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William Rastetter has been an Illumina Board of Director since November 1998 and Non-executive Chairman since January 2005. Dr. Rastetter is currently Executive Chairman of Biogen Idec Inc. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation until its 2003 merger with Biogen preceded by several other senior positions at the company. From 1984 to 1986 Dr. Rastetter was Director of Corporate Ventures at Genentech where he had earlier held scientific positions. He held a series of faculty positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1975 to 1982.
William has a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received master of art and doctorate degrees in chemistry from Harvard University. | 