Through a gift from the Cutco Foundation, Alfred University sponsors an annual lecture on entrepreneurial leadership. Lance Shaner, Chairman and CEO, The Shaner Group, was the most recent entrepreneur to deliver the Cutco Lecture. The list of past lecturers is a Who's Who of prominent CEO's.

• 2009 - Mr. Richard W. Mott, former President/CEO, Kyphon, Inc. and Ms. Elizabeth A. Rothwell, former Vice President Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Kyphon, Inc.
• 2008 - Lance Shaner, Chairman and CEO, The Shaner Group
• 2007 - Dr. Joel Moskowitz, '61 alumnus, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Ceradyne, Inc.
• 2006 - James R. Houghton, Chairman of the Board of Corning Inc.
• 2005 - Richard Smucker, President and CEO of the Smucker Co.
• 2004 - Andrea Jung, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Avon, Inc.
• 2003 - Doris Christopher, founder and Chairman of the Pampered Chef
• 2002 - Peter Cuneo, President and CEO of Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
• 2001 - David Oreck, Chairman of the Oreck Corp.
• 2000 - Tami Longaberger, President of Longaberger Co.