The 2014 CCC Commencement speaker will be Jim Ross on May 10th at 10 a.m. The commencement ceremony will take place in Nellis Hall on the Main Campus of CCC. More than 300 students are eligible to participate in the graduation festivities this year.

Ross is a CCC alumnus and during his time here earned his Associate in Arts in 1963. While here, he was also a member of Phi Theta Kappa.

Ross received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tulsa in 1966 and began his career with Phillips at that time.  He held various engineering positions in Corporate Engineering and in Refining and Chemical facilities, stationed in Bartlesville, Puerto Rico and Belgium.  He moved into the manufacturing arena for refining and chemical plants in 1978.  During that time he was a manager in California, Utah and Texas.

In 1992, Ross was named Vice President of the Sweeny Complex and in 1995 Vice President of Refining for Phillips and a Corporate Officer of Phillips Petroleum.  Ross served on the Advisory Board to Tulsa’s Chemical Engineering Department and in 1999 was named to the College of Engineering & Natural Sciences Hall of Fame.  Ross represented Phillips on the Executive Committee of the National Petroleum and Petrochemical Association, as well as Chairman of the NPRA Issues Committee and Chairman of the Manufacturing Committee.  In addition he was on the Refining and Operating Practice Committee of the American Petroleum Institute.