The Biotechnology Heritage Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of biotechnology through discovery, innovation, and public understanding. It is presented annually at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Annual International Convention by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO, formerly the Biotechnology Industry Organization) and the

Science History Institute The Science History Institute is an institution that preserves and promotes understanding of the history of science. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it includes a library, museum, archive, research center and conference center. It was fo ...

(formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation). The purpose of the award is "to encourage emulation, inspire achievement, and promote public understanding of modern science, industry, and economics".

Recipients

The award is given yearly and was first presented in 1999. * Ivor Royston, 2020 * Janet Woodcock, 2019 * William Rastetter, 2018 * John C. Martin, 2017 *

Stanley Norman Cohen Stanley Norman Cohen (born February 17, 1935) is an American geneticist and the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer were the first scientists to transplant genes from one livin ...

, 2016 *

Moshe Alafi Moshe Alafi (born March 3, 1966) is an Israeli producer, director, and creator. Biography Moshe was born in Jerusalem in 1966, the eldest son of Menashe, a gardener, and Esther, a teacher by profession. He was followed by two brothers and a ...

and

William K. Bowes William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

, 2015 *

Robert S. Langer Robert Samuel Langer Jr. FREng (born August 29, 1948) is an American chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, inventor and one of the twelve Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was formerly the Germeshaus ...

, 2014 * George Rosenkranz, 2013 *

Nancy Chang Nancy Tang Chang (born 1950), née Tang Nanshan (), is a biochemist who cofounded Tanox in 1986 to address medical needs in the areas of allergy, asthma, inflammation and diseases affecting the human immune system. Tanox took an innovative approac ...

, 2012 * Joshua S. Boger, 2011 *

Arthur D. Levinson Arthur D. Levinson (born March 31, 1950) is an American businessman and is the current chairman of Apple Inc. (2011–present) and CEO of Calico (an Alphabet Inc. venture). He is the former chief executive officer (1995–2009) and chairman (199 ...

, 2010 *

Robert T. Fraley Robert Thomas Fraley (January 25, 1953, Danville, Illinois) was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Monsanto, where he helped to develop the first genetically modified seeds. He retired from Monsanto in June 2018. He a ...

, 2009 *

Henri A. Termeer Henri A. Termeer (February 28, 1946 – May 12, 2017) was a Dutch biotechnology executive and entrepreneur who is considered a pioneer in corporate strategy in the biotechnology industry for his tenure as CEO at Genzyme. Termeer created a busine ...

, 2008 *

Ronald E. Cape Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse '' Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form ...

, 2007 * Alejandro Zaffaroni, 2006 *

Paul Berg Paul Berg (born June 30, 1926) is an American biochemist and professor emeritus at Stanford University. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980, along with Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger. The award recognized their con ...

, 2005 *

Leroy Hood Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood (born October 10, 1938) is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Washington. Hood has developed ground-breaking scientific instrume ...

, 2004 *

William J. Rutter William J. Rutter (born August 28, 1928) is an American biochemist who cofounded the early biotechnology company Chiron Corporation together with Edward Penhoet and Pablo DT Valenzuela. As Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysi ...

, 2003 *

Walter Gilbert Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American biochemist, physicist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate. Education and early life Walter Gilbert was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 21, 1932, the son of Emma (Cohen), a c ...

, 2002 *

Francis S. Collins Francis Sellers Collins (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is the former director of the National Institutes of Health ( ...

and J. Craig Venter, 2001 *

Herbert Boyer Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg he discovered a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, ther ...

and Robert A. Swanson, 2000 *

George B. Rathmann George Blatz Rathmann (1927–2012) was an American chemist, biologist, pioneer in biotechnology and corporate executive. In 1980 he co-founded and served as the first CEO of Amgen, and later founded Icos. Background Rathmann was born on Dece ...

, 1999

Photo Gallery

File:Robert A. Swanson 2000 Biotech Award.tif , Robert A. Swanson (2000;
''photo from 1999'') File:Herbert Boyer 2000 BIO Award.tif , Herbert Boyer (2000;
''photo from 1999'') File:J. Craig Venter crop 2011 CHAO2011-49.jpg , J. Craig Venter (2001;
''photo from 2011'') File:Walter Gilbert HD2008 portrait.JPG , Walter Gilbert (2002;
''photo from 2008'') File:William Rutter BIO SAW 2003.jpg , William Rutter (2003) File:Leroy Hood PITT2008.jpg , Leroy Hood (2004;
''photo from 2008'') File:Paul Berg HD2008 t55 long view.JPG , Paul Berg (2005;
''photo from 2008'') File:Alejandro Zaffaroni 2006 BIO Award.JPG , Alejandro Zaffaroni (2006) File:Henri Termeer 2012 BIO Convention.jpg , Henri Termeer (2008;
''photo from 2012'') File:Joshua Boger 2012 BIO Convention.jpg , Joshua Boger (2011;
''photo from 2012'') File:Nancy Chang.jpg , Nancy Chang (2012) File:George Rosenkranz crop 2013 13-2744-1 1247.jpg , George Rosenkranz (2013) File:Robert Langer MTMLecture 2008 09 25 portrait.JPG , Robert Langer (2014;
''photo from 2008'') File:Stanley Norman Cohen DSC 2027.jpg , Stanley Norman Cohen (2016) John C. Martin 2017 Biotechnology Heritage Award DSC8562.JPG , John C. Martin (2017) File:William Rastetter 2018 068 Science-History-Institute 2018-0604 Randall-Garnick-Photography.jpg , William Rastetter (2018) File:Janet Woodcock Biotechnology Heritage Award 2019 009.jpg , Janet Woodcock (2019) File:Ivor Royston crop 2013 BHA 13-2744-1 1157.jpg, Ivor Royston (''photo from'' 2013)

References

{{reflist Biology awards American awards Awards established in 1999 1999 establishments in the United States

Recipients

Photo Gallery

See also

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