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Matthew Ernest Draper

Matthew Draper

Matthew Draper

Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations
Development & Alumni Relations

Email: mdraper@clarkson.edu
Phone: 315/268-6763
Office: 2004 Woodstock Lodge
Mailbox: CU Box 5790

Department(s): Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Biography

Matthew E. Draper, Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations, returned to Clarkson in October 2010 to launch the Shipley Center for Innovation  after spending 8 years at W.W. Grainger, the world's largest industrial distributor. A co-developer of the Clarkson Model for Commercialization, a process recognized by the Kauffman Foundation as a best demonstrated practice, Draper helped launch over 200 startups which collectively raised over $30 million in venture funding. 

In August 2016, Draper became Director of Corporate Engagement at Clarkson University with a focus on cultivating relationships with key industry partners for recruitment, research, and philanthropy. Draper became Interim Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations in March 2018 and moved into the role full time in July 2019.  Draper has deep roots at Clarkson having graduated from Clarkson in 2002 with a degree in Business Administration and receiving his MBA  from Clarkson in 2003 with a concentration in Supply Chain Management.  Draper met his wife, Erin, while a student at Clarkson and both of his brothers attended the University.

Schools at Clarkson

  • Graduate School
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • David D. Reh School of Business
  • Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering
  • Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health Sciences
  • Institute for a Sustainable Environment
  • Early College Program: The Clarkson School
  • Institute for STEM Education
  • Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries

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  • Career Center
  • Honors Program
  • ROTC
  • Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design (SPEED)
  • Student Success Center
  • Writing Center

Research & Innovation

  • Clarkson Center for Complex Systems Science (C3S2)
  • The Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP)
  • Center for Air and Aquatic Resources Engineering & Science (CAARES)
  • Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR)
  • The Center for Rehabilitation Engineering, Science & Technology (CREST)
  • NYS Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions
  • The Shipley Center for Innovation
  • Clarkson Ignite
  • University Libraries

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