CEO Reading List: Carl Feldbaum
Carl B. Feldbaum is the former president of the Biotechnology
Industry Organization (BIO) which represents over 1,100 companies, academic institutions and
state biotechnology centers across the United States and 31 other nations.
Mr. Feldbaum came to Washington D.C. in 1973 as an
assistant special prosecutor for the Watergate special prosecution force to work with
Archibald Cox to investigate and prosecute the Watergate scandal.
Prior to his appointment as president of BIO, Mr. Feldbaum
was chief of staff to Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) of Pennsylvania. He was also president
and founder of the Palomar Corporation, a national security "think tank" in
Washington, D.C. Before founding Palomar Corporation, Mr. Feldbaum was assistant to the
Secretary of Energy, and served as the Inspector General for defense intelligence in the
U.S. Department of Defense.
In 1979, Mr. Feldbaum was awarded the Distinguished
Civilian Service Medal from Defense Secretary Harold Brown. He received the Christopher
Medal for his book "Looking the Tiger in the Eye: Confronting the Nuclear
Threat", which was also designated by the New York Times as a notable book of the
year for 1988.
Mr. Feldbaum received a bachelor's degree in Biology from
Princeton University and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Carl Feldbaum's Suggested Reading List
(for individuals "interested in reading
for inspiration and literary excellence."
As I Lay
Dying (reissue edition)
by William Faulkner,
Published by Vintage Books, 1990.
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The Sea
of Fertility
by Yukio Mishima.
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The River War
by Winston S. Churchill,
Published by Prion London Motti Medea Books, 1998.
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Endurance:
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (2nd edition)
by Alfred Lansing,
Published Carroll & Graf, 1999.
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Anti-Memoirs
by Andre Malraux, Terence Kilmartin (Translator).
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Seven Pillars
of Wisdom (reissue edition
by T. E. Lawrence,
Published by Anchor, 1991.
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On
Boxing
by Joyce Carol Oates,
Published by Ecco Press, 1994. |
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