Alfalfa to ivy : memoir of a Harvard Medical School dean / Joseph B. Martin.

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Martin, Joseph B, 1938- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : Gutteridge Books, an imprint of the University of Alberta Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: First edition, second printing, 2011Description: 1 online resource (481 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781551957043
1551957043
9781551957005
1551957000
9781551957012
1551957019

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Additional physical formats: Alfalfa to ivy.:; Alfalfa to ivy.:; Alfalfa to ivy.:DDC classification:

616.80092 23

LOC classification:

QP353.4.M37 A3 2011

NLM classification:

WZ 112.5.N4

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cci1icc
coll11
coll13

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One. Journey from Bern to Duchess -- Two. Emerging as a Family in the New Land -- Three. Transitions -- Four. Montreal -- Five. Boston: The MGH Years -- Six. Science Saga: The Search for the Huntington's Disease Gene -- Seven. From Bethesda to San Francisco -- Eight. Return to Harvard Medical School -- Nine. Working with Larry Summers -- Ten. Harvard Medical School, 1997 -- 2007 -- Eleven. Issues Facing Academic Medical Health Centers Today -- Twelve. Maxims, Proverbs and Aphorisms: A Humble Guide to Successful (Enjoyable) Leadership.

Summary: Joseph B. Martin traces his climb from a Mennonite farm in the village of Duchess, Alberta to Dean of Harvard Medical School in his memoir, Alfalfa to Ivy. Readers are rewarded with an intimate perspective on academic politics and health care in Canada and the U.S. that Martin is perfectly poised to critique. And it is the human story of Martin?s journey from humble origins to worldly esteem that makes Alfalfa to Ivy a compelling narrative for non-specialists as well as academics and professionals.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Joseph B. Martin traces his climb from a Mennonite farm in the village of Duchess, Alberta to Dean of Harvard Medical School in his memoir, Alfalfa to Ivy. Readers are rewarded with an intimate perspective on academic politics and health care in Canada and the U.S. that Martin is perfectly poised to critique. And it is the human story of Martin?s journey from humble origins to worldly esteem that makes Alfalfa to Ivy a compelling narrative for non-specialists as well as academics and professionals.

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