William A. Hawkins III
Bill Hawkins was named President and CEO of Immucor in October 2011. Most
recently, Bill was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic, Inc. He
became Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic, Inc. in August 2007 and Chairman of
the Board in August 2008. Mr. Hawkins was named President and Chief Operating
Officer in May 2004 after joining Medtronic as Senior Vice President and
President of Medtronic's Vascular business in January 2002. Mr. Hawkins joined
Medtronic from Novoste Corp., where he had been President and Chief Executive
Officer since 1998. Earlier positions included Corporate Vice President and
President of the Sherwood Davis and Geck organization of American Home Products;
President of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery organization of Johnson & Johnson;
President, Devices for Vascular Intervention and President U.S. Operations, for
Guidant Corp.; and several increasingly responsible executive positions
culminating in the presidency of the IVAC organization for Eli Lilly & Co. He
began his medical technology career with Carolina Medical Electronics in 1977.
Mr. Hawkins received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and biomedical
engineering from Duke University in 1976 where he also conducted medical
research in pathology. He received a Master of Business Administration Degree
from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, in 1982. Mr. Hawkins
is a member of the Duke University Board of Trustees, the Board of Visitors of
the Engineering School of Duke University and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.