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...Gilmartin chairs both the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America as well as the Healthcare Leadership Council, a group of about 60 industry executives which advises Congress on such issues as uninsurance among Americans. So far the group has made few recommendations but is said to have the ear of policy makers...
Although now among the nation's most prominent business leaders, Gilmartin originally trained to be an engineer, receiving a B.S. in electrical engineering from Union College...
...first in his family to go to college, Gilmartin went on to work for Eastman Kodak for two years before heeding the fateful advice of a friend who had been accepted to HBS on a full-tuition fellowship...
...friend's success inspired Gilmartin to apply. Gilmartin also received a full-tuition fellowship, which made business school possible. Gilmartin praises HBS, "...and not because of brand name," he adds. He says the case-study system at HBS taught him to solve real-life problems without clear-cut answers...
...Gilmartin says he also values his engineering degree. "[It] turned out to be just a strong basic educational experience," he said. "Education in any undergraduate field leaves open all the options. I never felt that my choice at the undergraduate level precluded my options down the road...