Wayland H. Cato, Jr. | 2004 |
| Marco Cavazzoni (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2010 |
| Norman Allison Chamberlain, Litt.D. | 1970 |
| Robert Foster Chapman (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1999 |
| Septima Poinsette Clark | 1978 |
| James E. Clyburn (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1992 |
| Gilda Cobb-Hunter (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2015 |
| David R. Coker | 1935 |
| Elizabeth Colbert-Busch (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2017 |
| Herman E. Collier, Jr. | 1976 |
| James B. Conant | 1935 |
| Pat Conroy (Doctor of Letters) | 1989 |
| Michelle Asha Cooper '95 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2017 |
| Ruby Madeline Pendergrass Cornwell (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1997 |
| Mike Couick (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| Senator John Courson (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2007 |
| Frank Lee Culbertson, Jr. | 1994 |
| John Tindal Cuttino, Litt.D. | 1961 |
| Matthew C. Czuchry '99 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2018 |
| | | |
| D | William C. Dana, D.D. | 1870 |
| Clyde M. Dangerfield (Doctor of Letters) | 1991 |
| Charles Pinckney Darby, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2001 |
| Joyce Long Darby (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2007 |
| Lucien DeGrotte, Litt.D. | 1972 |
| Thomas della Torre, LL.D. | 1926 |
| Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. | 1935 |
| Alexander Colclough Dick, LL.D. | 1970 |
| John Henry Dick (Doctor of Letters) | 1989 |
| James Dickey, Litt.D. | 1971 |
| David Herbert Donald | 1985 |
| Carolyn F. Draisin (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2018 |
| Neil W. Draisin '65 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2018 |
| Charles M. Duke (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2019 |
| | | |
| E | James Harold Easterby, Litt.D. | 1960 |
| Frances Ravenel Smythe Edmunds, Litt.D. | 1972 |
| James Burrows Edwards | 1975 |
| Milton Stover Eisenhower | 1978 |
| | | |
| F | Susan E. Farrell (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2022 |
| James L. Felder | 2017 |
| Esther Baskin Ferguson (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| James Larnard Ferguson III (posthumously) | 2016 |
| Conrad D. Festa (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2008 |
| Richard E. Fields (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| Robert McCormick Figg, Jr., Litt.D. | 1970 |
| William "Bill" A. Finn (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2019 |
| Ernest A. Finney, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1995 |
| Dorothea Benton Frank (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2010 |
| Douglas Southall Freeman, LL.D. | 1938 |
| Elaine T. Freeman (Doctor of Letters) | 1991 |
| Harry Wyman Freeman (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1990/1995 |
| Ellen M. FitzSimons | 1935 |
| James Clement Furman, D.D. | 1857 |
| | | |
| G | Richard H. Gadsden, Sr. | 1987 |
| Eddie Lee Ganaway (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2007 |
| Eugene Gangarossa | 2018 |
| Rose Salamone Gangarossa | 2018 |
| Gordon Hughes Garrett, LL.D. | 1969 |
| Peter Christopher Gazes | 1978 |
| Alexander Leopold Geisenheimer, LL.D. | 1970 |
| Clarence Augustus Graeser, LL.D. | 1939 |
| The Honorable Lindsey O. Graham (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2006 |
| Thomas A. Graves, Jr. | 1976 |
| Dr. Raymond S. Greenberg (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2012 |
| Reuben M. Greenberg (Doctor of Letters) | 1991 |
| Dr. Vartan Gregorian (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2004 |
| Lawrence M. Gressette, Jr. (Doctor of Letters) | 1991 |
| Rt. Rev. Robert Emmet Gribbin, Litt.D | 1971 |
| George Daniel Grice, Litt.D. | 1966 |
| Joseph Decherd Guess, LL.D. | 1960 |
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H-I
| William Melton Halsey (Doctor of Fine Arts) | 1995 |
| John Stuart Hanckel, D.D. | 1875 |
| | Richardson Miles Hanckel | 1986 |
| | Robert W. Harrell, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2004 |
| | Ambassador Rita Derrick Hayes (Doctor of Humane Letters)) | 1999 |
| | Webb Edward Haymaker | 1973 |
| Bruce Howe Hendricks | 2018 |
| | DuBose Heyward, Litt.D. | 1929 |
| | Ann J. Higdon (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2006 |
| | Leo I. Higdon, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2006 |
| Helen Turner Hill (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2021 |
| Ebony Hilton-Bucholz '04 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2019 |
| Robert M. Hitt III (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2011 |
| | Ernest Fritz Hollings | 1984 |
| | Rita Liddy Hollings (Doctor of Letters) | 1989 |
| Sabra E. Horne '87 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2018 |
| Sonya Houston '86 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2019 |
| Harry Huge | 2017 |
| Reba Kinne Huge | 2017 |
| | William Wirt Humphreys | 1984 |
| | Eugene Clayton Hunt (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1993 |
