Smeal Commencement

At the close of each semester, Smeal College of Business students conclude their Penn State careers with the time-honored commencement ceremony. Each event brings with it a new distinguished speaker from the business world to deliver the commencement address.

MBA Pre-Commencement Speakers

2008--Bill Donan, '68, Retired Corporate Vice President & Region Vice President, Allegiance Healthcare Corporation

2007--Jeff Malehorn, '83, President & CEO, GE Healthcare Financial Services

2006--Jonathan Hirtle, '74, '82 M.B.A., President, Hirtle, Callaghan & Company

2005--Tim Murray, Senior Managing Director, Bear Stearns

2004--Dan Palumbo, '83 M.B.A., Chief Operating Officer, Rexel, Inc.

2003--John Zrno, '69 M.B.A., Retired President, Director & CEO, telecommunications industry

2002--Frank Arisman, '66. '72, Retired Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase

2001--Jerry Sandusky, '66, '71, Former Penn State Football Defensive Coordinator; Founder, The Second Mile

2000--Edward G. Rendell, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1999--Alex Goldberg, '62, '64 M.B.A., Retired President, Ford Motor Land Development Corporation

1998--Jack Barry, Co-Managing Director, Pegasus Global Partners

1997--Kurt Landgraf, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company

1996--J. Hans Kluge, Retired President, Chairman of the Board, CEO, Automatic Switch Company

1995--Robert D. Tuttle, Retired Chairman and CEO, SPX Corporation

1994--Richard Schubert, President & CEP, Points of Light Foundation

1993--Paul O'Neill, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa

1992--Robert J. Schwartz, President, Chairman, CEO, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

1991--Harvey B. Mackay, Entrepreneur and Author