| Name |
Graduation Year |
Occupation |
| Donald J. Almquist |
1955 |
Chairman, President, CEO, Delco Electronics |
| Mary Barra |
1985 |
Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering, General Motors Corporation |
| Paul Bascobert |
1987 |
Chief Marketing Officer, Consumer Media Group, Dow Jones & Company |
| Ted Boerger |
1975 |
CEO, West Coast Castings, Bradenton, FL |
| Matt Borland |
1993 |
NASCAR Nextel Cup Crew Chief |
| Joseph Spielman |
|
former VP of North American Operations, General Motors Corporation |
| Walter G. Borst |
1985 |
Treasurer, General Motors Corporation |
| Ernie Brooks |
1966 |
Founder, Brooks Kushman P.C.; Intellectual property lawyer |
| Larry Burns |
1975 |
Vice President, General Motors Corporation |
| Michael Burns |
1975 |
CEO, Dana Corporation |
| Gary Cowger |
1970 |
Global Group Vice President, General Motors Corporation |
| Ivan Deveson |
1959 |
Retired Lord Mayor of Melbourne Australia |
| Scott Dorn |
1991 |
General Manager, Market Development, U.S. Steel |
| Russell J. Ebeid |
1962 |
President, Guardian Glass Group, Guardian Industries |
| Allen Green |
1971 |
Vice President and Director of Personnel (retired), General Motors Canada |
| Chet Huber |
1977 |
President, OnStar Corp |
| Henry Juszkiewicz |
1974 |
CEO, Gibson Guitar Corporation |
| Bob Kagle |
1978 |
General Partner, Benchmark Capital |
| David Kenny |
1984 |
CEO, Digitas |
| Harry Lange |
1975 |
Vice President, Fidelity Investments; Portfolio Manager, Magellan Fund |
| Rex Luzader |
1971 |
Vice President of Government Relations, Millennium Cell |
| Ryan Mathews |
2001 |
NASCAR Driver |
| James McCaslin |
1974 |
COO, Harley-Davidson Motor Co. |
| F. James McDonald |
1944 |
Former President, General Motors Corporation |
| John Middlebrook |
1964 |
Vice President, Global Sales, Service, and Marketing Operations, General Motors Corporation |
| Dane Miller |
1969 |
Chairman, President, & CEO, Biomet |
| Raj Nair |
1987 |
Executive Director, Commodity Business Planning, Ford Motor Company |
| Stan O'Neal |
1974 |
Former CEO, Merrill Lynch |
| Marissa Peterson |
1983 |
Executive Vice President, Sun Microsystems |
| Dr. Robert Reiss |
1960 |
America's first biomedical engineer |
| Derica Rice |
1988 |
Senior Vice President, CFO, Eli Lilly and Company |
| Walter M. Rosebrough Jr. |
|
CEO, STERIS Corporation |
| Dave Schlotterbeck |
1970 |
CEO, Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Division, Cardinal Health |
| Dennis R. Schraeder |
1976 |
Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Thomas Snyder |
1967 |
President, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana |
| Diana Tremblay |
1982 |
Vice President, Labor Relations, General Motors Corporation |
| Greg Tyus |
1984 |
Executive Director of Engineering, GM Holden Limited |
| Joseph M. Zachman |
1993 |
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Wabash National |
| Name |
Degree |
Awarded |
Occupation |
| Dale E. Kildee |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 2007 |
Member, United States House of Representatives |
| Gary Cowger '70 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 2007 |
Global Group Vice President, General Motors Corporation |
| Joseph B. Anderson Jr. |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 2007 |
CEO, TAG Holding Companies, Troy, Michigan |
| L. Brooks Patterson |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 2006 |
County Executive, Oakland County, Michigan |
| Chet Huber '77 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 2006 |
President, OnStar |
| Steve Wozniak |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 2005 |
Co-founder of Apple Computer (external link & photos) |
| Paul J. Chiapparone |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 2005 |
Vice-Chairman (retired), Electronic Data Systems |
| Karl-Heinz Kammerlohr |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 2005 |
Director General of International Affairs, Baden-Württemberg, Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts, Stuttgart, Germany |
| E. Michael Mutchler '57 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 2004 |
Vice-President (Retired), General Motors Corporation |
| Charles L. Sargent '59 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 2004 |
President, Quality Boat Lifts. (Co-founder and Former CEO, Thetford Corporation) |
| John M. Samuels '66 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 2004 |
Senior Vice President, Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| Don Chaffin '62 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 2003 |
Professor of Industrial & Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan |
