Background
Osborn, John Edward was born on September 4, 1957 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Richard and Patricia Anne (O'Donovan) Osborn.
Diplomat healthcare industry executive lawyer
Osborn, John Edward was born on September 4, 1957 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Richard and Patricia Anne (O'Donovan) Osborn.
Student, College William and Mary, 1975-1976; Bachelor, U. Iowa, 1979; certified, Georgetown University, 1980; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1983; certified, Wadham College, University of Oxford, 1987; M International Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University, 1992; certified, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1994-1995; postgraduate, Princeton University, 1997-1999.
Staff United States Republican Jim Leach, 1978, Congressional Budget Office, 1979—1980, United States Senator John Heinz, 1981. Law clerk to Albert V. Bryan United States Court Appeals (4th circuit), Alexandria, Virginia, 1983-1984. Associate McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Washington, 1981, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, 1982, Wilmer Hale (formerly Hale and Dorr), Boston, Washington, 1983—1988, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, 1988-1989.
Special assistant to legal adviser United States Department State, Washington, 1989-1992. Senior counsel DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1992-1994, associate general counsel, 1994-1996, vice president, associate general counsel, assistant secretary, 1996—1997. Vice president legal affairs Cephalon, Inc., Frazer and West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1997—1998, senior vice president, 1998—2005, general counsel, 1998—2008, secretary, 1998—2008, executive vice president, 2006—2008.
Advisor McKinsey & Company, New York, 2007—2008. Board directors Incept BioSys., Inc., Ann Arbor, since 2005. Executive vice president, general counsel United States Oncology, Inc., Woodlands, Texas, since 2010.
Member United States Advisory Commission Public Diplomacy, Washington, since 2008. Visiting scholar East European studies Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, 1991. Lecturer Ross School Business University Michigan, 1997—2006.
Lecturer University Pennsylvania Law School, 2004—2007. Visiting fellow politics, research collaborator Princeton University, 2002—2007. Visiting research fellow Center Socio Legal Studies University Oxford, 2008.
Senior member Wadham College, Oxford.
Member Johns Hopkins University Alumni Council, Baltimore, since 1997. Member University of Virginia Law School Business Advisory Council, Charlottesville, since 1996, member of national campaign committee U. Iowa Endowment 2000 Campaign, Iowa City. Research aide, speechwriter George Bush for President Committee, 1979-1980, 87-88, member Delaware Republican State Committee, 1995-1999, delegate to Republican National Convention, 1996, member, board directors Delaware Ctr.for the Contemporary Arts, since 1994, vice president since 1997, American Civil Liberties Foundation Delaware, 1995-1998, advisory board since 1998.
Trustee Tower Hill School, Wilmington, Delaware, since 1997. Member Atlantic Council of the United States, Mortar Board, Greenville Country Club, Capitol Hill Club, Princeton Club New York, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Deborah Lynn Powell, August 11, 1984. Children: Delaney Powell, Keeley Rush.