Welcome to our 50th Anniversary Edition
To find out more about the making of "Pioneers of the Past, Present, and Future," a special issue that features contributions from more than a dozen Johns Hopkins Magazine "alumni," check out the Editor's Note.
   And visit Our Readers Respond to see what folks are already saying about the pioneers we've picked.

P I O N E E R S    O F    D I S C O V E R Y

"Human Power, So Great and Original..."
On the road to discovery, elation is tempered with heartache, persistence with despair. We bring you stories of the woman whose womb gave rise to a new age in medicine, "the funny little fuze" that changed the course of World War II, and more.

P I O N E E R S    O F    A D V O C A C Y

"...And the Truth Shall Make You Mad!"
In leading the battle to change people's minds, the faint-hearted need not apply. Just ask Stephen Teret, who's gone mano a mano with the gun industry, or Azar Nafisi, the literature professor who taught Alice in Wonderland--and brought down her government's wrath.

P I O N E E R S    O F    S C H O L A R S H I P

The "Mind of the Scholar... Is Large and Liberal"
Creating a new discipline out of nothing is hardly a sedentary affair. Come "tussling" in 110 Gilman with the preeminent idea man, dancing on New Mexico's pueblos with two sisters from Peabody, and hammering in the nursery with the father of behaviorism.

P I O N E E R S    O F    P R O M I S E

"My Interest Is in the Future..."
Any attempt to predict the pioneering work of tomorrow is a risky--some might say, foolhardy--undertaking. But we've gone and done it anyway. Some of our picks, like medical genetics' Victor McKusick, are safe bets. Others? Only time will tell.

G O L D E N    R E C O L L E C T I O N S

Johns Hopkins Magazine at 50
Half a century ago, founding editor Corbin Gwaltney '43 forever changed the world of alumni magazine publishing. Then he went and launched The Chronicle of Higher Education. Plus: The Magazine's pioneering history, at a glance; and two voices from the past.

50th Anniversary Champagne Fete at Evergreen House on May 7, 2000.

Pioneers Guest Book: Let us know what you think of our 50th anniversary edition. And don't forget to share your personal list of Hopkins pioneers.

D E P A R T M E N T S Editor's Note Letters Reader Response to Pioneers Issue Essay: Play It Again, Sam Alumni Notes Alumni News Contributors to the April Issue

Essay