Date |
Speaker |
1892 |
Central Michigan University founded |
June 21, 1893 |
Hon. Henry R. Pattengill, Superintendent of Public Instruction |
1894 |
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1895 |
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July 2, 1896 |
Dr. Richard G. Boone |
1897 |
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June 16, 1898 |
Prof. Martin D'Ooge of Ann Arbor |
June 12, 1899 |
Rev. Jean Frederick Lora, D. D. |
June 8, 1900 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
June 11, 1901 |
Albert Leonard, PH. D., President Michigan System of Normal Schools |
June 18, 1902 |
Hon. L. D. Harvey, Supt. Public Instruction, Wisconsin |
June 25, 1903 |
Dr. A. E. Winship, Litt. D. Boston, Mass. |
1904 |
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1905 |
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1906 |
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December 20, 1907 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
June 24, 1908 |
Hon. F. G. Blair, State Superintendent of Public instruction, Springfield, Illinois |
1909 |
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1910 |
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June 11, 1911 |
Hon. L. L. Wright, State Superintendent of Public Instruction |
August 4, 1911 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
August 2, 1912 |
President W. N. Ferris |
1913 |
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1914 |
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1915 |
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1916 |
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June 20, 1917 |
Dr. Livingstone C. Lord, President Eastern Illinois State Normal School |
August 3, 1917 |
Professor J. G. Carter Troop, New York City |
March 22, 1918 |
President Charles T. Grawn
Remarks: Honorable Fred L. Keller, Superintendent of Public Instruction |
June 19, 1918 |
R. Perry Shorts, Central Michigan Normal, 1900 |
June 25, 1919 |
Rev. G. G. Atkins, First Congregational Church, Detroit |
March 26, 1920 |
Prof. Roy W. Hamilton, Alma College |
June 23, 1920 |
James Schermerhorn, Detroit |
August 6, 1920 |
Rev. Lloyd C. Douglas, First Congregational Church, Ann Arbor |
March 24, 1921 |
Paul L. Voelker, Pres. Of Olivet College |
December 15, 1921 |
Prof. John L. Brumm, University of Michigan |
March 23, 1922 |
President J. W. Laird, Albion College |
June 20, 1922 |
Charles T. Grawn, President Central Normal 1900-1918 |
December 14, 1922 |
Rev. Frederick Spence, Jackson |
1923 |
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March 27, 1924 |
Rev. J. H. Green, Ionia |
June 24, 1924 |
President E. B. Bryan, Ohio University |
August 8, 1924 |
President Allan Hoben, Kalamazoo College |
June 23, 1925 |
William McAndrew, Superintendent of Schools, Chicago |
December 15, 1925 |
President H. M. Crooks, Alma College |
March 25, 1926 |
Professor A. Eustace Haydon, University of Chicago |
June 22, 1926 |
Rt. Rev. John N. McCormick, D.D., Bishop of Western Michigan |
August 6, 1926 |
James Schermerhorn, Detroit |
March 24, 1927 |
Prof. C. O. Davis, University of Michigan |
June 20, 1927 |
Dr. Edward A. Steiner, Grinnell College |
August 5, 1927 |
Dean H. C. Minnich, Miami University |
December 13, 1927 |
Dr. Theodore G. Soares, University of Chicago |
March 22, 1928 |
Dr. Herbert L. Willett, University of Chicago |
June 18, 1928 |
William McAndrew |
August 2, 1928 |
Prof. T. E. Rankin, University of Michigan |
June 17, 1929 |
Dr. Thomas H. Reed, University of Michigan |
August 1, 1929 |
Superintendent E. C. Hartwell, Buffalo, New York |
March 27, 1930 |
Hon. Frank Cody, Superintendent of Schools, Detroit- Member of the State Board of Education |
June 23, 1930 |
Dr. Ambrose L. Suhrie, Professor of Teachers College and Normal School Education,
