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George B. Rathmann
Board Member
ZymoGenetics
Seattle, WA
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George Rathmann is currently a board member of
ZymoGenetics Inc. and Chairman Emeritus of Amgen, Inc. He was
previously Chairman of the Board of ICOS Corporation and Hyseq, Inc.
He served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Amgen
from its inception in 1980 to October 1988 and Chairman from October 1988 to July 1990.
Before joining Amgen, Rathmann was Vice President, Research and Development, Diagnostics
Division, of Abbott Laboratories, which he had joined in 1975. Previous experience
included Litton Industries, as President of Litton Medical Systems, Inc., and the 3M
Company.
Dr. Rathmann received his B.S. in Physical Chemistry from Northwestern
University, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in Physical Chemistry. He is a member
of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, the American Chemical Society, and since 1982 he has served as an Officer and
Board Member of the Biotechnology Industry Organization and was Chairman from 1986-1988.
He is an Officer and Board Member of the National Science and Technology Medals
Foundation. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
and the Keystone Center, and is a member of the Board of Directors of PhRMA and Somatogen,
Inc.
Company Profile
ZymoGenetics is a targeted bioinformatics-driven company
dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutic agents used in the
treatment and prevention of human illness.
George Rathmann's Suggested Reading
List
Corporate
Creativity: How Innovation and Improvement Actually Happen
by Alan G. Robinson & Sam Stern,
Berrett-Koehler Publishing, 1997.
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Beating the Street
by Peter Lynch & John Rothchild,
Fireside Publication, 1994.
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Winning in High-Tech Markets: The Role of General Management: How
Motorola, Corning, and General Electric Have Built Global Leadership Through Tech
by Joseph G. Morone,
Harvard Business School Press, 1993.
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Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge
Every Company and Career
by Andrew S. Grove,
Cassette edition by Bantam Books-Audio, 1996.
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The Fatal
Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
(Collected Works of F A Hayek, Vol. 1)
by Friedrich August Von Hayek,
University of Chicago Press, 1989.
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The Road Ahead
by Bill Gates,
Viking Press, 1995.
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Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human Gene
by Stephen S. Hall,
Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987.
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The Golden
Helix: Inside Biotech Ventures
by Arthur Kornberg,
University Science Books, 1996.
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