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One of the most successful and influential venture
capitalists in the country also graduated from Rice. John Doerr received his
Bachelor's degree in 1973 and his Master's degree in 1974 from Rice in
electrical engineering.
Doerr, who grew up in St. Louis, Mo., has helped broker the deals creating Netscape Communications Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Intuit, Lotus Development Corp. and Sun Microsystems. Doerr's business career began at Rice, as a member of Lovett College. When he was only a sophomore, Doerr and two of his friends started their own company. The company, Warren Rowe and Associates, wrote graphics software. Doerr and his wife, Ann (Jones '75), established the L. John and Ann Howland Doerr Chair in Computational Engineering at Rice. Both Doerrs have served on the leadership committee for Rice's Computational Engineering Campaign which began in 1993. EEC is an effort to raise $45 million to endow faculty positions, graduate fellowships and postdoctoral teaching appointments and to provide funds for equipment, research and for Anne and Charles Duncan Hall. Doerr now lives in Woodstock, Calif., and is a partner in the firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers of Menlo Park, Calif. Rice awarded Doerr the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1997.
This item appeared in the Features section of the October 10, 1997 issue. |
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