Tessier-Lavigne to become Stanford president

Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.) hired Marc Tessier-Lavigne as president, effective Sept. 1. He will succeed John Hennessy, who last year announced plans to step down as president.

Tessier-Lavigne has been president of The Rockefeller University since 2011. He is a neuroscientist who was a professor of biological sciences at Stanford from 2001-05, though he was on leave for the latter years while he worked at the Genentech Inc. unit of Roche (SIX:ROG; OTCQX:RHHBY). He held several positions at Genentech, including EVP for research and CSO. ...