97-07-31 Edward Hagenlocker To Address Summer Graduates

EDWARD HAGENLOCKER TO ADDRESS SUMMER GRADUATES AT OHIO STATE

     COLUMBUS -- Commencement exercises for summer quarter
graduates of The Ohio State University will be held Aug. 29 in
St. John Arena.  Some 1,400 degrees will be awarded in the
ceremonies, which begin at 9:30 a.m.

     The commencement speaker will be Edward Hagenlocker, vice
chair of Ford Motor Co.  A native of Marysville, Hagenlocker
earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in
engineering physics and physics from Ohio State.

     Formerly president of Ford Automotive Operations and chair
of Ford of Europe, Hagenlocker joined Ford as a research
scientist in 1964.  He later held engineering management
positions in a number of activities, including Product
Development, Chassis Division, Body and Electrical Product
Engineering, and Climate Control Division.

     Hagenlocker became chief engineer - light truck of Truck
Operations in 1978 and was named product development manager -
light truck in 1980.  He was appointed general manager of Climate
Control Division in 1982 and was named director - vice president
of operations for Ford of Brazil in 1984.  He became director -
president of Ford of Brazil in 1985.

     In 1986, Hagenlocker was elected a company vice president
and named general manager of Truck Operations.  He was appointed
vice president - general operations for North American Automotive
Operations (NAAO) in July 1992, and was named executive vice
president - NAAO in 1993.

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Contact: Tracy Turner, University Communications, (614) 688-3682.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
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