EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
San Francisco, CA

Founding Date:
1873

Motto:
Fiat Lux

Enrollment:
2700

Official Website:
http://www.ucsf.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John H. Austin	Doctor	c. 1944	29-May-2009	Arcadian Management Services
William J. Bernstein	Author	29-Jul-1948		The Birth of Plenty
Elizabeth H. Blackburn	Scientist	26-Nov-1948		Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Richard H. Carmona	Doctor	22-Nov-1949		US Surgeon General, 2002-06
Ed Case	Politician	27-Sep-1952		Congressman, Hawaii 2nd
Lee Goldman	Doctor	6-Jan-1948		Goldman Index for cardiac risk
Avram Hershko	Scientist	31-Dec-1937		Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Susan Hockfield	Educator	24-Mar-1951		President of MIT
Arthur D. Levinson	Business	31-Mar-1950		CEO of Genentech
Robert L. Martensen	Doctor	1-Jan-1947	26-Sep-2013	The Brain Takes Shape: An Early History
Kary Mullis	Chemist	28-Dec-1944		Nutball 1993 Nobel laureate
Stanley B. Prusiner	Scientist	28-May-1942		Prions

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gregory Bateson	Anthropologist	9-May-1904	4-Jul-1980	Steps to an Ecology of Mind
J. Michael Bishop	Scientist	22-Feb-1936		Genetic causes of cancer
Elizabeth H. Blackburn	Scientist	26-Nov-1948		Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Herbert W. Boyer	Biologist	10-Jul-1936		Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
Michael A. Friedman	Doctor	c. 1944		Oncologist, City of Hope
Julie Gerberding	Doctor	22-Aug-1955		Director, Centers for Disease Control, 2002-09
Alan B. Glassberg	Doctor	c. 1937		Oncology Professor, UCSF, 1970-2006
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr.	Doctor	14-Feb-1954		EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05
Stanley B. Prusiner	Scientist	28-May-1942		Prions
Harold E. Varmus	Scientist	18-Dec-1939		Genetic causes of cancer
George H. Whipple	Scientist	28-Aug-1878	2-Feb-1976	Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Michael Bishop	Scientist	22-Feb-1936		Genetic causes of cancer
Elizabeth H. Blackburn	Scientist	26-Nov-1948		Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Susan Desmond-Hellmann	Doctor	1958		Chancellor of UCSF
Michael A. Friedman	Doctor	c. 1944		Oncologist, City of Hope
Alan B. Glassberg	Doctor	c. 1937		Oncology Professor, UCSF, 1970-2006
Lee Goldman	Doctor	6-Jan-1948		Goldman Index for cardiac risk
Joseph B. Martin	Doctor	1938		Dean, Harvard Medical School, 1997-2007
Roger O. Walther	Business	1935		Tusker Corporation
George H. Whipple	Scientist	28-Aug-1878	2-Feb-1976	Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver

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