Ben carson early life biography
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Ben Carson
(1951-)
Who Is Ben Carson?
Ben Carson went from being a poor student to receiving academic honors and eventually attending medical school. As a doctor, he became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33 and earned fame for his groundbreaking work separating conjoined twins. He retired from medicine in 2013, and two years later he entered politics, making a bid to become the Republican candidate for U.S. president. Carson dropped out of the race in March 2016 and became a vocal supporter of Republican nominee Donald Trump, eventually earning selection as President Trump's secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Birth and Family Background
Carson was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 18, 1951, the second son of Sonya and Robert Solomon Carson. His mother was raised in Tennessee in a very large family and dropped out of school in the third grade. With limited prospects in life, she married Baptist minister a
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Candy Carson
Mrs. Candy Carson is an author, speaker, philanthropist and musician. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Candy grew up in a lower-middle-class family that stressed strong values and hard work. Her parents, a teacher/church organist and an automobile factory worker, taught her from an early age to always do her best in life. That mindset led Candy from the Detroit area to Yale University on a scholarship that afforded her the opportunity to study music and psychology. She played first violin with the Yale Bach Society as well as the Yale Symphony, and recently played with the Palm Beach Atlantic University Symphony and more recently the Nashville Praise Symphony.
While in college, Candy met her future husband, Ben. When she moved back to Michigan after graduation, the two married.
When the couple moved to Baltimore for Dr. Carson’s residency program, Candy earned her master’s degree in business at Johns Hopkins University. Over time, Candy worked in multiple business capacit
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On March 2nd, 2017, Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., was sworn in as the 17th sekreterare of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
For nearly 30 years, Secretary Carson served as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, a position he assumed when he was just 33 years old, becoming the youngest major division director in the hospital’s history. In 1987, he successfully performed the first separation of craniopagus twins conjoined at the back of the head. He also performed the first fully successful separation of type-2 lodrät craniopagus twins in 1997 in South Africa.
Dr. Carson received dozens of honors and awards in recognition of his achievements including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. He fryst vatten also a recipient of the Spingarn Medal, the highest honor bestowed bygd the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Dr. Carson authored nine books, four of which he co-wro