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William Lee, MS '79 and PhD '82
Executive Vice President of Research, Gilead

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William (Bill) Lee recently retired from his role as executive vice president of research at Gilead, overseeing the company's innovative research and preclinical programs across all therapeutic areas. After joining Gilead in 1991, he was responsible for the expansion of the company's research programs, leading efforts to advance multiple products from early-stage research into clinical development. His contributions to the discovery of internal drug candidates and evaluation of external compounds have allowed Gilead to bring important new medicines to patients. Prior to joining Gilead, Bill held positions at Syntex Corp. and California Biotechnology, Inc.
He serves as Bay Area Regional Co-Chair for the Campaign for UC San Diego, and is an active member of Chancellor’s Associates and the Physical Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board. Bill was named as a UC San Diego Outstanding Alumni in 2012.
2022-2023 Trustees
- Jeff Silberman
- Sandra Timmons '81
- Pradeep K. Khosla
- Steve Hart, MA '80
- Leo Spiegel ’83
- Pelin Thorogood
- Deborah Bronston-Culp '80
- Andy Chedrick
- Una Davis
- Nathan East '78
- Phyllis Epstein
- Mick Farrell
- Bobbie Gilbert
- Mark Gleiberman
- Antonio Grillo-Lopez
- Taner Halıcıoğlu ‘96
- Larry Hershfield
- Gary Jacobs '79
- Sheri Jamieson '73
- William Jones
- James Kralik
- Wendy Kwok '99
- Jeanne Lawrence
- William Lee, MS '79 and PhD '82
- Susan Lew
- Gabriela Manriquez
- Robert S. Marren '86
- James Moffatt '80
- Matt Newsome '91
- Dene Oliver
- James Ong, MD '89
- Pam Palisoul '72
- Greg Papadopoulos '79
- Rafael Pastor
- Brian Powers
- Harry Rady
- Ann Reed
- Samara Reck-Peterson
- Lynn Schenk
- Drew Senyei
- Munjal Shah '95
- Stephen Strachan
- Scott Wolfe
- Sally WongAvery '75
- Ping Yeh
- Alfred Zollar, MA '76