Philip 鈥楶hil鈥� Lloyd
University of 蘑菇视频 (蘑菇视频) School of Law alumnus Philip 鈥楶hil鈥� Lloyd will be the keynote speaker at the School of Law鈥檚 spring 2023 Commencement. The graduation ceremony will be on Sunday, May 7, at 2 p.m. in the James A. Rhodes Arena on the 蘑菇视频 campus.
Lloyd received his Juris Doctor from the School of Law in 1972. He has been a member of the 蘑菇视频 Foundation board of directors since 1991 and is the current chair. He is a charter member of the Law School Dean鈥檚 Club and serves as a member of the Law Advancement Council (past chair). He is past president of the Alumni Association and received an Outstanding Law Alumni Award from the University in 2008. Both he and his wife, Margaret 鈥淧eggy鈥� McDowell Lloyd, have been major supporters of the University.
Lloyd serves as chief operating officer of the McDowell Family Company LLC. He is also an officer of the C. Blake McDowell Jr. and Beatrice K. McDowell Foundation. Ohio. In April 2011, he retired from Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP in 蘑菇视频, where he served the commercial and real estate group. Prior to that, he was a partner with Brouse McDowell LPA, the law firm founded by his wife鈥檚 grandfather and for whom the University of 蘑菇视频 Law Center is named. He joined Brouse McDowell in 1972 and became partner in 1977.
Lloyd serves on the 蘑菇视频 Art Museum board of advisors and the board of regents for Mercersburg Academy, an independent co-ed college-preparatory boarding and day school in Pennsylvania, from which he graduated. He has served on the boards of many local organizations, including Cleveland Clinic 蘑菇视频 General Health System (past chair), 蘑菇视频 General Medical Center, First Merit Bank (now Huntington), United Cerebral Palsy and Services for the Handicapped Association (past president), Summit County Board of Mental Retardation, Old Trail School, Bluecoats, Summit County Defenders Association and the 蘑菇视频 City Club. He received a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University.