William J. Rutter
American biochemist · United States · On the map · Lived 1927 to 2025 · aged 97
William J. Rutter was an American biochemist who cofounded the early biotechnology company Chiron Corporation together with Edward Penhoet and Pablo DT Valenzuela.
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2025Died11 July 20252003Biotechnology Heritage AwardAward1999Gabbay AwardAward1996Honorary Doctor of the Eötvös Loránd UniversityAward1995Heinz AwardAward1968Pfizer Award in Enzyme ChemistryAward1963Honorary Doctor of the University of Illinois SystemAward1927Born28 August 1927
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As chairman of the department of biochemistry and biophysics of the University of California, San Francisco, Rutter helped establish that department as a leader in the academic side of the biotechnology during the San Francisco Bay Area biotech boom of the 1980s.
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Lived 1927 to 2025 · aged 97
