May 6, 2000 - (Commencement)

David A. Hamburg
President Emeritus of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
DOCTOR OF LAWS

Ira T. Neal
Public Service to African American community locally and in the Midwest
DOCTOR OF LAWS

Betty F. Rice
USI's Founding First Lady
DOCTOR OF LAWS

September, 2000 - (President's Associates Dinner)

Donald R. Hazeltine
Retired Business Leader
Benefactor
DOCTOR OF LAWS

Allene Hazeltine
Benefactress
DOCTOR OF LAWS

May 6, 2001 - (Commencement)

Helen Thomas (speaker)
Author and Hearst Newspaper Columnist
DOCTOR OF LETTERS

James S. Vinson
President and Professor of Physics at the University of Evansville
DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

James A. Sanders
Philanthropist
DOCTOR OF LAWS

May 5, 2002 - (Commencement)

Edward G. Boehne (speaker)
Retired President and CEO Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

Rosemarie T. Albers
Philanthropist
DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

Stephen Pace
Artist
DOCTOR OF ARTS

Z. Olen Pumphrey
Retired veterinarian and benefactor
DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

Inez G. Pumphrey
Retired teacher and benefactress
DOCTOR OF LAWS

May 11, 2003 - (Commencement)

Joseph E. Kernan (speaker)
Lt. Governon
State of Indiana
DOCTOR OF LAWS

Robert E. Griffin
Business Leader
Escalade, Inc., Chairman
DOCTOR OF LAWS

Olive Carruthers Clifft **
Retired Teacher and Benefactress
DOCTOR OF LAWS

May 9, 2004 - (Commencement)

Melissa S. May (speaker)
Attorney and Judge
Indiana Court of Appeals
DOCTOR OF CIVIL LAW

John M. Dunn
Business and Civic Leader
Dunn Hospitality Group
DOCTOR OF LAWS

Ruth Gray Yates **
Retired Teacher and Benefactress
DOCTOR OF LAWS