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| | Geron - Press Releases |
 | | MENLO PARK, CA — July 13, 1993 — Geron Corporation announced the election of Alexander E. Barkas, Ph.D., to chairman of the board of directors, and the addition of two new advisory board members: Robert N. Butler, M.D., to the clinical advisory board and Douglas Hanahan, Ph.D., to the scientific advisory board. |
 | | Barkas, 46, is a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, a major Geron investor. |
 | | Barkas is a director of several other early stage biotechnology companies, including Khepri Pharmaceuticals, RiboGene and BioStar. |
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