| Recipient | Date | Doctorate Type | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christiansen, Paul J., class of 1934 | May 31st, 1970 | Music | Director of Concordia Choir, Moorhead, MN. |
| Nason, John William | May 31, 1970 | Humane Letters | President, Carleton College |
| Juva, Mikko | May 3, 1971 | Laws | President, Lutheran World Federation |
| Knutson, Kent S. | 1971 | Divinity | President, American Lutheran Church |
| Stendahl, Krister | May 30, 1971 | Divinity | Dean of Divinity School, Harvard University |
| Pelikan, Jaroslav Jan | January 7, 1972 | Theology | Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University |
| Ronning, Chester A. | May 26, 1972 | Humane Letters | Retired Canadian diplomat, missionary |
| Running, Cyrus, M., class of 1934 | May 26, 1972 | Fine Arts | Artist; Chairman, Art Department, Concordia College |
| Anderson, Vernon E., class of 1942 | May 27, 1973 | Divinity | President-elect, Northern Wisconsin District, American Lutheran Church |
| Parks, Gordon | May 27, 1973 | Humane Letters | Photographer, motion picture director, composer, writer |
| Quie, Albert H., class of 1950 | May 27, 1973 | Laws | United States Congressman, first district, Minnesota |
| Barry, Father Colman | April 26, 1974 | Theology | Dean, School of Religious Studies, Catholic University of America; Former President of St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN |
| Ishida, Yoshiro | July 24, 1974 | Theology | Director and professor of Missiology and Homiletics, Japan Lutheran Theological Seminary; Member, LWF Executive Committee |
| Marshall, Robert J. | May 26, 1974 | Theology | President, Lutheran Church in America |
| Nababan, Soritua A. E. | July 24, 1974 | Laws | General Secretary, Council of Churches, Indonesia; First Vice president, LWF |
| Preus, David W. | November 6, 1974 | Divinity | President, American Lutheran Church |
| Semmingsen, Ingrid | June 7, 1974 | Letters | Professor, University of Oslo |
| Sinsheimer, Robert L. | September 18, 1974 | Science | Chairman, Biology, California Institute of Technology |
| Thompson, Kenneth | November 6, 1974 | Laws | Director, International Council for Educational Development, New York City |
| Frederick, Pauline | May 25, 1975 | Letters | Radio and TV news correspondent |
| Grimsby, Hoover | May 25, 1975 | Divinity | Senior Pastor, Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis |
| Schuessler, Roy A. | May 25, 1975 | Music | Professor and Chairman, Department of Music, University of Minnesota |
| Caradon, Lord Hugh | March 1, 1976 | Laws | British Diplomat; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and United Kingdom representative at the United Nations with the rank of ambassador |
| Cousins, Norman | May 23, 1976 | Humane Letters | Editor, Saturday Review |
| Flygare, Willis H. | May 23, 1976 | Science | Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois |
| Willebrands, John Cardinal | July 19, 1976 | Letters | |
| Hong, Edna Hatlestad, class of 1938 | May 29, 1977 | Humane Letters | Book author, editor, translator |
| Penderecki, Krzysztof | March 18, 1977 | Music | Composer and conductor |
| Langham, Michael | 1977 | Fine Arts (voted but not conferred) | Theater Director |
| Hu, Paul Lein-Huei | May 28, 1978 | Divinity | President, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hong Kong |
| Kibira, Josiah | October 16, 1978 | Divinity | President, Lutheran World Federation |
| Marty, Martin E. | May 28, 1978 | Humane Letters | Professor, University of Chicago; Associate Editor, the Christian Century |
| Crown Princess Sonja of Norway | November 6, 1978 | Humane Letters | Crown Princess of Norway |
| Wilcox, Alice Erlander, class of 1947 | May 28, 1978 | Letters | Minitex Director, University of Minnesota |
| Sykes, Donald | May 27, 1979 | Divinity | Principal, Mansfield College, Oxford, England |
| Wee, Morris, class of 1928 | May 27, 1979 | Divinity | Lutheran Clergyman |