Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth's 17th President

“At some point, you have to decide whether you’re going to keep throwing your body at a problem, which is what I’ve always done,” he said. “You realize that one person can’t do that much. So what I want to do is train an army of leaders to engage with the problems of the world, who will believe the possibilities are limitless, that there’s nothing they can’t do. Being the president of an Ivy League university is an amazing opportunity.”

from Dartmouth Selects Its New President From Harvard

also, check out his wikipedia and this web site, global health delivery.

wow how exciting! here's the dartmouth page about him dartmouth.edu

and here's the globe article which is better than all of them globe