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David a Tirrell

Provost · California Institute of Technology

Provost at California Institute of Technology. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$908K

Who this is

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✓ Verified from filings
Reported as Provost of California Institute of Technology, based in Pasadena, CA.
Received $908K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

David A. Tirrell is the Ross McCollum-William H.

Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech and has served as Caltech's Provost since 2017. Born in 1953, he is a leading biochemist elected to all three branches of the United States National Academies (NAS, NAE, and IOM), with pioneering research in protein biosynthesis and genetic code reprogramming.

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Tenure here
Provost since 2017; Caltech faculty since 1998; Division Chairman 1999-2009; Beckman Institute Director 2012-2018
Education
  • MIT · B.S. Chemistry1974
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst · Ph.D.1978

Affiliations

Organizations

California Institute of Technology Provost · $3.5B revenue · Pasadena, CASEE SCHEDULE Opay $649K → $908KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$908Kreported comp

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