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About Alfred Mann
Alfred E. Mann, Founder
of RoundTrip, is
the kind of dedicated
visionary who is
determined to help
the blind to see
and the deaf to
hear. A serial entrepreneur
and biomedical innovator,
Mr. Mann also serves
as chairman of the
board and CEO of
MannKind Corporation,
a biopharmaceutical
company developing
therapeutic products
for the treatment
of diabetes and
cancer. Other successful
companies he founded
include: Advanced
Bionics, which uses
neurostimulation
to restore hearing
to the deaf and
to treat chronic
pain and other neural
deficits; Second
Sight, which is
developing a visual
prosthesis for the
blind; Pacesetter
Systems, manufacturer
of cardiac pacemakers;
Quallion, which
produces batteries
for medical, military,
and aerospace applications;
and MiniMed, which
provides microinfusion
drug delivery for
diabetes therapy.
A member of the National Academy of Engineering and a noted philanthropist,
Mr. Mann serves as non-executive Chairman of the Alfred Mann Foundation, the Alfred Mann Institute at the University of Southern California, and the Alfred Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering. He holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in physics from the University of California at Los Angeles, along with honorary doctorates from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Southern California, Western University, and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
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