List of Kettering University people
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This is a list of notable people associated with Kettering University.
Alumni
| Name | Graduation year | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Barra | 1985 | CEO and chairman, General Motors Corporation |
| Larry Burns[1] | 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; former chairman, Checker Motors Corporation |
| Ivan Deveson[2] | 1959 | Retired lord mayor of Melbourne, Australia |
| Elliott M. (Pete) Estes | 1938 | President, General Motors |
| Pam Fletcher[3] | 1989 | CEO, Sion Power |
| David Hermance | 1970 | Executive engineer, Advanced Technology Vehicles, Toyota |
| Henry Juszkiewicz | 1974 | CEO, Gibson Guitar Corporation |
| Bob Kagle[4] | 1978 | General partner, Benchmark Capital |
| David Kenny[5] | 1984 | Managing partner, VivaKi, Publicis Groupe |
| Aaron Kyle[6] | 2002 | Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University |
| Ryan Mathews | 2001 | NASCAR driver |
| F. James McDonald[7] | 1944 | Former president, General Motors Corporation |
| John Thomas Mentzer | Chancellor's Professor and Vivienne R. Bruce Chair of Excellence in Business, University of Tennessee | |
| Dane Miller[8] | 1969 | Chairman, president, and CEO, Biomet |
| Raj Nair[9] | 1987 | CEO, singer |
| Rodney O'Neal[10] | 1976 | Former president and CEO, Delphi Automotive |
| Stan O'Neal | 1974 | Former CEO, Merrill Lynch |
| William H. Osborne | 1983 | President and CEO, Federal Signal Corporation |
| Jeffrey Owens | 1978 | Former chief technology officer, Delphi Automotive |
| Thomas Snyder[11] | 1967 | President, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana |
| Sonia Syngal[12] | 1993 | Former CEO, The Gap |
| Tim Willis | 1988 | VP of Business Operations, NVIDIA |
| Qasar Younis[13] | 2004 | Co-founder of Applied Intuition |
Honorary degree recipients
| Name | Degree | Awarded | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Bartz | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 1997 | Chairman, president, CEO, AutoDesk |
| Dave Bing | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 2000 | NBA player |
| Curtis Carlson | Honorary Doctor of Science | June 2008 | President, CEO, SRI International |
| Ben Carson | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | June 1997 | Neurosurgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Jaime Escalante | Honorary Doctor of Humanities | June 1989 | Mathematics teacher, Garfield High School (Los Angeles County, California) |
| David Hermance '70 | Honorary Doctor of Engineering (posthumous) | June 2008 | Executive engineer, Advanced Technology Vehicles, Toyota |
| Dean Kamen | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | December 2001 | President, DEKA Research and Development; founder, FIRST; inventor of Segway[14] |
| David A. Kenny | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 2014 | CEO and chairman, The Weather Channel |
| Dale E. Kildee | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | December 2007 | Member, United States House of Representatives |
| Carl Levin | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | June 2011 | United States senator |
| Robert Lutz | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 2003 | Chairman, General Motors North America |
| John H. McConnell | Honorary Doctor of Management | December 1998 | Founder, Worthington Industries |
| Scott McNealy | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 1994 | President, chairman, CEO, Sun Microsystems |
| Rodney O'Neal | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 2015 | Retired CEO, Delphi Automotive |
| Stan O'Neal '74 | Honorary Doctor of Management | December 2002 | CEO, Merrill Lynch |
| Paul F. Oreffice | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 1987 | Chairman, president, CEO, Dow Chemical Company |
| Stanford R. Ovshinsky | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | December 2010 | Inventor |
| L. Brooks Patterson | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | December 2006 | County executive, Oakland County, Michigan |
| John F. Smith, Jr. | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 1998 | President, CEO, chairman, General Motors |
| Roger Bonham Smith | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 1986 | Chairman, General Motors |
| Frank Stronach | Honorary Doctor of Management | December 1997 | Chairman, Magna International |
| Arthur L. Tuuri | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | December 1994 | Pediatrician, Mott Children's Health Center, Flint, Michigan |
| MaliVai Washington | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | June 2002 | Professional tennis player |
| Michael M. Wood | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | June 2009 | Former United States ambassador to Sweden; Chairman, Redwood Investments LLC |
| Steve Wozniak | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | December 2005 | Co-founder of Apple Computer[15] |
| Chester A. Huber '77 | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 2006 | Former President and CEO, General Motors OnStar |
| L. Brooks Patterson | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | December 2006 | Oakland County Executive |
| Joseph B. Anderson | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 2007 | Chairman and CEO of Tag Holding Companies in Troy, MI |
| Congressman, Dale E. Kildee | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | December 2007 | Congressman (D), representing 5th District in the State of Michigan |
| Gary L. Cowger '70 | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | December 2007 | Chairman and CEO, GLC Ventures and Former Global Group Vice President, General Motors |
| Curtis R. Carlson | Honorary Doctor of Science | June 2008 | Former President and CEO, SRI International |
| David W. Hermance '70 | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 2008 | Executive Engineer for Advanced Technology Vehicles, Toyota Technical Center, USA |
| Dr. Russell J. Ebeid '62 | Honorary Doctor of Management | July 2008 | Former Chairman and President, Guardian Glass Group, Guardian Industries |
| Michael M. Wood | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | June 2009 | Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden and Chair, Redwood Investments, LLC |
| Marissa T. Peterson '83 | Honorary Doctor of Management | July 2009 | President and CEO, Mission Peak Executive Consulting |
| Henry Juszkiewicz '76 | Honorary Doctor of Management | December 2009 | Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar |
| Stanford R. Ovshinsky | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | December 2010 | Deceased, Noted Inventor, scientist, and entrepreneur |
| Senator Carl Levin | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | June 2011 | Former United States Senator |
| Robert C. Kagle '78 | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 2013 | General Partner and Co-Founder Benchmark Capital |
| David Kenny '84 | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 2014 | The Weather Company |
| Rodney O'Neal '76 | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 2015 | Retired CEO, Delphi |
| Sonia Syngal '93 | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 2017 | Global President and CEO for Old Navy |
| Latondra Newton ’91 | Honorary Doctor of Management | June 2018 | Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of The Walt Disney Company |
| Brady Ericson ’94 | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 2022 | Vice President of BorgWarner Inc. and President and General Manager of Fuel Systems and Aftermarket |
| Paul Bascobert '87 | Honorary Doctor of Business Administration | June 2023 | President of Reuters |
| Sean McBurney '03 | Honorary Doctor of Business Administration | June 2024 | Regional President at Caesars Entertainment, Inc. |
| Frank Perna, Jr. ‘61 | Honorary Doctor of Engineering | June 2025 | Retired CEO, MSC Software |
| Sherry Ann House ‘94 | Honorary Doctor of Business Administration | June 2025 | CFO Ford Motor Company |
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 | |
| Jane E. Boon '90 | |
| 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, 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
The following persons have served as president of Kettering University or its predecessors:[16]
| No. | President | Term start | Term end | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert J. Sobey | 1919 | 1950 | [17] |
| 2 | Guy R. Cowing | 1950 | 1960 | [18] |
| 3 | Harold P. Rodes | 1960 | 1976 | [19] |
| 4 | William B. Cottingham | 1976 | June 30, 1991 | [20] |
| 5 | James E.A. John | July 1, 1991 | June 30, 2005 | [21][22][23] |
| 6 | Stanley R. Liberty | July 1, 2005 | July 31, 2011 | [24][25] |
| 7 | Robert K. McMahan | August 1, 2011 | present | [26][27] |