Tuesdays with Morrie

By Mitch Albom

Born May 23, 1958 Earned a bachelor’s degree (1979) from

Brandeis University in Sociology. Later he received 2 master’s degrees in

Journalism and Business from Columbia University

Passaic County, New Jersey.

Where Albom was born.

Performed as a musician for a few years, playing in the U.S. and Europe.

Since receiving his master’s degrees he has been a professional journalist.

He has written for Sports Illustrated, GEO, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Currently, he writes a syndicated column for the Detroit Free Press.

He also has a radio show on WJR Radio.

He’s also written some books. His books, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five

People You Meet in Heaven, For One More Day, and Have a Little Faith are all highly successful.

Tuesdays With Morrie Chronicles the time Albom spent with his

beloved professor, Morrie Schwartz. One of the reasons he wrote the book was to help

pay for Morrie’s medical bills. It spent 4 years on the New York Times bestseller

list and is the most successful memoir ever published.

Albom’s Links

http://mitchalbom.com/d/film/3729/tuesdays-morrie

Morrie Schwartz Born December 20, 1916. Received a Ph.D. in sociology from the

University of Chicago in 1951. Taught Sociology at Brandeis University

from 1959-1995.

His death Died of ALS at home in

West Newton, Mass. On November 4, 1995.

He even went on Nightline to discuss his struggles with ALS. Albom remembered him from this and got back in contact with him.

Wrote his own epitaph: “A teacher to the last.”

ALS Stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. It is a nerve disease that slowly kills the nerves that control

the muscles. It is incurable. The sufferer gets weaker and weaker until the muscles that

control breathing stop and the patient dies. It’s sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease. Named after the

first reported case in the famous Yankees baseball player.