Richard Fuisz
Encyclopedia
Richard Carl Fuisz, M.D. (born December 12, 1939) is an American physician
, inventor, and entrepreneur. Fuisz founded Fuisz Technologies, Ltd. and Medcom, Inc. He is credited with bringing the first Miss USSR to the United States through his modeling agency
to Slovenian immigrants Anton and Margaret Fuisz, and has dual US/Slovenian citizenship as a result.
He attended Bethlehem Catholic High School. He majored in Biology at Georgetown University
and graduated from Georgetown Medical School. Richard Fuisz and his brother, Robert Fuisz, established an endowed professorship at the Georgetown University
School of Medicine.
After graduating from medical school, he worked on public health films. He then hosted a television talk show, and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Pennsylvania.
Later Fuisz was commissioned as a Lt. Commander in the United States Navy
. His Naval work included a White House posting. Fuisz then founded Medcom, a publicly traded medical training company.
Fuisz established the Seline Modeling Agency together with Mikhail Khodorkovsky
. The Seline Agency brought the first Miss USSR to the United States. Seline was acquired by the Click Agency.
acquired Medcom. Fuisz provided documents to Baxter directors and to The Wall Street Journal
showing that Baxter International
sold a plant in Israel to comply with the Arab economic and political boycotts of Israel
.
In 1993 Baxter was the first company to face criminal charges under the anti-boycott law. As a result of Fuisz's documentation and testimony, Baxter pled guilty in March 1993 to violation of U.S. anti-boycott laws and was fined $6.5 million.
He told the House Agriculture Committee in 1992 that Terex Corporation had built mobile Scud missile launchers for Saddam Hussein
with the "CIA's blessing". Terex "vigorously denied" the charge and started a libel suit against Fuisz. A 16-month federal investigation concluded that there was "no credible evidence that Terex supplied Scud missile launchers to Iraq" and the New York Times printed a retraction of their Seymour M. Hersh article saying "The Times has no evidence that contradicts the task force's findings."The Sunday Herald
in 2005 reported on documents provided by Iraq to the UN naming companies that had provided assistance to Iraq's weapons program. Although the US government attempted to censor the contents, Terex
is listed in a table of "UK firms that sold arms to Iraq", arms that involved "rocket" material.
He also created the CEFORM encapsulation technology for taste masking and controlled release. Biovail
purchase Fuisz Technologies in late 1999.
Fuisz formed Kosmos Pharma, a thin film drug delivery company. Kosmos Pharma was acquired by MonoSol Rx.
In addition to drug delivery, Fuisz has actively invented other, new medical technologies such as the remotely adjustable stent and a liquid used in the place of water to take conventional medicine tablets. Fuisz has holds software patents relating to e-commerce and electronic mail.http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6389455.html
Fuisz holds over 200 patents, including 90 U.S. patents in technology. He endowed the Richard and Lorraine Fuisz Library at Moravian Academy
.
He also funded the Fuisz Scholarship fund, also at Moravian Academy, to benefit students of Slovenian ancestry. He serves on the Board of Regents for Georgetown University
.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, inventor, and entrepreneur. Fuisz founded Fuisz Technologies, Ltd. and Medcom, Inc. He is credited with bringing the first Miss USSR to the United States through his modeling agency
Early life and career
Fuisz was born in Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaBethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
to Slovenian immigrants Anton and Margaret Fuisz, and has dual US/Slovenian citizenship as a result.
He attended Bethlehem Catholic High School. He majored in Biology at Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
and graduated from Georgetown Medical School. Richard Fuisz and his brother, Robert Fuisz, established an endowed professorship at the Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
School of Medicine.
After graduating from medical school, he worked on public health films. He then hosted a television talk show, and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Pennsylvania.
Later Fuisz was commissioned as a Lt. Commander in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
. His Naval work included a White House posting. Fuisz then founded Medcom, a publicly traded medical training company.
