| Bill Kolb |
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I attended the U of A and graduated with a B.S. degree in
Plant Pathology in 1965. I next attended the University of
Michigan and graduated with a M.S. degree in Medical
Microbiology in 1966. Then on to the University of California
at Irvine where I graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology in 1969. My Postdoctoral studies were
done at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La
Jolla, CA, from 1969 thru 1973. From 1973 thru 1977 I was a
Scripps Research Institute Assistant Faculty Member. I
married Linda Anne Mastio on February 5, 1977, and we have
now been married for a little over 33 years. We have no
children. In 1977 I was hired as an Associate Professor in the
Biochemistry Department at the University of Texas Health
Science Center in San Antonio, Texas, where I pursued the
usual academic career activities of teaching, writing grants,
writing scientific publications, training grad students and
postdocs, etc. Then in 1984 a drastic change. In the summer
of 1984 I left a tenured Medical School faculty position and
joined a startup BioTech company in San Diego. To make a
long story short, this startup company did not make it. So, in
1992, my wife and I started our own company which we sold in
2005 and retired. I have a wide variety of interests and
hobbies which include, gardening, reading, stamp collecting,
regularly working out in the gym, volunteering for a number of
different non-profit organizations, and traveling. My wife and I
have traveled all over the world including eight trips to Africa,
photo safaris to Eastern and Southern Africa, several trips to
China and India, plus trips to Europe, the UK, Central and
South America, Mexico and Canada. I have been very
fortunate to have led a very active, healthy, and interesting life.
Plant Pathology in 1965. I next attended the University of
Michigan and graduated with a M.S. degree in Medical
Microbiology in 1966. Then on to the University of California
at Irvine where I graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology in 1969. My Postdoctoral studies were
done at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La
Jolla, CA, from 1969 thru 1973. From 1973 thru 1977 I was a
Scripps Research Institute Assistant Faculty Member. I
married Linda Anne Mastio on February 5, 1977, and we have
now been married for a little over 33 years. We have no
children. In 1977 I was hired as an Associate Professor in the
Biochemistry Department at the University of Texas Health
Science Center in San Antonio, Texas, where I pursued the
usual academic career activities of teaching, writing grants,
writing scientific publications, training grad students and
postdocs, etc. Then in 1984 a drastic change. In the summer
of 1984 I left a tenured Medical School faculty position and
joined a startup BioTech company in San Diego. To make a
long story short, this startup company did not make it. So, in
1992, my wife and I started our own company which we sold in
2005 and retired. I have a wide variety of interests and
hobbies which include, gardening, reading, stamp collecting,
regularly working out in the gym, volunteering for a number of
different non-profit organizations, and traveling. My wife and I
have traveled all over the world including eight trips to Africa,
photo safaris to Eastern and Southern Africa, several trips to
China and India, plus trips to Europe, the UK, Central and
South America, Mexico and Canada. I have been very
fortunate to have led a very active, healthy, and interesting life.
Last Updated: July 2010
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My favorite song during our high schools days -
"Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover" by Bo Diddley
"Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover" by Bo Diddley