Previous Raymond G. Thorpe Lectures
- 2007 - Evelyn Taylor Pearson, BP
- 2006 - Beckie Robertson, Senior Partner Versant Ventures
- 2005 - Tim Weldon, Intel Corporation
- 2004 - Robert Ware, senior process technologist, Rohm and Haas
- 2003 - John Carberry, Director of Environmental Technology, DuPont Company
- 2003 - Ann Lee, Executive Director, Bioprocess R&D, Merck Research Laboratories
- 2002 - Leon Anziano, former President and CEO of Arch Chemicals
- 2000 - Carol Nolan, Director of Technical Services and Validation, Wyeth Laboratories
- 2000 - Marshall E. Frank, Managing Director and President of Chem Systems Incorporated
- 1999 - Samuel C. Fleming, Director of CareGroup, Incorporated
- 1998 - Kenneth E. Ackley, President of Innovative Packaging
- 1993 - Paul Orefice, Former Chairman of Dow Chemical Company
- 1992 - H. Laurance Fuller, Co-chairman of BP Amoco Corporation
- 1991 - Samuel Bodman, President of Cabot Corporation