Fuisz established the Seline Modeling Agency together with Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky is a Russian prisoner, considered by some - such as Amnesty International - to have been imprisoned for political reasons, jailed until 2016 and a former Russian oligarch and businessman...
. The Seline Agency brought the first Miss USSR to the United States. Seline was acquired by the Click Agency.
Middle East
In 1981, Baxter InternationalBaxter International
Baxter International Inc. , is an American health care company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. The company primarily focuses on products to treat hemophilia, kidney disease, immune disorders and other chronic and acute medical conditions...
acquired Medcom. Fuisz provided documents to Baxter directors and to The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
showing that Baxter International
Baxter International
Baxter International Inc. , is an American health care company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. The company primarily focuses on products to treat hemophilia, kidney disease, immune disorders and other chronic and acute medical conditions...
sold a plant in Israel to comply with the Arab economic and political boycotts of Israel
Economic and political boycotts of Israel
Boycotts of Israel are economic and political cultural campaigns or actions that seek a selective or total cutting of ties with the State of Israel...
.
In 1993 Baxter was the first company to face criminal charges under the anti-boycott law. As a result of Fuisz's documentation and testimony, Baxter pled guilty in March 1993 to violation of U.S. anti-boycott laws and was fined $6.5 million.
He told the House Agriculture Committee in 1992 that Terex Corporation had built mobile Scud missile launchers for Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
with the "CIA's blessing". Terex "vigorously denied" the charge and started a libel suit against Fuisz. A 16-month federal investigation concluded that there was "no credible evidence that Terex supplied Scud missile launchers to Iraq" and the New York Times printed a retraction of their Seymour M. Hersh article saying "The Times has no evidence that contradicts the task force's findings."The Sunday Herald
Sunday Herald
The Sunday Herald is a Scottish Sunday newspaper launched on 7 February 1999. The ABC audited circulation in April 2011 showed sales of 31,123.From the start it has combined a centre-left stance with support for Scottish devolution...
in 2005 reported on documents provided by Iraq to the UN naming companies that had provided assistance to Iraq's weapons program. Although the US government attempted to censor the contents, Terex
Terex
Terex Corporation is an American-based diversified global manufacturer of a broad range of heavy equipment for a variety of industries, including construction, infrastructure, quarrying, recycling, surface mining, shipping, transportation, refining, utility and maintenance...
is listed in a table of "UK firms that sold arms to Iraq", arms that involved "rocket" material.
Drug delivery
In 1989 Fuisz started Fuisz Technologies to produced a quick dissolve tablet for drug delivery.He also created the CEFORM encapsulation technology for taste masking and controlled release. Biovail
Biovail
Biovail Corporation was a Canadian pharmaceutical company, operating internationally in all aspects of pharmaceutical products. Its major production facility was located in Steinbach, Manitoba...
purchase Fuisz Technologies in late 1999.
Fuisz formed Kosmos Pharma, a thin film drug delivery company. Kosmos Pharma was acquired by MonoSol Rx.
In addition to drug delivery, Fuisz has actively invented other, new medical technologies such as the remotely adjustable stent and a liquid used in the place of water to take conventional medicine tablets. Fuisz has holds software patents relating to e-commerce and electronic mail.http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6389455.html
Fuisz holds over 200 patents, including 90 U.S. patents in technology. He endowed the Richard and Lorraine Fuisz Library at Moravian Academy
Moravian Academy
Moravian Academy, whose headmaster is George King, is a prekindergarten through 12th grade coeducational college preparatory school located in historic Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the United States...
.
He also funded the Fuisz Scholarship fund, also at Moravian Academy, to benefit students of Slovenian ancestry. He serves on the Board of Regents for Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
.
Companies
- Fuisz Tobacco
- Kosmos Pharma
- Fuisz Technologies (founded 1989), now part of BiovailBiovailBiovail Corporation was a Canadian pharmaceutical company, operating internationally in all aspects of pharmaceutical products. Its major production facility was located in Steinbach, Manitoba...
- Medcom, Inc.
- Unipharm Technologies, Ltd.