| Name |
Graduation Year |
Occupation |
| David W. Allen |
1983 |
Executive Vice President of Operations, Del Monte Foods |
| Donald J. Almquist |
1955 |
Chairman, President, CEO, Delco Electronics |
| Henio Arcangeli |
1986 |
President, Motorsports Group Company, Yamaha Motor Corporation USA |
| Mary Barra |
1985 |
Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering, General Motors Corporation |
| Milford Barron |
1937 |
President, Precision Instruments, Grand Blanc, Michigan |
| Paul Bascobert |
1987 |
President, Bloomberg Businessweek |
| Ted Boerger |
1975 |
CEO, West Coast Castings, Bradenton, FL |
| Matt Borland |
1993 |
NASCAR Nextel Cup Crew Chief |
| 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 |
| Dwight Carlson |
1967 |
CEO, Coherix, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Don Chaffin |
1962 |
Professor of Industrial & Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan |
| Edward Nicholas Cole |
1933 |
Former President, General Motors Corporation, and Former Chairman, Checker Motors Corporation |
| Bruce D. Coventry |
1975 |
President, Dresser Waukesha |
| Gary Cowger |
1970 |
Global Group Vice President, General Motors Corporation |
| Jacqueline A. Dedo |
1984 |
Vice President of Strategy & Business Development, Dana Holding Corporation |
| Paul DeMand |
1988 |
Vice President, Kennametal |
| Neil De Koker |
1967 |
President & CEO, Original Equipment Suppliers Association |
| Greg Deveson |
1984 |
President-Americas, Magna Powertrain USA Incorporated |
| Ivan Deveson |
1959 |
Retired Lord Mayor of Melbourne Australia |
| Scott Dorn |
1991 |
General Manager, Market Development, U.S. Steel |
| Phillip Dutcher |
1974 |
COO, Downtown Naples Campus, NCH Healthcare System |
| Russell J. Ebeid |
1962 |
President, Guardian Glass Group, Guardian Industries |
| Elliott M. (Pete) Estes |
1938 |
President, General Motors |
| Robert Evangelista |
1989 |
President, The Business of Winning, LLC |
| Jason Forcier |
1995 |
Vice President and General Manager, Global Electronics, Lear Corporation |
| Allen Green |
1971 |
Vice President and Director of Personnel (retired), General Motors Canada |
| David Hermance |
1970 |
Executive Engineer, Advanced Technology Vehicles, Toyota |
| Sheri Hickok |
1999 |
Executive Technical Assistant to the Group Vice President, Global Engineering, General Motors |
| Major Horton |
1984 |
Senior Vice President & CFO, Nirvanix |
| David S. Hoyte |
1971 |
Executive Vice President, Castle Harlan Partners |
| Chet Huber |
1977 |
Founding President, OnStar (retired) |
| Kurt H. Joerger |
1986 |
CEO, Newton Tool & Mfg. Co. Inc. |
| Daniel R. Joseph |
1984 |
President and Owner, D.R. Joseph, Inc. |
| Henry Juszkiewicz |
1974 |
CEO, Gibson Guitar Corporation |
| Bob Kagle |
1978 |
General Partner, Benchmark Capital |
| David Kenny |
1984 |
Managing Partner, VivaKi, Publicis Groupe |
| Harry W. Lange |
1975 |
Vice President, Fidelity Investments; Portfolio Manager, Magellan Fund |
| Tim Lee |
|
President, General Motors International Operations |
| Grace Lieblein |
1983 |
President and Managing Director, GM de Mexico, General Motors |
| Rex Luzader |
1971 |
Vice President of Government Relations, Millennium Cell |
| Alexander C. Mair |
1943 |
Retired Vice President, General Motors |
| Ryan Mathews |
2001 |
NASCAR Driver |
| James McCaslin |
1974 |
COO, Harley-Davidson Motor Co. |
| F. James McDonald |
1944 |
Former President, General Motors Corporation |
| Warren J. McEleney |
1944 |
President, McEleney Motors |
| Stephen N. McEwen |
1954 |
President and CEO, Henry Filters |
| John Middlebrook |
1964 |
Vice President, Global Sales, Service, and Marketing Operations, General Motors Corporation |
| Maureen Midgley |
1995 |
Executive Director, Global Paint & Polymer Center, General Motors |
| Dane Miller |
1969 |
Chairman, President, & CEO, Biomet |
| Omer E. Miller |
1939 |
Retired Owner and President, Porta-Soft |
| Kristine Berry Morain |
1988 |
General Counsel, Boys & Girls Clubs of America |
| E. Michael Mutchler |
1957 |
Vice-President (Retired), General Motors Corporation |
| Raj Nair |
1987 |
Vice President of Operations, Asia Pacific and Africa, Ford Motor Company |
| Frank A. Natoli, Jr. |
|
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Diebold |
| Chris Nielsen |
1987 |
President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas |
| Stan O'Neal |
1974 |
Former CEO, Merrill Lynch |
| William H. Osborne |
|
President and CEO, Federal Signal Corporation |
| Robert S. Oswald |
1964 |
Chairman, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Knorr-Bremse |
| Gautam Pathak |
2000 |
Vice President, Product & Business Development, CORSA Performance Enthusiasts |
| Frank Perna Jr. |
1960 |
Chairman Emeritus, MSC Software |
| Marissa Peterson |
1983 |
Executive Vice President, Sun Microsystems |
| Aqua Y. Porter |
1984 |
Vice President, Xerox |
| Lori J. Queen |
1979 |
Vehicle Line Executive, Midsize Trucks, General Motors |
| Dr. Robert Reiss |
1960 |
America's first biomedical engineer |
| Derica Rice |
1988 |
Executive Vice President, Global Services, CFO, Eli Lilly and Company |
| J. Donald Rice Jr. |
1981 |
CEO, Rice Financial Products Company |
|
| Walter M. Rosebrough Jr. |
|
CEO, STERIS Corporation |
| John M. Samuels |
1966 |
Senior Vice President, Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| Charles L. Sargent |
1959 |
President, Quality Boat Lifts. (Co-founder and Former CEO, Thetford 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 |
