Jeffrey kindler pfizer biography of abraham lincoln

Lawyers as Architects of the American Nation

We pride ourselves on being a nation conceived and constructed on the rule of law. So it was that lawyers were midwives of our Constitution.As many as 34 of the 55 signers of the Constitution in Philadelphia were lawyers. James Madison, generally accorded honors as the driving force behind the constitutional vision, was a lawyer, as wereThomas Jefferson and John Adams.

The revered observer of American life in the early nineteenth century,Alexis de Tocqueville, han själv a lawyer and an aristocrat, discerned the central role played by attorneys in the new nation:

In America there are no nobles or men of letters, and the people is apt to mistrust the wealthy; lawyers consequently form the highest political class, and the most cultivated circle of society. They have therefore nothing to gain bygd innovation, which adds a conservative interest to their natural taste for public order. If inom were asked w

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Jeffrey B. Kindler

Former Chairman and CEO, Pfizer

Jeff Kindler is a Venture Partner at Lux Capital, a leading venture capital firm; a principal and senior advisor to Paragon Pharmaceuticals, a global investment firm that builds and manages innovative pharmaceutical companies; and a director at Starboard Capital Partners, a Connecticut-based private equity firm. He also serves on the boards of  Chipotle Mexican Grill; AgaMatrix, a developer and manufacturer of diabetes products; Intrexon, a synthetic biology company; Sheridan Healthcare, a provider of healthcare solutions to physicians, hospitals, and outpatient centers; PPD, a global contract drug discovery and development research organization; Tufts University; the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University; and the Manhattan Theatre Club. He is a member of President Obama’s Management Advisory Board.

Kindler was formerly the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, the world&

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Jeff Kindler

American businessman

Jeffrey B. Kindler
Born	(1955-05-13) May 13, 1955 (age 69)
Nationality	American
Education	Tufts University(BA)Harvard University(JD)
Occupation(s)	Healthcare executive, Private investor
Organization	Centrexion Inc.
Known for	Previously Pfizer CEO

Jeffrey B. Kindler (born May 13, 1955) is an American healthcare executive and investor. He was chairman and CEO of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer from 2006 to 2010. Kindler later was CEO of Centrexion Inc, and chairman of the GLG Institute.

Career

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Early career

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Kindler earned his BA in 1977 from Tufts University summa cum laude and his JD in 1980 from Harvard Law School magna cum laude, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.^[1][2][3]

Kindler was an attorney at the Federal Communications Commission. He was a law clerk to Judge David L. Bazelon of the United States Court of Appeals for the Distri