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Biotechnology Pioneer Orrie Friedman | Meeting the Minds

He wants to use biotech against Alzheimer's

Orrie Friedman, 92, wants to endow a biomedicine institute at Brandeis University. Orrie Friedman, 92, wants to endow a biomedicine institute at Brandeis University. (DOMINIC CHAVEZ/GLOBE STAFF)
By Billy Baker
Globe Correspondent / July 23, 2007

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Orrie Friedman is 92 years old, and he'd like to make a billion bucks between now and the time his number is called. He figures he's got at least 10 years to do it. (Full article: 933 words)

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