Albert "Ian" Schweitzer, who was convicted in 2000 and sentenced to 130 years in prison, should be "released from his shackles immediately," Judge Peter Kubota ruled. That prompted tears ...

Albert Schweitzer — scientist, doctor, philosopher, theologian, author, musician and Nobel Peace Prize winner — was long revered for his humanitarian work in Africa. The clinic he set up in ...

The death of Albert Schweitzer on September 4 brought down the curtain on one of the greatest of human dramas. Hailed as an outstanding world figure, Schweitzer was also the subject of deep ...

Editor’s note: This story is the first of a four-part Aspen Journalism series detailing Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s 1949 visit to Aspen to keynote the Goethe Bicentennial convocation ...

Albert Ian Schweitzer, 51, was convicted in 2000 and sentenced to 130 years in prison for the rape and murder of Dana Ireland. The 23-year-old white woman died on Christmas Eve in 1991 on the Big ...

In 1951, Dr. Albert Schweitzer gave his permission to the Animal Welfare Institute to strike a medal in his honor to be presented for outstanding achievement in the advancement of animal welfare. In ...

Public figures like Adlai Stevenson, starry-eyed U.S. Peace Corpsmen, spinster schoolteachers realizing a longstanding dream—all come for a visit to Dr. Albert Schweitzer. At his mission three ...

Students from the UAB School of Public Health have once again been selected as Alabama Fellows within the Albert Schweitzer program. Leanne Jeong, MD/MPH candidate and Shashank Tiwari, MPH in ...

Five students enrolled in UAB School of Public Health programs have been selected for the 2025-2026 cohort of Alabama Fellows within the Albert Schweitzer program: Shanquell Dixon, a Master of Public ...

Albert Schweitzer, with his wife and medical partner, Helene Bresslau, in 1913, the year they established their first mission hospital at Lambarene, GabonImage: Courtesy Everett Collection/picture ...