| Robert Lutz |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 2003 |
Chairman, General Motors North America |
| Stan O'Neal '74 |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
December 2002 |
Former CEO, Merrill Lynch |
| Ivan A. Deveson '59 |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 2002 |
Former Lord Mayor, Melbourne, Australia |
| Omer E. Miller '39 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 2002 |
Retired Owner and President, Porta-Soft |
| MaliVai Washington |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 2002 |
Former professional tennis player |
| Dean Kamen |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 2001 |
President, DEKA Research & Development; Founder, FIRST; Inventor of Segway (external link & photos) |
| Charles L. Schaffer |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 2001 |
Retired COO, United Parcel Service |
| Avery Aldridge |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 2000 |
Pastor and Founder, Foss Avenue Baptist Church, Flint, Michigan |
| Albert J. Koegel |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
December 2000 |
CEO, Koegel Meat Company |
| Dave Bing |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 2000 |
Former NBA player |
| Stephen N. McEwen '54 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 2000 |
President and CEO, Henry Filters |
| Donald J. Almquist '55 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 1999 |
Retired Chairman, President, and CEO, Delco Electronics |
| JoAnne Shaw |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
December 1999 |
President, Coffee Beanery |
| Alexander C. Mair '43 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1999 |
Retired Vice President, General Motors |
| Charles C. Weeks |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1999 |
Retired Chairman and CEO, Citizens Republic Bancorp |
| F. James McDonald '44 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 1998 |
Former President, General Motors |
| John F. Smith, Jr. |
|
June 1998 |
Former President, CEO, Chairman, General Motors |
| Name |
Occupation |
| Lizabeth A. Ardisana |
CEO, ASG Renaissance |
| Michael J. Burns '75 |
CEO and President, Dana Corporation |
| Bruce D. Coventry '75 (Chair) |
President, Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance LLC, Chrysler |
| Gary L. Cowger '70 (Vice-Chair) |
Group Vice President, Global Manufacturing & Labor, General Motors |
| Dennis Cuneo |
Counsel, Arent Fox PLLC |
| Jacqueline A. Dedo '84 (Secretary) |
President, The Timken Company |
| Neil De Koker '67 |
President & CEO, Original Equipment Suppliers Association |
| Larry A. Denton |
President & CEO, Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. |
| Phillip Dutcher '74 |
COO, Downtown Naples Campus, NCH Healthcare System |
| William R. Hartman |
Chairman, President, CEO, Citizens Banking Corporation |
| Major Horton '84 |
Senior Vice President & CFO, Nirvanix |
| David S. Hoyte '71 |
Executive Vice Presdident, Castle Harlan Partners |
| Kurt H. Joerger '86 |
CEO, Newton Tool & Mfg. Co. Inc. |
| Larry R. Johnson |
Director, Transportation Technology R&D Center, Argonne National Laboratory |
| Robert C. Kagle '78 |
General Partner, Benchmark Capital |
| Charles F. Kettering III |
President, The Kettering Family Foundation |
| Stanley R. Liberty |
President, Kettering University |
| Kathleen Ligocki |
West Bloomfield, MI |
| Harry Lomason II |
Orchard Lake, MI |
| Jesse Lopez |
CEO, BAE Industries Inc. |
| Sam M. Mancuso |
President & CEO, Mancuso Homes |
| Philip R. Martens |
President, Light Vehicle Systems, ArvinMeritor OE, LLC |
| James A. McCaslin '74 |
President & COO, Harley-Davidson Motor Company |
| Dane A. Miller '69 |
President & CEO, Biomet, Inc. |
| Debbie Nemesi |
Vice President, Industrial Sector, Central Region, IBM |
| Cindy Niekamp |
President and General Manager, BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems |
| Robert S. Oswald '64 |
Chairman, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC |
| Frank Perna Jr. '60 |
Chairman Emeritus, MSC Software |
| Steve Sanghi |
Chairman, President, CEO, Microchip Technology, Inc. |
| Heinz Schulte |
Retired, Robert Bosch Corporation |
| Marjorie Sorge |
Vice President, Corporate Communications, Metaldyne Corporation |
| Lyn St. James |
LSJ Foundation |
| Randy Stashick |
Vice President of Engineering, UPS |
| Robert E. Swaney Jr. |
Retired, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation |
| John Urquhart |
Chief Scientist, AARDEX Ltd. |
| Jane L. Warner |
Group President, ITW Worldwide Finishing Systems |
| Curtis S. Wozniak '78 |
CEO (Retired), Electroglas Inc. |
