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SUMMARY:A conversation with Patrick Girondi
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DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom for a conversation with author Patrick Girondi
 \, discussing his new memoir\, <i>Flight of the Rondone</i>..\nhttps://cuy
 ahoga.libnet.info/event/6473982
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>This event will be broadcast live 
 on Zoom.&nbsp\;Registration and an email address are required to rec
 eive the link to participate. </strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Order your 
 copy of <em><strong>Flight of the Rondone</strong></em> from Mac&rsquo\;s 
 Backs &ndash\; Books on Coventry: <a href="https://www.macsbacks.com/book/
 9781510772199">macsbacks.com/book/9781510772199</a></p>\n<hr />\n<p><em>Ab
 out the author:</em></p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Finley Girondi</strong>\, ori
 ginally from the South Side of Chicago\, is an Italian American singer son
 gwriter\, author\, and founder of San Rocco Therapeutics. Girondi has rele
 ased five music a lbums and is the author of Diamond in the Rough He has l
 ed his company\, San Rocco Therapeutics\, since 1993\, with the mission to
  cure Sickle Cell Disease<br />Thalassemia.</p>\n<p><em><strong>Flight of 
 the Rondone</strong></em> is a story of love\, luck\, and beating the odds
 \, all told with little regard for empire or etiquette. As Girondi points 
 out: &ldquo\;I&rsquo\;m just an average dad. Any parent would do the same 
 if they had the means.&rdquo\;</p>\n<p>Girondi founded San Rocco Therapeut
 ics (formerly Errant Gene Therapeutics) in 1993. Over the years he raised 
 funds from friends and angel investors. One of Girondi&rsquo\;s angels was
  John Walton of Walmart. To respect his investors\, Girondi never took a p
 aycheck. The motto for his life became\, &ldquo\;A wasted dollar is one le
 ss for research.&rdquo\; This obviously didn&rsquo\;t sit well with many m
 odern CEOs.</p>\n<p>San Rocco Therapeutics produced the world&rsquo\;s fir
 st commercial b atch of gene therapy vector in 2010. Girondi and his team 
 were jubilant\, confident that Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia were at
  the cusp of being defeated. They then confronted an unexpected enemy more
  lethal than the disease itself\, goliaths of the pharma industry intent o
 n stealing from and destroying the company.</p>\nhttps://cuyahoga.libnet.i
 nfo/event/6473982
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