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Alfalfa to Ivy
Memoir of a Harvard Medical School Dean |
Joseph B. Martin
Foreword David Hubel
Afterword Ed Benz |
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| 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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| Format: EPUB |
| ISBN: 978-1-55195-702-9 |
| Price: CND$ 31.99, USD$ 31.99, £ 19.99 |
| Discount: Trade |
| Subject: Memoir/Medicine/Higher Education |
| Publication Date: October 2011 |
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| Reviews |
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"After reading Alfalfa to Ivy, I am inclined to place Joseph Martin in the same pantheon of leaders who have made a difference not only in their medical specialty, but also biomedical science in general.... The author describes his career odyssey with engaging detail.... Though it describes his scientific work in some detail, an overriding theme of this autobiography is leadership.... Like [Judah] Folkman, Joseph Martin raised the gold standard of medical science and leadership, and his autobiography brings us that story in a most down-to-earth, yet memorable style.”
Dr. Pederson, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
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"Joseph B. Martin describes his life from growing up on a farm in Canada to dean of Harvard Medical School. Along the way, readers are provided with in-depth information about his family history, health care, the education system and its politics, and the interesting stories that people tell about their life. Throughout the book, he provides photos for the reader so that he or she may have a visual perspective and understanding of his life story.”
Angela Green, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries 2012, Outstanding Title |
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“Joseph B. Martin has written a stimulating memoir following a fifty-year career as a major medical researcher and top-flight medical administrator…. I am most attracted to his sense of family and identity, his ability to make choices that in the long run gave him the authority so necessary for leadership…”
John A. Lapp, The Mennonite Quarterly Review, Fall 2012 |
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