Michael J. Dowling, Charles Kenney

Gebundenes Buch

After the Roof Caved in

An Immigrant's Journey from Ireland to America

Beschreibung

The moving story of an Irish immigrant's life, from a poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland to becoming a captain of industry, After the Roof Caved In is a powerful, poignant look at how hard work and education enabled one young man to change his life and circumstances completely

Autor

Michael J. Dowling is president and chief executive officer of Northwell Health. Dowling grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He earned his undergraduate degree from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, and his master's degree from Fordham University. He also has honorary doctorates from Hofstra University and Dowling College. He played hurling with Limerick and won a National League medal and a Fitzgibbon Cup medal with UCC. Before his public service career, Dowling was a professor of social policy and assistant dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services and director of the Fordham campus in Westchester County. Afterwards, Dowling served in New York State government for 12 years, including seven years as state director of Health, Education and Human Services and deputy secretary to former governor Mario Cuomo. He was also commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services. Charles Kenney serves as chief journalist at Northwell Health and executive editor of the Northwell Innovation Series. He is the author of many books including The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine (PublicAffairs 2008), which The New York Times described as “the first large-scale history of the quality movement.” He serves on the faculty of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Skyhorse Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 147mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781951627249
• ISBN-10: 1951627245
• Artikelnr.: 58701695