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Zaffaroni, Alejandro, 1923-2014

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Personal name headingZaffaroni, Alejandro, 1923-2014
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19230227
Death date20140301
Place of birthMontevideo (Uruguay)
Place of deathAtherton (Calif.)
Field of activityBiotechnology industries
Profession or occupationBiochemists Executives
Found inA voyage of discovery, 2008 : t.p. (Alejandro Zaffaroni) jacket (Dr. Alejandro Zaffaroni was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1923 and received his bachelor of science from the University of Montevideo in 1941 and came to U.S. in 1945, received his PhD in biochemistry in 1949)
New York times (online), viewed Mar. 7, 2014 (in obituary published Mar. 6: Alejandro Zaffaroni; b. Feb. 27, 1923, Montevideo, Uruguay; d. Saturday [Mar. 1, 2014], Atherton, Calif., aged 91; prolific biotechnology entrepreneur and Silicon Valley legend who played a significant role in the development of the birth control pill, the nicotine patch, the DNA chip, and corticosteroids)
Associated languageeng