David Row was an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy who specialized in Fire Investigation. After retiring from the Sheriff’s department, he became a Fire Investigator for Donan and Senior Fire Investigator for Liberty Mutual Insurance. Throughout his long career as a...

David W. Elliott was a local business owner who died of kidney failure. Elliott said he gained a great appreciation for the nursing profession while being treated for kidney disease and wanted to support the education and training of future nurses.

David W. Hackett served on the OCC’s first Board of Trustees. For 29 years he was an active board member who sought to improve the overall excellence of Oakland Community College. Receiving his bachelor’s degree after ten years of night school, he later earned a...

The Dell, Inc. Endowed Scholarship was established to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage continued progress, and provide financial assistance to students.

The mission Statement of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International: “…promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.” The local chapter, Beta Eta, is comprised of women educators – working and retired – from the Clarenceville...

Delta Network Services is a service-focused network integrator and premier provider of converged IP network solutions. Delta specializes in the design, deployment and support of IT infrastructure solutions including Network, WiFi mobility, Voice/UC and Security. We...

Susan and Dennis Fiems worked at Oakland Community College for a combined total of 52 years. Together, they served the College community in a variety of ways. Their scholarship reflects their love of books and their desire to help others. Susan worked in the Highland...

Dennis Fiems was fortunate enough to be a charter faculty member of Oakland Community College in 1965. He was hired as a Faculty Assistant in the Foundations of Modern Society course. By November he had been named the course coordinator. In its inception, OCC was...

Dennis Toffolo brought foresight and planning skills to Michigan’s economic development initiatives as deputy county executive for Oakland County. He led the county’s Emerging Sectors program and its Economic Growth Alliance with St. Clair, Livingston and Genesee...

This fund is established for students at Oakland Community College to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage their continued progress, and provide financial assistance toward achieving their educational goals. It will be administered according to the following...

Dora was the third eldest child born to Rosie & Samuel Geeter. She was extremely creative and loved to cook and bake. Her specialty was creating delicious cakes, which she would sell along with other yummy goodies. Her family and friends established this scholarship...

Dorene Hope Shank was a teenage mother with two young children to support, and after obtaining her GED she enrolled at OCC and graduated magna cum laude. Dorene knew firsthand the challenges facing struggling students and how important scholarships are. Her life...

George and Doris Mosher were instrumental in founding and creating Oakland Community College in 1964. George was elected Chairman of the first Board of Trustees and served as Chairman during the formative years of the College. He has long been considered the founding...

Dr. Dennis R. Sobol (1943-2022) is a retired member of the Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge campus, Psychology Department. His career at OCC-Orchard Ridge began in the fall of 1968, at the age of 24, until his retirement on December 31, 2010. At present, Dr....

Following a fifteen-year career in private industry, Dr. Gordon F. May worked at Oakland Community College for 27 years. In 1987, he became the founding director of the OCC Pontiac Center, and later served in key leadership positions, including presidencies at the...

The Dr. Jude T. Cotter Memorial Scholarship was established to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage continued progress, and provide financial assistance to students.

Mr. and Mrs. Lorencz began their lives in Hungary and immigrated to the United States as young children arriving with many others on Ellis Island. They met in their teens and married, settling in Wyandotte, Michigan. My father worked at Wyandotte Chemical Corporation...

Dr. Kathleen Lorencz was a professor in business for 41 years at Oakland Community College. She earned a Bachelor Degree at Michigan State University, a Master Degree and PhD at Wayne State University. Preparing students for a world of work was her primary mission at...

James Lorencz, the uncle of retired OCC Business faculty member Dr. Kathleen Lorencz, is a prime example of the valuable contributions entrepreneurial immigrants make to our country’s economic growth and their communities. Traveling to America from Hungary with his...

Dr. LeRoy Salowich is a veteran with eight years of military service. He is a charter faculty member of Oakland Community College. He developed, directed, coordinated and taught the Medical Laboratory Program. The program had worldwide recognition. The program...

Dr. Maurice Henderson McCall was the eldest of six children born in Newport News, Virginia. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in Music Composition and Theory and his doctoral degree from the University of Cincinnati...

The Dr. Mel and Nena Chudnof Endowed Scholarship was created to honor Dr. Mel and Nena Chudnof on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Mel was a faculty member at the OCC Auburn Hills campus for 43 years. He taught Psychology and coordinated the Mental...

Pamela S. Jackson was elected to the Oakland Community College Board of Trustees in 2016. Her extensive professional roles have ranged from orchestrating a construction project renovating apartments for homeless veterans to construction consultation and college-level...

Dr. Rosalind Reaves joined Oakland Community College in 2008 and serves as faculty for the Academic Support Center (ASC) at the Royal Oak Campus. During her tenure, she established four endowed scholarships to support the academic achievement and educational...

Sally Hanna worked in higher education for 44 year in both two- and four-year institutions, the last 15 years as Dean of Academic & Student Services at Oakland Community College. Her husband, Gerry Logue, stood by her side and was a staunch supporter of her...

Vivian Anderson is a Washington state native. She received a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Washington and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology from Utah State University. She has lived in Detroit since 1970 and has taught biology, especially anatomy and physiology...

Edward J. Kuhn was a graduate of Central Michigan University. Mr. Kuhn taught for 37.5 years in the Hazel Park School District, most of those years at Hazel Park High School, where he has endowed several scholarships for graduating seniors. For more than 30 years,he...

Estelle Mary Nealer provided for this scholarship thru her estate at her time of passing (January 2014). Mrs. Nealer was very active with St. Mary’s Parish in Milford, a member of Milford American Legion Post 216 Ladies Auxiliary, the Third Order of St. Francis and ...

For nearly 25 years, Farmington Rotary and the Physically or Otherwise Handicapped Individuals (POHI) Department at Eagle School partnered for care for children who had been afflicted with debilitating and often degenerative diseases. Farmington Rotary provided much...

The Felipe and Maria Velasquez Memorial Scholarship* was established to honor Mexican-American immigrants who strived to instill the importance of family, education, community involvement and volunteer service to assist others in need. As parents, they instilled to...