Chairman, CEO, CFO, COO of Fortune 500 company or recognizable brand-name company

• Edwin L. Kennedy, AB ’26 and HON ’65, retired senior partner, Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.


• Dean W. Jeffers, COED ’36 and HON ’78, CEO, Nationwide Insurance (1972–81)


• Eugene Rinta, BSC ’38 and HON ’78, retired president, U.S. Chamber of Commerce


• Roger Dean, BSC ’40, onetime world’s largest auto dealer with annual sales of more than $275 million


• Stephen H. Fuller, AB ’41 and HON ’77, retired chairman, World Book Inc., publisher of world’s top-selling print encyclopedia


• James D. Reigle, BSCOM ’49, chairman, Regal Ware Inc.


• Robert H. Dougherty, BSME ’52, retired CEO, Unicom


• Alan E. Riedel, AB ’52 and HON ’94, retired vice chairman, Cooper Industries


• Howard E. Nolan, BSAE ’57, co-founder, Moody/Nolan Ltd. Architects and Engineers, one of the largest African-American-owned architectural firms in the U.S.


• William C. Byham, BS ’58, MS ’60, best-selling author of “Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment”
  See more: William C. Byham (Wikipedia)


• Michael H.  Grasley, BS ’58, retired president and CEO, Shell Chemical Co.


• David L. Burner, BSCOM ’62, chairman and CEO, BFGoodrich Corp.


• James E. Daley, BBA ’63, retired partner and co-chairman, Price Waterhouse


• J. Davis Illingworth, BA ’66, president, Lexus Motor Division, Toyota


• Robert D. Walter, BSME ’67 and HON ’97, chief executive officer, Cardinal Health
  See more: Robert D. Walter (Wikipedia)


• Don R. Graber, MBA ’68, chairman, Huffy Corp.


• Thomas J. James, BBA ’68, chief financial officer, Damon’s Restaurants


• Richard H. Brown, BSC ’69 and HON ’96, former chairman and CEO, Electronic Data Systems


• Jeffrey J. O’Hara, BBA ’69, retired president and CEO, Darden Restaurants, corporate parent Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and other chain restaurants


• Robert Scott, AB '69, chairman, Smith & Wesson Corp.


• Daniel A. Carp, BBA '70, chairman, president and CEO, Eastman Kodak


• J. Pat Campbell, BGS '71, CEO of Universal Companies


• Craig Love, BSME '71, a DaimlerChrysler vice president and designer of the Dodge Prowler


• Paul B. “Bud” Polley, BBA ’71, launched Swatch Watch in the U.S.


• Keith Wandell, BBA '72, president and CEO of Harley-Davidson, Inc.


• Vincent C. Byrd, BBA '76, is president of U.S. Retail – Coffee for The J.M. Smucker’s Company


• John P. Gainor Jr., BSC '78, is president and CEO of International Dairy Queen, Inc.


• Jeffrey Finkle, BSC '76, is president/CEO of the International Economic Development Council in Washington, DC, and has been honored by the Flax Trust


• Walter W. Bettinger II, BBA ’98, is CEO of Charles Schwab