A friend recently told me that their day is made if they do at least one thing, anything, that makes somebody else smile. I ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

MAYVILLE - Bonita Vize recalls how Albert Schweitzer was required reading while she attended Central High School in Davenport, Iowa during the 1960s. In fact, Schweitzer died during her junior ...

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 ...

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 ...