Anticipated Plans After Graduation or where did you graduate from and what are you doing now:
I graduated from Allegheny College in 1986 with degrees in both English literature and Chemistry. I then went on to graduate school in Chemistry at Cornell University, where I received a Masters degree in 1989 and a PhD in 1992. In 1992 I began post-doctoral studies in structure-based anti-cancer drug design at the medical school of University of California, San Francisco. Since 1997 I have worked in biotechnology and I am now the Director of Structural Biology at Exelixis, where we currently (2007) have 14 compounds in cancer clinical trials. All of my scouting experience and my Eagle project directly prepared me for the demands of two senior research projects in college, and a doctoral dissertation in graduate school. My non-scouting classmates had a much tougher time of it!

Project Description:
I organized and put-on a Karate demonstration show (at MOS) to raise money for
Multiple Schlerosis.

Favorite Camping Experience:
Two favorites: the summers were always spectacular at Masawepie, but my favorite was joining Len Angie's previous Troop 346 for a 70-miler backpacking expedition in the Adirondack Mtns. My other favorite was the absolutely horrendous weather we would usually have in the old bottomless canvas tents while winter camping at Camp Cutler!