Background
Dahling, Gerald Vernon was born on January 11, 1947 in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States. Son of Vernon and Lucille Alfrieda Dahling.
Dahling, Gerald Vernon was born on January 11, 1947 in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States. Son of Vernon and Lucille Alfrieda Dahling.
Bachelor of Science, Winona (Minnesota) State College, 1968; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1974; Juris Doctor, William Mitchell College of Law, 1980.
Patent attorney, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, 1980-1984; manager biotechnology patents, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, 1984-1986; assistant patent counsel biotechnology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, 1986-1989; assistant patent counsel biotechnology and fermentation products, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, 1990; assistant general patent counsel, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, 1991-1995; director intellectual property, Pasteur Mérieux Connaught, Lyon, France and Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, 1995-1997; corporation vice-president, director intellectual property, Pasteur Mérieux Connaught, 1997-1998; senior vice president intellectual property, Pasteur Mérieux Connaught, Lyon, France, since 1998; senior vice president intellectual property, Poulenc Rorer, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, since 1998.
Member American Bar Association, Indiana Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Married Edell Marie Villella, July 26, 1969. Children: David (deceased), Christopher, Elizabeth, Mary.