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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The SUNY College at Oneonta will present honorary
SUNY doctorates to two distinguished associates of the College this year.
Cooperstown resident Hugh MacDougall, a retired diplomat and noted Cooper
scholar, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Dr.
Angelo Scopelianos, a 1977 graduate of the College who serves as the Vice
President for Research and Development at Johnson & Johnson's Center for
Biomaterials and Advanced Technologies, will receive an honorary Doctor of
Science degree.
Hugh MacDougall had an award-winning career of nearly 30 years with the
United States Department of State, working for the foreign service in
Europe, Africa, and South America. Upon his retirement to Cooperstown in the
1980s, he developed a scholarly interest in the Cooper family, notably the
life and work of James Fenimore Cooper. His association with the College
began through the SUNY-Oneonta James Fenimore Cooper conference and seminar,
first as a participant and later as a presenter, organizer, and editor of
the conference proceedings.
In 1989, Mr. MacDougall founded the
James Fenimore Cooper Society
to encourage and chronicle scholarship related to the author. The
secretary/treasurer of the society since its inception, he also established
the Cooper Society website, built it into a highly respected scholarly
resource, and continues to maintain it today.
The current Cooperstown village historian, Hugh MacDougall has served on
the village board of trustees and planning board. He has served on the
boards of many community organizations, including the Cooperstown Rotary
Club, Friends of the Library, Otsego 2000, and Cooperstown Art Association.
He is also a founding member of the Center for Continuing Adult Learning.
Angelo Scopelianos graduated from SUNY-Oneonta in 1977 with a degree in
chemistry and went on to earn his doctorate from Penn State. He joined E.I.
DuPont's Medical Products Division as a research scientist in 1982, Elf
Acquitane as manager of the drug delivery systems group in 1986, and Johnson
& Johnson in 1988. He held a number of managerial positions with the company
and was appointed Director of the Corporate Biomaterials Center upon its
creation in 1996, earning promotion to Vice President in 1998.
In his position, Dr. Scopelianos leads a team of scientists and engineers
that have developed many successful products used in surgery, including
cranial devices that allow surgical access to remove and treat brain tumors;
stents that reverse the effects of occluded arteries and atherosclerotic
disease; novel combinations of bone-regenerating cells and biomaterials to
repair bone defects; and wound dressings to treat non-healing ulcers in
diabetic patients. He holds 35 U.S. patents with five additional patents
pending, as well as 31 foreign patents. An award-winning scientist, he is
the author or co-author of several academic publications.
Angelo Scopelianos returned to SUNY-Oneonta in 2006 as the keynote
speaker at the College's annual Student Research Day. He has also presented
seminars on campus on new developments in biomaterials. He and his wife have
established the Dr. and Mrs. Angelo G. Scopelianos '77 Scholarship at the
College to benefit students with financial need.
Hugh MacDougall and Angelo Scopelianos will receive their honorary SUNY
doctorates at the College's 2008
Commencement
ceremony on May 17.
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