Patricia A. Scully

Ms. Patricia A. Scully, 78, died January 31, 2015 in Ridgewood, NJ.
Services & interment are private.
Born in Newark, NJ, Ms. Scully grew up in Caldwell / West Caldwell and lived in Piscataway NJ prior to moving to Suffern, NY in 1970.
She graduated from Cornell University and was a Cardiovascular Pharmacologist for 25 years at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Pearl River NY.

Ms. Scully was very active in the Sport and Pug breed for over 50 years and finished Pugs in Obedience and Confirmation in the United States, Bermuda, Canada and Mexico. She was a former Director, President, National Show Chairman, and Honorary Lifetime & Hall of Fame Member of the Pug Dog Club of America; Director, President, and Obedience Chairman of Tuxedo Park Kennel Club; Honorary Lifetime Member of K-9 Obedience Training Club of Essex County, NJ; Former Director, Obedience Chairman, and Honorary Lifetime Member of Ramapo Kennel Club; a member of and Judge for the Obedience Training Club of Hawaii; the 1988 winner of Richard H. D'Ambrisi Obedience Award; and three-time recipient of the Gaines Sportsmanship Award.

Ms. Scully was an AKC Delegate since 1985, and served four terms on the AKC Board of Directors. She chaired the Delegate Obedience, Tracking and Agility Committee, judged the Westminster Dog Show and was the 2012 Companion Events recipient of the American Kennel Club Lifetime Achievement Award.
As an equestrian, Pat won local qualifying classes to ride at the finals of the prestigious American Horse Show Association Hunter Seat Medal in Harrisburg, PA and the ASPCA Alfred B. Maclay horsemanship class at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden.
She is survived by her brother, E. Richard Scully, her cousins, Kathleen Scully, Sallie Sullivan and Sue Kaulkman, and her niece Susanne Scully Ballard.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Baker Institute for Animal Health would be appreciated.
Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 235 Hungerford Hill Road, Ithaca, NY 14835.
Phone: 607-256-5600