FOSTERING THE CENTER’S DEVELOPMENT
1987 - 1989
Fall Conference
- Jeffrey G. Miller (Director, Manufacturing Roundtable; Professor of Management, Boston University)
- Owen Bieber (President, International Union, United Automobile Workers)
- Richard F. Teerlink (President and Cheif Operating Officer, Harley-Davidson, Inc.)
- Ernest C. Huge (Partner-in-Charge of the Manufacturing Excellence Practice Ernst & Whinney)
- Richard E. Dauch (Executive Vice President - Manufacturing, Chrysler Motors Corporation)
1989 - 1990
Fall Conference
- Don H. Davis, Jr. (President, Allen-Bradley Company)
- C. Fred Fetterolf (President, Alcoa)
- David O. Nellemann (Partner, Andersen Consulting)
- Louis R. Ross (Executive Vice President, International Automotive Operations, Ford Motor Company)
- Leroy B. Schwarz (Director, Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises; Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University)
- Carolyn Y. Woo (Associate Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University)
- Michael A. Campion (Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University)
- W. Dale Compton (Lillian M. Gilbreth Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering, School of Industiral Engineering, Purdue University)
- Michael A. Flexsenhar (Plant Manager - Lafayette Facility, Caterpillar Inc.)
- Lewis N. Sears, Jr. (Vice President, Human Relations, TRW Automotive Sector, TRW Inc.)
- James L. Kleck (Plant Director of Tippecanoe Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company)

Spring Conference
- Richard K. Kruse, Jr. (Vice President, Manufacturing and Quality Assurance, NCR Corporation)
- Gordon E. Forward (President and Chief Executive Officer, Chaparral Steel)
- Robert J. Corrigan (IBM Vice President and President, Systems Technology Division, IBM Corporation)
- Allison R. Schleicher (Assistant General Manager of Finance & Planning, Somers, New York)
- Lou F. Jones (Business Measurements and Systems Manager, Caterpillar Inc.)
1990 - 1991
Fall Conference
- Robert J. Corrigan (Vice President and President, IBM Corporation)
- Gordon E. Forward (President and CEO, Chaparral Steel)
- Lou F. Jones (Business Measurements and Systems Manager, Caterpillar Inc)
- Richard K. Kruse, Jr., Vice President (NCR Corporation)
- Peter R. Santori (Partner, Ernst & Young)
Spring Conference
- Dennis J. Weidenaar (Dean, Krannert School of Management)
- John Cone, Motorola
- Arthur Tweet, Xerox