Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, BS, College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Science, 1977; MS, College of Arts and Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, 1979. Director, Howard University Cancer Center

In 2008, Dr. Adams-Campbell was named Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Professor of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Also in 2008, she was granted membership to the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the field of health and medicine. Dr. Adams-Campbell previously worked as Director of the Howard University Cancer Center and as Associate Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Cancer Control at the Howard University College of Medicine. Her research focuses on women's health issues, cancer prevention, and the well-being of women in Africa. She was the co-principal investigator of the Women's Health Initiative, one the largest research projects to study women's health risks as they age. Dr. Adams-Campbell serves on many boards including the Friends of Cancer Research, Board of Visitors of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, and American Association for Cancer Research-Minorities in Cancer Research. Dr. Adams-Campbell serves as a reviewer on the editorial board for eight journals, and she has published over 100 peer-reviewed research papers. She has received numerous awards including the FDA Deputy Commissioner Community Service Award, Searle Distinguished Graduate Award, Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award from the Howard University College of Medicine, and McDonald's Black History Maker of Today Award in Medicine. Along with her Drexel degree, Dr. Adams- Campbell holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
May 2009

Edmund Bossone, DC, Evening School (today known as *Goodwin College of Professional Studies), Mechanical Engineering, 1948; BS, *Evening School, Mechanical Engineering, 1953; Honorary Degree, 2007 (Deceased). Former Engineer, Philadelphia Electric Company

Mr. Bossone was one of the leading philanthropists in Drexel's history. The Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center, designed by internationally renowned architect I.M. Pei, was named in honor of Mr. Bossone in 2005. The Center includes 48 teaching laboratories, 37 lab support spaces, 8 conference rooms, 77 offices and a 300-seat auditorium. Mr. Bossone worked as a senior engineer with the Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) and at age 55 he took early retirement. He was a heavy investor in the stock market while building and selling real estate, and he also computerized the Multiple Listing Service for the Main Line Board of Realtors. During World War II, Mr. Bossone served as an engineering officer in the 9th Air Force fighter bomber group, and he saw combat in numerous battles, including the Normandy invasion. He was honorably discharged in August 1945 with the rank of Captain. In 2009, he was elected into Drexel's College of Engineering's Circle of Distinction.
April 2015

Dominic Caruso, BS, LeBow College of Business, 1980. Corporate Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Johnson & Johnson

In 2007, Mr. Caruso was appointed Corporate Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Johnson & Johnson, and a member of the Executive Committee. Johnson & Johnson is one of the world's largest manufacturers of health care products, as well as a provider of related services for the medical devices, consumer, pharmaceutical, and diagnostics markets. Previously, he was Vice President, Group Finance for the Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MD&D) Group and a member of the MD&D Group Operating Committee. Mr. Caruso joined Johnson & Johnson in October 1999 through the acquisition of Centocor, Inc. where he was Vice President, Finance. He had been with Centocor since 1985 with responsibilities for finance, information management, investor relations, procurement, and facility services. He served as General Manager, and later, as Director and Chairman of Centocor's Diagnostic Division. Mr. Caruso is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
April 2011

Michael Dolan, MBA, LeBow College of Business, 1985. Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil Corporation

Mr. Dolan is Senior Vice President of ExxonMobil Corporation, a position he has held since 2008. From 2004 to 2008, he served as President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company and Vice President of ExxonMobil Corporation. Mr. Dolan has been with the Company (under the Mobil family – Exxon acquired Mobil in 1999) since 1980, when he joined Mobil at the Paulsboro, New Jersey, research labs working in a variety of research, planning, and technical service positions. Following the 1999 Exxon/Mobil merger, Mr. Dolan became the Middle East and Africa Regional Director of ExxonMobil Chemical while located in Brussels, Belgium. In 2001, he moved to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he served as Executive Vice President for ExxonMobil Saudi Arabia. In September 2003, Mr. Dolan returned to the United States as Deputy to the President of ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company. Mr. Dolan has been a member of the Board of the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council, the U.S.-China Business Council and the American Petroleum Institute. He has also served on the Board of Trustees and Chemical Engineering Advisory Board of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Dolan was awarded the Institute's Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement at his 30th class reunion in 2005. He has been a Director of the American Chemistry Council, the Society of Chemical Industry, and the Sam Houston Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Dolan was active in the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Celebration of Reading Program, and he also served on the leadership team for the 2005 – 2006 United Way of Texas Gulf Coast Campaign.
May 2009

