List of Kettering University people

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Notable alumni

Name	Graduation Year	Occupation
Mary Barra	1985	CEO and Chairman, General Motors Corporation
Larry Burns	1975	Vice President, General Motors Corporation
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
Ivan Deveson	1959	Retired Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia
Elliott M. (Pete) Estes	1938	President, General Motors
Jason Forcier	1995	Vice President and General Manager, Global Electronics, Lear Corporation
David Hermance	1970	Executive Engineer, Advanced Technology Vehicles, Toyota
Major Horton	1984	Senior Vice President and CFO, Nirvanix
Chet Huber	1977	Founding President, OnStar (retired)
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
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
John Thomas Mentzer		Chancellor's Professor and Vivienne R. Bruce Chair of Excellence in Business, University of Tennessee
Dane Miller	1969	Chairman, President, and CEO, Biomet
Raj Nair	1987	Group Vice President and Head of Product Development, Ford Motor Company
Stan O'Neal	1974	Former CEO, Merrill Lynch
William H. Osborne		President and CEO, Federal Signal Corporation
Marissa Peterson	1983	Executive Vice President, Sun Microsystems
Dr. Robert Reiss	1960	America's first biomedical engineer
Derica Rice	1988	Executive Vice President, Global Services, CFO, Eli Lilly and Company
Dennis R. Schraeder	1976	Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Thomas Snyder	1967	President, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
William S Somers	1979	COO/CFO, PRTM Management Consultants
Diana Tremblay	1982	Vice President, Labor Relations, General Motors Corporation
Greg Tyus	1984	Executive Director of Engineering, GM Holden Limited
Qasar Younis		Co-Founder of Applied Intuition

Honorary degree recipients

Name	Degree	Awarded	Occupation
Latondra Newton '91	Honorary Doctor of Management	June 2018	Chief Diversity Officer, The Walt Disney Company
Rodney O'Neal	Honorary Doctor of Engineering	June 2015	Retired CEO, Delphi Automotive
David A. Kenny	Honorary Doctor of Management	June 2014	CEO and Chairman, The Weather Channel
Bob Kagle	Honorary Doctor of Engineering	June 2013	General Partner, Benchmark Capital
Carl Levin	Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters	June 2011	United States Senator
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
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 and 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 and Development; founder, FIRST; inventor of Segway
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

Board of Trustees

Name	Occupation
Henio Arcangeli '86	President, Motorsports Group Company, Yamaha Motor Corporation USA
Lizabeth A. Ardisana	CEO, ASG Renaissance
Carla J. Bailo '83	South Lyon, MI
Jane E. Boon '90	New York, NY
Walter G. Borst '85	President and CEO, GM Asset Management
Don Chaffin '61	R.G. Snyder Distinguished University Professor (Emeritus) Industrial & Operations Engineering and Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan
Bruce D. Coventry '75	Vice President, Operations, Electrovaya
Gary L. Cowger '70 (former Chair)	Retired Group Vice President, Global Manufacturing and Labor, General Motors
Jacqueline A. Dedo '84 (Secretary)	President, The Piston Group
Neil De Koker '67	President & CEO, Original Equipment Suppliers Association
Phillip Dutcher '74	COO, Downtown Naples Campus, NCH Healthcare System
David S. Hoyte '71	President, Transformation Management LLC
Charles F. Kettering III	President, Ridgeleigh Management Company
Jesse Lopez	CEO, BAE Industries Inc.
Robert K. McMahan	President, Kettering University
Michael Mansuetti	President, Robert Bosch LLC, Farmington Hills MI
John Moyer	President, Asahi Kasei Plastics
Cindy Niekamp	Senior Vice President, Automotive Coatings, PPG Industries
Chris Nielsen '87	President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Jeffrey Owens '78	President, Electronics & Safety, Delphi Corporation
Paul S. Peabody	CIO, Palomar Pomerado Health
Raymond Scott	Senior Vice President and 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
Diana Tremblay '82	Vice President, Manufacturing & Labor Relations, General Motors

Presidents

Name	Years
Albert J. Sobey	1919–1950
Guy R. Cowing	1950–1960
Harold P. Rodes	1960–1976
William B. Cottingham	1976–1991
James E.A. John	1991–2005
Stanley R. Liberty	2005–2011
Robert K. McMahan	2011-present