| Robert Edward Royall Huntley | 1976 |
| William Elliott Hutson (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2001 |
| | | |
| J | Mary A. Jackson (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2009 |
| Joseph Earle Jacobs, LL.D. | 1953 |
| Deborah Lee James (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| Richard Hampton Jenrette, Litt.D | 1973 |
| Theodore D. Jervey, of Charleston | 1935 |
| F. Mitchell Johnson | 1988 |
| Gerald W. Johnson, of Baltimore | 1935 |
| Jean Wayland Johnson (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| John Johnson, LL.D. | 1895 |
| Tapley O. Johnson, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| Admiral Wendell N. Johnson, USN, Ret. (Doctor of Letters) | 1989 |
| | | |
| K | Nancy Landon Kassebaum (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1995 |
| Maureen Kerrigan (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2019 |
| Steve Kerrigan (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2019 |
| Linda G. Ketner | 2018 |
| Mitchell King, LL.D. | 1857 |
| Jeane J. Kirkpatrick | 1982 |
| William Hagerman Knisely | 1977 |
| Sallie L. Krawcheck (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2006 |
| Saul Krawcheck (Honorary Bachelor of Arts Degree) | 2003 |
| John Leopold Kresse (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2015 |
| John Kresse (Comm Speaker, but received no hon. degree) | 1983 |
| | | |
| L | Marie M. Land (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2014 |
| | Mitchell Jay Laurance (Doctor of Letters) | 1993 |
| Henry Laurens, of Tulane University | 1935 |
| Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| Lionel Kennedy Legge, LL.D. | 1955 |
| Wendell Mitchell Levi, Litt.D. | 1968 |
| Ludwig Lewisohn, Litt.D. | 1914 |
| Dr. Harry M. Lightsey, Jr. (Doctor of Philosophy) | 1992 |
| Kathleen Kay Lightsey (Doctor of Humane Letters | 1992 |
| Carl James Likes (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1995 |
| H. B. “Chip” Limehouse III (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2008 |
| John C. Lindsay | 1988 |
| Arlinda F. Locklear (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2012 |
| Alberta Sottile Long | 1986 |
| Michael Luttig (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| Kennety Merrill Lynch, LL.D. | 1945 |
| | | |
| M | Rudy Mancke (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1990 |
| Michelle "Mitsy" Y. Mangum '86 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2019 |
| Eli Kennerly Marshall, Jr. | 1941 |
| Mel Marvin (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2009 |
| Burnet R. Maybank | 1935 |
| Glenn F. McConnell (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2013 |
| William Mellen McCord, M.D., Litt.D. | 1974 |
| Edward McCrady, LL.D. | 1900 |
| Edward McCrady, LL.D | 1952 |
| John Yancey McGill (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2014 |
| Harold McGraw III (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2003 |
| James T. McLawhorn, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2014 |
| James Rion McKissick, LL.D. | 1938 |
| F. Creighton McMaster (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2005 |
| Robert Evander McNair, LL.D. | 1970 |
| Michael H. Mescon | 1996 |
| Anthony J. Meyer (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2011 |
| Martin Meyerson | 1976 |
| N. Russell Middleton, LL.D. | 1857 |
| Nathan E. Miles (Doctor of Letters) | 1989 |
| Margaret E. Mohrmann | 1988 |
| Francis Asbury Mood, D.D. | 1870 |
| James A. Morris, Litt.D. | 1970 |
| Nan Morrison (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2005 |
| Edwin Maurice Moseley | 1977 |
| Robert Moses, LL.D. | 1969 |
| Carl Moultrie, I | 1984 |
| Steven Muller, Litt.D | 1974 |
| Walter F. Murphy (Doctor of Letters) | 1989 |
| Catherine Peronneau Murray-Smith | 2017 |
| Harry Stoll Mustard, LL.D. | 1938 |
| | | |
| N | Dava Newman (NASA) (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2016 |
| James I. Newsome, III (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2014 |
| Barbara Stock Nielsen (Doctor of Letters) | 1991 |
| | | |
| O | Joseph Laurence O'Brien, LL.D. | 1938 |
| Dr. Kenneth Olden (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2003 |
| Mary Turner Osborne (Doctor of Humane Letters) posthumously | 2021 |
| Stephen "Steve" Charles Osborne '73 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2021 |
| H. Biemann Othersen Jr. | 2017 |
| | | |
P-Q
| Gregory Duncan Padgett | 2018 |
| Kathleen Parker (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2020 |
| Edwin S. Pearlstine, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2014 |
| Maggie Thurman Pennington (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1997 |
| Julia Peterkin | 1935 |
| | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, D.D. | 1877 and 1895 |
| | Josephine Pinckney | 1935 |
| | Padgett Powell (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2002 |
| Bernard E. Powers (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2020 |
| | Edward Lawrence Powers, Litt.D. | 1974 |
| | Harold Rawling Pratt-Thomas | 1964 |
| | | |
| R | George Bernard Rabb (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1995 |