| Kyle Schwulst |
2002 |
CEO and Founder, ElectroJet |
| Thomas Snyder |
1967 |
President, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana |
| Albert James Sobey |
1945 |
President, Albert Sobey and Associates |
| Joseph Spielman |
1968 |
VP of North American Operations (retired), General Motors Corporation |
| Norm Szydlowski |
|
President and CEO, SemGroup |
| Diana Tremblay |
1982 |
Vice President, Labor Relations, General Motors Corporation |
| Greg Tyus |
1984 |
Executive Director of Engineering, GM Holden Limited |
| Frederick G. Wacker |
1942 |
Chairman of the Board, Liquid Controls Corporation, Lake Bluff, Illinois |
| Martin D. Walker |
1954 |
Chairman and CEO, M. A. Hanna Company, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Carolyne Watts |
1986 |
President, CAMI Automotive |
| Gary J. Weil |
1973 |
Founder and CEO, EnTech Engineering |
| Joseph M. Zachman |
1993 |
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Wabash National |
| T.A. Njong |
1969 |
Philanthropist |
| Name |
Degree |
Awarded |
Occupation |
| Stanford R. Ovshinsky |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 2010 |
Noted inventor |
| Henry Juszkiewicz '76 |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
December 2009 |
Chairman and CEO, Gibson Guitar Corporation |
| Marissa T. Peterson '83 |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
July 2009 |
Executive Vice President, Sun Microsystems (Retired) |
| Michael M. Wood |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 2009 |
Former United States ambassador to Sweden; Chairman, Redwood Investments LLC |
| Russell J. Ebeid '62 |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
July 2008 |
President, Guardian Glass Group, Guardian Industries |
| Curtis Carlson |
Honorary Doctor of Science |
June 2008 |
President, CEO, SRI International |
| David Hermance '70 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering (posthumous) |
June 2008 |
Executive Engineer, Advanced Technology Vehicles, Toyota |
| 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, 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, General Motors Corporation |
| Charles L. Sargent '59 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 2004 |
President, Quality Boat Lifts. (Co-founder and 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 |
CEO, Merrill Lynch |
| Edward Neithercut |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 2002 |
Partner, Neithercut and Neithercut Law Firm |
| Ivan A. Deveson '59 |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 2002 |
Lord Mayor, Melbourne, Australia |
| Omer E. Miller '39 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 2002 |
Owner and President, Porta-Soft |
| MaliVai Washington |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 2002 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Vice President, General Motors |
| Charles C. Weeks |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1999 |
Chairman and CEO, Citizens Republic Bancorp |
| Curtis E. Moll |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
December 1998 |
Chairman and CEO, MTD Products |
| John H. McConnell |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
December 1998 |
Founder, Worthington Industries |
| John F. Smith, Jr. |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1998 |
President, CEO, Chairman, General Motors |
| Klaus von Trotha |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 1998 |
Minister of Science, Arts, and Research, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Albert James Sobey '45 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 1997 |
President, Albert Sobey and Associates |
| Frank Stronach |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
December 1997 |
Chairman, Magna International |
| Ben Carson |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 1997 |
Neurosurgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Carol Bartz |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1997 |
Chairman, President, CEO, AutoDesk |
| William S. White |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 1996 |
Chairman, President, CEO, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Michigan |
| Frederick G. Wacker '42 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1996 |
Chairman of the Board, Liquid Controls Corporation, Lake Bluff, Illinois |
| Martin D. Walker '54 |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1996 |
Chairman and CEO, M. A. Hanna Company, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Donald E. Johnson Jr. |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 1996 |
Chairman, Citizens Republic Bancorp |
| David C. Collier |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
December 1995 |
Vice President, General Motors |
| Warren J. McEleney '44 |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1995 |
President, McEleney Motors |
| Edward N. Harris |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 1995 |
President, Gulf+Western |
| Arthur L. Tuuri, M.D. |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 1994 |
Pediatrician, Mott Children's Health Center, Flint, Michigan |
| Mylon Eugene Merchant |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
December 1994 |
Research Scientist, Milacron, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Zelpha McKinnon |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
December 1994 |
Philanthropist, Flint, Michigan |
