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James A. Mays is a true renaissance man: poet, scholar,popular novelist, songwriter, cardiologist, and civil leader. Hisindividual achievements are such that he was the recipientof the George Washington Medal. Other notable recipients ofthis prestigious award are Barbara Jordan and the late Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. Dr. Mays has written several songs, one of which, Happy BirthdayMama, was recorded by Bill Cosby. He also co-wrote severalsongs with H.B Barnum. As an author he is responsible for nine novels, including his latestTrapped, which is in preparation to become a movie. An earliertrilogy, Strivers, is being developed as a miniseries. Dr. Mays is widely recognized as the founder of communityproblem-solving programs such as the Adopt-A-Familyendowment. He is currently involved in several campaignspromoting drug and AIDS awareness and giving assistance tothe homeless. He has frequently appeared on television, featuring on showsincluding The Today Show, The Phil Donahue Show, on radio,such as the Voice of America and has had articles published in LIFE,Newsweek, the Washington Post, the L.A. Times, and Ebony. Dr. Mays, who was decorated as combat physician in Vietnam, isa lone parent with four sons.