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| − | '''Dr. Earl W. Brian''' was a combat [[physician]] who served in a unit providing air support for Operation Phoenix during the [[Vietnam war]] and then became health and welfare secretary in the cabinet of [[California]] Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] | + | '''Dr. Earl W. Brian''' was a combat [[physician]] who served in a unit providing air support for Operation Phoenix during the [[Vietnam war]] and then became health and welfare secretary in the cabinet of [[California]] Governor [[Ronald Reagan]]. Brian authored a number of papers on the reorganization health boards and commissions in California. |
After leaving this post to run for the [[US Senate]] against [[Alan Cranston]], Brian became President of a high-tech company called Xonics, which was accused by the [[SEC]] of [[fraud]]and manipulating the price of its stock. Brian left Xonics in October 1977 without being charged with any wrongdoing. A number of former Xonics officers went on to form a company called Hadron. | After leaving this post to run for the [[US Senate]] against [[Alan Cranston]], Brian became President of a high-tech company called Xonics, which was accused by the [[SEC]] of [[fraud]]and manipulating the price of its stock. Brian left Xonics in October 1977 without being charged with any wrongdoing. A number of former Xonics officers went on to form a company called Hadron. | ||
Revision as of 17:14, November 1, 2016
Dr. Earl W. Brian was a combat physician who served in a unit providing air support for Operation Phoenix during the Vietnam war and then became health and welfare secretary in the cabinet of California Governor Ronald Reagan. Brian authored a number of papers on the reorganization health boards and commissions in California.
After leaving this post to run for the US Senate against Alan Cranston, Brian became President of a high-tech company called Xonics, which was accused by the SEC of fraudand manipulating the price of its stock. Brian left Xonics in October 1977 without being charged with any wrongdoing. A number of former Xonics officers went on to form a company called Hadron.
In 1980 Brian formed a company called Biotech Capital Corp (renamed Infotechnology in 1987), one of whose investors was Attorney General Ed Meese's wife Ursula. Brian also acquired control of a Canadian company called Clinical Sciences.