New York University |
August 7, 1930 |
President Walter P. Morgan, Western Illinois State Teachers College |
December 16, 1930 |
Dr. E. A. Winship, Journal of Education, Boston |
March 26, 1931 |
Mr. James Schermerhorn, Detroit |
June 22, 1931 |
Dean Charles W. Gilkey, University of Chicago |
August 6, 1931 |
President W. G. Spencer, Hillsdale College |
December 15, 1931 |
Dr. Earl Barnes |
March 24, 1932 |
President E. C. Warriner |
June 20, 1932 |
Dr. Charles C. Morrison, Editor, Christian Century |
August 4, 1932 |
Dr. C. O. Davis, School of Education, University of Michigan |
December 20, 1932 |
President E. C. Warriner |
March 23, 1933 |
Rabbi Philip F. Waterman, Grand Rapids |
June 19, 1933 |
Rollo Walter Brown, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
August 2, 1933 |
Dr. Paul F. Voelker, State Superintendent of Public Instruction |
December 15, 1933 |
President E. C. Warriner |
March 22, 1934 |
Dr. Raleigh Schorling, School of Education, University of Michigan |
June 19, 1934 |
Dr. Franklyn Snyder, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois |
August 2, 1934 |
Professor Floyd E. Armstrong, Life 1912 Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
December 14, 1934 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
June 24, 1935 |
Honorable Royal S. Copeland, United States Senator from New York |
August 8, 1935 |
Professor Calvin O. Davis, University of Michigan |
December 13, 1935 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
March 27, 1936 |
Reverend Dr. Frederick B. Fisher, Detroit |
June 22, 1936 |
Dr. George E. Vincent, Educator, Author and First President of the Rockefeller Foundation |
August 6, 1936 |
Dean J. B. Edmonson, School of Education, University of Michigan |
December 11, 1936 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
June 21, 1937 |
Dr. T. V. Smith, Professor of Philosophy at University of Chicago and a member of the
Illinois State Legislature |
August 5, 1937 |
Honorable Wynand Wichers, President of Hope College and Member of the
State Board of Education |
December 10, 1937 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
March 24, 1938 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
June 20, 1938 |
Honorable Francis L. Bailey, Commissioner of Education for the State of Vermont
(Central- Life, 1915) |
August 4, 1938 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
December 14, 1938 |
(No speaker listed on program) |
June 1939 |
Dr. E. C. Lindeman, New York School of Social Work |
June 1940 |
Dr. H. M. Gage, President, Coe College |
June 1941 |
A. J. Brumbaugh, Dean, University of Chicago |
June 1942 |
Grove Patterson, President and Editor, The Toledo Blade |
June 1943 |
Frank Cody, President Emeritus, Wayne University |
June 1944 |
Louis K. Anspacher, Dramatist, Poet, Lecturer, New York |
June 1945 |
Grant H. Brown, Lieutenant, USNR, Asst. Dir. of Training, 9th Naval District |
June 1946 |
Harry F. Kelly, Governor of Michigan |
June 1947 |
Dr. Kenneth Brown, President, Denison University |
June 1948 |
Mr. John Tebbel |
June 1949 |
Dean L. D. Haskew, University of Texas |
June 1950 |
Dr. Arthur Rice, Editor, The Nation's Schools, Chicago |
June 1951 |
Glenn O. Blough |
June 1952 |
President Leslie Holmes, Northern Illinois State Teachers College, DeKalb |
June 1953 |
Dr. James D. MacConnell, School of Education, Stanford Univ. |
June 1954 |
Dr. Herold C. Hunt, Grad. School, Harvard Univ. |
June 1955 |
Dr. John A. Hannah, President, Michigan State, East Lansing |
June 1956 |
Leland I. Doan, President, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland |
January 1957 |
President Robert D. Swanson, Alma College |
June 1957 |
Delyte W. Morris, President, Southern Illinois University |
January 1958 |
Victor F. Spathelf, President, Ferris Institute |
June 1958 |
Samuel Miller Brownell, Supt. of Schools, Detroit |
