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ALEJANDRO ZAFFARONI
Pages 376-380

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From page 377...
... He was also awarded a scholarship through the Institute of International Education in 1945 to study at the University of Rochester. He took a US military cargo ship to New York in the waning days of World War II and, after visiting both universities, he decided to attend Rochester as it offered him his own laboratory and the freedom to pursue his interest in bio­ hemistry c and steroid research.
From page 378...
... ALZA was the first of Dr. Zaffaroni's nine companies built around novel technologies and 130 patented processes for drug delivery, high-speed genome scanning, drug discovery, and innovative materials development for a wide variety of industries.
From page 379...
... The $10 million endowed Alejandro and Lida Zaffaroni Scholarship and Fellowship Program at Stanford University, which is partly funded by gifts from donors who credit Dr. Zaffaroni with providing inspiration, mentorship, and friendship throughout their careers, provides students, especially those from Latin America, with undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships.
From page 380...
... . He was also a member of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine Advisory Council at Stanford University, the Stanford University Hospital Board of Directors, the Division of Biological Sciences Advisory Council at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sustaining Fellows, and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1973)


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