2002 Recipient:
Dr. Edward E. Penhoet

Edward E. Penhoet is co-founder of Chiron, one of the world's leading biotechnology companies. In 1992, Dr. Penhoet shared with his co-founder, Dr. William Rutter, the Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year Award presented by Ernst & Young and Inc Magazine. He presently serves as Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a partner in the venture capital firm, Alta Partners, and will join the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation later this year as director of its higher education and science programs.

Dr. Penhoet is immediate past chairman of the California Health Care Institute, and Chairman of the Chabot Space & Science Center and he Bay Area BioScience Center. He sits on multiple Boards of Directors, including the Oakland Museum Foundation and UC System Biotech Advisory Committee.

The award was inaugurated in 1998.
Honorees include:
2007 Recipient: L. John Doerr
2006 Recipient: F. Warren Hellman
2005 Recipient: C. Richard Kramlich
2004 Recipient: Sanford R. Robertson
2003 Recipient: Dr. Ralph Landau
2002 Recipient: Dr. Edward Penhoet
2001 Recipient: Mr. William Hambrecht
2000 Recipient: Dr. Gordon Moore
1999 Recipient: Mr. Arthur Rock
1998 Recipient: Dr. Alejandro Zaffaroni

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