Alfalfa to Ivy : Memoir of a Harvard Medical School Dean

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 the 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#x19;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.

Joseph B. Martin grew up near the village of Duchess, Alberta. He received his MD from the University of Alberta in 1962. He served for ten years as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University before stepping down in 2007. Joseph Martin is currently the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.