This year's (2009) Schweitzer Award will be presented to Dr. Anthony Garcia-Prats of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative for bringing quality medical care to the children of Lesotho and Tanzania. Dr. Garcia-Prats is an assistant professor of pediatrics with BIPAI, which is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital.

Read Dr. Marvin Meyer's article, "Albert Schweitzer, Chapman's Guiding Spirit," in Wilkinson Review 2 (2009): 7-11.

In March 2009 Dr. Meyer was a guest lecturer on Albert Schweitzer and his ethic of reverence for life at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.

In April 2009 Dr. Meyer delivered the keynote address on "Reverence for Life in a World of Violence" at an international and interdisciplinary conference on "Human Rights, International Law, and Collective Violence," at Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia.

Dr. Meyer presented a paper on "Schweitzer and the Animals" at the conference "Do Unto Others ... A Conference on Animals and Religion," at Chapman University.

Click here to read a tribute to Dr. Kurt Bergel, co-founder of the Albert Schweitzer Institute with his late wife. Dr. Bergel passed away on March 19, 2001 and was a member of the Chapman University faculty for many years ... read more!

On February 19-21, 1999, the Albert Schweitzer Insititute hosted an international conference, "Albert Schweitzer at the Turn of the Millennium," at Chapman University. Click here to read more!