Semester/Quarter |
Ceremony Date |
Keynote Speaker |
Title |
Fall 2019 |
December 13, 2019 |
Wade Kapszukiewicz |
Mayor of Toledo |
Spring 2019 |
May 10, 2019 |
Rodney Rogers |
President, Bowling Green State University |
Fall 2018 |
December 14, 2018 |
Brian Kennedy |
President, Director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art |
Fall 2017 |
December 8, 2017 |
Jack Hershey |
President and CEO of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) |
Spring 2017 |
May 5, 2017 |
Dan Rogers |
President and CEO, Cherry Street Mission Ministries |
Fall 2016 |
December 9, 2016 |
Sharon L. Gaber, Ph.D. |
President, University of Toledo |
Spring 2016 |
May 6, 2016 |
Randy Oostra |
President and Chief Executive Officer, ProMedica Health System |
Fall 2015 |
December 18, 2015 |
David J. Livingston, Ph.D. |
President, Lourdes University |
Spring 2015 |
May 8, 2015 |
Randy Gardner |
State Senator |
Fall 2014 |
December 12, 2014 |
Chrys Peterson |
Retired TV Broadcaster |
Spring 2014 |
May 9, 2014 |
Justice Judith L. French |
Supreme Court of Ohio |
Fall 2013 |
December 13, 2013 |
Joseph D. Napoli |
President and General Manager, Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club/Toledo Walleye Hockey Club |
Spring 2013 |
May 3, 2013 |
Robert W. LaClair |
President/CEO, Fifth Third Bank (Northwestern Ohio) |
Fall 2012 |
December 14, 2012 |
Katherine Fell, Ph.D. |
President, University of Findlay |
Spring 2012 |
May 4, 2012 |
Andrea R. Price, FACHE |
President/CEO, Mercy |
Fall 2011 |
December 9, 2011 |
Larry G. McDougle, Ph.D. |
Retired President, Owens Community College |
Spring 2011 |
May 6, 2011 |
Sherrod Brown |
U.S. Senator |
Spring 2010 |
May 7, 2010 |
Andrea M. Gurcsik |
Human Resources Manager, First Solar; Owens Class of 1999 |
Spring 2009 |
May 7, 2009 |
Matthew A. Szollosi |
Ohio State Representative |
Fall 2008 |
December 12, 2008 |
Barbara S. Steele |
Regional President, ProMedica Health System |
Spring 2008 |
May 9, 2008 |
Marcy Kaptur |
U.S. House of Representatives |
Fall 2007 |
December 14, 2007 |
Jim Hartung |
President and CEO, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority |
Spring 2007 |
May 11, 2007 |
Michael P. Bell |
State Fire Marshal |
Fall 2006 |
December 14, 2006 |
Robert C. Helmer, Ph.D., J.D. |
President, Lourdes College |
Spring 2006 |
May 11, 2006 |
James M. Murray |
President, Ohio Operations, FirstEnergy Corporation |
Fall 2005 |
December 15, 2005 |
Lloyd A. Jacobs, Ph.D. |
President, University of Toledo |
Spring 2005 |
May 12, 2005 |
Judge Judith Ann Lanzinger |
Ohio Supreme Court |
Fall 2004 |
December 16, 2004 |
Michael J. Anderson |
President/CEO, The Andersons, Inc. |
Spring 2004 |
May 13, 2004 |
Gary R. Heminger |
President, Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC |
Fall 2003 |
December 18, 2003 |
Steven L. Mickus |
President/CEO, Mercy Health Partners |
Spring 2003 |
May 15, 2003 |
James A. Hoffman |
President, KeyBank of Northwest Ohio |
Fall 2002 |
December 19, 2002 |
David T. Brown |
President/CEO, Owens Corning |
Spring 2002 |
May 16, 2002 |
Thomas A. Dattilo |
Chairman/President/CEO, Cooper Tire and Rubber Co |
Fall 1994-Fall 2001 |
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No Keynote Speaker |
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Spring 1994 |
May 17, 1994 |
Roger Radeloff, P.E. |
President, Interconnect Technical Services, Inc.; Owens Class of 1967 |
Spring 1985-Fall 1993 |
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No Keynote Speaker |
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Fall 1984 |
January 22, 1985 |
Edward J. Reiter |
President, Mid-American Bank & Trust |
Fall 1983-Spring 1984 |
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No Keynote Speaker |
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Spring 1983 |
June 9, 1983 |
Edward Q. Moulton, Ph.D. |
Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents |
Fall 1982 |
January 25, 1983 |
Glen R. Rasmussen, Ph.D. |
President, Findlay College |
Spring 1982 |
June 10, 1982 |
The Honorable Paul. E. Gillmor |
President of the Ohio Senate |
Fall 1981 |
January 26, 1982 |
Armin Hunger |
Vice President and CEO, Hunger United States Special Hydraulic Cylinders Corp., Rossford |
Spring 1981 |
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No Keynote Speaker |
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Fall 1980 |
January 20, 1981 |
The Rev. Felix Obayan |
Episcopal Church of Nigeria; Past Permanent Secretary of Education at Nigeria-Kwara State University Parish, Ohio University |
Spring 1980 |
May 30, 1980 |
The Honorable Douglas DeGood |
Mayor of the City of Toledo |
Fall 1979 |
January 22, 1980 |
Edward J. Reiter |
President, Mid-American National Bank & Trust |
Spring 1979 |
June 2, 1979 |
The Honorable Frederick H. Deering |
Ohio House of Representatives, District 84 |
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The Honorable Marigene Valiquette |
Ohio Senate, District 11 |
Spring 1978 |
June 15, 1978 |
The Honorable Casey J. Jones |
Ohio House of Representatives, District 45 |
Spring 1977 |
June 16, 1977 |
William L. Ramsey, Ph.D. |
District Director of Milwaukee Technical Institute, Milwaukee, Wisc.; former Owens Technical College President |
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Maurice D. Grant |
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.; Owens Class of 1974 |
Spring 1976 |
June 18, 1976 |
The Honorable Delbert L. Latta |
U.S. House of Representatives, Fifth Ohio Congressional District |
Spring 1975 |
June 12, 1975 |
Robert G. Wingerter |
President, Libbey-Owens-Ford Company |
Spring 1974 |
June 7, 1974 |
Marion C. Anderson, M.D. |
President, Medical College of Ohio of Toledo |
Spring 1973 |
June 10, 1973 |
Charles Pappas, Ph.D. |
President, Genesee Community College, Flint, Mich. |
Spring 1972 |
June 11, 1972 |
Dr. Joyce Brothers |
Psychologist and Newspaper Advice Columnist |
Spring 1971 |
June 13, 1971 |
Edward C. Thoma, Ph.D. |
Corporate Manager of College Relations, The Magnavox Co., Fort Wayne |
Spring 1970 |
June 14, 1970 |
Albert Ogunsola |
Director-designate, Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria |
Spring 1969 |
June 15, 1969 |
The Honorable Charles F. Kurfess |
Speaker of the House of Representatives, 4th District |
Spring 1968 |
June 9, 1968 |
John Marshall Briley |
Chairman, Ohio Board of Regents |
Spring 1967 |
June 11, 1967 |
Richard S. Cole |
President, Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce |