Reverence for Life: Hospital Albert Schweitzer and the People of Haiti
An online symposium
Held Wednesday, May 22, 2002
by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress
Cybercast of the Symposium
To view this cybercast
In 1956, Dr. William Larimer Mellon and Mrs. Gwen Grant Mellon
opened Hospital Albert Schweitzer in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti. Inspired
and personally guided by Dr. Schweitzer and his work in Lambarene, Gabon,
they launched a pragmatic enterprise devoted to reverence for life. On May
22, 2002, The Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress held a symposium
that focused upon the history of the Hospital since its inception. The purpose
of the symposium was twofold. First, it served to identify -- through presentations
by speakers directly involved in the process -- critical elements leading
to the long-term success of the institution and its emergence as a model
for the delivery of medical services in Haiti. Second, the symposium made
it possible to record and to preserve for the future an important oral history.
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