Mission Bay impressario Bruce Spaulding retiring

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Bruce Spaulding, one of the architects of San Francisco’s Mission Bay biotech enclave, is retiring for health reasons from the foundation supporting the Gladstone Institutes.

Spaulding, 65, joined the Gladstone as chief of strategic planning in late 2009, after 21 years at the University of California, San Francisco. He most recently has been CEO of the Gladstone Foundation.