User:Lazarusandharris/Steven Lazarus

Steven Lazarus is a Co-Founder and Managing Director, Emeritus at the ARCH Venture Partners at the Chicago office and has held that position since July 1994. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of ARCH Development Corporation. From 1986 to 1994, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Argonne National Laboratory. Prior to joining the firm in October 1986, he was a Group Vice President at Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. During his 13 years at Baxter, he held various positions including Senior Vice President of Technology, which included manufacturing, materials management, research and development, and engineering and Group Vice President of the Health Care Services Group of Baxter Travenol Laboratories. From 1972 to 1974, he served in Washington, D.C. as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for East-West Trade and was the Founder and first Director of the Bureau of East-West Trade.

He also served as a Director of Amgen Inc., First Consulting Group, Inc., New Era of Networks, Inc. and Primark Corp. He also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of RAND Health, National Venture Capital Association, National Association of Corporate Directors and R2 Technology, Inc.

He was an Associate Dean at the Graduate School of Business, the University of Chicago and a 21-year veteran of the United States Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain in 1973. Mr. Lazarus completed an M.B.A., with high distinction, at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and A.B. with Honors from Dartmouth College.

He is also co-author of "Mind Into Matter: Arch Transforms Science into Sustainable Enterprise" with Udayan Gupta.