Very well indeed. More than 10 percent of the living alumni of Holy Cross are physicians and dentists, and they have done very well in a wide variety of positions. For instance, Dr. Joseph Murray was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1990 for his pioneering work in transplant surgery. Dr. Murray was the first surgeon to transplant a human organ, a kidney. Dr. James Shannon was Director of the National Institutes of Health and is considered to be the father of the NIH. Dr. Robert Scully is the editor of the Weekly Clinicopathological Exercise from the Mass. General Hospital, which is published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This is probably the most widely read regular column in all of medicine. Dr. William Nolen wrote many books on medicine including The Making of a Surgeon and A Surgeon's World. Dr. Anthony Fauci is the head of the Nabonal Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, where he is leading the government's efforts to combat the AIDS virus. Many more have distinguished themselves as deans of medical schools, as researchers, or dedicated and talented practitioners.

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