| Year | Speakers | Chairmen |
| 1947 – 1st | Dr. Howard E. Fritz, Vice Pres. B.F. Goodrich Co. |
Elmer L. Lindseth, President Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. |
| 1948 – 2nd | Philip D. Reed, Chairman of the Board General Electric Company |
Leonard E. Weitz, President Independent Explosives Co. |
| 1949 – 3rd | Lawrence D. Bell, President Bell Aircraft |
T. Keith Glennan, President Case Institute of Technology |
| 1950 – 4th | Dr. Ralph Bown, Director of Research Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. |
Curtis Lee Smith, General Manager National Copper & Smelting Co. |
| 1951 – 5th | Dr. Peter C. Coldmark, Vice President Columbia Broadcasting System |
C. T. Burg, President Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co. |
| 1952 – 6th | James C. Zeder, Director Research & Engr. Chrysler Corp. (Detroit) |
Arch T. Colwell, Vice President Thompson Products, Inc. |
| 1953 – 7th | General Leslie R. Groves, Retired Vice President and Director Remington Rand, Inc. |
T. Keith Glennan, President Case Institute of Technology |
| 1954 – 8th | Dr. Arthur S. Fleming, Director Office of Defense Mobilization Washington, DC |
Fletcher R. Andrews, Dean, School of Law Western Reserve University |
| 1955 – 9th | Brig. Gen. E. S. Kelsey, Deputy Director, Research & Development Dept., Air Force, Washington, DC | Dr. Daniel P. Bernard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Research & Development Washington, DC |
| 1956 – 10th | Admiral Ben Moreell, Chairman of the Board Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. |
Warren Guthrie, Professor Western Reserve University |
| 1957 – 11th | Dr. J. A. Hutcheson, Vice President Westinghouse Electric Corp. |
Judge Edward Blythin Common Pleas Court |
| 1958 – 12th | Dr. J. J. Nassau, Professor & Director Department of Astronomy Case Institute of Technology |
Dr. G. Brooks Earnest, President Fenn College |
| 1959 – 13th | Dr. T. Keith Glennan, Administrator National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
Elmer L. Lindseth, President The Illuminating Company |
| 1960 – 14th | Dr. Fran J. LaQue, Vice President & Director Research & Development International Nickel Corp. |
Curtis Lee Smith, President Cleveland Chamber of Commerce |
| 1961 – 15th | Dr. Julius P. Molnar, Exec. Vice President The Bell Telephone Lab “Communications for a World Growing in Space: |
Van H. Leichliter, President American Steel & W ire |
| 1962 – 16th | Honorable William E. Minshall, Representative 23rd District, Ohio (U. S. Congress) “Washington–Home of the Big Problems” |
Dr. John S. Millis, President Western Reserve University |
| 1963 – 17th | Dr. Ernst Weber, President Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (NY) “The Challenge of Leadership” |
Warner Seely, Retired Warner & Swasey Co. |
| 1964 – 18th | General James H. Doolittle (Retired), U. S. Air Force and formerly Chairman Space Technology Laboratories, Inc. “Antarctica” |
Hon. Earl R. Hoover, Judge Court of Common Pleas |
| 1965 – 19th | Curtis D. Buford, President Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad “Revitalization of the Railroads and the big ditch” |
Dudley J. Taw, Vice President & General Sales Manager East Ohio Gas |
| 1966 – 20th | Dr. Kenneth McFarland, Consultant American Trucking Associations, Inc. “Leadership That Leads” |
Tom Field, News Commentator WEWS-TV |
| 1967 – 21st | Edward McFaul, Personnel Management Consultant to Industry “Let’s Take a Closer Look at People” |
Robert H. Collacott, President Joseph Dyson & Sons, Co. |
| 1968 – 22nd | Dr. A. Allan Bates, Chief Office of Engr. Standards Liaison & Analysis National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC “Industrial Standards & National Prosperity” |
