CHAPTER 12. A Fresh Start in Seattle

the city still hadn’t entirely recovered: City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development http://www.seattle.gov/dPd/cityplanning/populationdemographics/default.htm

you can’t ruin a splendid university in five or six years: Balta, Victor. “William P. Gerberding, 27th president of the University of Washington, dies at 85.” UW Today. 29 Dec. 2014. http://www.washington.edu/news/2014/12/29/william-p-gerberding-27th-president-of-the-university-of-washington-dies-at-85/

Perlmutter moved from Caltech to Seattle: Interview with Roger Perlmutter at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. 24 Jan. 2013

let’s create a whole new department: Interview with Lee Huntsman in Seattle. 26 Nov. 2012

Dr. Hood championed a research program: Danz lecture recordings. Apr. 1991. Courtesy of University of Washington archives.

He’s a very brilliant guy: Interview with Bill Gates, responses in writing, 25 Oct. 2014

When you first meet Lee,: Lazowska, Ed. Video interview played at Hood’s 70^th birthday event at the W Hotel in downtown Seattle, 10 Oct. 2008

an awesome and at times frightening blend of brilliance, drive, competitiveness: Isaacson, Walter. “In Search of the Real Bill Gates.” Time magazine. 24 June 2001. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,137132,00.html

we are keen to have Lee: Perlmutter, Roger. “Memo to Phil Fialkow.” 24 May 1991. University of Washington Special Collections. UW Department of Genome Sciences. Accession No. 06--031

Bill struck me as an individual: Hood, Leroy “Handwritten memo to Phil Fialkow” Undated, 1991. University of Washington Special Collections. UW Department of Genome Sciences. Accession No. 06—031

divvied up several ways: Hadley, Jane. “Gates Gives $12 million to UW Venture.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 8 Oct. 1991. Page A1.

you don’t find this parochial view in physics: Interview with Maynard Olson at the University of Washington Department. 29 Nov. 2012.

sad duty: Hood, Leroy E. Letter to Arnold O. Beckman. 7 Oct. 1991

a mop of hair: Neves, Randy. “Gates Gives Record $12 million.” The Daily. University of Washington. 8 Oct. 1991. Page 1.

bankrolled a major coup: Bishop, Jerry E. “William Gates’s Gift Spurs Shift by Star Biologist.” Wall Street Journal. 8 Oct. 1991. Page B1

we hope to change the world: Macdonald, Sally. “With Gates’ Bait, UW Lands a Big Fish in the Gene Pool.” The Seattle Times. 8 Oct. 1991. Page B4 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19911008&slug=1309734

the glow over this institution: Gerberding, William P. “Thank you letter to Bill Gates.” 14 Oct. 1991. University of Washington Special Collections. UW Department of Genome Sciences. Accession No. 06—031

complete pandemonium: Interview with John Yates by telephone. 12 Nov. 2012

not particularly drawn to Seattle: Interview with Lee Rowen at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. 19 Dec. 2012.

University of Washington is not among the top five: Dickinson, Susan L-J., “21^st Century Facility is Bound for Seattle.” The Scientist. Page 1. 30 Mar. 1992.

pitched his vision: Hood, Leroy; Ramsey, Paul; Stamatoyannopoulos, George. “Offer letter to Maynard Olson.” 18 Dec. 1991. University of Washington Special Collections. Accession #14—001

we got everyone we wanted: Roberts, Leslie. “Leroy Hood: Thinking Big in Seattle.” Science. 8 Apr. 1994. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/264/5156/206.extract

the cover of the Seattle Times Sunday magazine: Dietrich, Bill. “Future Perfect -- Thanks To Bill Gates’ $12-Million Endowment, Scientist Leroy Hood Continues His Search For A New Genetic Destiny.” The Seattle Times. Pacific Magazine. 9 Feb. 1992. Page 6. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920209&slug=1474735

sheer luck: Sandoz Buying Systemix’ Stem Cell and Megakaryocyte Technology for $392 Mil.; Deal Values Firm at $650 Mil-$700 Mil. – Leading Edge Technology Benchmark? The Pink Sheet. 23 Dec. 1991 http://www.pharmamedtechbi.com/publications/the-pink-sheet/53/051/sandoz-buying-systemix-stem-cell-and-megakaryocyte-technology-for--392-mil-deal-values-firm-at http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/18/business/business-people-systemix-sandoz-accord-linked-to-scientist-s-role.html

doing the dishes, on his own: Interview with Carl Weissman at Accelerator Corp. in Seattle. 17 Dec. 2012

some biologists are so into the minutiae: Interview with Nathan Myhrvold at Intellectual Ventures. 27 Nov. 2012

Melinda French: Monday Memo. “Out of Africa.” The Seattle Times 27 Sept. 1993  http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930927&slug=1723151

such a good teacher: Interview with Ann Winblad at Hummer Winblad offices, San Francisco. 8 Jan. 2013