At Guelph he was an assistant professor,
and left to be director of Life Sciences at DuPont, then president of
Biotechnica, and then president and chief executive officer of the Boyce
Thompson Institute at Cornell University.
Ralph was dynamic and visionary,
especially in the area of biotechnology, the council says in a news release
announcing his death. The council has Canadian and U.S. members.
“He firmly believed that public
policy must be based on the best science, and he always encouraged dialogue
that included diverse points of view.
“Ralph made sure that these
principles guided NABC throughout the course of his service to the
organization.”
