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...Today, Carson, Class Day speaker at the Harvard Medical School (HMS), will bring his message of hope--and his wishes for the future of medicine--to the school's graduates...
...native of inner-city Detroit, Carson was a less-than-astounding student in his elementary school days who once referred to his younger self as "a walking TV guide." He credits his mother with transforming his life by making him read books and write weekly book reports--even though she herself only had a third-grade education. Carson did well enough in high school to gain admittance to Yale University, which he reportedly chose over Harvard because he saw their team win in an academic bowl, followed by the University of Michigan for medical school...
...Carson met some doubt in school from his teachers, according to Alvin F. Poussaint, HMS professor of psychiatry and faculty associate dean for student affairs, who invited Carson to speak on behalf of the dean of the Medical School...
...Surpassing expectations, Carson went on to become the director of the pediatric neurosurgery division at Hopkins at the age of 33--an unusually early age to receive such an important position...
...Carson was truly catapulted to international fame in 1988, when he was an integral part of a team that separated German Siamese twins who were born joined at the head...