COMPANY

Manufacturer of scientific instruments and vacuum technologies. Founded 1948 as Varian Associates, by brothers Russell and Sigurd Varian. Reorganized as Varian, Inc. in 1999, spinning off two separate companies, Varian Semiconductor and Varian Medical Systems.

Official Website:
http://www.varianinc.com/

Industry:
Manufacturing

Ticker:
NASDAQ:VARI

Corporate headquarters:
Palo Alto, CA

Sales:
$835M (2006)

Employees:
3500

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard U. De Schutter	Business	?		CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, 2000-01
Elizabeth E. Tallett	Business	c. 1948		Hunter Partners, LLC

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Burton Richter	Physicist	22-Mar-1931		Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard R. Ernst	Chemist	14-Aug-1933		NMR spectroscopy
Herbert Kroemer	Physicist	25-Aug-1928		Pioneer in laser technology

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