Dick Leazer, one of the state?s first angel investors, has been named as the first inductee to the newly created Wisconsin Investor Hall of Fame.
Before starting the angel group, Leazer was managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the technology transfer arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Under Leazer, WARF for the first time took stock in a company instead of an upfront fee. The company, Third Wave Technologies Inc., later went public and became an example for other Wisconsin high-tech start-ups.