"[145], In October 2015, the Super PAC supporting Carson, The 2016 Committee (formerly the Draft Carson Committee), announced it had received donations in mostly $100 increments from more than 200 small businesses around the country over the course of one week. He could have been offered a scholarship for incidentals by a private donor if he applied for admission and then attended. In his keynote speech, Carson was highly critical of U.S. Pres. In October 2015, Carson's campaign team said that "there was no contribution from Mannatech to Johns Hopkins" and that his statement had been "a legitimate mistake on his part. [93] Although there were few follow-up stories following the Binder twins' return to Germany seven months after the operation,[93] both twins were reportedly "far from normal" two years after the procedure, with one in a vegetative state. Carson has received numerous honors for his neurosurgery work, including more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees and numerous national merit citations. [159][160][161], On March 11, 2016, a week after Carson ended his presidential campaign, he endorsed Trump, calling him part of "the voice of the people to be heard". Corrections? [93] On the condition the film would have its premiere in Baltimore,[93] Carson agreed to a cameo appearance as "head surgeon" in the 2003 Farrelly brothers' comedy Stuck on You, starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear as conjoined twins who, unhappy after their surgical separation, continue life attached to each other by Velcro. [214][215] In recognition for his work with the Carson Scholars Fund and other charitable giving throughout his lifetime, Carson was awarded the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership in 2005. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. "[212][213], In 1994, Carson and his wife started the Carson Scholars Fund that awards scholarships to students in grades 411 for "academic excellence and humanitarian qualities". [177], On December 5, 2016, Trump announced that he would nominate Carson to the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Carson said other students walked out in protest when they discovered the retest was significantly harder than the original examination, but that he alone finished the test. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson | Goodreads [229][230], Carson and his wife are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA). [171] On May 16, Carson said the media could not keep opinion out of reporting and cited Walter Cronkite as a fair journalist who was, in his words, a "left-wing radical". March 19, 2013. Ben Carson Bio, Wife, Books, Net Worth - Married Celeb [7][8][5][9] He wrote over 100 neurosurgical publications. In March 2020 he was appointed to the governments task force handling the coronavirus pandemic. "[239] Carson's Adventism was raised as an issue by his then-primary rival Donald Trump. Carson also traveled as a motivational speaker, was an outspoken supporter of creationism, and was the subject of the 2009 made-for-television movie Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story.

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