William Koch Schmidt

Background

Schmidt, William Koch was born on August 5, 1950 in San Mateo, California, United States. Son of Alfred Carl and Mary Elizabeth (Koch) Schmidt.

Education

AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, San Francisco, 1978.

Career

Postdoctoral, Boston University School Medicine, 1978; senior research pharmacologist, E.I. DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1978-1988; research associate, E.I. DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1988-1990; principal research scientist, DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1991-1995; president, Chief Executive Officer, co-founder, Northstar R & D Ltd., since 1995.

Achievements

• Achievements include 10 patents in field. Research in field of analgesics, opioid antagonists, anxiolytics, antidepressants, antipsychotics, cognitive enhancers, behavioral and psychopharmacology, alcohol and drug abuse.

Membership

President, board of trustees The Independence School, Newark, Delaware, 1990-1994, bd.trustees, 1988-1995. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Pain Society, New York Academy Science.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, hiking, working with youth groups.

Connections

Married Linda Catharine Cook, September 1, 1974. Children: Robert, Benjamin.

Father:

Alfred Carl Schmidt

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Koch) Schmidt

Spouse:

Linda Catharine Cook

child:

Benjamin Schmidt

child:

Robert Schmidt