Information from past SSAA activities is available here for viewing.
Anyone with presentations or information about any SSAA event, please e-mail them to Webmaster@syntexsyvaalumni.org and they will be added to this section.
The former Syntex Laboratories buildings at Hillview Avenue and Foothill Expressway on the Palo Alto campus have been demolished! Click here for more details and site photos.
Click here to see the Power Point slides from the presentation by Bernadette De Armond titled "Rebuild Yourself: A Blueprint for Health from the Reconstruction Zone", which focused on health and physical fitness.
Roche has sold the former Syntex Chemicals plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Click here to read the news article from Chemical and Engineering News.
Dr. George Rosenkranz, Dr. Alejandro Zafaronni and Dr. Carl Djerassi were among the award winners at the Chemical Heritage Foundation's 2004 Heritage Day. Click here to read an article about the Heritage Day ceremonies. Drs. Rosenkranz and Zafaronni shared the Chemists' Club Winthrop-Sears Award for lifetime achievement. Their acceptance speeches were published in the Summer 2005 Chemical Heritage magazine. Click here to read the articles. Dr. Djerassi received the American Institute of Chemists' Gold Medal.
Click here to see a pdf file of the presentation by Audrey Erbes titled "Biotechnology Industry: Role of Syntex Syva Alumni in its Success".
Click here to read Dick Haskitt's story about the cruise.
Information regarding Carl Guardino's presentation,"The Future Economic Climate in Silicon Valley" can be found at the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group Website: www.svmg.org. Go to the section Projections and open the pdf file Projections: Silicon Valley.
Unfortunately, Dr. Philip Lee was ill and could not attend the meeting. Click here for a pdf file of the text of his planned presentation "The Future of Health Care". It is a large file and may take a while to open but it is interesting reading.
Click here to read Dick Haskitt's review of the reunion.
Click here to see the slides from the presentation "An Update of the Pharmaceutical Industry" by Jack Tuttle, IMS Health. Microsoft PowerPoint software required.