January 1959 |
Benjamin C. Willis, Supt. of Schools, Chicago |
June 1959 |
Dr. Stephen Nisbet, Fremont, Michigan |
January 1960 |
William W. Whitehouse, President, Albion College |
June 1960 |
Robert P. Briggs, Ex-Vice Pres., Consumers Power, Jackson |
January 1961 |
Dr. Edgar L. Harden, President, No. Michigan, Marquette |
June 1961 |
Arthur S. Flemming, Pres. Elect. Univ. of Oregon, Eugene |
January 1962 |
President Arthur L. Knoblauch, Western Illinois, Macomb |
June 1962 |
Dr. Susan B. Riley, Dept. of Eng., George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, TN |
January 1963 |
Carl A. Gerstacker, Dow Chemical Company, Midland |
June 1963 |
Ramon Scruggs, AT&T, New York, NY |
January 1964 |
John S. Diekhoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
June 1964 |
Anne Gary Pannell, Pres. Sweet Briar College |
January 1965 |
Dana Rose, VP Bell Telephone Co. Detroit |
June 1965 |
Noah Langdale, Pres., Georgia State College, Atlanta |
January 1966 |
Rev. Reford Carr, Horshorn, Australia |
June 1966 |
John Ciardi, Poetry Editor, "Saturday Review" |
January 1967 |
Senator Robert P. Griffin, U. S. Senator
CEREMONY CANCELLED DUE TO SNOWSTORM |
June 1967 |
Senator Robert P. Griffin, U. S. Senator |
January 1968 |
John D. Millett, Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents |
June 1968 |
Mr. William G. Milliken, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan |
January 1969 |
Stanley J. Idzerda, President, College of Saint Benedict |
June 1969 |
James L. Farmer, Asst. Sec. for Admin., U.S. Dept. of HEW |
January 1970 |
Jacqueline Granna Wexler, President, Hunter College |
June 1970 |
N. Scott Momaday, Author, Professor, Univ. of California |
December 1970 |
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., President of Michigan State Univ. |
May 1971 |
Robert L. Ewigleben, President, Ferris State College |
December 1971 |
Roger W. Heyns, President-Elect, American Council on Education |
May 1972 |
Herbert H. Dow, President, Herbert H. and Grace A. Foundation |
December 1972 |
Barbara W. Newell, Pres/Wellesley College |
May 1973 |
Barbara W. Newell, President, Wellesley College |
December 1973 |
Walter Adams, Professor of Economics at MSU, Pres/AAUniv. Prof. |
May 1974 |
Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations |
December 1974 |
Roger Wilkins |
May 1975 |
Rafer Johnson |
December 1975 |
Allan Ostar, Executive Director, AASCU |
May 1976 |
William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of Transportation |
December 1976 |
Glenn A. Olds, President, Kent State University |
May 1977 |
Hollis Moore, President, Bowling Green University |
December 1977 |
Marjorie Bell Chambers, President, Colorado Women's College |
May 1978 |
John T. Bernhard, President, Western Michigan University |
December 1978 |
Alejandro Orfila, Sec. General/Organ, of American States |
May 1979 |
Robert Swanson, President, Alma College |
December 1979 |
Johnathon Kozol, Harvard Graduate |
May 1980 |
Richard Enberg, NBC Sportscaster |
December 1980 |
Harold T. Shapiro, President, Univ. of Michigan |
May 1981 |
William D. Ford, U. S. House of Representatives |
December 1981 |
Lemuel Tucker, CBS News Correspondent |
May 1982 |
Senator Carl Levin, U. S. Senator |
December 1982 |
J. P. McCarthy, Announcer for WJR Radio in Detroit |
May 1983 |
Chief Justice Norman Krivosha, Nebraska Supreme Ct. |
December 1983 |
William B. Boyd, Pres., The Johnson Found., Racine, WI |
May 1984 |
Dale F. Stein, Pres., Michigan Technological Univ. |
December 1984 |
Robert Keeshan (Capt. Kangaroo) noted supporter for High. Ed. |
May 1985 |
Harold Abel, President, Central Michigan University |
December 1985 |
NO SPEAKER |
May 1986 |
Diether H. Haenicke, Pres., Western Michigan University |
December 1986 |
Joe H. Stroud, Editor, DETROIT FREE PRESS |
May 1987 |