Alexander B. Clarke, Vice President, Standard Oil Co. |
| 1969 – 23rd | Commander Paul J. Weitz, U. S. N., NASA & Apollo Astronaut Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston “Up, Up and Away to the Moon!” |
C. W . Ufford, Vice President Warner & Swasey Co. |
| 1970 – 24th | Dr. G. Herbert True, True-Klemp Organization “Greatness Begins With Being Different” |
Dr. Harry B. Osborn, Jr., Vice President-Marketing Park-Ohio Industries, Inc. |
| 1971 – 25th | Lawrence A. Appley, Chairman American Management Assoc. “Managing to be Successful” |
T. Cyril Noon, Council President – Presiding Vice President, Engineering & Research Harris Intertype Corp. |
| 1972 – 26th | Frank N. Ikard, President American Petroleum Institute “Crisis in the World of Energy” |
D. J. Albanese, General Director, International Operations National Castings Division |
| 1973 – 27th | Gerard Piel, President & Publisher Scientific American, NY “What Limits to Growth?” |
D. J. Stevenson, President Lubrizol Corp. |
| 1974 – 28th | Dr. John S. Foster, Vice President Energy Research & Development TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA “Energy: The Decade Ahead” |
Edmund J. Silva, Senior Engineer Reliance Electric Co. |
| 1975 – 29th | George J. Hubner, Jr. President, Chrysler Institute of Engineering Director, Research, Chrysler Corp. 1975 President, Soc. of Automotive Engineers |
George L. Grabner, President Lamson & Sessions |
| 1976 – 30th | Dr. John E. Kircher, Deputy Chairman of the Board Continental Oil Co. |
Dudley J. Taw , President & CEO The East Ohio Gas Co. |
| 1977 – 31st | Emory C. Swank, President Cleveland Council on World Affairs |
Paul A. Miller President Eaton Corp. |
| 1978 – 32nd | Dr. Martha Peterson, President Beloit College Beloit, Wisconsin |
William J. DeLancey, President & CEO Republic Steel Corp. |
| 1979 – 33rd | Ian Ross, Executive Vice President Bell Laboratories |
Joseph T. Bailey, Chairman & CEO Warner & Swasey Co. |
| 1980 – 34th | Frank A. Lee, President & CEO Foster Wheeler Corp. |
George E. Willis, President and CEO Lincoln Electric Co. |
| 1981 – 35th | Richard C. Hennemuth, Director of the Woods Hole Laboratory (Massachusetts) & Assistant Director, Northeast Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service | Edward C. Gendron, President Midland-Ross Corp. |
| 1982 – 36th | Dr. Moshe J. Lubin, Vice President Research & Development and Patent & License Standard Oil Co. (Ohio) |
Dr. L. E. Coleman, President Lubrizol Corporation |
| 1983 – 37th | Perry J. Pascarella, Executive Editor Industry Week |
George E. Willis, President Lincoln Electric Co. |
| 1984 – 38th | John W . Lacey, Executive Vice President Control Data Corp. |
John R. Miller, President Standard Oil Co. (Ohio) |
| 1985 – 39th | Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Laureate Chairman, Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY |
Jerry V. Jarrett, Chairman Ameritrust Co. |
| 1986 – 40th | Dr. Alan Schriesheim, Director Argonne National Laboratory |
Dr. L. E. Coleman, Chairman & CEO Lubrizol Corp. |
| 1987 – 41st | David A. Walker Captain, U. S. Navy NASA Astronaut |
Robert M. Ginn, Chairman & CEO Centerior Energy |
| 1988 – 42nd | Thom as N. Tyrrell, President & CEO American Steel & Wire Corp. |
James R. Stover, Chairman & CEO Eaton Corp. |
| 1989 – 43rd | Robert J. Marshall, Director Body and Chassis Engineering Ford Motor Co. |
Joseph T. Gorman, Chairman, President and CEO TRW Inc. |
| 1990 – 44th | Robert M. White Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology U. S. Dept. of Commerce |
John G. Breen, Chairman & CEO The Sherwin-Williams Co. |
