The Honor Seminars of Metropolitan Dayton was organized in 1962 as a non-profit corporation having as its goal the function of providing for outstanding area high school students the opportunity to learn from and interact with highly qualified professional people from the greater Dayton area. To accomplish this goal, two separate seminar programs are established each year for selected juniors and seniors as an extracurricular activity.  Effective use of the community resources is thereby utilized to develop the student who has demonstrated the desire and ability for high achievement. These seminars have been directed toward the understanding and appreciation of advances in modern sciences, technologies, and the humanities. They are meant to provide enrichment to the students' background, to aid in the development of independent thinking and the stimulation of individual creativity, and to lend assistance in defining personal career objectives. 

In 1973, the Honor Seminars of Metropolitan Dayton, Inc. joined the Affiliate Societies Council of the Engineering and Science Foundation of Dayton to provide Honor Seminars with a permanent headquarters address. 

Seminar programs in recent years have been directed toward increased participation of the students and have emphasized discussions of the topics with seminar leaders. This mode of operation has helped to make the contents of the seminars meaningful to the students and to satisfy their intellectual curiosities. Many of the seminars are conducted within the working environments of the individual seminar leaders, permitting them to use a variety of demonstration materials pertinent to their profession and permitting the students to acquire deeper insights into the functions performed by these professionals in today's society. 

Honor Seminars is an educational program established in the spirit of voluntary participation. All operations of the program are conducted without compensation or honoraria for the service of the individuals. The continued success of the Honor Seminars program is the direct result of the strength of the seminar leaders who constitute the faculty and the foresight of the officers and members of the Board of Directors. These professional individuals give gladly of their time and efforts to bring their knowledge and experience in a wide variety of fields. Their individual contributions are pointed out in the appropriate annual reports. 

Students of exceptional ability and promise are selected on an impartial basis from the public and private schools of the greater Dayton metropolitan area. The principals and Counselors of these schools prior to the student's junior year provide nominations of candidates. An experienced Admissions Committee determines the selection of students from those nominated by the participating schools. Those students who displayed and maintained through their weekly attendance the very highest level of interest, initiative, talent, and scholarly activity are listed in the appropriate annual reports. 

Each year the program for the junior students is directed toward the basic sciences and mathematics in preparation for the senior program.  Building on the junior year base, the senior program involves more applications technology and provides the senior students with opportunities to gain insight into work being performed at the leading edge of scientific endeavor.

The Honor Seminars of Metropolitan Dayton, Inc., serves a unique and fundamental need for the Montgomery- Greene County community. The cooperation and backing of the companies and institutions with which the seminar leaders and board members are affiliated have been substantial. The generous financial support provided by the many participating organizations in this community is appreciated and indicative of their desire to maintain this exceptional opportunity for our outstanding high school students. The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce recognizes the Honor Seminars of Metropolitan Dayton, Inc., as an ongoing benefit to the community and merits contributory support from sponsoring organizations.