Major Speaking Engagements

MAJOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTSBYGUION S. BLUFORD, Ph.DKeynote speaker, Ohio State University, Mansfield Ohio, October, 2002Keynote speaker, Webber State University, Ogden, Utah, August, 2002Keynote speaker, 2002 Summer Research Opportunity Program Annual Conference, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, July, 2002.Keynote speaker, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Conference, Denver, Colorado, June, 2002Participant in the Video “Men in Black II,” Hollywood, California, April, 2002.Keynote speaker, Northrop Grumman Management Club, Los Angeles, California, April, 2002Keynote speaker, U.S. Space Camp, Tower City Center, Cleveland, Ohio March, 2002Keynote speaker, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, February, 2002Keynote speaker, Boy Scouts of America Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February, 2002Keynote speaker, National Management Association of Blue Cross Blue Shield, Detroit, Michigan, November, 2001.Keynote speaker, NASA Awareness Day, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and Tougaloo College, Jackson Mississippi, October, 2002. Keynote speaker, World Space Week Conference, Beijing, China, October, 2001.Keynote speaker, Tsinghua University & Peking University, Beijing, China, October, 2001.Keynote speaker, NASA Awareness Day, Cheyney State University & Lincoln University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September, 2001.Keynote speaker, 2001 National Scout Jamboree, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, July, 2001.Keynote speaker, Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, July, 2001.Keynote speaker, NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium and the University of Idaho College of Engineering Design Expo, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, May, 2001.Keynote speaker, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, March, 2001.Keynote speaker, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Career Development Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February, 2001. Keynote speaker, Space in the Classroom Program, U.S. Space Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 2001.Keynote speaker, Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, Pennsylvania, January 2001.Keynote speaker, League of Oregon Cities Conference, Portland, Oregon, November, 2000.Keynote speaker, Young Astronauts Council, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2000.Keynote speaker, The Museum of Arts & Science, Macon Georgia, September, 2000.Keynote speaker, Tech Prep Partnership 2000, Detroit, Michigan, May, 2000.Keynote speaker, Air Force Junior ROTC Recognition and Awards Banquet, Mt. Vernon, New York, May, 2000.Keynote speaker, Rotary International and the University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, May, 2000.Keynote speaker, Trumbell Family & Children First Council and Kent State University, Warren, Ohio, April, 2000.Keynote speaker, 2000 National IT Workforce Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April, 2000.Keynote speaker, YMCA Black Achiever’s Banquet, Spartanburg, South Carolina, April, 2000.Keynote speaker, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, February, 2000.Keynote speaker, Honeywell Technology Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February, 2000. Keynote speaker, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, February, 2000.Keynote speaker, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, January, 2000.Keynote speaker, National Maritime Center, Norfolk, Virginia, January, 2000.Keynote speaker, National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners, Silver Spring, Maryland, November, 1999.Keynote speaker, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, October, 1999.Keynote speaker, Bronx Community College, Bronx, New York, October, 1999.Keynote speaker, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland, July, 1999.Commencement speaker, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, June, 1999.Keynote speaker, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March, 1999.Keynote speaker, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, October, 1998.Keynote speaker, “A Space Odyssey, Past, Present, & future,” Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia, October, 1998.Keynote speaker, “Epson Blast-Off Tour,” New Concord, Ohio, October, 1998.Keynote speaker, Eaton’s Minority Engineering Scholars Program (EMESP) Annual Summit, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, June, 1998.Keynote speaker, International Space University Opening Session, Cleveland, Ohio, June, 1998.Keynote speaker, NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, June, 1998.Keynote speaker, National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Midland, Michigan, May, 1998.Keynote speaker, Experimental Aircraft Association Spring Banquet, Sandusky, Ohio, May, 1998.Keynote speaker, Tacoma Urban League, Tacoma, Washington, March, 1998.Keynote speaker, 2nd Annual Black History Celebration, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Lancaster, California, February, 1998.Keynote speaker, 77th NAACP Annual Lincoln-Douglass Banquet, Springfield, Illinois, February, 1998.Keynote speaker, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado, February, 1998.Keynote speaker, The Holmes Partnership Scholars Dinner, Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida, January, 1998.Keynote speaker, Master Scholars Program, Indianapolis, Indiana, November, 1997Keynote speaker, Alabama Aerospace Teachers Association, Jackson State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, July, 1997.Keynote speaker, 88th Annual NAACP Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July, 1997.Keynote speaker, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, April, 1997.Keynote speaker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, April, 1997.Keynote speaker, National Engineers Award Banquet, Cleveland, Ohio, February, 1997.Keynote speaker, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, February, 1997.Keynote speaker, 49th Annual Meeting of the Industrial Information Institute of Education, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, January, 1997.Keynote speaker, Florida Memorial College, Miami, Florida, November, 