Wayne T. Hockmeyer

Wayne T. Hockmeyer, Ph.D. is a retired U.S. Army officer and former Chief of the Department of Immunology at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Later in his career, Wayne founded MedImmune, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on infectious, cancer and inflammatory diseases. He served as Chairman and/or CEO from 1988 to 2007, when the company was acquired by AstraZeneca. He is a 1998 Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Florida and received a Doctor of Science honoris causa (D.Sc.) from Purdue University in 2002.