Albert Takes on the World

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>Dr. Jan Hahn was born in 1951 in Massachusetts and raised in Vineland N.J. After graduating from Swarthmore College he entered Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Upon completing a family practice residency program in Galveston Texas he joined the Indian Health Service and worked for four years at Cherokee IHS Hospital in Cherokee N.C. In 1984 he moved to Lenoir City TN. where he practiced family medicine until his retirement in July 2012.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>In 2009 he returned to college to study English and in 2011 he enrolled in Lincoln Memorial University's post-bac teacher licensure program. He is now certified to teach English 7-12.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>In 1991 he started a domestic violence program Crisis Center for Women-IVAS and continues to be its chairman of the board.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>This is his fourth book.  The first one entitled </span><em style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>Voices</em><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)> is a collection of poems describing many of the patients he has cared for during his thirty-five-year career in medicine. His second book is </span><em style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>A Gallimaufry</em><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>. Hahn's third book is another story about Albert and the Milk Pail.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>Dr. Hahn </strong><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>lives with his wife Dr. Heather O'Brien a veterinarian and their seven horses six dogs twelve chickens and one very contented rooster. His three daughters Micah Avital and Mara are away at school.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)> </strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>ABOUT THE ARTIST</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>Samantha Berner</strong><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)> is a 23-year-old digital artist from Patchogue New York who specializes in character design. She dreams of putting her skills and passion to the test by becoming an independent video game designer. She attended East Tennessee State University for two years but is primarily self-taught. She has been drawing with pencil and paper since she was little but has over five years of experience with digital art.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)> </strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>Katherine Lopez </strong><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)>was born in New York to Puerto Rican parents and raised in Puerto Rico. After graduating from the Univ of TN-Martin with a B.A. in pre-veterinary medicine and veterinary health technology she enrolled in the Univ of TN School of Veterinary Medicine in 2022. She currently lives in Lenoir City and enjoys ways to promote diversity in her work..</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(112 48 160 1)> </span></p><p><br></p>