People - Alumni

Ford Group Alumni Marc F. Desrosiers wins Arthur S Fleming Award

Some of our former B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. students and Post-Doc researchers have gone on to the following careers and accomplishments:

Academic   Private Industry
Chancellors/Presidents:   Chemical:
Palomar Community College   Amgen Inc., Director of Chemical Research
University of Connecticut   Amgen Inc., Scientific Researchers
    Applied Process Technology, Company Owner
Department Chairs:   Boehringer Ingelheim, Director of Process Research
Butte College   Clorox Corp., VP of Research
CSU - Los Angeles   Cortex Pharmaceuticals, VP of Discovery
El Camino Community College   Johnson & Johnson, Senior Scientific Researcher
LA City College   Merck Labs, Senior Research Chemist
New Jersey Institute of Technology   National Institutes of Health, Principal Investigator
Portland State University   Pharmacia Corp., Executive Director of R&D
Santa Barbara City College   Roche Bioscience, Senior Scientific Researcher
Saint Michaels College   Shell Chemicals Canada Ltd., QC Manager
Univ. of Michigan School of Medicine   Shell and BP Petroleum in South Africa, Manager
     
Faculty:   Non-Chemical:
Frostburg State University, Maryland   European Union in Munich, Patent Examiner
Long Island University   International TechAssoc. Inc., President
Northern Arizona University   MicroContinum Inc.President and CTO
Purdue University   Northrop helicopter obstacle avoidance, Manager
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   Tribal Physician for an Indian Tribe in Wyoming
San Francisco City College   US Dept. of Education, Presidential Management
Technology Transfer Officer at Yale University    
Texas A&M   Awards and Accomplishments
University of Arizona   Co-inventor of the Gilead flu pill Tamaflu
University of California, Berkeley   Co-inventor of "Indinivir" for the AIDS 'cocktail'
University of California, Riverside   Head of Organization which developed Celecoxib
University of California, Santa Cruz   National Academy of Sciences, Members
University of Chicago   Presidential Green Award for anti-AIDS compound
University of Connecticut    
University of Houston    
University of Nevada-Las Vegas    
University of North Carolina    
University of Virginia    
Washington University    
Westmont College    



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