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Joseph Edelman
Joseph Edelman (born 1955) is an American hedge fund manager who founded Perceptive Advisors, a New York City-based hedge fund specializing in the healthcare sector and biotechnology. He helped take biotech firms public via the use of Special-purpose acquisition company, special-purpose acquisition companies. Early life and education Edelman's father, Isidore Edelman, was a scientist who became a professor emeritus of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Edelman was the third of four children and grew up in San Francisco. Edelman graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 1978. Subsequently, he enrolled in graduate studies in pharmacology but left the program upon realizing that he sought a different career path than that of his father. Drawn to the finance sector, he relocated to New York City, where he obtained his MBA from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelor Of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of London in 1860. In the United States, the Lawrence Scientific School first conferred the degree in 1851, followed by the University of Michigan in 1855. Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, who was Harvard's Dean of Sciences, wrote in a private letter that "the degree of Bachelor of Science came to be introduced into our system through the influence of Louis Agassiz, who had much to do in shaping the plans of this School." Whether Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degrees are awarded in particular subjects varies between universities. For example, an economics student may graduate as a Bachelor of Arts in one university but as a Bachelor of Science in another, and occasionally, both options are offered. Some universities follow the Oxford a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
