Background
Gordon, John Laurie was born on July 28, 1944 in Dumfries, Scotland. Son of James Hilston and Catherine Isabel (Halliday) Gordon.
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Gordon, John Laurie was born on July 28, 1944 in Dumfries, Scotland. Son of James Hilston and Catherine Isabel (Halliday) Gordon.
Bachelor of Science, Glasgow (Scotland) U., 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1971; Doctor of Science, Cambridge (England) University, 1987.
Pharmacologist, Beecham laboratories, 1966-1971;
senior assistant in research, Cambridge U., 1972-1976;
principal science officer, American Red Cross Institute, Babraham, 1976-1983;
head vascular biology, Medical Research Council Research Center, Harrow, 1983-1987;
director research, British Biotechnology, Oxford, 1987-1994;
chief executive, Neures Ltd., Oxford, 1994-1996. Associate lecturer Cambridge U., 1977-1983. Executive director British Biotechnology, 1988-1996.
Member of advisory board Oxford Glycoscis., since 1995. Chairman Quercus Ltd., since 1996.
Member Pharmaceutical Society, Royal College Pathologists.
Married Sandra Elizabeth MacGregor, October 28, 1965 (divorced 1989). Children: Jacqueline, Catriona. Married Diana Madeleine Hawkins, April 28, 1990.
