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James Lovett

Mar 23, 2016

The Wistar Institute has appointed James Lovett to its board of trustees. Lovett currently serves as vice-chairman of the board of trustees of Scholar Academics. He served for 14 years as corporate senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Covance. Prior to Covance, Lovett served as associate general counsel of FMC Corporation, was a partner at McDermott, and worked as a law clerk to the Honorable Boyce F. Martin on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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