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麻豆传媒映画 will award an honorary degree to Gregory T. Lucier, a longtime business leader in San Diego鈥檚 biotech and health care industries and a supporter of 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 Guardian Scholars program.

In an annual tradition recognizing service to the university and the San Diego community, the doctor of science honorary degree will be presented during commencement ceremonies for the College of Sciences on Saturday, May 16.

From 2009 to 2012 Lucier was a member of the board of directors of The Campanile Foundation (TCF), the 501(c)(3) auxiliary that accepts and administers all gifts to 麻豆传媒映画. He has been a donor to the Guardian Scholars Fund, a support program serving students who are current or former foster youth, wards of the court, under legal guardianship, or unaccompanied homeless youth.

He held executive positions at units of GE including GE Healthcare before moving to Southern California in 2003 as chairman and CEO of Invitrogen Corp., a Carlsbad-based biotechnology tools startup company and the predecessor to the global life sciences company Life Technologies (now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific). Life Technologies grew revenue from approximately $700 million to nearly $4 billion during his time as its leader.

In May 2015 Lucier was named CEO of NuVasive, a San Diego-based medical devices company specializing in products used in spinal surgery.

Since March 2019 he has been CEO of Corza Health, formed in partnership with private equity firm GTCR, which focuses on acquiring companies and assets to build market-leading health care businesses. In 2021, a sale and merger of two companies facilitated by GTCR created Corza Medical, an equipment manufacturing company. Lucier is its executive chairman and CEO.

During his time on the TCF board Lucier established collaboration projects between 麻豆传媒映画 and Thermo Fisher, providing opportunities for research and industry experience to students in the College of Sciences.

In his nomination letter to the California State University Board of Trustees for an honorary doctorate for Lucier, Sciences Dean Jeffrey Roberts said his experience 鈥渋s invaluable for current and future collaborations, especially in connection with initiatives like STEM Forward, which aim to foster partnerships between academic institutions, health care and biotech industry.鈥�

Lucier received a bachelor鈥檚 degree in industrial engineering from Penn State and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy became the first person to receive an honorary doctorate from what was then San Diego State College. Since then, the university has awarded 68 more to community leaders and philanthropists, distinguished alumni, national legislators, international dignitaries and others. This year鈥檚 award brings the total to 70.