Donald S. Coffey

Donald Straley Coffey (October 10, 1932 – November 9, 2017) was the Catherine Lola and J. Smith Michael distinguished professor of Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and subsequently professor emeritus. He had a primary appointment to urology and secondary appointments to oncology, pharmacology and pathology.

Early life and education Donald Coffey was born on October 10, 1932, in Bristol, Virginia. After failing 5th and 11th grade, he attended the King College from 1951 to 1953 but was dropped out after 2 years. In 1957, he received a BS in Chemistry from the East Tennessee State University. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins in 1964 in Physiological Chemistry. He was married to Eula Cosby.

Career At the ETSU, he worked with the North American Rayon Company in Elizabethton, TN as a chemist. After receiving his BS, he worked as an associate chemical engineer at the Westinghouse Electronic Corporation in Baltimore, MD.

Awards and recognition 1984-1988 National Chairman, National Prostatic Cancer Program, National Cancer Institute 1988 President, Society for Basic Urological Research 1989 Falk Award, National Institute of Environmental Science 1992 Eugene Fuller Prostate Award, American Urological Society 1994 First Yamanouchi Award, Society of International Urology 1997 President of the American Association for Cancer Research 2001 Achievement Award, American Urological Association 2005 St Paul's Medal, British Association of Urological Surgeons 2013 Elected fellow of the AACR Academy 2015 Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research, AACR He received 2 NIH MERIT awards.