main content A New Start-up On a Campus
Lewis & Clark launches the Center for Entrepreneurship, an initiative to help students translate their liberal arts education into action.
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Brian Detweiler-Bedell, the center’s academic director; Tuajuanda Jordan, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and Michael Kaplan, managing director of the center.Copyright, Steve Hambuchen -
Patrick Mahaffy BA ’85
Major: International Affairs
After graduating from Lewis & Clark, Mahaffy earned a master’s degree in international affairs at Columbia University. The French he took as an undergraduate helped him land a job at a private equity firm, Warburg Pincus. He went on to serve as president and CEO of NeXagen and its successor, NeXstar Pharmaceuticals. Deciding he was more interested in pursuing his own ventures, he founded and led the Pharmion Corporation until its acquisition by Celgene Corporation in 2008. He is currently president and CEO of Clovis Oncology, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company based in Boulder, Colorado, which is developing new drugs to fight various types of cancer. He is a trustee of Lewis & Clark College. -
Dan Cohen BS ’81
Major: Economics
Dan Cohen has built his career around television. He earned a master’s degree in television and radio from San Francisco State University, where he wrote his thesis about professional wrestling. Following stints with several cable television companies and Showtime, he joined the Walt Disney Company in 1997. He currently serves as Disney’s executive vice president for pay television and digital, striking megadeals with companies such as Netflix, Apple, and Amazon.© 2014 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. -
Charles Knowles BS ’84
Majors: Physics and Business
Charles Knowles pursued graduate work in engineering and business at Stanford University after graduating from Lewis & Clark. He later founded—and eventually sold—Silicon Valley software company Rubicon Technology. After effectively “retiring,” he says, he decided to follow his passion for animals. In 2002, Knowles founded the Wildlife Conservation Network, a nonprofit headquartered in San Francisco that supports wildlife conservationists working across the globe. He serves as the organization’s executive director. -
Paula Hayes BA ’92
Major: Biology
Paula Hayes launched Hue Noir out of her home garage. Seeing that women of color were underserved by the beauty industry, she seized the opportunity—formulating, manufacturing, and distributing her signature line of cosmetics for women with darker skin tones. Her first job after Lewis & Clark was as a research chemist in the food and beverage industry. Hayes combined her research skills and business experience to start Hue Noir, a growing business that will soon be moving to a new manufacturing center in Beaverton, Oregon.Robert M Reynolds
