A Doctor’s Legacy: A Memoir of Merlin K. DuVal Founding Dean of Arizona’s First Medical School
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615283934 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 302 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Merlin K. There were no buildings, no faculty, and no funds. The job was to turn a dusty field into a top-ranking medical school. While DuVal was a public man with a long list of accomplishments, this is also a deeply personal account in which a high-powered doctor discovers that his children grew up without really knowing him.A year before his death, Dr. DuVal accepted the challenge and won strong support as he began building the University of Arizona’s first College of Medicine.Starting his adult life as a model in New York in the 1940s DuVal climbed his way up to being appointed Assistant Secretary of Health during Nixon’s administration and finally being instrumental in the founding of the University of Arizona’s medical school. DuVal worked with journalist Linda Valdez to tell his stor
For more than two decades, Linda Valdez has been an opinion writer for the largest papers in Tucson and Phoenix, specializing in medical, education, justice, immigration and other human rights issues.
"Inspiring -" according to Loyd Eskildson. 'He had a sorcerer's name and the bearing of a prince' - thus Linda Valdez summarizes Merlin K. DuVal at the end of "A Doctor's Legacy." Dr. DuVal is best remembered as the founding Dean of the University of Arizona Medical School in Tucson; however, his other achievements are more than enough to place most others in awe. These include being a respected surgeon (specialty in pancreatic surgery), one of the first full-time faculty at the University of Oklahoma Medical School, Assistant Secretary of Health during part of the Nixon administration, President of the National Center for Health Education, V.P. for Medical Affairs - Good Sama. Amazon Customer said Tucson history in the making.. I started working at this hospital two weeks after it opened so of course I wanted to read this memoir. I found it to be accurate and well written history.
About the AuthorFor more than two decades, Linda Valdez has been an opinion writer for the largest papers in Tucson and Phoenix, specializing in medical, education, justice, immigration and other human rights issues.