Lanphier, 52, studied biochemistry at Knox College and joined Eli Lilly's business planning department in the 1980s, then worked at a string of small biotechs.

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Lanphier, 52, studied biochemistry at Knox College and joined Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people )'s business planning department in the 1980s, then worked at a string of small biotechs.

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He borrowed his way through Yale business school, then worked at Boston Consulting Group before landing in the corporate planning department at Circuit City, the electronic-appliance vendor.

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He borrowed his way through Yale business school, then worked at Boston Consulting Group before landing in the corporate planning department at Circuit City (nyse: CC - news - people ), the electronic-appliance vendor.

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