Honorary Doctorates
2016
Kristi S. Anseth (BSChE), Distinguished Professor, Tisone Professor, Associate Professor of Surgery, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
2010
Deborah Grubbe (BSChE '77), Owner, Operations & Safety Solutions, LLC, Chadds Ford, PA
Timothy McGinley (BSChE '63), Founder, House Investments and House Investments Securities, Inc., Indianapolis, IN; former member (1989-2009) and chair (1993-2009) of the Purdue Board of Trustees
2007
Vern W. Weekman, Jr. (BSChE '53), Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2006
Don Orr (BSChE '61), retired as Senior Corporate Vice President, Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Allentown, PA
2001
Robert E. Gadomski (BSChE '69, MSIA '70), Executive Vice President, Gases and Equipment Group, Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Allentown, PA
2000
William Douglas Young (BSChE '66), COO, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, CA
1999
William P. Madar Jr. (BSChE '62)
1998
Richard A. Hazleton (BSChE '64, MSChE '66), Chairman and CEO, Dow Corning
1996
Michael Ramage (BSChE '66, MSChE '69, PhD '71), Executive Vice President, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
1994
Joe J. Stewart (BSChE '59), President & COO, The Babcock & Wilcox Company
1993
Thomas R. Hodgson (BSChE '63), President & CEO and Board of Directors, Abbott Labs
1992
Robert B. Covalt (BSChE '53), Executive Vice President, Morton International, Inc., now currently, President, Specialty Chemicals, Morton Chemical.
1991
William G. Bares (BSChE '63), President and Chief Operating Officer, The Lubrizol Corp.
1990
Ashley Willard Lutz (BSChE '55), President, Industrial Chemicals Division, Union Carbide Corp., Danbury, CT
1989
John H. Lux (BSChE '39, PhD '42), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ametek, Inc., New York, NY
1988
Joseph G. Temple, Jr. (BSChE '51), Executive Vice President, Dow Chemical Co., currently retired as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals.
1987
James F. Schorr (BSChE '54), Nor Chem, Inc., now currently Vice Chairman, Osterman & Company, Inc., Barrington, IL
1983
James B. Henderson (BSChE '46, PhD '49), retired Executive Vice President, Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX
1981
Robert C. Forney (BSChE '47, MSChE '48, PhD '50), retired Executive Vice President, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE
1978
William J. Harris, Jr. (BSChE '40, MSChE '40), Snead/ Prof. of Transportation Engineering, Engineering Dept. of CE, Texas A & M University
1976
Paul F. Oreffice (BSChE '49) Chairman, Dow Chemical Co.
1968
John M. Ciborski (BSChE '39, BS Met.E. '39) (retired President from Titanium Metals Corp.)
1967
Bruce W. Gonser (BSChE '23), retired Technical Director, Battelle Memorial Institute
1964
Robert C. Wheeler (BSChE '37), retired President, International Minerals & Chem. Corp.
1963
Donald H. Tilson (BSChE '20) (deceased 4/20/79)
1961
Arthur Kelly (BS '24) (deceased 2/27/90)
R. Norris Shreve (deceased 2/17/75)
1960
Harold W. Ritchey (BSChE '34), retired Chairman of the Board, and CEO from Thiokol Corp.
1959
John C. Siegesmund (BSChE '19), retired Vice President of Engineering Eli Lilly & Co. (deceased 12/93)
1955
Robert C. Becherer (BSChE '23), retired Chairman of the Board of Link Belt Company (now FMC Co.
1951
Maynard C. Wheeler (BSChE '25) (deceased 12/26/79)
Gerald L. Reasor (BS '20) (deceased 10/24/69)
1949
R. Games Slayter (BSChE '21) (deceased 10/15/64)
1945
Clifford C. Furnas (BSChE '22) (deceased 4/27/69)