A series of local events will celebrate Albert Schweitzer’s outstanding life and the 75 th anniversary of his speeches in Aspen for the 1949 Goethe Bicentennial Celebration, beginning June 30. While ...

Dr. Albert Schweitzer, giving the keynote address at the Goethe Bicentennial of 1949, declared himself broadly optimistic regarding the future, despite difficulties and evils that beset the world.

In the symbolic life of Albert Schweitzer, we whites administered to ourselves our own absolution for our African sins. It is true that toward the end a few clouds had darkened this picture a little.

Schweitzer’s philosophy of “Reverence for Life” continues to resonate worldwide. The Albert Schweitzer Sesquicentennial Convocation will explore the enduring impact of his ideas through music, film, ...

Dr. Albert Schweitzer is captured in a rare color photograph taken in Aspen in July 1949. It was remarked that Schweitzer’s attire was dated to the fashion of the previous century.

When Arthur R. Goshin (MD ’70, BS ’66) was 13, he decided he wanted to be a doctor. “I believe it was a combination of the book ‘The Microbe Hunters’ and the life of Albert Schweitzer [a noted medical ...

They were part of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation’s largest cohort which served 1,778 Alabamians and provided 4,042 hours of service. “I’m honored to be one of the first four UAB optometry students ...

St. Paul Lutheran Church will present Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach by Thurston Moore from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at 16 S. Walnut St. The multi-media event will consist of ...