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
