Accomplished Graduates are selected based on their outstanding professional achievements, community involvement and documented demonstration of the five core values of BGSU: respect for one another, cooperation, intellectual and spiritual growth, creative imaginings and pride in a job well done.

Recipients are honored by University representatives, friends and family in a formal on-campus ceremony. Honorees are selected each year, with the next class of Accomplished Graduates to be inducted in 2010.

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2009 Honorees: College of Arts and Sciences

Anthony Doerr
Author  |  Boise, Idaho

Bassel Ojjeh
VP Strategic Data Solutions, Yahoo!  |  Palo Alto, California

Thomas Orchard
Senior VP, UBS Wealth Management  |  Westerville, Ohio

College of Business Administration

Debra L. Box
Senior Vice President, Global Staffing, Bank of America  |  Charlotte, North Carolina

Keith Grass
President, The David J. Joseph Company  |  Cincinnati, Ohio

Joseph McAleese
President/CEO, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC  |  Elyria, Ohio

College of Education and Human Development

Ed Ferkany
Powell, Ohio

Ron Wellman
Director of Athletics, Wake Forest University  |  Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Deborah Wickerham
2008 Teacher of the Year, Findlay City Schools  |  Findlay, Ohio

Bowling Green State University - Firelands

Daniel J. White
President, Geotrac (Retired)  |  Norwalk, Ohio

College of Health and Human Services

Harold McGrady
Scottsdale, Arizona

H. Melanie Stretchbery
Superintendent, Wood County Board of MR/DD  |  Bowling Green, Ohio

Arlene Stearns
Hilton Head Island, NC

College of Musical Arts

Nancy Guy
Associate Professor, UC San Diego |  La Jolla, California

Martin Porter
Director, Toledo School for the Arts  |  Toledo, Ohio

College of Technology

Donald J. Oberlin
CEO, Tri-State Solarcrete  |  Antwerp, Ohio

Bruce Cote
VP, Human Resources, Brown-Forman Corporation  |  Louisville, Kentucky

Ronald J. Ridge
VP/CIO, Bowe Bell + Howell  |  Durham, North Carolina

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