The Center for the Analysis of Health Practices, which was established outside of the departmental structure of the school, examined a range of... of medical practices and medical problems including some concern with the quality of medical care, and the results of that enterprise were really profound. Don Berwick, who came to the school, subsequently became one of the leaders, perhaps the leader, on quality of medical care issues in the country, in the world. Milt Weinstein, who was initially in that center, ultimately became a member of the Department of Health Policy and Management. Milt's background was rather interesting. Shortly after I took the deanship, I was approached by Howard Raiffa who is widely considered to be the, perhaps, the father of decision science. Howard said to me, you know, I think that the whole field of medicine and health could profit greatly from a person or people whose interest and experience is in the area of decision science, and it was Howard who recommended one of his students, Milton Weinstein, who had just finished his doctoral work with him, as a candidate. Milt came to the school because there was no ready home for him in a department early on, he was based in the Center, but ultimately became a very important man of... member of the Department of Health Policy and Management, and trained a whole group of people who had followed in his footsteps.
Another of the people who came to the school early and who created new areas for enquiry was Harvey Fineberg who subsequently became the dean of the school and is now President of the Institute of Medicine.