Lifetime Achievement Award
This award was established to provide recognition to those alumni who have shown extraordinary leadership throughout their professional careers and who have distinguished themselves by achieving a consistently high level of excellence in their endeavors.
The general criteria for the award are:
- Nominees must have graduated from the Broad School.
- Nominees must have an outstanding record of accomplishment in their chosen field, in executive management or as entrepreneurs. The significance of their achievements should be reflected in their community reputation and the recognition they have received from their peers.
- Nominees must have enjoyed a full career, having demonstrated business leadership for a significant number of years.
For additional information on alumni awards, please contact Connie Lawson, board secretary at 517/432-7442.
Award Recipients:*
| 2002 | Donald J. Bowersox, PhD, Dean Emeritus, and The John H. McConnell University Professor of Business Administration at The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. |
| 2003 | Harold Fearon, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University and Managing Director, Crown Capital Southwest, LLC Fred Hubacker, Principal of Apollo Management |
| 2004 | William "Bill" Burton (BA '52, Business Administration) President & COO, Detroit Radio Advertising Group James F. Rainey (M '66, Personnel Administration) Acting Full-Time MBA Director, Professor of Business Law & Associate Dean Emeritus Eli Broad College of Business |
| 2005 | Henry D. Kimpel (BA '53), retired manager of Sales, Accounting and Dealer Incentives, Chrysler Corporaton (now DaimlerChrysler). |
| 2006 | Carol Ashley (BA '54), retired assistant controller, Dow Chemical Company John Roszak (BA '66 , M '67), retired partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers |
| 2007 | J. Thomas Pleva (BA '66), retired deputy controller, GE Corporate Americas |
* Titles and employers are those in the year the award was made.