COMPANY

Founded 1979 by Walter Gilbert. Merged in 2003 with Idec to form Biogen Idec.

Industry:
Pharmaceutical

Corporate headquarters:
Cambridge, MA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael J. Astrue	Government	c. 1956		Social Security Commissioner
Walter Gilbert	Chemist	21-Mar-1932		Sequencing techniques for DNA
James C. Mullen	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Biogen Idec
Vicki L. Sato	Business	c. 1947		President of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, 2000-05
Phillip A. Sharp	Biologist	6-Jun-1944		Eukaryotic (split) genes
James R. Tobin	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Boston Scientific

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary L. Good	Educator	20-Jun-1931		Donaghey Professor, U. Arkansas
Thomas F. Keller	Educator	22-Sep-1931		Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96
James C. Mullen	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Biogen Idec
Eckhard Pfeiffer	Business	20-Aug-1941		CEO of Compaq, 1991-99
Phillip A. Sharp	Biologist	6-Jun-1944		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Alan Simpson	Politician	2-Sep-1931		US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97
James R. Tobin	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Boston Scientific

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas P. Stossel	Doctor	c. 1941		Professor, Harvard Medical School

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