Neil S. Bucklew, Pres., West Virginia University |
December 1987 |
Margaret Heckler, U. S. Ambassador to Ireland |
May 1988 |
Arthur E. Ellis, Pres., Central Michigan University |
December 1988 |
Edward B. Jakubauskas, President, Central Michigan Univ. |
May 1989 |
Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps |
December 1989 |
Roger L. Kesseler, VP & Controller, Dow Chemical Co. |
May 1990 |
Terence C. Moore, Pres., Mid-Mich. Reg. Health Care Sys. |
December 1990 |
B. Thomas Willison, Chairman of Dakin and Willison |
May 1991 |
Joseph E. Antonini, Chairman, K-mart Corporation |
December 1991 |
Larraine Matusak, W. K. Kellogg Foundation |
May 1992 |
The Honorable John M. Engler, Governor, State of Michigan |
December 1992 |
Paul C. Chaffee, Saginaw News, (10:00 a.m.) |
December 1992 |
Dr. Bobby William Austin, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, (3 p.m.) |
May 1993 |
Dr. Edward M. Elmendorf, VP for Gov. Rel., AASCU (9:30 a.m.) |
May 1993 |
Dr. Emeral A. Crosby, Detroit Northern/Pershing High School Principal (1:30 p.m.) |
May 1993 |
Mr. Richard A. Hazelton, President, Dow Corning Corp. (5:30 p.m.) |
December 1993 |
Ms. Helen Murray Free, President, Miles Laboratories (10:00 a.m.) |
December 1993 |
Dr. Timothy G. Quinn, President, Northwestern Michigan College (2:00 p.m.) |
May 1994 |
Dr. Francis J. Molson, Chair, CMU English Department (9:30 a.m.) |
May 1994 |
Mr. Lawrence W. Reed, President, The Mackinac Center for Public Policy (1:30 p.m.) |
May 1994 |
Mr. Dennis Toffolo, President, Hudson's Department Store (5:30 p.m.) |
December 1994 |
Dr. Charles Ping, President Emeritus, Ohio University (10:00 a.m.) |
December 1994 |
Dr. Valerie Becker, National Education Program Administrator, Chrysler Corporation (2:00 p.m.) |
May 1995 |
Mr. Henry Baskin, P.C., Baskin and Feldstein (9:30 a.m.) |
May 1995 |
Mr. Gail L. Warden, President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health System (1:30 p.m.) |
May 1995 |
Mr. Barton W. LaBelle, President, Real Estate Division, LaBelle Management, Inc. (4:30 p.m.) |
December 1995 |
The Honorable Fred Mester, Circuit Judge, Oakland County Circuit Court (10:00 a.m.) |
December 1995 |
Mr. Elmer C. Jackson III, General Director of Employee Relations, General Motors Corp. (2:00 p.m.) |
May 1996 |
Mr. Neil Shine, retired Editor and Publisher, Detroit Free Press (9:30 a.m.) |
May 1996 |
Mrs. Margaret Ann Riecker, CMU Trustee Emeritus (1:30 p.m.) |
May 1996 |
Dr. Martha R. Seger, Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (4:30 p.m.) |
August 1996 |
Dr. Douglas B. Roberts, State Treasurer (10:00 a.m.) |
December 1996 |
Mr. George Weeks, DETROIT NEWS Political Columnist (10:00 a.m.) |
December 1996 |
Mr. Patrick Quinn, CEO, Spartan Stores, Inc. (2:00 p.m.) |
May 1997 |
Dr. Barbara Dixon, Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (10:00 a.m.) |
May 1997 |
Dr. Wells Cook, retiring Professor, Business Information Systems (1:30 p.m.) |
August 1997 |
Dr. Gordon Guyer, retired Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture (10:30 a.m.) |
December 1997 |
Mr. F. Lee Bailey, Attorney (9:30 a.m.) |
December 1997 |
Dr. Alan F. Quick, retiring Professor, TEPD (1:30 p.m.) |
December 1997 |
Ms. Allison “Sunny” Roller, University of Michigan post-polio research (4:30 p.m.) |
May 1998 |
Mr. Chuck Forbes, community developer and Detroit preservationist (9:30 a.m.) |
May 1998 |
Dr. L. Kimberly Peoples, Director, GoLightly Career and Technical Center (1:30 and 4:30 p.m.) |
August 1998 |
James F. Young, Assistant to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EDS (10:30 a.m.) |
December 1998 |
Clark Searle, Executive Vice President, CME Corporation (9:30 a.m.) |
December 1998 |
Lloyd Reuss, former President of General Motors; Focus: HOPE (1:30 p.m.) |
December 1998 |
Dr. Gary Schnell, Director of the Oklahoma Biological Survey (4:30 p.m.) |
