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Bobby was an extraordinary person; very smart but down to earth and a friend to everyone. He was the CEO of a start up company called Genentec. This was the first company to do serious work in gene-splicing which has changed the scientific world. He is listed in a book which I think is called, The 1000 Most Important People of the Last 1000 Years !!!!! Not bad for a kid raised in a small Florida town on the edge of the Everglades.
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Don Boyd
Bob died of brain cancer on December 6, 1999. A biography of Robert can be found at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Swanson
Evelyn Haas (Mancino)
Bob was a good friend in jr. high and high school. As a scientist, he helped many, many people and definitely changed the world. What a loss for all of us!
Ronald Pohl
Great loss to all. We spent time on the tennis courts .. RonPohl
Karen Habermann (Turville)
There is a utube video of Bob Swanson talking about how he started Genentech. https://youtu.be/B5NjuzR5Kb4
Grace Beale (Weible)
The authors of the book, 1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium ranked Bob at # 612.