Donald L. Drakeman

Donald Lee Drakeman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, business executive, academic, and scholar based in South Carolina.

Donald Lee Drakeman
Nationality	American
Education	Princeton University (PhD)
Occupation	Entrepreneur

Career

He has since 2007 been a venture partner in Advent Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in London, in connection with which he is a member of the firm's Life Sciences Team.^[1] At the same time he is a Fellow in Health Management of the Judge Business School at Cambridge University,^[2] where he is a member of the Management Science Subject Group.^[3] He is in addition the chairman of the advisory council of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, where he was for many years a member of the faculty and taught lecture courses and seminars on civil liberties and the United States Constitution.^[4][5] His book Church, State, and Original Intent, which concerns the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2010.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} In 2015 Palgrave Macmillan published Why We Need the Humanities, which focuses on the relation of the humanities to the life sciences and to civil liberties.^[11][12]

He was educated at Dartmouth College (AB magna cum laude),^[13][14] Columbia Law School (JD Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar),^[15] and Princeton University (MA, PhD in Religion).^[16] In the early stages of his career he worked as an attorney at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was the vice-president of the Essex Chemical Corporation. He is best known as the co-founder of two biotechnology companies, Medarex Inc. and Genmab A/S, both of which develop drugs used in monoclonal antibody therapy.^[17] During his tenure as CEO of Medarex, the company raised more than a billion dollars, entered into alliances with many other pharmaceutical companies, and spun off Genmab, which subsequently completed the largest biotechnology IPO in the history of European capital markets up to the time of the offering.^[2] He was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005.^[18]

He serves as a trustee of Drew University,^[19] a Visitor of Ralston College,^[20] a member of the Board of Advisors of the Rutgers Business School,^[21] and formerly served as a trustee of the University of Charleston.^[16] He is also a member of the editorial board of the journal mAbs.^[22] He was formerly the chairman of the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology,^[23][24] and has served on the boards of several companies, including Oxford Glycosciences, IDM-Pharma, and Mannkind. He continues to be a Director of Zymeworks Inc.^[25] He is in addition a Fellow of the Burgon Society.^[26][27]

References

1. . Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
2. "Don Drakeman".
3. . Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
4. James Madison Program September 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Web.princeton.edu. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
5. Xueqin, Jiang. (2010-06-13) Speakers See Threats to the Concept of Shared Governance – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Chronicle.com. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
6. Church, State, and Original Intent – Academic and Professional Books – Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.org. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
7. "Sign In". Archived from the original on July 15, 2012.
8. Robes And Vestments | The New Republic. Tnr.com. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
9. Church, State, And Original Intent March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Bsos.umd.edu. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
10. http://web.princeton.edu/sites/jmadison/calendar/documents/Flyer%202010%201008%20Drakeman%20Book%20Panel.pdf March 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}
11. Drakeman, Donald (2016). Why We Need the Humanities – Life Science, Law and – Donald Drakeman – Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137497475. ISBN 978-1-137-49746-8.
12. http://web.princeton.edu/sites/jmadison/calendar/documents/Flyer%202015%201118%20Drakeman.pdf February 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}
13. Religion Department Honors Theses October 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Dartmouth.edu. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
14. Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship: Alumni Ventures January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
15. Harlan Fiske Stone. C250.columbia.edu. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
16. Donald L. Drakeman > About January 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. ACSH. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
17. "Mult sclerosis".
18. Ernst & Young – Hall Of Fame October 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Eoyhof.ey.com. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
19. Board Roster | About Drew University | Drew University December 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Drew.edu (May 6, 2011). Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
20. Collegium Ralstonianum apud Savannenses – Home. Ralston.ac. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
21. Rutgers Business School | Newark and New Brunswick. Business.rutgers.edu. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
22. Landes Bioscience Journals: mAbs. Landesbioscience.com. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
23. Commission on Science & Technology. State.nj.us. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
24. Commission on Science & Technology | Grant Award Recipients. State.nj.us. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
25. . Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
26. The Burgon Society: Latest News and Events January 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Burgon.org.uk. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.
27. The Burgon Society: Fellows of the Burgon Society January 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Burgon.org.uk. Retrieved on November 10, 2011.

External links

• Donald Drakeman on the Humanities and Social Sciences
• A Panel Discussion of Donald L. Drakeman's Church, State, and Original Intent September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• The Future of Monoclonal Antibody Technology
• Genmab A/S
• The University of Charleston