Background
Benet, Leslie Zachary was born on May 17, 1937 in Cincinnati. Son of Jonas John and Esther Racie (Hirschfeld) Benet.
Benet, Leslie Zachary was born on May 17, 1937 in Cincinnati. Son of Jonas John and Esther Racie (Hirschfeld) Benet.
Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Michigan, 1959; Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, University of Michigan, 1960; Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, 1965; Doctor of Pharmacy (honorary), Uppsala U., Sweden, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Leiden U., The Netherlands, 1995; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Illinois, Chicago, 1997; Doctor of Science (honorary), Philadelphia College Pharmaceutical & Science, 1997; Doctor of Science (honorary), Long Island U., 1999.
Assistant professor pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, 1965-1969;
assistant professor pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, 1969-1971;
associate professor, University of California, San Francisco, 1971-1976;
professor, University of California, San Francisco, since 1976;
vice department chairman pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, 1973-1978;
department chairman pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, 1978-1996;
director drug studies unit, University of California, San Francisco, since 1977;
director drug kinetics and dynamics center, University of California, San Francisco, since 1979;
department chairman biopharmaceutical science, University of California, San Francisco, 1996-1998. Member pharmacology study section National Institutes of Health, Washington, 1977-1981, chairman, 1979-1981, member pharmacology science review committee, 1984-1988, chairman, 1986-1988. Member generic drugs advising committee Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1990-1994, member Science Board, since 1992.
Member science advisory board SmithKline Beecham Beecham Pharmaceuticals, 1989-1992, Pharmetrix, 1989-1992, Alteon, Inc., since 1993, TheraTech, Inc., 1993-1996, Roche Bioscience,1998-. Chairman of the Board AvMax, Inc., since 1994. Board directors Oxon Medica, Inc., InforMedix, Inc., Josman laboratories, Inc.
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Appt. to Forum on Drug Development and Regulation, 1988. Fellow Academy Pharmaceutical Sciences (president 1985-1986, chairman basic pharmaceutics section 1976-1977, member-at-large Executive Committee 1979-1983, Research Achievement award 1982), American Association for the Advancement of Science (member-at-large Executive Committee pharmaceutical science section 1978-1981, 91-95, chair 1996-1997), American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists (president 1986, treasurer 1987, board directors 1988-1993, Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist award 1989, Distinguished Svc. award 1996). Member Institute Medicine NAS (forum on drug development and regulation 1988-1994, Chairman of Commission on antiprogestins, 1993, membership committee 1994-1997, chairman other health professions section 1995-1997, Chairman of Commission pharmacokinetics & drug interactions in elderly 1996-1997, member Round Table R & D Drugs, Biologics & Medical Devices since 1997), American Association of University Professors, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (board directors since 1987, Distinguished Svc.
"Profile" award 1993), American College Clinical Pharmacology (Distinguished Svc. award 1988), ISSX (councillor 1992-1996, treasurer since 1998), American Pharmaceutical Association, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Rawls-Palmer award and lectureship 1995), American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Association (member blue ribbon commission on generic medicines 1990), International Pharmaceutical Federation (board pharmaceutical science 1988, chair since 1996), Drug Information Association, American College Clinical Pharmacy (therapeutic frontiers lecturer 1995), American Association Colls. Pharmacy (Volwiler Research Achievement award 1991, president 1993-1994, board directors 1992-1995), Sigma Xi, Rho Chi (Annual Lecture award 1990), Phi Lambda Sigma.
Married Carol Ann Levin, September 8, 1960. Children: Reed Michael, Gillian Vivia.