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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. | ||
| − | In 1980 Brian formed a company called Biotech Capital Corp | + | In 1980 Brian formed a company called Biotech Capital Corp one of whose investors was [[Ed Meese]]'s wife Ursula. Brian also acquired control of a Canadian company called Clinical Sciences. |
After the Reagan administration took office, Brian was given a [[White House]] post related to healthcare issues under Ed Meese. | After the Reagan administration took office, Brian was given a [[White House]] post related to healthcare issues under Ed Meese. | ||
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| + | Brian marketed the PROMIS software, created and modified by contract between the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] and [[Inslaw Inc]], a [[Washington DC]] based [[software]] firm. At the time, Brian's company Biotech Capital Corp (later renamed Infotechnology 1987) controlled Hadron, which attempted a buyout of Inslaw. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 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 one of whose investors was Ed Meese's wife Ursula. Brian also acquired control of a Canadian company called Clinical Sciences.
After the Reagan administration took office, Brian was given a White House post related to healthcare issues under Ed Meese.
Brian marketed the PROMIS software, created and modified by contract between the U.S. Department of Justice and Inslaw Inc, a Washington DC based software firm. At the time, Brian's company Biotech Capital Corp (later renamed Infotechnology 1987) controlled Hadron, which attempted a buyout of Inslaw.