that will help eliminate student loans for medical students who qualify for financial aid. Altogether, the Vageloses have been responsible for about $450 million in philanthropy to Columbia's medical school. In 2022, the Vageloses donated $55 million to Barnard College to support the college's STEM education efforts. It is the largest donation in the college's 130-year history. References External links How to Succeed in Business, review of Medicine, Science and Merck, 2004, by Vagelos and Louis Galambos The Future of the Pharmaceutical Industry, According to Roy Vagelos, Wharton School podcast from 2006 UPenn Honoree American people of Greek descent Living people 1929 births American manufacturing businesspeople Businesspeople in the pharmaceutical industry People from Westfield, New Jersey Merck & Co. people Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Washington University in St. Louis faculty Rahway High School alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences American chief executives Members of the National Academy of Medicine