Kettering University Presents Six Appreciation Awards

FLINT, Mich.--President Stan Liberty and his wife, Angie, hosted the first Kettering University President’s Appreciation Dinner last week in Flint with about 150 supporters attending the gala. Receiving special recognitions were:

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Rod Gillem, vice president for corporate responsibility and diversity at General Motors Corporation, and chairman of General Motors Foundation, accepted an Appreciation Award for General Motors Corp. Liberty said the University’s “very existence is due to decades of investment from this corporation’s visionaries.” General Motors is Kettering’s #1 employer of co-op students and a significant partner in graduate education.

GENERAL MOTORS FOUNDATION

Gillem also accepted the Appreciation Award for the General Motors Foundation, which has provided program support, scholarships, equipment donations, matching gift support and special programming for cultural and diversity opportunities.

CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION

Neal Hegarty, program officer for the C.S. Mott Foundation in Flint, accepted the Appreciation Award. Two Mott Foundation endowments enable the University to support programs for minority students and outreach activities. A generous gift also helped build the C.S. Mott Engineering and Science Building on campus.

KETTERING FUND

Charles Kettering III, the great grandson of the University’s namesake (inventor Charles “Boss Kett” Kettering), accepted the award. The Kettering Fund provides endowed scholarship support for students from Ohio who attend the University.

EDWARD AND JEANIE HARRIS

Edward and Jeanie Harris of South Haven, Mich., were thanked for being long-time supporters of the campus. Liberty said that in August of 2002, Kettering dedicated Harris Fields – a significant enhancement to student life on campus.

DANE AND MARY LOUISE MILLER

The last honorees were Dr. Dane Miller, a 1969 graduate and co-founder of Biomet, Inc., and his wife, Mary Louise Miller of Warsaw, Ind. Earlier that day, the Millers had participated in the dedication of Kettering’s new $1.2 million life sciences and bio-engineering laboratories named in their honor. “Their generous gifts have created a world-class opportunity enabling students to merge the best of Engineering and Medicine,” Liberty said.

Founded in 1919, Kettering University is the home of the country’s most modern co-op education program. For more on Kettering University, visit www.kettering.edu