Oral history interview with Hugh D'Andrade
- 1998-Nov-06
Hugh A. D’Andrade begins the interview with a brief discussion of his education and early career. D’Andrade began his career in corporate law as General Attorney for the Ciba-Geigy Corporation in 1968. By 1977, he had risen through the ranks to become Vice President of Administration and Counsel of the Pharmaceuticals Division. In 1981, he joined Schering-Plough Corporation as Senior Vice-President of Administration. During D’Andrade’s first years with Schering, the company worked with Cetus Corporation on antibiotic screening, and also worked with Biogen on interferon and erythropoietin. D’Andrade served as Schering’s representative on Biogen’s board for six years, where he worked closely with Charles Weissmann, Walter Gilbert, Bernard Mach, Philip Sharp, and Walter Fiers. D’Andrade worked on the development side of the interferon project and was instrumental in patent negotiations with Roche. D’Andrade discusses the presence of biotechnology in New Jersey and its relationship to other biotechnology organizations across the country. He concludes the interview with a discussion on the acquisition of DNAX, and his involvement with Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the Industrial Biotechnology Association (IBA).
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About the Interviewers
Sally Smith Hughes graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1963 with an A.B. in zoology. She received her M.A. in Anatomy from the University of California, San Francisco, in 1966. In 1972, she earned her Ph.D. in the history of science and medicine from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London. She served as postgraduate research histologist with the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco from 1966–1969, and as science historian for the History of Science and Technology program at the Bancroft Library from 1978–1980. Dr. Hughes was the Othmer Fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in 1997. She is presently research historian and principal editor on medical and scientific topics for the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. She is author of The Virus: A History of the Concept, and is currently interviewing and writing in the fields of AIDS and molecular biology and biotechnology.
Leo Slater was the 2001–2002 John C. Haas Fellow and a senior research historian at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, where he also served as Director of Historical Services from 1997 to 2000. A former research chemist at the Schering-Plough Research Institute, he received his doctorate in History from Princeton University in 1997.
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Education
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| 1961 | Rutgers University | BA | Economics |
| 1964 | Columbia University. School of Law | LL B |
Professional Experience
New Jersey. Supreme Court
- 1964 to 1965 Law Secretary to Hon. Frederick W. Hall
Toner, Crowley, Woelper, & Vanderbilt
- 1965 to 1968 Associate
CIBA-GEIGY Corporation
- 1968 to 1970 General Attorney
- 1970 to 1975 Counsel, Pharmaceuticals Division
- 1975 to 1977 Vice President and Counsel, Pharmaceuticals Division
- 1977 to 1981 Vice President, Administration and Counsel, Pharmaceuticals Division
Schering-Plough Corporation
- 1981 to 1984 Senior Vice President, Administration
- 1984 to 1995 Executive Vice President, Administration
- 1996 to 1999 Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer
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