| Virginia W. Kettering |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
September 1994 |
Philanthropist, Dayton, Ohio |
| Robert E. Reiss '60 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1994 |
Chairman, CEO, InterVentional Technologies |
| Scott McNealy |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1994 |
President, Chairman, CEO, Sun Microsystems |
| Donald R. Beall |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1994 |
Chairman, CEO, Rockwell International |
| Kent Nelson |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1993 |
Chairman, CEO, United Parcel Service |
| E. Douglas Hougen |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1993 |
President, Hougen Manufacturing |
| Lester M. Alberthal, Jr. |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1993 |
Chairman, President, CEO, Electronic Data Systems |
| Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1992 |
Chairman, CEO, TIAA-CREF |
| Ruth Mott |
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
June 1992 |
Philanthropist, Flint, Michigan |
| Joseph T. Gorman |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1992 |
Chairman, CEO, TRW |
| Milford Barron '37 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1991 |
President, Precision Instruments, Grand Blanc, Michigan |
| Frances Hesselbein |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1990 |
President, CEO, Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management; CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA |
| Richard L. Terrell |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1989 |
Vice Chairman, General Motors |
| Jaime Escalante |
Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
June 1989 |
Mathematics Teacher, Garfield High School (Los Angeles County, California) |
| Elliott M. (Pete) Estes '38 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering (posthumous) |
June 1988 |
President, General Motors |
| Hermann Scholl |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1988 |
President, Robert Bosch GmbH |
| Martha R. Seger |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1988 |
Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System |
| Donald F. Ephlin |
Honorary Doctor of Humanities |
June 1988 |
International Vice President, United Auto Workers |
| F. James McDonald '44 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1988 |
President, General Motors |
| Paul F. Oreffice |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1987 |
Chairman, President, CEO, Dow Chemical Company |
| Hans A. Matthias |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering |
June 1987 |
Vice President, Ford Motor Company |
| Roger Bonham Smith |
Honorary Doctor of Management |
June 1986 |
Chairman, General Motors |
| Name |
Occupation |
| Henio Arcangeli '86 |
President, Motorsports Group Company, Yamaha Motor Corporation USA |
| Lizabeth A. Ardisana |
CEO, ASG Renaissance |
| Mary Barra '85 |
Vice President, Human Resources, General Motors |
| Bruce D. Coventry '75 |
Vice President, Operations, Electrovaya |
| Gary L. Cowger '70 (Chair) |
Retired Group Vice President, Global Manufacturing & Labor, General Motors |
| Jacqueline A. Dedo '84 (Secretary) |
Vice President of Strategy & Business Development, Dana Holding Corporation |
| Neil De Koker '67 |
President & CEO, Original Equipment Suppliers Association |
| Larry A. Denton |
President, Nobel Automotive Group |
| Greg Deveson '84 |
President-Americas, Magna Powertrain USA Incorporated |
| Vincent Dow |
Vice President, DTE Energy |
| Phillip Dutcher '74 |
COO, Downtown Naples Campus, NCH Healthcare System |
| William R. Hartman |
President, York County Community Foundation |
| David S. Hoyte '71 |
Executive Vice President, Castle Harlan Partners |
| Larry R. Johnson |
Director, Transportation Technology R&D Center, Argonne National Laboratory |
| Robert C. Kagle '78 |
General Partner, Benchmark Capital |
| Charles F. Kettering III (Vice-Chair) |
President, Ridgeleigh Management Company |
| Stanley R. Liberty |
President, Kettering University |
| Harry Lomason II |
Orchard Lake, MI |
| Jesse Lopez |
CEO, BAE Industries Inc. |
| Sam M. Mancuso |
President, AMI, Activity Management Inc. |
| Dane A. Miller '69 |
Winona Lake, IN |
| Cindy Niekamp |
Vice President, Automotive Coatings, PPG Industries |
| Chris Nielsen '87 |
President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. |
| Robert S. Oswald '64 |
Chairman, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC |
| Jeffrey Owens '78 |
President, Electronics & Safety, Delphi Corporation |
| Paul S. Peabody |
Vice President, Health Care Business Development, Oracle |
| Frank Perna Jr. '60 |
Chairman Emeritus, MSC Software |
| J. Donald Rice Jr. '81 |
CEO, Rice Financial Products Company |
| Steve Sanghi |
Chairman, President, CEO, Microchip Technology |
| Heinz Schulte |
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, P3 Engineering North America, Inc. |
| Raymond Scott |
Senior Vice President & President, Global Electrical Power Systems, Lear Corporation |
| Marjorie Sorge |
Executive Director, Detroit Regional News Hub |
| Lyn St. James |
Lyn St. James Racing LLC, Lyn St. James Foundation |
| Randy Stashick |
Vice President of Engineering, United Parcel Service |
| Robert E. Swaney Jr. |
Retired, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation |
| Diana Tremblay '82 |
Vice President, Manufacturing & Labor Relations, General Motors |
| Edward Walker |
CEO, W Industries |