John E Abele

Co-founder of Boston Scientific | Founder, Argosy Foundation

John E. Abele, our co-founder, has been a Director of Boston Scientific since 1979. Mr. Abele was our Treasurer from 1979 to 1992, our Co-Chairman from 1979 to 1995 and our Vice Chairman and Founder, Office of the Chairman from February 1995 to March 1996. Mr. Abele is also the owner of The Kingbridge Centre and Institute, a 120-room conference center in Ontario that provides special services and research to businesses, academia and government. He was President of Medi-tech, Inc. from 1970 to 1983, and prior to that served in sales, technical and general management positions for Advanced Instruments, Inc. Mr. Abele is the Chairman of the Board of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Foundation and is also a member of numerous not-for-profit boards. Mr. Abele received a B.A. degree from Amherst College.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

RMI Rocky Mountain Institute® (RMI) is an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit think-and-do tank™.

• Member, Board of Trustees

FIRST Founded by Dean Kamen, supports science and technology education

• Director

Concord Academy Private high school in Concord, MA

• life trustee

Boston Scientific Corp manufacturer of medical devices

• Director ('79→?)

Positions

Argosy Foundation

• Founder ('97→?)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Boston Scientific Corporation Political Action Committee ('Bsc PAC')

• 14 contributions · 70,000 USD ('00→Oct 13 '16)

Ted Kennedy Former US Senator from Massachusetts

• 4 contributions · 6,200 USD ('00→Jul 25 '05)

Patrick Joseph Kennedy Former US Representative from Rhode Island

• 5 contributions · 6,000 USD ('02→'07)

John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 3 contributions · 3,000 USD ('01→'03)

Cheri Beasley

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD (Jun 21 '22)

Cheri Beasley For North Carolina

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD (Jun 21 '22)

Christopher U Cates

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('10)

Bill Weld 2020 GOP presidential primary candidate; former governor of Massachusetts

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('96)

John Patrick Murtha Jr Democrat, US Representative from Pennsylvania

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('01→'04)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 2 contributions · 1,500 USD ('94→Feb 26 '07)

Family

Chris Abele Head of the Argosy Foundation; former Milwaukee County executive

• son

Schools

Amherst College Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, a town of 35,000 people in the western part of the state. The college’s 1,000-acre campus is adjacent to downtown Amherst.

• BA, physics and philosophy (?→'59)