1. INTRODUCTION

2. PARENT SAMPLE AND DATA
2.1. The 70-Month Swift BAT Catalog and X-ray Data
2.2. Optical Spectroscopic Data

3. SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS
3.1. Galaxy Template Fitting
3.2. Emission Line Measurements
3.3. Broad Line Black Hole Mass Measurements

4. RESULTS
4.1. Redshift Distribution
4.2. Narrow and Broad Line Classification
4.3. Emission Line Classification
4.4. Comparison to Optical Emission Line Selected AGN from the SDSS
4.5. Black Hole Mass and Accretion Rate Distribution
4.6. Unusual AGN

5. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK