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Volume 4, No. 2/March 2001
In Lambaréné, Schweitzer Fellow
Learns to Strengthen Compassion
needy patients since that
time. I acutely felt the dis-
everence
Newsletter
of the
Albert
crepancy between the min-
utes of time and the polyvit-
amins that I could offer and
the nutritious food, potable
water, and basic health care
that these children needed.
It was in this state of
mind that I found myself
Schweitzer face to face with the 24th
Sheri Weiser
mother I had seen that day,
Fellowship holding the sickest child I
Justine Larson (right) helps with pediatric consultations in Bescos, a small had seen yet, who was
lumber village accessible only by boat and air. struggling to breathe, fever-
By Justine Larson how underqualified I felt to ish with pneumonia. I
act as a doctor for children leaned towards the woman:
I
t was 4:30 in the without access to any other “Madam, your child needs
evening in Weliga, provider. I imagined a child to go to the hospital. She is
a small village three convulsing with a seizure or very sick.” Her eyes wide,
hours outside of losing fluids uncontrollably she responded simply, “I
Lambaréné. Our or growing increasingly don’t have the means.” I
team—three nurses, cyanotic, with the mother leaned further across the
the driver, and myself—had looking at me expectantly table, frustrated and
been working in the small for instructions. exhausted: “Please, she
dispensary of the village At this time, however, at needs to go to the hospital.”
delivering vaccines, nutri- 4:30 in the afternoon in Again, she said quietly, “I
tional counseling, HIV edu- Weliga, exhaustion, rather don’t have the means.”
Inside... cation, and health care to
the children of the village.
than fear, was foremost in
my mind. Our team had
At that moment, I had a
startling realization: the
Vermont Fellow Gives
Gift of Music .............3 As per the usual routine— worked continuously in the greatest challenge I will
Pittsburgh Fellow or what would become rou- heat, without eating or face as I become a doctor is
Supports Families tine by my third month with drinking, since 9:30 in the to allow two inextricable
of Internationally the Protection Maternelle et morning. I had seen 23 (continued on page 2)
Adopted Children .......4 Infantile (PMI), a program
Helping Asian-American run by the Hôpital
Youth Overcome Barriers ..6 Schweitzer in Lambaréné—
Development the nurses would register
Report 2000................D-1 the children, weigh them,
Schweitzer Fellows and provide any necessary
Reunion ...................7
vaccines, and I would see
Nurturing the any children who were sick,
Caring in Us All .........8
acting as the “doctor” for
Fellows News .............9
the team.
During my first days with
the PMI I felt, overwhelm-
Justine Larson
ingly, fear and trepidation. I
wondered if the nurses work-
Patients at the Protection Maternelle et Infantile of the Hôpital Schweitzer in
ing with me had any idea Lambaréné often must wait more than three hours to be seen by a clinician.
CURRENT FELLOWS
The Albert Schweitzer Strengthening Compassion
(continued from page 1)
Fellowship components of doctoring—
Board of Directors compassion and stress—to
Mark L. Wolf, Chair coexist. Exhaustion, hunger,
Lachlan Forrow, President thirst, frustration, fear, and
Jim Jones, Vice President feelings of inadequacy—all
Daphne Kempner, Vice feelings I will probably
President experience in many more
Eric E. Van Loon, Vice President instances to come—are the
Patricia S. White, Vice President
same sensations that present
Sheri Weiser
Antje Lemke, Secretary
the greatest obstacle to
Harvey Bines, Treasurer
Lawrence Gussman, Chair
understanding and caring for
Emeritus other human beings. How Justine Larson and nurses from the Protection Maternelle et Infantile (PMI) load
supplies onto a boat for their return from Bescos to the Hôpital Schweitzer.
Rhena Schweitzer Miller, can I learn to be compas-
Director Emerita sionate when I myself am
John Baldwin
challenged to my greatest
Arn Chorn-Pond
Albert Crum
capacities, physically, men-
James O. Freedman tally, and emotionally?
Sally Harris Medical education is still
John Karefa-Smart lacking in its ability to
Wilfred Mbacham develop compassion among
James O’Connell its students. I believe that an
Joseph F. O’Donnell aspect of the Schweitzer
Phillip Pulaski Fellowship that is truly com-
Rebecca Reynolds mendable is its dedication to
Mary Wallace
fostering compassion among
Justine Larson
Advisory Board students working in health
Robert Coles care. From that moment in
Millard Fuller
Weliga, I learned in a very Hôpital Schweitzer nurses and Schweitzer Fellow Sheri Weiser prepare for a
Jackie Jenkins-Scott
real way that my own ability day at the PMI.
Stacey Kabat
Judith Kurland
to be compassionate must be
Jennifer Leaning developed and strengthened. I must seek
Justine Larson, who worked in Lambaréné
Bernard Lown ways of preventing unavoidable sensations
from August through October 2000, is a
Yo Yo Ma such as exhaustion and fear from draining
fourth-year student at Harvard Medical
Michael McCally what I believe to be the most important
Edouard Nies-Berger School.
aspect of being a care provider: caring.
Andrew Rowan
Victor Sidel
Quentin D. Young
Staff The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship™ was Programs, which encourage students in
Lachlan Forrow, President founded in 1940 to support Dr. Schweitzer health-related disciplines to act on their
Kari Hannibal, Director, U.S. at his hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon. For idealism and carry out community service
Schweitzer Fellows Programs more than 50 years, the Fellowship has projects that benefit needy individuals and
Beth Amis, Director of Finance furnished direct assistance to the hospital. communities locally. Today, Schweitzer
and Administration
Jessica Seabury, Program
In 1955, Albert Schweitzer gave the Programs are located in Baltimore, Boston,
Assistant Fellowship another mandate—that of pro- Chicago, New York City, and Pittsburgh
Nwenna Swan, Development moting and sustaining his ethic of and in North Carolina and New Hampshire/
Assistant “Reverence for Life.” Since 1978, the Vermont. The Fellowship also maintains
Reverence Fellowship has sent annually four senior links with Schweitzer-related organizations
Glenn Ruga, Designer medical students to work for three-month internationally and supports a publications
Jan Reiss, Editor rotations at the hospital. In 1991, the program of books by and about Dr.
Fellowship initiated its Schweitzer Fellows Schweitzer.
2 Reverence | March 2001
CURRENT FELLOWS
Vermont Fellow Gives the Gift of Music
By Stacey Valentine
usic is a gift. Performing it is
M a means of expression, a way
of giving of oneself to others.
Live music engages both lis-
tener and performer, sometimes with
important, dramatic results. As a musi-
cian, I have seen music bring relaxation,
joy, and peace to those who are suffer-
ing. In college, I performed with the
marching band outreach volunteer pro-
gram for the residents of local nursing
homes. The directors at each facility
told us how the music helped improve
the general health of their patients. The Schweitzer Fellow Stacey Valentine (left) watches as Cheri Gagnon plays the guitar for patients on the
residents’ faces lit up when we played a Oncology Floor at the Fletcher Allen Health Care nursing home.
song they recognized, be it a jazz tune
from their youth or a holiday classic. that they did not have the time to work outside world and fond memories of
Their smiles and gratitude touched my with the hospital to schedule their own the past. The staff report that the
heart. Those moments inspired me to performances. music has also helped to relax their
bring music to the patients of Fletcher Patients look forward to hearing working environment.
Allen Health Care and the Vermont the music, which brings peace and One particular performance comes to
Respite House via the Green Mountain mind when I think of my goals for the
relaxation to many, as well as a
Musical Volunteers Program in Vermont. project. A volunteer was performing for
My project began to take shape as I
connection to the outside world patients at a local adult day center, with
realized that a large number of musi- and fond memories of the past. the residents singing along. From time
cians in the Burlington community I organized a formal music program, to time, one of them would turn to me
shared my desire to bring music into working with the musicians and the and relate a memory that the song had
the lives of patients. As a member of hospital to schedule regular perform- brought back. It was heartwarming to
the Burlington Amateur Musicians ances on the floors that were in the watch these patients engage with the
Orchestra, I already had ties to the greatest need of live music. Patients performer. Their response to the per-
musical community. But although I now look forward to hearing the music, formance was very moving. It reminded
found many musicians interested in which brings peace and relaxation to me of how powerful an impact music
performing for patients, I also found many, as well as a connection to the can have.
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
has allowed me to integrate my love for
music with my passion for medicine
and to share my music with the
Burlington community. I have learned a
great deal about myself and the patients
I have helped, and they have given me
insight into how my love for music can
help me to be a better physician.
Stacey Valentine is a 2000–01 New
Hampshire/Vermont Schweitzer Fellow
studying at the University of Vermont
2000–01 New Hampshire/Vermont Schweitzer Fellows enjoy a break during their orientation in early
College of Medicine.
September 2000.
March 2001 | Reverence 3
CURRENT FELLOWS
Pittsburgh Fellow Supports Families
of Internationally Adopted Children
By Ingrid M. Kanics these children. In some cases, the par- Assorted doctors in Pittsburgh who
ents themselves had little understand- work with and assess these children
y project is geared toward ing of the many medical issues facing presented the morning sessions. The
M providing parents of inter-
nationally adopted chil-
dren with the information
and local supports they need to help
them adjust and support their new
their new children and how to address
those issues so their children could
adjust and thrive in their new families.
The field of occupational therapy
focuses on helping people fulfill their
afternoon sessions focused on school
treatments (speech, OT) and advocat-
ing for the child in the educational set-
ting. We advertised the conference
through local newspapers, at local uni-
children and become a family. I began daily roles. I felt that in this case the versities, in medical and therapy
developing this idea several years ago, parents adopting these children were offices, and on numerous adoption list-
when I worked as an occupational having their life roles drastically serves. Overall, interest in the confer-
therapy (OT) technical aide in a pedi- altered, but were receiving little sup- ence was incredible, with numerous
atric practice in North Carolina. The port for their own adjustment, let responses from all over the United
practice focused on sensory integra- alone that of their new children. States and around the world.
tion—a specific OT theory that deals The conference was well attended;
with processing of sensory information
The parents adopting these children 47 parents and professionals from
and its relationship to behavior and were having their life roles drasti- Pittsburgh and surrounding areas par-
daily functioning. cally altered, but were receiving lit- ticipated, as well as several doctors
We began treating several interna- tle support for their own adjust- from Cleveland and a parent from
tionally adopted children, and I had ment, let alone that of their new Indiana. The participants were
the chance to hear the parents speak children. extremely happy with the information
of their struggles to help their children that was shared. We asked them if
succeed and become part of their For my project, I have been working they would be interested in attending
families. Many of these children face with a woman who adopted a two-year- monthly or bimonthly parent/profes-
specific medical and behavioral chal- old boy from Romania in 1992. Several sional support group meetings; 22 par-
lenges, as a result of a lack of prenatal years later, after struggling to help ticipants said they would. We also
care, institutionalization as infants, or her son adjust and become part of the asked them to list topics of interest,
exposure to alcohol in utero. Around family, she and other parents organized and they generated a good number of
the same time, I had some family the Parent Network for the Post- ideas. We have thus begun planning
friends who had adopted international- Institutionalized Child. She had identi- these regular meetings and are cur-
ly and shared their difficulties in try- fied a local need from parents in the rently working on setting up the for-
ing to support their children and area focusing on helping children who mat, location, schedule, professional
obtain for them the services they were beginning the education process. participants, and other details. My
needed. She and I planned and presented a hope is that those who adopted several
More recently, as an occupational daylong conference in November years ago will act as mentors to the
therapy student at Duquesne 2000, held at Duquesne University more recent adoptive parents and that
University, I had the chance to meet in conjunction with its Occupational this group will continue well past the
more of these families through assort- Therapy Department. The conference, end of my current fellowship.
ed school placement experiences in “Intercountry Adoption: Emerging There are plans to open a treatment
the Pittsburgh area. Repeatedly, I Issues in Children’s Education,” center here in Pittsburgh, to be run by
found parents struggling to keep their brought in local doctors, therapists, Duquesne University and Mercy
families together and to help their new and advocates to give parents of inter- Hospital. It would be a multi-discipli-
children adjust. Some seemed to nationally adopted children an under- nary center, a place where students
receive support from their adoption standing of the educational issues their from the education, occupational ther-
agencies; others did not. Some school children may face, the reasons they apy, physical therapy, speech therapy,
districts were unable to handle the have these issues, possible treatment and physician assistant programs
special educational needs of many of approaches, and avenues for advocacy. could gain practical experience with
4 Reverence | March 2001
CURRENT FELLOWS
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this population. It is still very much in session at the national OT meeting in To say the least, this project has
the planning stages, but I’m hopeful Philadelphia in April 2001, and I gone much further than I ever expect-
that my project will help the planners have been asked to write an article on ed. It affirms to me that this is an area
see that there really is a need for such of need not just in Pittsburgh, but in
a center. After a number of people expressed the entire international adoption com-
There is also the possibility of a interest, we are planning regular munity, where parents are not getting
second conference to be sponsored in parent/professional support group the information that they need to help
conjunction with the Duquesne meetings. the children they want so much to help.
University Education Department, but
this is still in the early planning the project for one of the special inter- Ingrid M. Kanics is a 2000–01
stages. My project has generated a lot est sections of the OT association, Pittsburgh Fellow studying at the
of interest in the OT community: I will since many OTs deal with this popula- Duquesne School of Occupational
be presenting the project in a poster tion in treatment. Therapy.
March 2001 | Reverence 5
PA S T F E L L O W S
Helping Immigrant Asian-American Youth
Overcome Barriers
By Wei Wei Li society about the problems our young-
sters face nowadays. As I was screen-
n reading through the descriptions ing the 300 essays we received, I was
I of the projects conducted by other
Fellows [in the 1999/2000 issue of
Reverence], I am amazed by the
growth of the Fellowship as well as the
level of dedication exhibited by the
deeply touched by what I read. The
majority of these immigrant students
talked about the isolation, fear, and
language barriers they faced and how
they were trying to deal with these
Fellows. Their accomplishments are issues. The seriousness of their prob-
really an inspiration to me. It has led lems, ranging from lack of family sup-
me to reflect on what I have done and port to having to work two jobs after
learned during my past fellowship year, school to help the family pay back
and what I plan to do from this point on. debt, has made me feel a great impera-
I submitted an article in English tive to give them a helping hand. So in
Wei Wei Li
that was translated into Chinese and my article I wrote that the most
appeared in the World Journal maga- important and urgent issue facing our help someone to be recognized for
zine on June 6, 2000. I wrote on the community is to help the immigrant what they had accomplished. When I
topic of the Chinese-American integra- student to have a smoother and more reread my article, it reminds me of
tion into mainstream society. At the successful transition into this country. what I have done as a Schweitzer
time, I was just completing my work at I also talked about the need to change Fellow and how my work has affected
the Chinatown Health Clinic, where I the preconceived notion of Asian- others as well as myself. It keeps me
designed and helped to organize a stu- Americans as being “book smart.” sharp about my aspirations and my
dent writing contest for Asian- After the prescreening of the commitment.
American youth in New York City who entries, I helped the judges to select This year, I am going to work in the
were new immigrants. We invited the the winners and actually met them at New York City Department of Health.
students to write about their emotional, the awards ceremony. That day was Through the support of the Elizabeth
family, and school problems, both to one of the happiest days for me. In the Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I
increase awareness about mental past it was always someone handing will work on a special project in the
health and to inform parents and me the award, but now I was able to AIDS surveillance unit, which investi-
gates the effectiveness of the treat-
ment ZVD in preventing AIDS trans-
mission from infected mothers to new-
borns. Don’t think it is just one of
those boring, tedious laboratory jobs! I
am going to visit the 22 sites affiliated
with the Department of Health in the
city and will be working with a team
of statisticians and doctors. I am really
excited about this year and hope that I
will learn and grow just as I did in the
Schweitzer Fellows Program.
Wei Wei Li was a 1999–2000 New York
Schweitzer Fellow.
Schweitzer Fellows met for a reunion at the American Public Health Association meeting in Boston in
November 2000. Some of those attending were, from left, Rebecca Kalin (New York), Jessica Seabury
(National Office), Aba Ewusi (Pittsburgh), Marva Price, R.N., Ph.D. (North Carolina/mentor and past
Fellow), and Richard Kimball (Baltimore).
6 Reverence | March 2001
Volume 4, No. 2/ March 2001
managed care organizations,
Celebrating confirmation of Dr.
Schweitzer’s belief that there and other corporations all
Philanthropy is a vast untapped reservoir
of idealism in our communi-
testify to the broad support
for “idealism in action” that
ties that, if nurtured, hon- is present in our communi-
We ought all to make an ored, and provided with spe- ties. Thank you!
effort to act on our first cific opportunities for action,
everence
Albert
Schweitzer
Fellowship
thoughts and let our
unspoken gratitude find
expression.Then there will
be more sunshine in the
world, and more power to
work for what is good.
—Albert Schweitzer
can become a powerful
resource in helping people in
need. As Schweitzer wrote,
“Judging by what I have
learned about men and
women, I am convinced that
far more idealistic aspiration
Source of Gifts
FY 2000
Foundations 24%
exists than is ever evident.
Development ver the past Just as the rivers we see are Corporations 6%
Report
2000 O decade, the activi-
ties of the Albert
Schweitzer
Fellowship have multiplied
much less numerous than the
underground streams, so the
idealism that is visible is
minor compared to what men
.
.
Board 15%
. .
rapidly, primarily through and women carry in their
the creation and expansion hearts, unreleased or scarce-
of our U.S. Schweitzer ly released. Mankind is wait-
Fellows Programs. While in
1991 the Fellowship sup-
ported four Lambaréné
ing and longing for those who
can accomplish the task of
untying what is knotted and
.
Medical Student Fellows bringing the underground
who served for three months waters to the surface.”
Individuals 34%
each at the Schweitzer While the Schweitzer
Fellows themselves are the Schools/Other 21%
Hospital in Gabon, today
more than 140 Schweitzer direct source of nearly
Fellows are selected and 30,000 hours of service
supported annually, bringing annually, their expanding
much-needed assistance to activities are possible only Allocation of
underserved individuals and because of the many friends Gift Support
communities not only in and supporters of the FY 2000
Africa but also in Baltimore, Fellowship, and it is with
Lambaréné 2%
Boston, Chicago, New profound gratitude that we
Other Programs 2%
Hampshire/Vermont, New publicly acknowledge them
General Expenses,
York, North Carolina, and here. Gifts from individuals, Administration, and
Pittsburgh. family foundations, profes- Fundraising 22%
The success of these sional medical societies and
programs is powerful health professional schools,
.. .
Source of Gifts— FY 2000
.
Source of Gift
Board
Individuals
Amount
$97,650
$217,672
.
Corporations $64,000
Foundations $154,811 Endowment 20%
Schools, Professional Societies, Other $133,225 U.S. Programs 54%
Total $667,358
March 2001 | Reverence D1
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Taff Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Berliss, Jr.
he Albert Schweitzer Fellowship is most Mr. and Mrs. Eric Van Loon Dr. and Mrs. Ari Berman
T grateful to all of the friends and supporters
who made financial commitments in 2000.
These contributions allowed us to fund 145
U.S. Fellows, support international work in Lamba-
réné and other locations, and continue to offer
Christoph Westphal
Erica Anderson
Society
Gifts of $500 to $999
Mathieu Bermingham
Rev. and Mrs. Wallace Bieber
Elsa Bishop
Robert G. Bjornson
Anthony Blair
Jennifer Blake-Lahti
Schweitzer publications and other related materials. Amgen, Inc. Mary Sue Blevins
Lee Bone Phyllis Bloch
William Burgin Eleanor Bonsaint
Albert Crum Lucy Booth
Albert Schweitzer Schweitzer Fellows Elise Donohue Jo Ivey Boufford
Society Society Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Eaton Philippa Bovet
Gifts of $10,000 or more Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Steve Engel Jennifer Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. H. Jack Feibelman Gerald Brighton
Allegheny County Medical Society Jack Gantz Foundation
Brian Forrow Sylvia Broadbent
Aquidneck Foundation/Stephen B. William J. and Lia G. Poorvu
Geoffrey Greiff Betsy Brooks
and Nan Kay Foundation
Herbert and Roseline Gussman Dorothy Brougham
Baltimore Community Foundation W. Kenneth Seubert
Foundation Catherine Brown
Boston Foundation (Estate of) Harold Schneider
Gary Hart Clayton Brown
Annie E. Casey Foundation Lynne and Mark Wolf
Patricia Heuckeroth Frank Brumbaugh
Chesapeake Health Plan
Daphne Kempner Peter Budetti
Foundation
Margaret Kennedy Patricia Burchard
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Gifts of $5,000 or Leon Lowenstein Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Irving Burkhardt
Center more ensure full Michael McCally Stephen Buttenweiser
Fidelity Foundation
Lawrence Gussman
funding for one or Joseph O’Donnell Ann Buxbaum
more U.S. Schweitzer Phillip Pulaski Jeannette Byers
Harvard Medical School
Fellows for a com- Rhena Schweitzer Miller Tamara Cadet
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Slade Gorton & Co., Inc. Marianne Cameron
Foundation plete year. A gift of
Mary Wallace Mary Campbell
Massachusetts Medical Society $2,500 funds the Joan Warburg Mary Cannon and Susan
Joseph Meyerhoff Family
stipend and program Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weiss Evasco
Charitable Funds
orientation costs for David and Antoinette Carbone
(Estate of) Annemarie M.
a U.S. Schweitzer Friends of the Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Caron
Mewhorter
Marion Carson
The Scott Opler Foundation Fellow. Fellowship Hans Patrique Cassagnol
The Sharp Foundation Gifts below $500 Frank Cassello
Southwest PA AHEC
Tufts Health Plan
Lambaréné Society George Liell Adams Sachiko Sato Castleman
Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499 H. Albright Andrew Chan
UVM College of Medicine
Kenneth and Beth Amis Alyce Cheatham
United Hospital Fund of New York Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bines
Sara Anderson Christ Community Church
Vermont Law School Edward Bulkeley
Frederick Anker Heather Christiansen
(Estate of) Darcia Weiss Anita Bullard
Anonymous Edward Chu
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Danker Marie Ciaccio
Judith Appleton
Reverence for Life Peter Diana
Robert and Nancy Arnold Thomas Connery, Jr.
Society Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Donnelly
Mr. and Mrs. Casper Aronson Ethel Connole
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 Howard and Dorothy Fairweather Katherine Cook
Linda Artiaga
Fund Bessie Cooper
Robert Abernethy Aspegren Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Field Dorothy Cooper
Anonymous Kathryn Bacon
First Parish in Concord Corckran Family Charitable
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Katie Bade
Ruth and Gerald Fischbach Foundation
Carolina George Ball
Eleanor Forrow Thomas Cors
Celanese Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Ball
Susan and Lachlan Forrow Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cottingham
Dialysis Clinic, Inc. Margaret Compton Bam
Friendship Fund Rebecca Couch Pride
East Carolina University, Brody Erin Barnes
Sally Sharp Harris Jeffrey Cox
School of Medicine Alice Miller Batchelor
James Hyde, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crain
Agnes M. Lindsay Trust Susan Bauder
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Cratsley
(Estate of) Adam Lohaus Mr. and Mrs. P. Robert Bechtolt
Antje Lemke Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Creamer
Millis Foundation Amy Belisle
Marian Lum Mary Crichton
Phoenix Investors George Bellerose
Stephen Pollard and Jessica Julie Crosson
(Estate of) Elisabeth L. Young Dr. and Mrs. James Benedict
Stevens Estelle Cukay
Anne Benitt
Sarah-Maud Sivertsen Trust Mary Ellen Cunningham
Kurt Bergel
Jonathan Sorci
D2 Reverence | March 2001
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Diana Currie Roberta Foster Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoyt, Jr. Daniel Lowenstein and Mylo
Raymond Curry and Kristi Dr. and Mrs. Howard Francis Grace Hsiao Schaaf
Kirschner Anthony Fretlose Ellen Hsu Peter Lyman
Olive D’Antonio Erik H. Gaensler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ingram George Mahe, Jr.
Frederick Danner Mr. and Mrs. Austin Gale Innisfree Foundation Donald Makosky
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Danziger Sanjay Gandhi Lois James Arcelio Maldonado
Ranajit Datta Winifred Geer Mr. and Mrs. Allen Janis Mary Mally
Jean Daubenas Robert Geppert Joan Janson Marguerite Manley
David and Evelyn Auerbach Arthur Gibb Stephen Jay Joan Mann
Foundation Geoffrey Gilmartin Jackie Jenkins-Scott Melinda Mann
Dorothy Day Dr. and Mrs. Jack Gladstein Elizabeth Lee Jens Paul Manulik
Dr. and Mrs. Aurelio de la Vega Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Glasser Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, Jr. Edith Margolius
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar De Sylva Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gmoser Lise Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marshall
Thomas and Jill Delbanco Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goldberg Yewande Joy Johnson Norman Marsolini
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Delihas John Goodson Clara Jones Paul Marsolini
Seta Demurjian Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gorton William Corbett Jones Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews
Dr. and Mrs. Roman DeSanctis Leatrice Granitto Christine Jordan Jonathan McDonagh
Carmela Desopo Franklin Grapel Mr. and Mrs. Pete Jorgensen Robert McKersie
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Diamond Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gray Deborah Judd Mr. and Mrs. James Meem
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Diana Mr. and Mrs. George Gray John and Annemarie Judson Dr. and Mrs. Steven Melamed
Armon Diedrich, Jr. Marta Green Vivian See Ki Ka Julio Melgar
Lou Dunn Diekemper Richard Gunn Seth Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Mark Melnychuk
Neil Doherty, III Rose Gutman Peter Karczmar Michael Mercer
Daria Donnelly Heidi Hallonquist Elizabeth Kass Teresa Metcalf
Kelly Dooley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Edward Katz Mr. and Mrs. Walter Michael
Datcha Dorvil Kari Hannibal Mr. and Mrs. Gary Katz Michael! Works
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dreyer Marian Harders David Keller and Julie Meyers William Middleton
Lorraine Dudley-Stanfield Diane Henkels Susan Kelly Helaine Miller
Suzanne Dunbar Bette Henning Fran Sharon Kemmer Diane Minasian
Tracie Dunek Col. and Mrs. Christian Herrera Mr. and Mrs. Maximilian Maya Mitchell
Everett Dunton Abram Herrera-Peters Kempner Michael Moran
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Ecker Brian Herrick Emily Kennedy Anne Morlan
Susan Edgman-Levitan Hannah Herz Stefan Kertesz Debbie Morris-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eilbott Mr. and Mrs. James Hess Ray Kinder Richard P. and Claire W. Morse
Ann Eldridge Malone Larry Hess Mr. and Mrs. Roger King Foundation
Ruth Ellsworth Inge Heybey Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Kirk Elizabeth Mort
Susanne Engler Laurie Hickey Pauline Kishpaugh David Mushatt
James English Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hiers Frances Alice Kleeman Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Laird Myers
Lisabeth Culbertson Ernharth Aunita Marie Hill Mrs. Bertram Klein Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nagle, Jr.
William Feldman Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Hill Jacques Klein John Naisby, Jr.
Rushika Fernandopulle Albert Hirtz Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klingberg Jeesun Nam
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fessenden Guy Hoagland Uwe Koepke and Anne Mauks Laura Calamos Nasir
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Finkelstein Heinrich Holland Helmut Koester Majid-Reza Navi
Horace Fishback, III Charles B. Holmes Robert Kohman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neely
Mr. and Mrs. William Flangas Jane Holmes Bernstein Libby Korenstein Rev. and Mrs. Edward Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Combs Fort Anne Howard Lindquist Eli Korner Nora Nercessian
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Krehbiel Ann Neubauer
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kurker Nancy Newkirk
In Memoriam Ruth Ellen Lahde Shu Min Ning
Matthew Lally John Norman, Jr.
Annemarie M. Mewhorter Lillian Lang Constance Novelli
Gaddy Lassiter Edward Nowakowski
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Robert and Cynthia Lawrence James O’Connell
has received a generous bequest from P. Nelson Le Sarah Ogline
Annemarie Mewhorter of Frankenmuth, Virginia Leffel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Osborn
Michigan. Mrs. Mewhorter was born in Mr. and Mrs. David Leichtman Mayumi Otsuka
Mr. and Mrs. David Levine Mr. and Mrs. Donald Paine
Germany. She loved music and deeply
Mr. and Mrs. Finlay Lewis Erica Pan
admired Dr. Schweitzer’s work in Dr. and Mrs. Jim Liljestrand Richard Pantalone
Africa. Her gift will permanently Collins Yu-Chen Liu Panwy Foundation, Inc.
endow a U.S. Schweitzer Fellow each year whose work Shan Woo Liu Donna Jean Parker
will incorporate music in helping others. Valerie Ljungkvist Randall Paulsen
Maurice Loiselle Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Peed
March 2001 | Reverence D3
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Maria Pelucio Patricia Tesik Alfred and Hedwig Herz In Honor of…
Frank Perry Mr. and Mrs. Miles Theurich Hannah Herz
Sean Chapin
Lynn and Nancy Peterson Sigrid and Peter Tishler Jeanette B. Holland Paul L. Marsolini
Patricia Peterson James Traver Heinrich D. Holland
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer Mr. and Mrs. David Trimble Arn Chorn-Pond
Russell and Elise Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Harry Troutman Agnes Katz Eric Van Loon
Judith Pinsker and Angela Turner Mr. and Mrs. Edward Katz
Dan Federman
Benjamin Smith Elizabeth Twardon Tan Kok King Eric Van Loon
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Piper Janet Ullmann Andrew T. Chan
Lachlan Forrow
Odilia Popper Hilma Unterberger Misty Korner Russell and Elise Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. John Post Mr. and Mrs. Willem Van Pelt Eli Korner
Sharon Pressly Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ventura Crystal Gosselin and Family
Marva Price Mr. and Mrs. Ron Visconti Reinhard Lahde Kenneth and Beth Amis
Betsy Prudden Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace Ruth Ellen Lahde
Lawrence Gussman
Margaret Quander Mr. and Mrs. J. Catesby Ware Georgiana Landry Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Berliss, Jr.
Lois Weber Reasoner Dr. and Mrs. D. DeWitt Wasson Patricia Burchard Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dreyer
Robert Reich Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Watkins David C. Lum Jack Gantz Foundation
Frances Reid Ilene Weinberg Marian A. Lum Mr. and Mrs. Roger King
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Reilly Saul Weiner Mrs. Bertram Klein
Rebecca Reynolds Dana Weintraub Dr. Larry Mellon
Dr. and Mrs. Roland Richmond Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wesselhoeft William A. Middleton John Karefa-Smart
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rios Patricia Schaffer White Eric Van Loon
David Miller
Dr. and Mrs. John Ritchie Gloria Whitehead Alice Miller Batchelor Robert Kraft
J. Deotis Roberts Dr. and Mrs. David Williams Mr. and Mrs. Wilber W. Kirk Lynne and Mark Wolf
Rockefeller Foundation Elinor Willis Robert Lawrence
Stanley Miller
Harry Rosenberg Thomas Wilson, Jr. Robert Abernethy
Lynne and Mark Wolf
Maxine Ross Mary Porter Wise
Jim and Margery Sabin Beatrice Wolf W. Ernest Neubauer Herman Leis
Miriam Sajkovic Bruce Wolff Ann Neubauer Mr. and Mrs. Miles Theurich
John Paul SanGiovanni Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Woodruff Dr. Ramon Palacio Antje Lemke
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Schachter Warren Wright Dr. and Mrs. Aurelio de la Vega Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fessenden
Dulcie Schackman Janet Wullner-Faiss Cloak Hilma Unterberger
Carol Ramos
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Schnitker Mary Jo Zacheis
Maya Mitchell Wilfred Mbacham
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schnitzer Dr. and Mrs. Albright
Ronald Roseman Eric Van Loon
Dieter Scholz Zimmerman
Wandah Schulz Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Delihas Emory Ross
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Schur The following individ- Arthur Schulz Maxine Ross
Anthony Schwartz uals made thoughtful Wandah Schulz Jessica Stevens
Jessica Seabury Stephen Pollard
Marguerite Sears
gifts in memory or in Charles Smalzel
Agnes Sebille honor of family and Nancy Smalzel John Stewart
friends. Joseph Sorci Christine L. Stewart-Wood
Sylvia Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. James Sharp Jonathan Sorci Shannon Sturges
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shively In Memory of… Margaret Tenbrinck Thomas Wilson, Jr.
Cara Siano Jean Daubenas Penny Upchurch
Victor and Ruth Sidel Douglas Ayer
Heidi Hallonquist Ann and Mike Torre Thomas Wilson, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Siegel
Constance Novelli Eric Van Loon
Fred Sill Alberic Bellerose
Gordon Silver George Bellerose Mary and John Wise Dr. and Mrs. Jim Liljestrand
Jane Sinclair Mary Porter Wise Patricia White
Joan C. Benitt
Nancy Smalzel Anne J. Benitt Mary Jane Worthan Lynne and Mark Wolf
Eric Parkman Smith Mr. and Mrs. Combs Fort Mark Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith, Jr. Jose Berrocal
Susan and Lachlan Forrow August and Dorothy Wullner Mr. and Mrs. Finley Lewis
Martha Solnit Lois Weber Reasoner
Lena Ciminille Janet Wullner-Faiss Cloak
W. Staats Richard and Claire Morse
Dorothy Stein Anthony Fretlose Elisabeth Young
Foundation
Barbara Steiniche Pauli Dawson Anita Bullard
Christine Stewart-Wood Marianne Cameron Lynne and Mark Wolf
Peter Lyman
Herbert Stiefel Mary Cannon and Susan Beatrice Wolf
William E. Diggs Evasco
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Strauss William Wolf
Angela Turner Mr. and Mrs. David Carbone
Nwenna Swan Mark Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sweet Bob Ely Bette Henning
M. Jack Takayanagi Susan and Lachlan Forrow Paul Manulik
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Visconti
D4 Reverence | March 2001
NEWS
Schweitzer Fellows Reunion: A Great Way
to Reconnect
he Albert Schweitzer Dates to Remember
T Fellowship is hosting its first
reunion of all Schweitzer
Fellows, both from the
United States and Lambaréné, from
August 3 to 5, 2001, at Tufts University
March 31, 2001
April 30, 2001
June 29, 2001
Workshop proposals are due
Early registration is due
Late registration is due/last day to
in Medford, Massachusetts.
register for those requesting housing
The greatest strength of the Albert
Schweitzer Fellowship is our Fellows
as they create their own paths of serv- We have listened to your com- Schweitzer Fellows who share a com-
ice and commitment. Our Fellows ments on the meaning of the fellow- mitment to developing and sustaining
learn through firsthand experience ship year in your lives and the poten- paths of service in their lives. This
and from each other how to strengthen tial of this amazing group of individu- first gathering of all Schweitzer
human solidarity and provide vital als. The ASF is now developing the Fellows is a main step in building this
services to communities in need. concept of “Fellows for Life.” We want network and structuring it in a way
During the fellowship year, the Albert to provide continuing opportunities, that supports you, our Fellows. We
Schweitzer Fellowship attempts to once the initial fellowship year is over, hope you will participate in making
nurture the potential in each Fellow. to refresh and support our Fellows so this first Schweitzer Fellowship
But many of our Fellows have told us that, in Schweitzer’s words, you con- Reunion a successful event.
that they are seeking a connection tinue to “grow into your ideals.” We The program will start with a wine-
among the Fellows beyond their fel- want to establish a dynamic, volun- and-cheese reception at 3:45 pm on
lowship year. tary, and enduring network of Albert Friday, August 3, and end by noon on
Sunday, August 5th. For out-of-town
Highlights of the First National Reunion of guests, housing is provided in the
dormitories of Tufts University. Meals
Schweitzer Fellows are provided in a Tufts dining hall.
Recreation facilities and parking are
August 3 – 5, 2001 free. Current students receive a greatly
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts discounted registration fee. If you are
an alumnus/a or Fellow and haven’t
Friday evening reception Renew friendships and meet other received registration materials, please
Schweitzer Fellows contact the Albert Schweitzer Fellow-
ship at 617-667-7028.
Saturday and Sunday Attend talks on the Haiti and Lambaréné
This reunion is being held in
Hospitals, topical workshops, and skills-
conjunction with the Haiti Alumni
building sessions; help plan the future
Association (HAA) of the Hôpital
direction of Schweitzer “Fellows for Life”
Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles,
Saturday afternoon Poster sessions and networking Haiti. It will feature joint presenta-
opportunities tions with the HAA and special pro-
grams for Schweitzer Fellows.
Saturday evening Banquet for all Schweitzer Fellows Lectures and workshops, poster pre-
and Haiti Hospital alumni sentations, social and networking
events, and a banquet on Saturday
Please join Schweitzer Fellows, Rhena Schweitzer Miller, Antje Lemke, night highlighting Haitian and African
and some 150 alumni of the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti. Look for food should provide something for
more detailed information over the next few months. everyone. We hope to see you there!
March 2001 | Reverence 7
PA S T F E L L O W S
Nurturing the Caring in Us All
On October 20, 2000, at Harvard Medical School, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship hosted an evening of music and reflection on
Albert Schweitzer’s influence on people’s lives entitled “Reverence for Life: A Celebration of Service.” Cosponsored by the Harvard
Medical School Alumni Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society, the event commemorated the 125th anniversary of
Schweitzer’s birth and the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. Below is the text of a speech given that
evening by Stefan Kertesz, M.D., a 1992 Lambaréné Schweitzer Fellow.
medicine is about” has been colored hospital. He didn’t speak French easi-
over at times by the conflicting ly, and he was hard of hearing too.
imperatives that animate the busy After our first encounter, he protested
student. The hustle of running down vigorously when I said he would have
test results and preparing for rounds to come back in a month for a blood
has at times distracted me from an pressure check and a refill. “I live far
awareness of my deeper purpose. I away,” he complained. I had no spe-
hope I’m not naive in the belief that cial cultural insight that would have
a chance to work in the Albert enabled me to penetrate the barriers.
Schweitzer Hospital will help me I settled for a simpler device.
reframe the issues that motivated me So I spent 5 minutes shouting,
to pursue a career in medicine. slowly:
I went to Lambaréné that summer. YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD
Stefan Kertesz, M.D. (left) works with a client of
Boston Health Care for the Homeless. I expected a special rotation char- PRESSURE.
acterized by great independence in IT CAN KILL YOU.
By Stefan Kertesz, M.D. YOU HAVE TO TAKE PILLS.
In my work in Gabon, my heart YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM
or a few minutes tonight I
F would like to tell you about
what happened to me and what
I learned through my work
with the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
And I would like to share a few
found warmth and much that was
extremely interesting, meaningful,
and humorous.
plying my trade as a junior doctor. The
truth is it didn’t happen that way. I
EVERY DAY.
YOU MUST COME BACK FOR
REFILL.
Finally I asked him, “Will you
come back in a month?” And, dead-
thoughts that might relate to all of us
found myself in immediate conflict pan, he said quietly: “And why not?”
in this room tonight as we listen to
with two Swiss physicians who were I left Gabon having found some way
music and think about Schweitzer’s
themselves angry, frustrated, antago- to ply my trade across the boundary of
example.
nistic, perhaps burnt out. They didn’t culture. And I was aware that in the
In 1991 I took a year off between
let me do much independently, and work my heart found warmth and
my third and fourth years of medical
when I asked for time to discuss my much that was extremely interesting,
school. I did a yearlong pathology fel-
role, they complained that they had meaningful, and humorous.
lowship to deepen my knowledge
more important things to deal with. Four years later found me in a posi-
while asking myself what I would
I was frustrated, but I decided to tion with Boston Health Care for the
make my life “about” as a physician.
stay. I invested myself in the outpa- Homeless Program. I knew it would be
I applied to a program to take me to
tient clinic. I noticed how often the a good place for me; I was the fourth
Africa. Here is an excerpt from my
European doctors and the Gabonese physician there with ties to the
original letter of application, to Dr.
patients didn’t understand each other, Schweitzer Fellowship to work with
Lachlan Forrow:
not just because of language but also Boston’s homeless.
I know that as a student in the because the Gabonese needed our Again the care of patients was itself
major Boston teaching hospitals… medical model to be something a bit a fascinating and meaningful process
I aggressively advance the workup, more convenient. where I sensed that I was extending
and I try to make sure that I offer One story I recorded at the time my own caring capacities to a deeper
the patient something of value, even was that of a patient who came in with level. And I was forced to look again
if it is not a cure. But my internal congestive heart failure and high and again at the question of how do
sense of “what the practice of blood pressure. He lived far from the we keep the instinct for service alive
8 Reverence | March 2001
PA S T F E L L O W S
and fresh. Money was tight. We had health-care workers. We live in an age anachronism, and it is not necessarily
organizational politics. I thought about when the internal capacity for caring a European doctor with a big white hat
Schweitzer and the obstacles he faced. and service is not well understood, so starting a hospital in Africa. No matter
We pushed through. we just marvel at it. Even Schweitzer what your vocation, be it medicine or
In 1997, I returned to Africa, that observed that we speak of idealists as finance, a trade or an art, you may
time to Kenya to volunteer at an impov- people who are young, and we practi- conceive of yourself as living a life of
erished public hospital. I saw even cally wait for burnout. People learning service; that is one possibility. Or per-
more desperate circumstances. I set up about my work with the homeless have haps the fabric of your life feels more
a network of electronic medical commu- said, “Oh, wow, you work with the complex than that, but there may still
nication that helped Kenyan and homeless…you are so good,” and it be a few important threads in that fab-
American doctors exchange medical has the sound of someone who has ric that you dedicate to individual acts
ideas and advice. When bomb blasts discovered a penguin on the equator. of caring:
afflicted Nairobi and Tanzania, however, In sharp contrast, Schweitzer insist-
• by offering volunteer work
I mixed fax, phone, and e-mail again to ed that people have idealism inside
• through advice
offer consultative services. and the key is to grow into it over the
• through financial support
Twice in Africa and with Boston’s course of a lifetime. Individual suc-
• or by building a partnership
homeless, I learned something: people cess and failures, individual moments
between your organization and a
have a reservoir of idealism, a reser- of burnout are part of a process. But
service organization like the
voir of need for connection, and at ultimately we at the Schweitzer
Schweitzer Fellowship.
each turn the question is how do you Fellowship and many who have been
operationalize it in a way that keeps touched by Schweitzer’s example, or My years in the Schweitzer
the individuals sustained in the work, by concepts like “My life is my argu- Fellowship tell me this: Caring is not
feeling rewarded. How do we skate ment,” are trying to nurture a durable just an act; it is a capacity buried in
past discouragement, or push the service concept in the life of every everyone. What the example of
obstacles aside? Do these things person who has that inclination. Schweitzer can do is help us locate it,
sound familiar to you? They are not I submit to you that for all of us open the door for it, widen that door,
unique to Schweitzer or to homeless- in this room, service is not an and make it grow.
Updates from Past Fellows
Claire Horton (NC 97–98) Project Manager III in Claims Maya Mitchell (NH/VT 97–98)
I am in my final year of residency in Administration. I was selected as a I am currently doing my internship in
internal medicine at UC-San Fran- national finalist for the White House internal medicine at UC Davis in
cisco. I am in a track that prepares fellowship. Currently, I am a board Sacramento. The population base I am
people to practice primary care with member with the Los Angeles Junior caring for here is incredibly varied
underserved populations. I’ll finish Chamber of Commerce. I am also a culturally and mainly consists of coun-
in June—after that I’m getting volunteer consultant with a nonprofit ty MediCal/Medicare patients. It is
married in September and then plan to organization developing a curriculum quite a change from Dartmouth! I am
practice in a public health setting. I in corporate culture. I would love to trying keep my inspiration for medi-
hope to get more involved again with connect with alumni via e-mail cine alive while surviving internship,
the ASF programs in the coming year. crquinn1@juno.com and plan to and seem to be succeeding. I am also
attend the reunion. trying to squeeze in time to enjoy
Marcio Fletes (Chicago 98–99) nature, and although I am not sur-
Marcio is serving in the Air Force as a Ana Cristina de Souza rounded by it on a daily basis as I was
pharmacist and will be living in (Boston 96–97) at Dartmouth, I am within an hour’s
Biloxi, Mississippi, for at least the Ana is a research associate with the drive of many activities. All in all,
next two years. Harvard School of Public Health in things are going well. If any Schweitzer
the Department of Maternal and Child alums are headed out for an interview
Camille Quinn (Chicago 97–98 ) Health and Nutrition. at Davis, please feel free to contact me
I’m still with Kaiser Permanente, and with questions or for a place to stay!
I just got a second promotion to mmsm@alum.dartmouth.org
March 2001 | Reverence 9
NEWS
Schweitzer’s Example and Inspiration Celebrated
at International Schweitzer Conference
he two-week event president of the “He worked on three successive
T Symposium 2000—A
Symposium for World Peace
Through Reverence for Life,
in Nashville, Tennessee, culminated
in a three-day “International Albert
Governing
Council of the
hospital in
Lambaréné.
“The most
appeals for which he had had an invi-
tation from Radio Oslo. I was with him
on his 83rd birthday on January 14,
1958, in Lambaréné and was fright-
ened by the state of his near exhaus-
Schweitzer Conference,” featuring important word tion. Work on these appeals—which
noted scholars and friends of Albert about Schweitzer were broadcast on April 28, 29, and
Schweitzer. The speakers addressed as a doctor is the 30 and later published under the title
topics ranging from Schweitzer’s phi- African word ‘Peace or Atomic War?’—had taken a
losophy, his study of Bach, his reli- ‘Nkengo,’ or mercifulness,” said Munz. heavy toll on his eyesight and on his
gious views, and life at the hospital “This was the word that I heard most health in general. He confided to me:
working with the “grand docteur,” frequently when black men and women ‘This work nearly killed me.’” But
to the legacy that Schweitzer left talked about their ‘grand docteur.’” Schweitzer continued to speak out,
as inspiration and motive to act for Munz said that as a philosopher, with great courage. “Until his last
people today. Nashville resident “Schweitzer formulated something very days,” said Schweitzer Miller, “he
Thurston Moore, a longtime devotee of basic and fundamental [with the notion spared no time or effort in this fight,
Dr. Schweitzer, masterfully organized of reverence for life], and in a language feeling that despite all his endeavors,
all Symposium 2000 events. that is not difficult to understand.” He he had not done enough.”
Prominent speakers included spoke about hearing Schweitzer regu- James Brabazon, author of a new
Rhena Schweitzer Miller, daughter of larly play the piano in the last four revised edition of Albert Schweitzer: A
Dr. Schweitzer; James Brabazon, a Biography, spoke of Schweitzer as
biographer of Schweitzer; Dr. Walter Until his last days [Schweitzer] myth and as a man. “Schweitzer him-
Munz, former medical director of the spared no time or effort in this fight self became a myth, his name used
Schweitzer hospital after Schweitzer’s [against nuclear testing], feeling time and again as a symbol of the
death; Hugh O’Brian, president of the that despite all his endeavors, he unnaturally, superhumanly good. And
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership; and had not done enough. then, as it transpired that he was only
Dr. Naomi Tutu, program coordinator — Rhena Schweitzer Miller a man, the myth turned round for
of the Race Relations Institute at Fisk some people and he became the great
University and a daughter of Rev. years of Schweitzer’s life at the hospital impostor.…One thing to remember
Desmond Tutu of South Africa. and the moving way that Schweitzer about him—he himself was not fooled
Complementing the lectures were an could bring both simplicity and schol- or intimidated by myth.…We do him a
art exhibit of drawings of life at the arship to his preaching. disservice if we forget his uncompro-
hospital in Lambaréné by world- Rhena Schweitzer Miller shared mising insistence on truth—historical
acclaimed artist and author Dr. with the audience the evolution of truth, emotional truth, scientific truth.”
Frederick Franck, and recent photo- her father’s involvement in worldwide Brabazon argued that Schweitzer did
graphs taken by Jo Munz-Boddingius, efforts to end nuclear testing and not invent or discover the philosophy
a midwife at the hospital. Musical warn of the dangers of nuclear war. of Reverence for Life, but that he
events featured a multimedia presen- Following repeated requests by promi- “uncovered” it. Brabazon concluded
tation of “Words of Albert Schweitzer nent world figures, at the age of 82 Dr. that “the rejoicing over the birth of a
and the Music of Bach,” by the Schweitzer agreed to make a statement child, the grief over a death, the
Tennessee Players and a piano concert against nuclear testing, which was instinct to heal and help, these are
by Dr. Christiane Engel, granddaugh- broadcast by Radio Oslo on April 23, rooted deep in that reverence for life
ter of Schweitzer. 1957. At the end of 1957, he received that is in all of us and that he called
Schweitzer’s many aspects—doctor, a request from Linus Pauling to sign forth and proclaimed as the most
thinker, artist, and man deeply devot- an appeal by scientists in many coun- important thing of all.”
ed to God—were movingly portrayed tries urging an end to nuclear weapons
by Walter Munz, M.D., currently vice tests. Schweitzer Miller recounted,
10 Reverence | March 2001
NEWS
In Memoriam Jose M. Berrocal
(1957–2000)
Fellowship board
Thinking about death…produces
true love for life. When we are
familiar with death, we accept each
The Fellowship recently lost four member Jose week, each day, as a gift.… What a
cherished colleagues, each of whose Berrocal, who was different world this would be if peo-
lives remains a source of inspiration 43, died in October
in our work. ple dared to look deeply at each
after an 18-month battle with thymic other, if they kept in mind the
cancer. Educated at Princeton, Oxford prospect of being torn from each
Gwen Grant Mellon University, and Yale Law School, he
(1911–2000) other. Each would then become
spent the early years of his career in
Co-founder with her sacred to the other because of
public service in Puerto Rico, includ-
husband Larry of the ing a tenure as president of the Puerto
death.
Hôpital Albert —Albert Schweitzer
Rico Government Development Bank
Schweitzer (HAS) in under Governor Rafael Hernandez
Deschapelles, Haiti, Gwen Mellon Colon. After moving to New York, including three editions of A Concise
continued to lead the hospital after where he led Latin American invest- Economic History of the World from
Larry’s death in 1989. The hospital ment activities for B. T. Wolfensohn, Paleolithic Times to the Present, which
has served for decades as the hub of a Jose joined the board of the has been translated into 13 languages.
comprehensive system of health care Fellowship and was instrumental in He served as president of the American
for nearly 200,000 residents of one of helping launch the New York Economic History Association and vice
the poorest areas in the western hemi- Schweitzer Fellows Program. His men- president of the International Economic
sphere. It has earned world renown tor and professional colleague, Paul History Association. In later years
not only for its hospital and village- Volker, former chair of the Federal Rondo devoted himself to preparing a
based curative services, but also for Reserve Board, said of him, “Jose was history of the Albert Schweitzer
comprehensive preventive health pro- the finest man I have met. His integri- Fellowship, a project that, unfortunate-
grams that have dramatically reduced ty and honesty were so absolute and ly, he was not able to complete. (His
infant mortality, neonatal tetanus, so rare in the world in which Jose and summary of the “Origins of the Albert
typhoid, and other serious health I traveled.” Schweitzer Fellowship” can be found at
problems. Gwen also helped initiate Shortly after his diagnosis of can- www.schweitzerfellowship.org.) Rondo
an extraordinary range of HAS com- cer, Jose relayed a quotation that he is survived by his wife, Claydean; his
munity development programs, includ- found particularly meaningful, from a daughter, Cindia; and four grandchil-
ing dozens of sanitation and water sermon Albert Schweitzer delivered in dren. His family has generously
projects as well as teaching programs 1904: “The older we grow, the more requested that any gifts in memory of
in literacy, sewing, carpentry, and ani- we realize that true power and happi- Rondo be directed to support the
mal husbandry. When asked whether ness come to us only from those who Lambaréné Schweitzer Fellows
she and Larry ever became discour- spiritually mean something to us. Program.
aged, she replied, “Neither of us ever Whether they are near or far, still
was. We had many disappointments, alive or dead, we need them if we are Catherine Cartier Ulrich
but we always could think of some- to find our way through life. The good Selected as a 2000–01 Pittsburgh
thing else to be done—and we did it, we bear within us can be turned into Schweitzer Fellow, Catherine Cartier
and it made a difference.” life and action only when they are Ulrich and her husband Iwan Ulrich
The joint reunion of HAS-Haiti near to us in spirit.” died tragically in a car accident in
Alumni and Schweitzer Fellows in July 2000. Catherine had worked as a
August will include a celebration of Rondo Cameron pharmacist in Switzerland before she
Gwen’s life [see page 7]. For addition- came to the United States to enroll in
al information about Gwen and the
(1925–2001)
Rondo Cameron, who the University of Pittsburgh School of
work of HAS-Haiti, visit www.has- Public Health. In memory of
for many years served
haiti.org or call 941-752-1525. Her Catherine, each year the Pittsburgh
as a board member of
1997 autobiography, My Road to Schweitzer Fellows Program will dedi-
the Fellowship, died
Deschapelles, is available through most cate one of its fellowships to the spirit
in early January of a heart attack at the
bookstores. of her ideals and her research focus,
age of 75. An internationally renowned
economist and historian, Rondo was that of cancer screening in African
the author of more than 20 books, American populations.
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Albert Schweitzer Posters for Sale
We have several posters of Albert Reprint on cream- Black-and-white
Schweitzer for immediate sale. colored paper of the photo of Albert
These posters were part of the stock Norman Rockwell Schweitzer; photo
from the Albert Schweitzer Center in drawing of by Karsh (31" tall x
Great Barrington, which closed in Schweitzer (17 3/8" 25" wide) $5
the late 1990s. The posters all por- wide x 22" tall);
tray Schweitzer as an older man. centennial, num-
bered edition $25
Black-and-white
photo of Albert Color photo (35" Poster, mailing tube, and handling
Schweitzer by an tall x 25" wide); for each poster is $5. Orders must be
open window (20" reverse has a time- prepaid. Please make checks payable to
wide x 28" tall); line of Schweitzer’s The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
photo by Erica life events listed in
Anderson $5 German $5
Schweitzer Fellows Program T-Shirts for Sale
We have a supply of Large Orders must be prepaid. Please make checks payable to
ER FELLOWS
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SCHWEITZ
T-shirts for sale. The front
reads “Schweitzer Fellows Please send orders and payment for posters
Programs” and the back has a and for T-shirts to:
large photo of Albert Schweitzer
and the quote “I decided to The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
make my life my argument.” 330 Brookline Avenue LY-315
T-shirts are white with royal Boston, MA 02215
blue print.
Each T-shirt is $12; postage and handling for each T-
shirt is $2. Massachusetts residents please add 5%
sales tax.
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