A long-time SUNY Oneonta philosophy professor died Tuesday after being struck by a car in Hawaii a day earlier.
Douglas Shrader, 57, of Oneonta, went for a walk Monday night in Kaneohe, a community northeast of Honolulu, and did not return, his mother, Ann Shrader, of North Carolina said.
He was struck by a car, hit his head on the pavement and died the following day, Shrader said Wednesday.
The car that struck Shrader was exiting a gas station and was driven by a 22-year-old woman, according to The Star Advertiser newspaper of Honolulu, citing a police report. Shrader hit his head when he was knocked down. "It was so sudden," his mother said.
A distinguished teaching professor of philosophy, Shrader was chairman of the State University College at Oneonta Philosophy Department from 1986 to 1991 and from 1993 to 2008.
He joined the faculty at the college in 1979 and served in several administrative positions there over the years, in addition to his academic duties.
"I'm in shock," Distinguished Teaching Professor Ashok Malhotra of Oneonta said Wednesday. "I can't believe it."
Malhotra, who hired Shrader when he was a 25-year-old fresh from graduate school, had recently returned from Hawaii, where he and Shrader participated in a conference at the East-West Center.
"He was one of my closest friends," Malhotra said.
Shrader was a "brilliant mind," Malhotra said. One of his greatest legacies was the formation of the annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, the first of its kind in the country, Malhotra added.
Shrader grew up in Ashland, Ky., and attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He went on to get his master's degree and doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Shrader and his wife, Barbara Donahoe Shrader, were visiting their daughter Callie Doan, who lives in Kaneohe.
"They are visiting their daughter and son-in-law and grandson who had his first birthday," Ann Shrader said.
Douglas Shrader's son Sterling Shrader flew to Hawaii from his home in Austin, Texas, to be with his family, Ann Shrader said.
Douglas Shrader authored more than a dozen books and scores of articles and other contributions in several areas of study.
"I'm proud of his career accomplishments and his devotion to his family," his mother said.
Shrader had recent heart surgery and was building his strengh back at the time of the accident, Malhotra said.
"He was such a courageous man," he said.
Malhotra last saw his friend July 15 before he flew home.
Shrader is the second member of the SUNY Oneonta Philosophy Department to die this year. Anthony Roda taught at SUNY Oneonta for 43 years. When he died in March, Shrader wrote a eulogy posted on the college's website.
"It's a tragic situation. Two great human beings, two great scholars disappeared in 4½ months," Malhotra said.
A winner of numerous awards, including a Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Alumni Commendation for Academic Excellence in 1995, Shrader served as grand marshal of SUNY Oneonta's 2009 commencement.
He was appointed by the SUNY Board of Trustees in 1999 to the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor.
Malhotra said Shrader's family is working on funeral arrangements, as well as possible organ donations.
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