1996.Keynote speaker, South Jersey District Postmaster’s Meeting, Claymont, Delaware, November, 1996. Keynote speaker, 16th Annual Pennsylvania Aviation Conference, State College, Pa, October 1996.Keynote speaker, “Salute to Aviation-Astronauts,” Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, California, September, 1996.Keynote speaker, Alliance of Black Telecommunication Employees, Dallas, Texas, August, 1996.Keynote speaker, Seventh Annual Summer Institute Community Banquet, California Association of School Business Officials, Sacramento, California, June, 1996.Keynote speaker, Tenth Anniversary Awards Ceremony of the NAACP ACT-SO, Tribecca Performing Arts Center, Manhattan Community College, Brooklyn, New York, June, 1996.Keynote speaker, Rotary District Conference, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, April, 1996.Keynote speaker, Afro-Cultural Technological & Scientific Olympics Awards Program, Orlando, Florida, March, 1996.Keynote speaker, Black History Month Celebrations, NASA Lewis Research Center Visitor Center, Cleveland, Ohio, February, 1996.Keynote speaker, Black History Day Celebrations, United States Postal Service, Bellmawr, New Jersey, February, 1996.Keynote speaker, National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland, February, 1996.Keynote speaker, Emery-Riddle University, Daytona Beach Florida, February, 1996.Keynote speaker, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C., February, 1996.Keynote speaker, Black History/National Engineering Celebration, Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Tampa, Florida, February, 1996.Keynote speaker, 5th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Multi-Cultural Dinner Dance, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1996.Keynote speaker, National Black Coalition of FAA Employees, Washington, D.C., September, 1995.Commencement speaker, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, August, 1995.Keynote speaker, Urban League Convention, Miami, Florida, July, 1995.Keynote speaker, United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, Inc, Cleveland, Ohio, June, 1995.Keynote speaker, 1994 AIAA Region III Student Paper Conference, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, April, 1995.Keynote speaker, 6th Annual Fundraising Dinner of the United Negro College Fund of Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March, 1995.Keynote speaker, Challenger Learning Center, Kiser Middle School of Environmental Science and Space Studies, Dayton, Ohio, March, 1995.Keynote speaker, 7th Annual Space Symposium, Dayton City School District, Dayton, Ohio, March, 1995.Keynote speaker, TRW Space & Electronics Group Black History Week Celebration, Redondo Beach, California, February, 1995Keynote speaker, San Bernadino Valley College, San Bernadino, California, February, 1995.Keynote speaker, Schering-Plough Corporation Martin Luther King Celebration, Kenilworth, New Jersey, January, 1995.Keynote speaker, Talcott Mountain Science Center, West Hartford, Connecticut, December, 1994.Keynote speaker, National Teacher Training Institute for Math, Science, & Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, December, 1994.Keynote speaker, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, November, 1994.Keynote speaker, Cleveland State University Engineering Alumni Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, October, 1994.Keynote speaker, Delaware Technical Community College, Wilmington, Delaware, August, 1994.Keynote speaker, Akron Roundtable, Akron, Ohio, July, 1994.Keynote speaker, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois, July, 1994.Keynote speaker, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, July, 1994.Keynote speaker, NASA Headquarters’” Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” Washington, D.C., June, 1994. Keynote speaker, Upward Bound Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, June, 1994.Keynote speaker, AIAA, Northern Ohio Section, Annual Honors and Award Banquet, June, 1994.Keynote speaker, Teachers Academy for Mathematics and Science, Chicago, Illinois, May, 1994.Keynote speaker, Goodwill Industries International, Sioux City, Iowa, May, 1994.Keynote speaker, Ohio University, Irontown, Ohio, April, 1994.Keynote speaker, Warren-Trumbull Urban League President/CEO Breakfast, Warren, Ohio, April, 1994.Keynote speaker, National Congress on Aviation & Space Education, Norfolk, Virginia, April, 1994.Keynote speaker, “Key to Excellence for Young Scholars Program, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, March, 1994. Keynote speaker, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February, 1994.Keynote speaker, The Maryland Space Grant Consortium, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, February, 1994.Keynote speaker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, December, 1993.Keynote speaker, 1993 Teacher Overnight Science Program, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 1993.Keynote speaker, National Science Foundation, National Conference in the Scientific & Technical Workforce, Washington D.C., October, 1993.Keynote speaker, Association of Black Airline Pilots Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1993.Keynote speaker, Philadelphia Public School Retired Employees Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May, 1993.Keynote speaker, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, March, 1993.Keynote speaker, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January, 1992.Keynote speaker, Fourteenth Space Station Utilization Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, January, 1992.Keynote speaker, 13th Annual National Black MBA Association Conference and Exposition, New York City, New York, September, 1991.Commencement speaker, Drexel University Centennial Commencement, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June, 1991.Keynote speaker, 100 Black Men of Los Angeles', Young Black Scholar's Dinner, Los Angeles, California, July, 1990.Keynote speaker, Environmental Protection Agency Youth Environmental Action Forum, Washington, D.C., May, 1990.Keynote speaker, Black Military History Institute's Annual Awards Banquet, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1990.Subject of TV documentary, "Black Stars in Orbit," sponsored by the Public Broadcast System, February, 1990.Keynote speaker, Annual