Christopher J. Ferguson, BS, College of Engineering, 1984; Honorary Degree, 1987. Retired U.S. Navy Captain and former NASA Astronaut

Christopher J. Ferguson, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, became the Director of Crew and Mission Operations in Boeing's Space Exploration division in December 2011. He is responsible for operations, training and support systems for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) spacecraft. The CST-100 Starliner will serve the crew transportation role formerly fulfilled by the Space Shuttle. Ferguson, a NASA astronaut for 13 years, is veteran of three space shuttle missions. Prior to his service as an astronaut, he was an F-14 Tomcat pilot and test pilot who served aboard the USS Forrestal and USS Nimitz
Ferguson has comprehensive oversight for flight crew operations of Boeing's Commercial Crew Transportation System. In this capacity, he works with NASA's office of Human Exploration and Operations, NASA Flight Crew, and Mission Operations Organizations, and Kennedy Space Center's Commercial Crew Program to ensure the Boeing spacecraft design supports NASA's requirements. Ferguson also has a leadership role in developing and testing the crew interfaces to the CST-100 spacecraft including cockpit, space suit and vehicle interior layout.
Ferguson leverages his space shuttle experience as pilot of STS-115 (Atlantis), commander of STS-126 (Endeavour) and commander of the final shuttle mission, STS-135 (Atlantis). He has logged more than 40 days in space, 5,700 hours in high performance aircraft, and nearly 400 carrier arrested landings.
Ferguson has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia and a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. He holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilot certificate and a Professional Engineer's license. Ferguson has been recognized with numerous service awards and citations, including the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Strike/Flight Air Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, NASA Spaceflight Medals, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, Navy Commendation Medals, and the Navy Achievement Medal.
July 2017

Wayne Gattinella, BS, LeBow College of Business, 1976. CEO, President, and Director, WebMD Health Corporation

Mr. Gattinella is Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director of WebMD Health Corporation, a web publisher of health information for consumers and healthcare professionals. The company is home to the WebMD Health Network, which consists of the consumer health information web site WebMD.com, and Medscape.com, a web portal for physicians and healthcare professionals. The network is visited by more than 90 million unique users per month. Mr. Gattinella became President of the original WebMD in August 2001. He was instrumental in evolving the company to its current form, now WebMD Health, by solidifying both its financial security and expanding its reach and scope. He also increased its market presence by brokering an exclusive contract with CBS News which now uses and promotes WebMD in both its television and website medical news segments. Mr. Gattinella previously served as a senior marketing executive in such companies as PeoplePC, Medco Health Solutions and MCI Telecommunications. While at MCI, he garnered a notable early achievement by instituting the company's “Friends and Family Program” which has served a marketing prototype in the telecommunications industry. Mr. Gattinella currently serves as Trustee on the Drexel University College of Medicine Board, since May 2009.
April 2011

June Klinghoffer, MD, Woman's Medical College, 1945 (Deceased). Former Professor Emerita of Medicine and Former Director, Teaching Programs, Department of Medicine, Woman's Medical College

