March 7, 2003

U. of Washington Names New Tech-Transfer Chief; Historian Wins Rare Victory in Tenure Appeal; Stanford Lures 2 From U. of Texas

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK and SCOTT SMALLWOOD

A RESEARCH PLUM: The University of Washington at Seattle receives more research money than any other public university and has one of the biggest operations for commercializing its faculty's inventions. But officials there believe the institution should do more to capitalize on that research base.

So James A. Severson, the new vice provost for intellectual property and technology transfer, says his priorities are clear: Encourage professors to inform his office when they produce

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