Paul Anderson, Ph.D. - Merck, retired
Dr. Paul Anderson
currently serves on the Board of Directors of several companies and the
Chemical Heritage Foundation. In 2009, he is Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Gordon Research Conferences. During his celebrated
career at Merck, Dr. Anderson and coworkers developed TRUSOPT, the
first topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitor for treating glaucoma, and
ZOCOR, a frequently prescribed drug for lowering cholesterol levels.
Dr. Anderson has directed extensive medicinal chemistry efforts at
Merck and DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company focused on new chemotherapy
for AIDS, resulting in CRIXIVAN and SUSTIVA. Dr. Anderson is the
recipient of countless awards, including in 2006 the American Chemical
Society recognized Dr. Anderson with its highest honor, the Priestley
Medal. In addition, Dr. Anderson has served as Chairman of the
Medicinal Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society, Chairman
of the Gordon Research Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, Chairman of
the NIH Study Section on Bioorganic Chemistry and Natural Products, as
well as being a member of the National Advisory General Medicinal
Sciences Council of the National Institutes of Health and the National
Research Council, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology.