William Haseltine Bio
William Haseltine (William A. Haseltine) an American scientist, businessman, author, and philanthropist known for his work on HIV/AIDS and the human genome. He served as a professor at Harvard Medical School where he founded two research departments on cancer and HIV/AIDS.
He is as well the founder of several biotechnology companies which are Cambridge Biosciences, The Virus Research Institute, ProScript, LeukoSite, Dendreon, Diversa, X-VAX, and Demetrix.
William Haseltine Age
William was born on October 17, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
William Haseltine Human Genome Sciences
William is the founder of Human Genome Sciences (HGSI) to sequence the DNA in human genes. He was also the founder chairman, and CEO of Human Genome Sciences. It is a company that pioneered the application of genomics to drug discovery. He is as well the president of the Haseltine Foundation for Science and the Arts.
He is as well the founder, chairman, and president of ACCESS Health International, an organization dedicated to improving access to high-quality health worldwide.
On the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, He frequently attended interviews by the media and has shared his expertise in the field of global human health. He was asked by Nordic Life Science of his views on the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the Nordics and globally, and what he believes is the way forward and out of it. On January 4, 2021, he advocated a role for a post-presidency, Donald Trump, as a vaccine advocate. He had flipped from his earlier anti-vax position and fast-tracked vaccine development with Operation Warp Speed.
William Haseltine Net Worth
Haseltine has an estimated net worth is $ 800 million. He has earned his wealth mainly from his career as a scientist, businessman, author, and philanthropist.
William Haseltine Height and Weight
William stands tall at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.8 m). He laso has an average body weight.
William Haseltine Family
Haseltine was born to his parents William R. Haseltine and Jean Adele He was raised up along with his three siblings at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center in the Mojave Desert. Haseltine’s father worked as as a physicist and his mother as a French teacher.
Haseltine became the first infants to be saved from pneumonia by penicillin. He survived a serious heart condition as a child and witnessed his mother’s struggles with illness and manic depression.
His grandfather worked as an engineer and his father a Ph.D. physicist. His older sister Florence received both a Ph.D. in biophysics and an M.D., while his younger brother Eric a Ph.D. in neurobiology and his younger sister Susan became a specialist in computer systems.
William Haseltine Wife
Haseltine has been married twice, he first married Patricia Eileen Gercik and they have two children Mara Haseltine and Alexander Haseltine. He then married Maria Eugenia Maury and together, they have three children named Karina Correa-Plama, Camila Arria-Maury, and Manuela Arria-Maury.
William Haseltine Education
Haseltine joined the University of California at Berkeley and graduated in 1966. He then joined Harvard University, where he earned a Ph.D. in Biophysics. There, Haseltine became a founding father of a revolution in medical research, the sequencing of DNA, RNA, and proteins, and the use of the human genome to identify and treat diseases.