| Herbert W. Boyer Born: 10-Jul-1936
Birthplace: Derry, PA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Biologist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin Wife: Grace (m. 1959)
University: BS Biology, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe (1958)
University: MS, University of Pittsburgh (1960)
University: PhD, University of Pittsburgh (1963)
University: Yale University (post-graduate study, 1963-66)
Professor: Microbiology, University of California at San Francisco (1966-75)
Professor: Biochemistry, University of California at San Francisco (1975-91)
Genentech VP (1976-91)
Genentech Co-Founder
Member of the Board of Allergan (1994-, as Chairman, 1998-)
Member of the Board of Genentech (1976-)
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1988
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1979
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (1976-83)
National Academy of Sciences 1985
National Medal of Technology 1989
National Medal of Science 1990
Lemelson-MIT Prize 1996 (with Stanley Cohen)
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