March 9, 2006

Doctor and Former Technology CEO to Lead Google Philanthropy

By Ian Wilhelm

Larry Brilliant's life seems the product of a split personality. He has lived in a Himalayan monastery and traveled with the Grateful Dead, but also is a doctor, a former chief executive of a Seattle technology company, and a telecommunications patent holder.

After 61 years, though, he says his two halves finally have come together. Last month, Google, in Mountain View, Calif., appointed Dr. Brilliant executive director of its philanthropic arm, Google.org.

While parts of his

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