Penulis: John M. Hill

John Hill, a very healthy seventy-eight-year-old, was born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, and grew up with Anne Murray’s (singer) oldest brother. He practiced pharmacy there then moved to Halifax to further studies in pharmacy and pharmacology. He joined Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary, in 1960. His major hobbies were music (reed, play sax, and some piano) and writing articles, papers, and political notes and petitions. Roche underwrote much postgraduate training, courses, etc. in pharmacology, psychology, and sociology, including sexology, giving me background to discuss medicine with MDs, specialists, and researchers. During a training and launch session for Valium, now a common tranquilizer, its inventor told him his story, to be kept secret for 50 years. Now it must be told. John M. Hill