May 1999 |
Robert P. Young, Jr., Michigan Supreme Court Justice (9:30 a.m.) |
May 1999 |
Ms. Kathryn L. Reichmann, CMU College of Extended graduate/management information systems manager for Southeastern Michigan Health Association in Detroit (1:30 p.m.) |
May 1999 |
Dr. Alexa Canady, Chief of Neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit (4:30 p.m.) |
August 1999 |
Major General Emilio Díaz-Colón , Puerto Rico Army National Guard (10:30 a.m.) |
December 1999 |
Dr. Clara Lee Moodie, Professor Emerita, CMU Department of English (9:30 a.m.) |
December 1999 |
Mrs. Eleanor Josaitis, Executive Director, Focus: HOPE in Detroit (1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.) |
May 2000 |
Mr. Lynn E. Turner, Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2000 |
Dr. Donald Bertsch, Director, CMU Counseling Center (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2000 |
Mr. Art Van Elslander, Founder and Owner of Art Van Furniture Company (4:30 p.m.) |
May 2000 |
Dr. Ronald Graham, Jacobs Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of California, San Diego (2:00 p.m.) |
August 2000 |
Mr. Larry Johns, Chairman, Isabella Bank and Trust Bancorp, Incorporated, Mt. Pleasant (10:00 a.m.) |
August 2000 |
Mr. Raymond Vecci, Executive Vice President, Customer Service and President, Michigan Operations, Northwest Airlines Michigan Regional Headquarters, Detroit, Michigan (2:00 p.m.) |
December 2000 |
Mr. Ricardo Solomon, Chairman, Wayne County Commission (9:30 a.m.) |
December 2000 |
Mr. Jeff Daniels, actor, director and writer (1:30 p.m.) |
December 2000 |
Dr. John J. H. Schwarz, Michigan State Senator (4:30 p.m.) |
May 2001 |
Dave Camp, United States Congressman (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2001 |
Debbie Stabenow, United States Senator (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2001 |
Samuel Logan, Jr., Publisher, MICHIGAN FRONTPAGE |
May 2001 |
Dr. Donald J. Breckon, President, Park University, Missouri |
August 2001 |
William L.Johnson, Chairman and CEO, SEMCO ENERGY, Inc. (10:00 a.m.) |
August 2001 |
Joseph K. Knollenberg, United States Representative (2:00 p.m.) |
December 2001 |
Renée Hampton, Publisher, Saginaw News (10:00 a.m.) |
December 2001 |
Paul Hillegonds, President, Detroit Renaissance (2:00 p.m.) |
May 2002 |
Mr. W. Frank Fountain, Senior Vice President, Governmental Relations, Daimler Chrysler Corporation (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2002 |
Mr. Paul W. Smith, WJR-AM 760 Radio Personality (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2002 |
Dr. Timothy R. B. Johnson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medical Center (4:30 p.m.) |
August 2002 |
Dr. George F. Vande Woude, Director, Van Andel Research Institute (9:30 a.m.) |
August 2002 |
Mr. Michael D. Parker, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Dow Chemical Company (1:00 p.m.) |
December 2002 |
Dr. Donald A. Tomalia, President and Chief Technical Officer, Dendritic Nanotechnologies Limited (10:00 a.m.) |
December 2002 |
Ms. Denise Ilitch, President, Ilitch Holdings, Inc. (2:00 p.m.) |
May 2003 |
The Honorable John D. Cherry, Jr., Lieutenant Governor, State of Michigan (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2003 |
Mrs. Judith Ann Rapanos, Chairperson, National Museum Services Board (1:00 p.m.) |
May 2003 |
Dr. P. Dee Boersma, Professor, Department of Zoology, Adjunct Professor, Women Studies, Department of Zoology, University of Washington (5:00 p.m.) |
August 2003 |
Mr. David Broder, Political Correspondent, The Washington Post (10:00 a.m.) |
December 2003 |
Mr. Heath J. Meriwether, Publisher, Detroit Free Press (10:00 a.m.) |
December 2003 |
Mr. Dick DeVos, The Windquest Group (2:00 p.m.) |
May 2004 |
