Jean is an attorney (semi-retired). Jean earned his B. Eng. (Yale, 1958), MBA (NYU, 1966), JD (University of Maryland, 1972). Jean has 10 years of experience in chemical research and development and over 45 years of experience in the corporate practice of intellectual property law. He retired in 1998 as Managing Patent Counsel at Union Carbide Corp. He is a founding trustee of several non-profits and continues to do some pro bono legal work. He is also a member of a start-up LLC in the pharmaceutical industry. Jean’s personal interests include Italian culture and art, medieval and Renaissance history, and classical music.

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