| Mary Croghan Ramsay (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2008 |
| Harrison Randolph, LL.D. | 1945 |
| Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1994 |
| Nigel A. Redden (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2013 |
| W. Taylor Reveley | 1976 |
| A. Burnet Rhett | 1935 |
| Joseph Patrick Riley, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2009 |
| Richard Wilson Riley | 1985 |
| John M. Rivers, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2006 |
| Lucius Mendel Rivers, LL.D. | 1968 |
| Emmett Edward Robinson, Litt.D. | 1971 |
| George Calvin Rogers, Jr | 1984 |
| James Alton Rogers | 1975 |
| Morris D. Rosen (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1997 |
| Robert V. Royall, Jr. | 1986 |
| Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (Doctor of Letters) | 1989 |
| Brian Rutenberg | 2018 |
| | | |
| S | Alexander Mullings Sanders, Jr. | 2001 |
| Zoe Dutrow Sanders | 2001 |
| Alexander M. Sanders, Jr. | 1986 |
| George Herbert Sass, LL.D. | 1902 |
| Herbert Ravenel Sass, Litt.D. | 1932 |
| Paul Scherer | 1935 |
| Timothy E. Scott (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2014 |
| Bernard E. Powers (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2015 |
| Samuel Robert Shapiro (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2015 |
| Anne Rivers Siddons | 2000 |
| Hilla Sheriff, M.D. | 1985 |
| F. A. Silcox | 1935 |
| Albert Simons, Litt.D. | 1970 |
| Manning Simons, LL.D. | 1910 |
| Merton D. Simpson (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2010 |
| The Honorable J. Gary Simrill (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2022 |
| Thomas Grange Simons, LL.D. | 1925 |
| O. Johnson Small | 1988 |
| Robert Scott Small, Litt.D. | 1970 |
| Robert S. Small, Jr. | 2004 |
| Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1991 |
| Catherine Peronneau Murray-Smith (Dr of Humane Letters) | 2017 |
| Henry Augustus Middleton Smith, LL.D. | 1911 |
| Admiral Leighton Warren Smith, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1997 |
| Hilton Charles Smith Jr. | 2017 |
| The Honorable G. Murrell Smith, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2024 |
| Henry Smythe (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1990 |
| Yates Snowden, LL.D. | 1910 |
| Giovanni Soldini | 1999 |
| Sue Anderson Sommer-Kresse (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2015 |
| George G. Spaulding (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2009 |
| Sam Stafford III | 2017 |
| David Stahl (Doctor of Music) | 1992 |
| The Honorable Leon Stavrinakis (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2023 |
| Nathaniel Wright Stephenson, LL.D. | 1927 |
| Theodore Sanders Stern | 1982 |
| Gordan B. Stine | 1999 |
| Samuel Gaillard Stoney, Litt.D. | 1968 |
| Thaddeus Street, LL.D. | 1970 |
| Charles P. Summerall | 1935 |
| R. Keith Summey (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2024 |
| Thomas M. Sutherland (Doctor of Letters) | 1992 |
| Emily Molony Swanson '89 (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2015 |
| Steven Dean Swanson '89 (Doctor of Humane Letters | 2015 |
| Robert J. Sywolski (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2005 |
| | | |
| T | Edward L. Thomas Jr. | 2017 |
| Mary Thornley (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2013 |
| Strom Thurmond | 1985 |
| Jean Hoefer Toal (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1990 |
| Chloe Knight Tonney (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2013 |
| Paul Trapier, D.D. | 1867 |
| Ronald A. Tschetter (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2008 |
| Frederick Tupper, Litt.D. | 1940 |
| | | |
U-V
| Charles S. Vedder, D.D. | 1877 and 1895 |
| Michael Veeck (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1998 |
| | Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Litt.D. | 1969 |
| | Edward Villella (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2002 |
| | | |
| W | Richard L. Walker | 1985 |
| Raymond Walters | 1935 |
| Joseph Ioor Waring, Litt.D. | 1968 |
| Julius Waties Waring, LL.D | 1945 |
| The Hon. Perry Keith Waring (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2018 |
| Thomas R. Waring, LL.D. | 1927 |
| Elizabeth Watson | 1992 |
| Charles Seignious Way, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2001 |
| Mary Ellen Long Way (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2007 |
| John Carl West (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 1995 |
| Lucille Simmons Whipper (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2008 |
| William May Wightman, LL.D. | 1859 |
| Richard N. Wilkerson (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2012 |
| Robert Wilson, LL.D. | 1922 |
| John Winthrop (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2022 |
| | | |
| X-Y | Henry Yaschik (Doctor of Letters) | 1992 |
| The Honorable Annette D. Young (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2006 |
| | | |
| Z | John A. Zeigler, Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2011 |
| | Anita Zucker (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2010 |
| Jerry Zucker (Doctor of Humane Letters) | 2007 |