Richard K. Smucker will present the Smith Lecture on March 28 at 11 a.m. in Presser Recital Hall.

Smucker is president and co-chief executive officer of The J.M. Smucker Company, makers of jams, jellies, ice cream toppings, juices and other food products.

Smucker graduated from Miami University and earned a master of business administration degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Before being named president in 1987, he held various financial and operational positions with the company.

The C. Richard Smith Lectureship in Business was established in 2001 by C. Richard Smith, a 1953 graduate of Mount Union College. The purpose of this Lectureship is to bring business professionals to the Mount Union campus to share their knowledge and experience with business students, faculty and others from the campus and local community.