Person Place Thing

Person Place Thing featuring geriatrician and epidemiologist Dr. Linda Fried

Columbia University

In describing her profession, the dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health cites Adam Smith, the dean of private property: “He said the role of government is to create the public good that we can only create together, in which everybody gains but nobody profits. Dr. Fried discusses her person - Ed Eckenfels - her place - Illinois Aikido Club - her thing - Michelangelo’s Atlas Slave.