Martin L Dalton, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Chair and Dean Emeritus, MUSM, wrote a new book, The History of the Mercer University School of Medicine, published by Mercer University Press in Macon. The book describes the persons and personalities behind the inception of a new medical school in middle Georgia. Much of the story lies in the organizing local and state political and financial support for the venture. Dalton describes their audacious vision to bring quality medical care to underserved rural Georgia through novel concepts in medical education. He traces the development of the school through its early years, the maturation of its graduate residency training programs, and expansion into Savannah and later organization of a four-year school there. Dalton enlisted collaborators in chronicling the history of the individual departments of the school, presented in separate chapters.

Kirby Godsey, President Emeritus of Mercer University, in the forward to Dr. Dalton’s book credits him for "recording with both candor and thoughtfulness this magnificent journey that led to the creation of the school of medicine."

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