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Comment: All the references are either trivial (e.g. the Time article from 1958 that says he won a science competition which is nice but doesn't make him notable and is not substantial coverage - can be used to verify birthdate etc but not to show notability) or not independent (company profiles etc). Lijil (talk) 11:22, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
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Reinier Beeuwkes III | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 84–85) |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Nancy Beeuwkes |
| Awards | Regeneron Science Talent Search (1958) |
Reinier "Rein" Beeuwkes III (born 1940[a]) is an American pharmaceuticals businessman and lobbyist from Massachusetts.
Early life and education
[edit]Beeuwkes was born in 1940 to Reinier Beeuwkes Jr., an electrical engineer[3] and director of material research at the Watertown Arsenal,[1] and Anna Beeuwkes. He is a third cousin, once removed, of the Dutch footballer of the same name.[citation needed]
As a senior in high school, Beeuwkes won first-place in the Regeneron Science Talent Search for his cyclotron particle accelerator capable of smashing atoms.[4] He graduated from Newton North High School in 1958.[5]
He received his Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967 and later his PhD in medical science from Harvard Medical School.[6]
Career
[edit]In his early career, Beeuwkes worked with cardiologist Bernard Lown on the development of cardioversion, a technique used to correct cardiac arrhythmias through electrical stimulation. From 1970 to 1982, he worked at Harvard Medical School, where he conducted research on the microcirculation of the kidney and heart. He is credited with over 80 publications during this period. He also collaborated with Abraham Clifford Barger, with whom he helped establish the association between coronary vasa vasorum and atherosclerotic plaque.[6][7]
In 1982, Beeuwkes co-founded Braintree Laboratories in Braintree, Massachusetts. From that year to 1987, he worked as the director of renal and cardiovascular pharmacology at Smith, Kline & French Laboratories and as the director of strategic planning for SmithKline Worldwide R&D.[6]
In 1988, Beeuwkes co-authored How to be Plump: A Victorian Re-creation with Rhonda Poe, inspired by T. C. Duncan's How to be Plump: or Talks on Physiological Feeding (1878).[8]
Beeuwkes joined Ischemix, a pharmaceutical company, and began serving as its director, and was later promoted to president and CEO in 2005.[6] He served on the board of Citius Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 2013 to 2014, and currently serves as the chairman and chief scientific officer at Ischemix.[7]
Beeuwkes is an associate of the Museum of Comparative Zoology's Concord Field Station.[9]
From 2016 or earlier to its disbandment in 2022, Beeuwkes served on Concord's Tax Fairness Committee.[10]
Philanthropy and lobbying
[edit]Beeuwkes frequently makes contributions to Democratic Party political campaigns and PACs. In 2011, he donated $20,000 to the Obama Victory Fund and $5,000 to Barack Obama's 2012 presidential campaign. In 2016, he donated $43,400 to the Hillary Victory Fund and $8,700 to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, and in 2020 $50,000 to the Biden Victory Fund and $11,200 to Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.[6]
In addition to presidential campaigns, Beeuwkes has donated to Democratic congressional campaigns, including those of Susan Altman, Hillary Scholten, Ruben Gallego, Martin Heinrich, Josh Riley, John Mannion, Katie Porter, Tammy Baldwin, Steven Horsford, Jeff Merkley, Charlie Crist, Lucy McBath, Betsy Londrigan, Aaron Godfrey, Dani Brzozowski, Nick Rubando, Gretchen Driskell, Margaret Good, and others.[6]
In 2014, Beeuwkes worked with members of the 113th United States Congress to restore federal funding to MIT's nuclear fusion reactor.[11]
In 2018, Beeuwkes and his wife Nancy donated $600,000 to EMILY's List, a PAC that aims to help elect Democratic women who support abortion rights to public office. He also donates to the American Security Project.[6]
In 2019, he donated the Reinier Beeuwkes III Family Collection to the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Gaia Cloutier praised the collection for its "richness . . . for interpreting women's lives."[12]
Bibliography
[edit]- How to be Plump: A Victorian Re-creation (E. P. Dutton, 1988)
Awards and honors
[edit]- 1958 Regeneron Science Talent Search[4]
- 2022 MIT Alumni Better World Service Award[13]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b TIME (1958-03-17). "Education: Two for the Money". TIME. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ Comments, View. "MIT at center of political power play - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "B-13: Reinier Beeuwkes Collection | UMSL". www.umsl.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ a b "Science Talent Search 1958". Society for Science. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ TIME (1958-03-17). "Education: Two for the Money". TIME. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Reiner Beeuwkes". InfluenceWatch. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ a b "Reinier Beeuwkes, Ischemix Inc: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2025. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ Bommersbach, Jana. "Plump, Plumper, Plumpest". True West Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "Reinier Beeuwkes, III | Museum of Comparative Zoology". www.mcz.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "Tax Fairness Committee | Concord, MA". concordma.gov. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ Jan, Tracy. "MIT at center of political power play - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ Cloutier, Gaia (Winter 2021). "Women Represented in the Reinier Beeuwkes III Family Collection". American Ancestors. 21 (4): 58–59.
- ^ "The MIT Alumni Better World Service Award". alum.mit.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- 1940 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American writers
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American writers
- American company founders
- American lobbyists
- American people of Dutch descent
- Businesspeople from Newton, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School alumni
- Harvard Medical School faculty
- Massachusetts Democrats
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Newton North High School alumni
- Philanthropists from Massachusetts
- Writers from Concord, Massachusetts
- Writers from Newton, Massachusetts