listed in Fortune as one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.”

He ran for governor touting an image of a political outsider and loyal family man, with a wife and two young kids. At the time of his extramarital affair, he was in the midst of his gubernatorial campaign and four years into his marriage. His youngest son was an infant.

“With so much on the line,” wrote Ray Hartmann, publisher of St. Louis Magazine, “what could have he been thinking?”From Golf Course to Nobel Prize {#sec0005}
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Ivermectin (IVM) is one of the best known and most widely used antiparasitic drugs in human and veterinary medicine. From a fortuitous discovery on a Japanese golf course to a Nobel Prize, the impact of IVM on human health to date has been extraordinary. Notwithstanding the role of IVM in global food production, the Mectizan Donation Program has lifted the burden of onchocerciasis (river blindness) and, subsequently, lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), from millions of people in the poorest countries in the world, and set a precedent for the role of public--private partnerships in global health. However, despite extensive research since its discovery over 35 years ago, the mode of action of IVM in parasitic species remains unclear, as are the mechanisms of resistance