| 1991 – 45th | Dr. Peter Likens, President Lehigh Univ. |
Paul G. Schloemer, President & CEO Parker Hannifin Corp. |
| 1992 – 46th | Agnar Pytte, President Case Western Reserve Univ. |
George E. Willis, Chairman & CEO Lincoln Electric Co. |
| 1993 – 47th | James M. Biggar, Chairman & CEO Glencairn Corp. |
William P. Madar, President & CEO Nordson Corp. |
| 1994 – 48th | Luther S. Williams, Assistant Director Education & Human Resources National Science Foundation |
Albert C. Bersticker, President & CEO Ferro Corp. |
| 1995 – 49th | Mary L. Good Under Secretary for Technology U. S. Dept. of Commerce |
Gordon D. Harnett, President & CEO Brush Wellman, Inc. |
| 1996 – 50th | J. Peter Kelly, President & Chief Operating Officer LTV Steel Company |
J. Peter Kelly, President & Chief Operating Officer LTV Steel Company |
| 1997 – 51st | Dr. Glenn R. Brown, Science & Technology Advisor to Gov. George V. Voinovich | William F. Patient Chairman, President & CEO The Geon Company |
| 1998 – 52nd | Farah M. Walters, President and CEO University Hospitals Health System and University Hospitals of Cleveland “Everything That Can Be Invented Has Been Invented” |
Farah M. W alters, President and CEO University Hospitals Health System and University Hospitals of Cleveland |
| 1999 – 53rd | Jeanette Grasselli Brown “Operation Super Sleuth: Case Histories from a Fun Career in Industry” |
Bill R. Sanford, Chairman, President and CEO STERIS Corporation |
| 2000 – 54th | Dr. David H. Austin, President Case Western Reserve University “Science, Technology and Society: The University Role” |
Bill R. Sanford, Chairman, STERIS Corporation Chairman, NorTech, an affiliate of Cleveland Tomorrow |
| 2001 – 55th | Video Comments of Community Leaders Dr. Jennie S. Hwang, Anthony C. Spring, Jeanette Grasselli Brown, and Philip L. Rice |
Bill R. Sanford, Chairman, NorTech, an affiliate of Cleveland Tomorrow |
| 2002 – 56th | Dr. Edward (Ned) Hill, Professor and Distinguished Scholar Cleveland State University “Northeast Ohio: The Misunderstood Economy” |
Daniel E. Klimas, President Northern Ohio Region the Huntington National Bank |
| 2003 – 57th | Jeanette Grasselli Brown, Ph.D. Immediate Past Chair Ohio Board of Regents |
Paul E. DiCorleto, Chairman Lerner Research Institute The Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| 2004 – 58th | Richard E. Coyne, President and Executive Director Great Lakes Science Center “A Hands On Perspective” |
John M. Stropki, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer The Lincoln Electric Company |
| 2005 – 59th | Arthur F. Anton President and Chief Executive Office Swagelok Company |
Arthur F. Anton President and Chief Executive Office Swagelok Company |
| 2006 – 60th | Linda Abraham-Silver, President and Executive Director, Great Lakes Science Center | Robert T. Graf, Vice President, Research & Development, Lubrizol Corporation |
| 2007 – 61st | Dr. Paul E. DiCorleto, Chairman Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic | Delos M. “Toby” Cosgrove, M.D. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic |
| 2008 – 62nd | Cortrell M. Kinney, Doctoral Student, Case Western Reserve University | Delos M. “Toby” Cosgrove, M.D. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic |
| 2009 – 63rd | Dr. Roy A. Church, President, Lorain County Community College | Norman Schmidt, CTSC President, CRCST |
| 2010 – 64th | Rebecca O. Bagley, President & CEO, NorTech | Norman Schmidt, CTSC President, CRCST |
| 2011 – 65th | Peter P. Sena, III President & COO, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company | Gary Coubrough, CTSC President, ASM |
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