Dr. Marilyn French Hubbard, Vice President, Community Partnerships, Henry Ford Health System (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2004 |
Chief Ella Bully-Cummings, Detroit Police Department (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2004 |
Mr. Thomas Celani, President, Luna Entertainment (4:30 p.m.) |
August 2004 |
Dr. Stephanie A. Burns, President and Chief Executive Officer, Down Corning Corporation (10:00 a.m.) |
December 2004 |
Ms. Rebecca A. Humphries, Director, Department of Natural Resources (10:00 a.m.) |
December 2004 |
Mr. Michael O’Donnell, Founder and Managing Director, Protiviti (2:00 p.m.) |
May 2005 |
Dr. Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director, National Science Foundation (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2005 |
Mrs. Debbie Dingell, Vice Chair, GM Foundation and Executive Director, Government and Community Affairs (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2005 |
Mr. David A. Brandon, Chairman and CEO, Domino’s Pizza, Inc. |
December 2005 |
The Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge, Columbia, S.C. (9:30 a.m.) |
December 2005 |
Sue Schrier Bancroft, professional bassoonist and educator, Argyle, Texas (1:30 p.m.) |
December 2005 |
David B. Keilitz, Executive Director, American Baseball Coaches Association (4:30 p.m.) |
May 2006 |
Ms. Cynthia J. Pasky, President and CEO, Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2006 |
Mrs. Anne Stevens, Executive Vice President, Ford Motor Company (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2006 |
Mr. Andrew Liveris, President and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company (4:30 p.m.) |
December 2006 |
Mr. Keith Goodwin, Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems (9:30 a.m.) |
December 2006 |
Mr. Michael Fezzey, President and General Manager, WJR Radio and Radio Disney (1:30 p.m.) |
December 2006 |
Mr. Richard Dauch, Chair and CEO, American Axle and Manufacturing (5:00 p.m.) |
December 2006 |
Mr. Kenneth Rogers, Executive Director, Automation Alley (5:00 p.m.) |
May 2007 |
Mr. Jack Krasula, President, Trustinus, LLC (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2007 |
Mr. John Grogan, Autho, (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2007 |
Ms. Florine Mark, President, The WW Group, Inc. (5:00 p.m.) |
December 2007 |
Mr. Jerry D. Campbell, Chairman of the Board, Republic Bancorp, Inc. (9:30 a.m.) |
December 2007 |
The Honorable Terri Lynn Land, Secretary of State (1:30 p.m.) |
December 2007 |
Mr. Joe Dumars III, The Joren Group and Detroit Pistons (5:00 p.m.) |
May 2008 |
Dr. Robert J. Froehlich, Vice Chairman, DWS Scudder (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2008 |
Mr. Chuck Leavell, author, speaker, Rolling Stones musician (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2008 |
Mr. David Baker Lewis, Attorney at Law, Lewis and Munday (5:00 p.m.) |
December 2008 |
Ms. Kathleen Ligocki, CEO, GS Motors (9:30 a.m.) |
December 2008 |
Dr. Albert Scaglione, CEO, Park West Gallery (1:30 p.m.) |
December 2008 |
Ms. Meena Mutyala, Vice President/Business Leader for India Strategy, Westinghouse Electric Company (5:00 p.m.) |
May 2009 |
Mr. David Brown, Education Specialist, California Deaf-Blind Services (9:30 a.m.) |
May 2009 |
Mr. John Bonamego, Special Teams Coordinator, Miami Dolphins (1:30 p.m.) |
May 2009 |
Mr. Warren Miller, Chairman, Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad (5:00 p.m.) |
December 2009 |
Mr. Daniel J. Loepp, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (9:30 a.m.) |
December 2009 |
Ms. Mary Kramer, Vice President/Publisher, Crain’s Detroit Business (1:30 p.m.) |
| December 2009 | L. Brooks Patterson, J.D., Oakland County Executive (5:00 p.m.) |
| May 2010 | Dr. Peter J. Engardio, M.A., Founder, Writer and Editor of Engardio Media (2 p.m.) |
