| PhD Year | Name | Adviser |
| 1940 | Edith Ruth Schneckenburger (1908–1990) | William L. Ayres |
| 1943 | Angeline Jane Brandt (1906–1968) | Robert M. Thrall |
| 1944 | Ida Roettinger (Heidi) Kaplan (1913–2005) | George Y. Rainich |
| 1944 | Sister Mary Claudia Zeller OSF (1910–1991) | Louis Karpinski |
| 1945 | Frances Louise Campbell (Hinds) Amemiya (1913–1999) | Paul Dwyer |
| 1946 | Sister Mary Celine Fasenmyer RSM (1906–1996) | Earl Rainville |
| 1946 | Kathleen E. Butcher (Kay) Whitehead (1920–2009) | Raymond L. Wilder |
| 1949 | Jane Smiley Cronin Scanlon (1922–2018) | Erich H. Rothe |