Title:
First chief financial officer at Genentech, 1978-1984 : oral history transcript / 2002
Creator/Contributor:
Middleton, Fred A., 1949-, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Bugos, Glenn E., 1961-, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Creator/Contributor:
Program in the History of the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Abstract:
Childhood in New Jersey; education in chemistry, business; early employment experiences in business management, banking, and
as financial and administrative officer for Genentech's first management team; early growth of Genentech, Inc.; corporate
financial strategies; raising venture capital, product licensing, private placements, research and development partnerships,
joint ventures, FIPCO [fully integrated pharmaceutical company] plan, junior common stock; discussion of Genentech products
including insulin, growth hormone, gamma interferon, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), enzymes; Genentech's initial public
offering; comments on Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Cornelius Pettinga, Robert Swanson, and others.
Date:
2002 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Biotechnology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Biotechnology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Bio-industries -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Biotechnologie -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Biotechnology
Biotechnology industries
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Genentech, Inc. -- History
Genentech, Inc.
Note:
Fred A. Middleton ; interviews conducted by Glenn E. Bugos in 2001. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the Program in the History of the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology.
ORIGINAL INTERVIEW RECORDINGS RESTRICTED: Use cd copy with call number BANC CD 908.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. CD copies shelved BANC CD 908.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biography
History.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (viii, 267 pages) : portraits ; 29 cm
6 audiocassettes
5 audio discs
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
ORIGINAL INTERVIEW RECORDINGS RESTRICTED: Use cd copy with call number BANC CD 908.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.