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- Robert Swanson (1905–1994) was a Canadian researcher and developer, and is credited with the invention of the first five and six-chime air horns for use on locomotives. Swanson had worked as the chief engineer of a company called Victoria Lumber Manufacturing in the 1920s, when he developed a hobby for making steam whistles for locomotives.
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Engineer, Railway Inspector, Business owner, Poet. Known for. Whistles, horns, poetry. Robert Swanson (1905–1994) [1] was a Canadian researcher and developer, and is credited with the invention of the first five and six-chime air horns for use on locomotives. Swanson had worked as the chief engineer of a company called Victoria Lumber ...
Dec 6, 1999 · Genentech was founded more than 40 years ago, in 1976, by the late venture capitalist Robert A. Swanson and the biochemist Dr. Herbert W. Boyer. In the early 1970s, Boyer and geneticist Stanley Cohen pioneered a new scientific field called recombinant DNA technology.
American. Education. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Known for. Genentech, Biotechnology, Venture Capital. Spouse. Judy (m. 1980) Robert "Bob" Swanson (1947–1999) was an American venture capitalist who co-founded Genentech in 1976 with Herbert Boyer. Genentech is one of the leading biotechnology companies in the world.
Jan 20, 2000 · Metrics. Venture capitalist and the Pied Piper of biotechnology Credit: CHRISTOPHER KAMMEYER. On 6 December, the founder of Genentech, Robert Swanson, succumbed to brain cancer.
- David V. Goeddel, Arthur D. Levinson
- 2000
Robert A. Swanson (SB 1969, SM), a pioneer in the commercialization of recombinant DNA technology who was recognized as one of the 1,000 most important figures of the millennium, died on December 6 at the age of 52 at his home in Hillsborough, CA after a year-long battle with brain cancer.
Dec 8, 1999 · Robert A. Swanson, who co-founded Genentech Inc. and is considered the father of the biotechnology industry, died Monday at his home in Hillsborough, Calif., after a yearlong battle with brain...
Swanson patented his invention in 1949, and the demand for multi-chime locomotive air-horns launched the horn and whistle business he called AirChime from Nanaimo's backwoods to international prominence. AirChime became, and still is, the dominant name in railroad air horns in North America.
