Meet the Joanne Posner-Mayer Endowed Chair in Physical Therapy

Michael Harris-Love named first endowed chair of Physical Therapy Program

Michael Harris-Love, PT, MPT, DSc, who became the head of the University of Colorado School of Medicine Physical Therapy Program last year, describes himself as an “unlikely candidate” for physical therapy school, CU Anschutz Today reports.

For six years, he worked to save money for his education while attending community college. Along the way, he changed majors several times. “Generally speaking,” he said, “having few financial resources and a host of eclectic interests is not a recipe for academic success.”

Harris-Love worked as a computer-aided design and manufacturing technician at a Motorola plant in Arizona. During that time, he would visit the company library during lunch to read about other careers. Physical therapy sparked his interest, so he began logging volunteer clinical service hours needed to apply to most PT schools.

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