[4] Prior to joining Independence, he served as chief operating officer of Citibank Commercial Markets (2001–2003), president of European American Bank (1991–2001) and president and chief executive officer of NatWest USA (1974–1991).
[4] Dugan was also a director of Cox and Company, a manufacturer of aerospace parts for military and civil applications.
[4] Dugan died on December 18, 2016, at the age of 69, while serving as the president of St. Francis College.
[5] Other community organizations bestowing honors upon Dugan in the past include; the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Helen Keller Services for the Blind, the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, the American Jewish Congress, Touro Law School, St. Francis College, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the Brooklyn Children's Museum, and the Boy Scouts of America.
In addition in June 2009, Dugan was inducted into the Order of the Knights of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI.