Background
Place, Virgil Alan was born on October 24, 1924 in Crown Point, Indiana, United States. Son of Virgil Alexander and Helen Rosetta (Scott) Place.
pharmaceutical researcher physician
Place, Virgil Alan was born on October 24, 1924 in Crown Point, Indiana, United States. Son of Virgil Alexander and Helen Rosetta (Scott) Place.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Indiana University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1948.
Private practice internal medicine and endocrinology, Modesto, California, 1955-1958. Director clinical pharmacology Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, New York, 1958-1966, Syntex Research, Palo Alto, California, 1966-1968. Vice president medical and regulatory affairs Alza Corporation, 1969-1991.
Founder, chairman VIVAS, Inc., Mountain View, California, since 1991.
1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1950-1952. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mary Jean Simpson, August 2, 1952 (divorced January 1976). Children: Tamara Ann Place Hutten, Andrea Marie Place Fournet, Nicola Jean. Married Ann Harrison, August 31, 1982 (divorced March 1992).
1 child, Virgil Aristophanes K.A.H. Married Irina Vlassova, November 16, 1996.