Dr. Klinghoffer, Professor Emerita of Medicine, had a distinguished medical career spanning more than 50 years. After an internship and residency at what is now the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Dr. Klinghoffer returned to her alma mater on a fellowship, and she remained at Woman's Medical College (WMC) for the majority of her career. She was an internist and rheumatologist in private practice, and a Professor of Medicine and Director of Teaching Programs in the Department of Medicine at WMC. Dr. Klinghoffer rose from her role as a clinical assistant in the Department of Medicine in 1948 to a full professor in 1969, holding the Ethel Russell Morris Chair in Medicine from 1987 to her retirement in 2000. Throughout her career, Dr. Klinghoffer served as a member or as Chair of every major committee at WMC. In addition, she served as President of the medical faculty and as President of the Alumnae Association. In the fall of 1999, Dr. Klinghoffer was honored at the WMC Sesquicentennial with a presentation and statue dedication for a half-century of service. She received many awards for her outstanding medical achievements and her long years of excellence in teaching, among them the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1965, the Alumnae Achievement Award from Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1978, and the Golden Apple Award. In addition, Dr. Klinghoffer's colleagues established the June F. Klinghoffer, MD Professorship to honor her accomplishments.
May 2009

Mian H. Jiang, PhD, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, 1991. Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences; President, Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Science

In addition to his leadership role as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dr. Jiang heads the Shanghai Branch of the CAS. At the CAS, Dr. Jiang is in charge of numerous research programs in the areas of energy, satellite communications, wireless networking, information systems infrastructure and environmental monitoring. He also holds positions in several national programs including Deputy Chief of the National Manned Space Flight Project, Deputy Chief of the National Lunar Exploration Project, and Director General of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation facility. He also continues to do research in his main field of condensed matter physics. Prior to becoming a Vice President of the CAS, Dr. Jiang was Director of the Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy. Academia is only one part of Dr. Jiang's activities – he is also a prominent technology entrepreneur. Dr. Jiang leads Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd., which has a large stake in the city's broadband cable franchises and various Internet companies. He has also served on several boards of directors including China Netcom, which has been wiring the country for high-speed internet access, Shanghai Automotive Industry Company and the Shanghai Airport Group Company. Dr. Jiang is the son of China's former political leader, Jiang Zemin.
April 2010

Gary Michelson, MD, Hahnemann University (today known as Drexel College of Medicine), 1975. Orthopedic Surgeon, Inventor and Philanthropist

Dr. Michelson's mother and grandmother suffered from a crippling spinal deformity that compelled him to dedicate his life to improving the lives of those afflicted with spinal ailments. Dr. Michelson completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Hahnemann Medical Hospital, and subsequently completed a fellowship in spinal surgery at St. Luke's Medical Center in association with Texas Medical Center and Baylor University. He is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and a diplomat of the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. In the beginning of Dr. Michelson's 21-year tenure as a spinal surgeon, he was discontented with the low success rates associated with spinal surgery procedures of the time. It was this discontent that pushed Dr. Michelson to spend countless hours developing better implants, instruments and procedures that would enable spinal surgeons to successfully cure a vastly greater proportion of spinal ailments. His dedication is evidenced by his sole inventorship of more than 250 United States Patents and over 950 either issued patents, or pending applications throughout the world, on instruments, methods and devices relating to advances in spinal surgery or, to the more general field, of orthopedic surgery. Dr. Michelson's inventions have made spinal surgery safer, faster, more effective and less expensive than the procedures replaced. Even after his retirement from private practice, Dr. Michelson has not lost his passion for helping others. He founded and is the sole benefactor of the Medical Research Foundation Trust, Michelson Medical Research Foundation, Found Animals Foundation and the Twenty Million Minds Foundation. Through his foundations Dr. Michelson has donated over 100 million dollars for cutting edge medical research shunning all use of his name, attribution, or recognition. He has also spent over ten million dollars in directly helping to convert municipal animal services from death camps to adoption centers and providing no cost spay and neuter services to low income households. In a program directly acknowledged by the L.A. Mayor's office, Dr. Michelson's animal welfare foundation paid for all the costs if anyone would come in and rescue a dog or a cat scheduled for euthanasia. Dr. Michelson formed the Twenty Million Minds Foundation to create and provide for the use of a comprehensive library of higher education textbooks in an open architecture platform to replace the costly textbooks for purchase system currently in use. Dr. Michelson's Medical Research Foundation has funded research that has already achieved substantial breakthroughs in the area of neurodegenerative disorders which include such diseases as Huntington's Chorea and the far more ubiquitous scourge of Alzheimer's disease. The foundation also continues to fund research in spinal cord regeneration. The Michelson Prize, twenty-five million dollars, is being offered to address the issue of pet overpopulation (four million cats and dogs are killed by municipal animal services each year in this country). The prize is for access to a single dose, safe and effective, sterilant for use in cats and dogs. Dr. Michelson has provided an additional fifty million dollars to fund medical research in support of the prize. Dr. Michelson funds entrepreneurial competitions at a number of business schools including The Wharton School, Stanford University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was one of the finalists in the National Inventor of the Year Awards (presented by the Intellectual Property Owners Association) in multiple years; the recipient of the 2006 Paralyzed Veterans of America Award for the Outstanding Medical Research in the field of spinal disorders; and received a Letter of Recognition (2003) from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's for his philanthropic contributions to the city of Los Angeles.
March 2011

