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John E. Abele our co founder has been a director of Boston Scientific since 1979. Mr. Abele was our Treasurer from 1979 to 1992 our Co Chairman from 1979 to 1995 and our Vice Chairman and Founder Office of the Chairman from February 1995 to March 1996. Mr. Abele is also the owner of The Kingbridge Centre and Institute a 120 room conference center in Ontario that provides special services and research to businesses academia and government. He was President of Medi tech Inc. from 1970 to 1983 and prior to that served in sales technical and general management positions for Advanced Instruments Inc. Mr. Abele serves on the board of directors of Color Kinetics is the Chairman of the Board of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Foundation and is also a member of numerous not for profit boards. Mr. Abele received a B.A. degree from Amherst College. | 