Doug Glanville Bio - Undergraduate Ceremony Speaker

While attending the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Doug Glanville played varsity baseball for three years, and was named to the GTE Academic All-America First Team. After his junior year, Glanville was selected in the first-round of the Major League Baseball draft by Chicago Cubs, but returned to Penn in the fall of 1992 to complete his degree in Systems Engineering.

Glanville made his major league baseball debut on June 9, 1996, as an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs. He was later traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1999 Glanville was 2nd in the National League with 204 hits and 8th in the National League in hitting with a .325 batting average. He was the first Phillies player to reach 200 hits since 1979. In 2005, Glanville retired from baseball, having accumulated 1100 hits, a 293-game errorless streak, and was ranked in the top 15 all-time stolen base success rate. Glanville also served on the Executive Subcommittee of the Major League Baseball Players Association and as a player representative.

Following his decade-long career in Major League Baseball, Glanville has pursued numerous business and personal interests. He and childhood friend and business partner Assad Koshul, founded GK Alliance, LLC, a green-friendly real estate development company specializing in residential building in the western suburbs of Chicago. Glanville is active in numerous charities, has recently been named to the board of Athletes Against Drugs, and serves as an advisor for Baseball Factory, a development program for high school baseball players. Glanville also maintains a very active role in Penn Engineering as a member of the Board of Overseers. Glanville's current project is a recurring Op-Ed column for The New York Times, "Heading Home: Major League Reflections on Baseball and Life."