Walter Lomax Jr., MD, Hahnemann University (today known as Drexel College of Medicine), 1957 (Deceased). Former Chairman, Lomax Companies/Lomax Health Services

Dr. Lomax served as Chairman of the Lomax Companies, a private equity investment company that consists of Workers Comp Management, Inc., Foster America, LEVAS Communications, and InfoTech Services. He began his medical career in 1958 as a solo practitioner in the same South Philadelphia neighborhood where he lived as a child. As his practice grew, Dr. Lomax formed Lomax Medical Associates, a medical group designed to provide high-quality care in traditionally underserved areas. In 1982, he established Lomax Health Systems, Inc. (LHS), a management company concentrating exclusively on health care. He earned the designation of Fellow at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He was the Vice President of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce; a Trustee of LaSalle University; a Trustee and Emeritus Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra; and a Trustee of WHYY. For over 40 years, Dr. Lomax and his family were deeply involved in their community, culminating in the formation of The Lomax Family Foundation in 2003, which continues to provide funding for health, educational, cultural, and art-related non-profit organizations in the African-American community. In 1992, Dr. and Mrs. Lomax established The Elizabeth and Walter P. Lomax Sr. Scholarship Fund for an African-American student pursuing a medical education at Hahnemann. In 2007, Dr. Lomax was presented with the Outstanding Entrepreneur Award from Drexel's Alumni Association.
April 2015

Major General John K. Stoner, Jr. USA (retired), BS, College of Engineering, 1951. Retired Major General, United States Army

Major General (rtd) Stoner is in Phase Three of his adult life. He is retired, living in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, and growing roses, collecting sea shells from around the world, photographing sea shore bird life, and directing a 30-voice community chorus. Phase One started on his graduation from Drexel, at which time he was commissioned in the United States Army from Drexel's ROTC program. During his 30-year military career, General Stoner served in Korea, Panama, Vietnam, and Germany, graduated with an MBA from The Harvard Business School, taught on the faculty of the United States Military Academy, served on The Army Staff in Washington, D.C., and commanded Pine Bluff Arsenal, AR, Edgewood Arsenal, MD, the Kaiserslautern Army Depot in Germany, the Second Support Command in Germany, and the Army's electronics and signal logistics activities at Fort Monmouth, NJ. General Stoner retired from active service in July 1980.
Phase Two of his adult life started following retirement from military service when he established his own consulting company, providing advice and counsel to both government activities and private businesses in the broad venues of logistics support for night vision equipment and strategic planning in the logistics arena. General Stoner is a recipient of the College of Engineering's Circle of Distinction Award, and The Lifetime Achievement Award from his high school's Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. On Veteran's Day 2016, he was one of five honorees inducted into the Drexel ROTC Hall of Fame.
June 2017