| Name
|
Degree
|
Awarded
|
Occupation
|
| 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 (external link and 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 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 (external link and 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
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