Dr. Boyer, a founder of Genentech who is currently retired, served as a
director of Genentech from 1976 to June 1999, when he resigned from the
Board in connection with the redemption of our special common stock. He
was reelected to the Board in September 1999. He served as a vice
president of Genentech from 1976 to 1991. Dr. Boyer, a professor of
Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco from 1976
to 1991, demonstrated the usef...
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Dr. Boyer, a founder of Genentech who is currently retired, served as a
director of Genentech from 1976 to June 1999, when he resigned from the
Board in connection with the redemption of our special common stock. He
was reelected to the Board in September 1999. He served as a vice
president of Genentech from 1976 to 1991. Dr. Boyer, a professor of
Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco from 1976
to 1991, demonstrated the usefulness of recombinant DNA technology to
produce medicines economically, which laid the groundwork for
Genentech’s development. Dr. Boyer has received numerous awards for his
research, including the BayBio Pantheon Lifetime Achievement Award in
2005, National Medal of Science from President George Bush in 1990, the
National Medal of Technology in 1989, and the Albert Lasker Basic
Medical Research Award in 1980. He is an elected member of the National
Academy of Sciences and a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences. In 2001, Dr. Boyer was elected to the National Inventors Hall
of Fame. In addition, Dr. Boyer serves as vice-chairman of the Board of
Directors of Allergan, Inc.
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