Aviation Career Opportunity Days, Terre Haute, Indiana, October, 1989.Subject of TV documentary, "Personal Diary," sponsored by General Electric Corporation and Black Entertainment Television, October, 1989.Keynote speaker, 1989 Hawaii County Fair Space Pavilion, Hilo, Hawaii, September, 1989.Luncheon speaker, Pre-College Program, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, July, 1989.Keynote speaker, Southwest Consortium for Minorities in Engineering, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, June, 1989.Keynote speaker, 40th International Science and Engineering Fair, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May, 1989.Keynote speaker, United States Southern Command, Black History Celebration, Panama, February, 1989.Keynote speaker, East Stroudsburg University Convocation, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, February, 1989.Luncheon speaker, 36th Tulane University Educational Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1989.Keynote speaker, Florida Emergency Preparedness Association, Cocoa Beach, Florida, December, 1988.Keynote speaker, Georgia Tech Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1988.Keynote speaker, Drew University Lecture Series, Madison, New Jersey, September, 1988.Keynote speaker, 25th Anniversary Gemboree, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada, July, 1988.Keynote speaker, National Society of Black Engineers, Boston, Massachusetts, July, 1988.Keynote speaker, United States Postal Service's 1988 Savings Bond Campaign Launch Ceremony, Washington, D.C., April, 1988.Keynote speaker, Forum 3, World Affairs Council of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January, 1988.Keynote speaker, 15th Annual Conference of the National Alliance of Black Educators, Detroit, Michigan, November, 1987.Luncheon speaker, Pennsylvania Bar Association Convention, Southampton, Bermuda, October, 1987.Luncheon speaker, 22nd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference of AIAA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July, 1987.Commencement speaker, Penn State University, College of Engineering, University Park, Pennsylvania, May, 1987.Keynote speaker, Aviation Safety Expo '87, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, May, 1987.Keynote speaker, 6th Annual Focus Outstanding Achievement Award Banquet, St. Paul Minnesota, November, 1986.Dedication speaker, "Challenger Seven" Memorial Park, Webster, Texas, September, 1986. Keynote speaker, Atlanta University Commencement Convocation, Atlanta, Georgia, July, 1986.Commencement speaker, Georgian Court College, Lakewood, New Jersey, June, 1986.Commencement speaker, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, June, 1986.Keynote speaker, American Helicopter Society Dinner, Media, Pennsylvania, May, 1986.Keynote speaker, National Security Agency, Ft. George Meade, Virginia, May, 1986.Keynote speaker, 57th National Technical Association Conference, Houston, Texas, August, 1985.Commencement speaker at Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, June, 1985.Keynote speaker, National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees, Oakland, California, October, 1984.Luncheon speaker, Aerospace Education Foundation Conference, Washington, D.C., September, 1984.Commencement speaker, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June, 1984.Commencement speaker at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, May, 1984.Commencement speaker, Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland, May, 1984. Commencement speaker, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, May,1984.Public service announcement spokesperson for the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C., May, 1984.Dedication speaker for Andrew E. Torrence Engineering Building, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, April, 1984.Keynote speaker at Honors Day Convocation, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, February, 1984.Keynote speaker, Department of Defense Black History Observation, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., February, 1984.Keynote speaker, 1984 World Expo Opening, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1983.Keynote speaker, National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering, Columbia, Maryland, October, 1983.Keynote speaker, 14th Annual Awards Dinner of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Washington, D.C., September, 1983.Guest on the Bob Hope Show celebrating the 25th Anniversary of NASA, Los Angeles, California, September, 1983. Keynote speaker, National Technical Association Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, August, 1982.Keynote speaker, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Awards Banquet, St. Louis, Missouri, August, 1982.Keynote speaker, Jet Propulsion Laboratory's American Heritage Week Program, Pasadena, California, September, 1981.Panel Member, Space Exploration Panel, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May, 1981.Astronaut Office representative and ABC News commentator for the first flight of the Space Shuttle (STS-1), Edwards Air Force Base, California, April, 1981.Keynote speaker, 71st Annual Convention of NAACP, Commerce and Industry Show, Miami, Florida, July, 1980.Keynote speaker, Cleveland Space Odyssey, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, March, 1980.Keynote speaker, AIAA Midwest Regional Student Conference, Dayton, Ohio, March 1980.Keynote speaker, Science and Engineering Career Day, San Diego, California, November, 1979.Keynote speaker, Temple University, College of Engineering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April, 1979.Keynote speaker, Black History Month Celebration, Afro-American Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February, 1979.Keynote speaker, Black History Month Celebration, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C. February, 1979.Keynote speaker, Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Section of the American Society of Engineering Education, Howard University, Washington, D.C., November, 1978.Keynote speaker, 4th Annual National Conference of Black Mayors, Washington, D.C., November, 1978.Keynote speaker, Air Force Systems Command Science and Engineering Symposium, San Diego, California, October, 1978.

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