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When James F. Gilligan ’57 enrolled at Harvard as an undergraduate, he was set on becoming either a politician or a writer. He eventually graduated as an English Literature concentrator. But after graduation, Gilligan changed his career path—he decided to attend medical school, became a psychiatrist, and would devote the rest of his life to studying the causes and effects of violence and violence-related injuries...
...never identified the accident as the rationalization for my career choice, but when I look back, it is pretty obvious that it was my motivation,” said Gilligan...
...Gilligan was one of two survivors of a head-on auto collision during winter break of 1956, which left him with a brain concussion and the other survivor, driver John F. Stevenson ’58, with a fractured jaw and shattered knees. His other two friends in the car, William C. Boyden III ’57 and William S. North III ’58, were killed instantly...
...March of the Penguins," says Thom Gilligan, president of Boston-based Marathon Tours & Travel, which organizes the Antarctica Marathon. After the film's release, race entries shot up. The 2007 event sold out in 2005. Now the marathon, which was previously held every two years, is annual. Already the 2008 race is sold out and 2009 is half booked...
...poor that runners didn't even get to the start line: The sea was too rough to allow a landing. They raced on the ship that had carried them south to Antarctica instead, running hundreds of laps on deck. But that's all part of Antarctica's appeal, says Gilligan, eyes gleaming. "I like the challenge, the unknown," he says. "It's certainly not boring." Nor, in the end, is it just about a long run in the cold. "You don't get many opportunities," says Gilligan, "to introduce people to things that'll change their lives and make them...