| May 2011 | Dr. Nancy M. Schlichting, M.B.A., President and CEO of Henry Forth Health System (9:30 a.m.) |
| May 2011 | Dr. Brett A. Hley, Director and Senior Broadcast Producer of "NBC Nightly News" (1:30 p.m.) |
| May 2011 | Dr. Andrew G. Arena, J.D., Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Division (5:00 p.m.) |
| December 2011 | Dr. William F. Pickard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Automotive Alliance LLC (9:30 a.m.) |
| December 2011 | Dr. Lizabeth Ardisana, Owner and Chief Executive Officer of ASG Renaissance (1:30 p.m.) |
| December 2011 | Dr. Michael J. Farrell, MacDonald Women's Hospital and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital (5 p.m.) |
| May 2012 | Dr. Mark A. Murray, President of Meijer, Inc. (9 a.m.) |
| May 2012 | Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin, Poet (1 p.m.)
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| May 2012 | Dr. Mark Francek, Professor of Geography at CMU (5 p.m.) |
| December 2012 | Dr. John G. Kulhavi, Wealth Management Advisor (9 a.m.) |
| December 2012 | Dr. Brian Calley, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Michigan (1 p.m.) |
| December 2012 | Dr. Joseph Wang, Professor of Nanoengineering at the University of California San Diego (5 p.m.) |
| May 2013 | Dr. D. James Baker, Director of Global Carbon Measurement Program (4 p.m.) |
| May 2013 | Mr. J. Patrick Doyle, President and CEO of Domino's Pizza, Inc. (9 a.m.) |
| May 2013 | Dr. E. Malcolm Field, Medical Director at Field Neurosciences Institute (1 p.m.) |
| May 2013 | Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Distinguished University Professor (5 p.m.) |
| December 14, 2013 | Joseph B. Anderson Jr., chairman and CEO, TAG Holdings (9 a.m.) |
| December 14, 2013 | Edward K. Christian, chairman, president, CEO and founder, Saga Communications Inc. (1 p.m.) |
| December 14, 2013 | Dr. Jan H. Pol, veterinarian and star of National Geographic Wild’s “The Incredible Dr. Pol” (5 p.m.) |
| May 9, 2014 | Robert E Kohrman, CMU emeritus professor and dean of the College of Science and Technology (4 p.m.) |
| May 10, 2014 | John Fikany, vice president of Microsoft Corp.’s U.S. Enterprise and Partner Group for the Central Region (9 a.m.) |
| May 10, 2014 | Teri Dale, American opera singer and actress (1 p.m.) |
| May 10, 2014 | W. Curtis White, chief technology consultant and president of White IEQ Consulting (5:30 p.m.) |
| December 13, 2014 | Roy S. Roberts, longtime U.S. automobile industry executive, General Motors Corp. (9 a.m.) |
| December 13, 2014 | Sandra D. Petykiewicz, former editor and publisher of the Jackson Citizen Patriot (1 p.m.) |
December 13, 2014
| Nancy C. Tuchman, founding director, Institute of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago (5:30 p.m.) |
May 8, 2015
| Joseph S. Francisco, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Elmer H. and Ruby M. Cordes Chair in Chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (4 p.m.) |
May 8, 2015
| Melanie Bergeron, Chair of "Two Men and a Truck" (9 a.m.) |
May 8, 2015
| Thomas Morgan, Documentary Filmmaker (1 p.m.) |
December 19, 2015
| Enrico Digirolamo, Chief Financial Officer of Covisint Corp. (9 a.m.) |
December 19, 2015
| Shirley Brauker, owner of Moon Bear Pottery and Indian Arts (1:30 p.m.) |
December 19, 2015
| Dan Kildee, District 5 congressman (6 p.m.) |
May 6, 2016
| David J. Matty, Dean of College of Science at Weber State University (4 p.m) |
May 6, 2016
| Belle S. Wheelan, President of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (9 a.m.) |
May 6, 2016
| Eduardo B. Fernandez, Vice President and Divisional General Manager, E.W. Scripps (1:30 p.m.) |
May 7, 2016
| Gary L. Dunbar, Professor, Department of Psychology (6 p.m.) |
December 17, 2016
| Nick Krzyzaniak, General Manager for Danone North America (9 a.m.)
