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Hospice director takes position at American University in Iraq
Thomas Hallahan’s departure comes as Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard becomes Medicare-certified.
Tom Hallahan is leaving as executive director of Hospice of Martha s Vineyard to take a university job in Iraq. Jeremy Driesen
After five years heading Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, executive director Thomas Hallahan is starting the next chapter of his life halfway across the world, as an associate provost at the newly established American University of Iraq, Baghdad (AUIB).
Iraq will be the seventh country Hallahan has lived or worked in since 2012, when he was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Jordan in Amman. Hallahan’s time in Amman was life-changing for himself and his son, and inspired a passion for the region.
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