The University will honor George Rathmann GS '51 and David Remnick '81 on Alumni Day next February for their accomplishments in their respective professions.
On Feb. 23, 2002, Remnick will be presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for his work in journalism. Rathmann will be awarded the James Madison Medal for his contributions to the field of biotechnology.
Remnick, who is editor-in-chief of The New Yorker, started his career as a staff reporter for the Washington Post where he served as Moscow correspondent.
Remnick used his experience with the Post to write his 1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning, non-fiction book, "Lenin's Tomb." He followed that in 1994 with an article about boxer Mike Tyson titled "Kid Dynamite Blows Up," a National Magazine Award finalist.
In September 1992, Remnick accepted a position as a staff writer for The New Yorker — a position in which he wrote over 100 stories for the magazine. In 1998, Remnick was named editor-in-chief.
Since 1998, The New Yorker has won eight National Magazine Awards: three in 2000 for general excellence, public interest and fiction; and five in 2001 for general excellence, special interests, profiles, essays and reviews and criticism. In 2000, Remnick was also named Advertising Age's Editor of the Year.
Rathmann, the current chairman of Hyseq Inc., a biotech firm in California, co-founded Amgen Inc. in 1980, currently the nation's largest biotech company.
Rathmann is credited with the development of Epogen, a drug that increases red-blood cell counts in dialysis patients. In 1990, he stepped down from his post at Amgen. In February 2000, Rathmann took his current position with Hyseq.
Under his stewardship, Hyseq has been using genomics to develop products to treat a variety of diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. The company is in the process of creating a medicine to prevent or treat blood vessel blockage that leads to heart disease.
Remnick and Rathmann were unavailable for comment yesterday.
The James Madison Medal was created to recognize a graduate alumnus or alumna who has "had a distinguished career, advanced the cause of graduate education or achieved an outstanding record of public service," according to the University website.
The Woodrow Wilson Award is given to a University graduate who epitomizes the former Princeton president's call to duty in his speech, "Princeton in the Nation's Service."
After receiving the award, each graduate will deliver a talk in his field of expertise. Rathmann will give a speech titled, "Biotechnology: State of the Industry, 2002." He will discuss how biotechnology has developed with the increased understanding of DNA and the genome. Remnick will follow him, discussing how his magazine has changed with society during his three-year tenure.
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