Honorary Members are elected by the Senate for life or for such period as the Senate may in any case  consider appropriate.

• the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew (in 1990)
• the late Dr Wee Chong Jin (in 1992)
• the late Dr David Marshall (in 1992)
• the late Mr Yong Pung How (in 2007)
• the former Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Professor S Jayakumar (in 2008)
• the former Chief Justice Mr Chan Sek Keong (in 2013)
• the former appellate Supreme Court Judge and Attorney-General of Singapore Justice Chao Hick Tin (in 2018)