Background
Vagelos, Roy was born on October 8, 1929 in Westfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Roy John and Marianthi (Lambrinides) Vagelos.
pharmaceutical company executive
Vagelos, Roy was born on October 8, 1929 in Westfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Roy John and Marianthi (Lambrinides) Vagelos.
Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1950. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1954. Doctor of Science (honorary), Washington University, 1980.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Brown University, 1982. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1984. Doctor of Science (honorary), New York University, 1989.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Columbia University, 1990. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Princeton University, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rutgers University, 1991.
Doctor of Science (honorary), New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, 1994. Doctor of Science (honorary), Mount Sinai Medical School, 1997.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University British Columbia, 1998. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1999.
Intern medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, 1954-1955, assistant resident medicine, 1955-1956. Surgeon Laboratory Cellular Physiology, National Institutes of Health, 1956-1959, Laboratory Biochemistry, 1959-1964, head section comparative biochemistry, 1964-1966. Professor biochemistry, chairman department biological chemistry Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1966-1975, director division biology and biomedical science, 1973-1975.
Senior vice president research Merck, Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, 1975-1976, president, 1976-1984. Corporation senior vice president Merck & Company, Inc., 1982-1984, executive vice president, 1984-1985, Chief Executive Officer, 1985-1986, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1986-1994. Chairman Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York, since 1995.
Member Institute Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, since 1974. Chairman science advisory board Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, 1985-1994. Board directors Prudential Insurance Company, 1989-2001.
Trustee University Pennsylvania, 1988-1999, chairman board, 1994-1999. Trustee Rockefeller University, 1976-1994, Danforth Foundation, since 1978. Member President's Commission on Environmental Quality, 1991-1993, Advisory Committee Trade Policy and Negotiations, 1992-1994, Business Council, 1987-1995.
Board managing directors Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., 1989-1995. Board directors New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1989-1999, co-Chairman, 1992. Member American Chemical Society (Enzyme Chemistry award 1967), American Society Biological Chemists, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Business Roundtable (policy committee 1987-1994).
Married Diana Touliatos, July 10, 1955. Children: Randall, Cynthia, Andrew, Ellen.