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December 17, 2016
| Christine Holton Cashen Certified Speaking Professional and member of the National Speakers Association (1:30 p.m.) |
December 17, 2016
| Tonya Matthews, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Michigan Science Center (6 p.m.)
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May 6, 2017
| Muriel A. Howard, President of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (Doctoral) |
May 6, 2017
| Gail Torreano, Retired Senior Vice President of AT&T Employee Communication and Corporate Sponsorships (9 a.m.) |
May 6, 2017
| Carter Oosterhouse, Television Personality, Lifestyle Expert, Business Owner and Philanthropist (1:30 p.m.) |
May 6, 2017
| Pamela J. Spencer, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Product Stewardship, ANGUS Chemical Co. (6 p.m.) |
May 6, 2017
| R. A. Lorris Betz, Senior Vice President Emeritus of Health Sciences, University of Utah (College of Medicine) |
December 16, 2017
| Gay L. Ebers-Franckowiak, Retired Managing Director of Morgan Stanley (9 a.m.) |
December 16, 2017
| Frank J. Cloutier, Former Chief of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (1:30 p.m.) |
December 16, 2017
| James O. Sawyer IV, President of Macomb Community College (6 p.m.) |
May 5, 2018
| Eleanor Baum, Retired Dean of Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Doctoral) |
May 5, 2018
| James K. Kamsickas, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Dana Inc. (9 a.m.) |
May 5, 2018
| Jocelyn Hagerman, Founder and Co-Owner of Skypoint Ventures and Chief Executive Officer of the Hagerman Foundation (1:30 p.m.) |
May 5, 2018
| Terrance J. Coughlin, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Endo International Pharmaceutical Company (6 p.m.) |
May 5, 2018
| Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisom, Senior Vice President of Community Health and Equity and the Chief Wellness and Diversity Officer at Henry Ford Health System (College of Medicine) |
December 15, 2018
| Deirdre Drake, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, U.S. Cellular Corporation (9 a.m.) |
December 15, 2018
| Janice Fialka, nationally recognized lecturer, author, social worker and award-winning advocate (1:30 p.m.) |
December 15, 2018
| Daniel C. Edson, President and Co-Founder of the American Proficiency Institute (5:30 p.m.) |
May 4, 2019
| Raymond W. Cross, President of the University of Wisconsin System (Doctoral) Subir Chowdhury, Chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group LLC (9 a.m.) |
May 4, 2019
| Sarah Rowley Opperman, Retired Vice President of Global Government Affairs and Public Policy at The Dow Chemical Company (1:30 p.m.) |
May 4, 2019
| Joseph Mancewicz, Senior Software Engineer in NVIDIA’s Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Group (6 p.m.) |
May 4, 2019
| Dr. Darrell G. Kirch, President and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (College of Medicine) |
November 21, 2020
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No speaker at virtual ceremony due to COVID-19
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May 2021
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(No speaker listed on program)
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