It was $200 the Britz family didn't have. She and her husband, a plant physiologist with the US Department of Agriculture, were rearing three children, and Judy earned only $18,000 a year. "I thought, this is too much," recalls Britz, whose credentials include a graduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a doctorate from the Stanford University School of Medicine, and a postdoctorate fellowship from Yale University. "Love is a great motivator of work, but sometimes it's not enough. I thought it was no longer fair and I deserved more compensation for that education."
So that morning, still shaking inside her brakeless, 8-year-old car, Britz made a "practical decision." She would cash in her dream of becoming a university research scientist and take a job in industry. Fifteen years later, the 51-year-old Britz is president and CEO of Cylex Inc., a Maryland biotechnology company. But perhaps more important, she ...
