Sidney Kark in America

Mervyn Susser's poignant reminiscence of the work of Sidney and Emily Kark in South Africa [August 1987, Vol. 17, No. 4] has a second, American, chapter. In ways that are still unfolding, and insufficiently recognized, the Karks have had a direct and profound effect on community medicine in the United States. Sidney Kark is, in a sense, the "grandfather" of the U.S. community health center network, and mentor, friend, and consultant to a generation of American community-health workers.