Morrie Schwartz

(December 20,1916-November 4,1995)

By: Lacey David

Morrie Schwartz Born in Chicago,1916.

Born to Charles Schwartz, a Russian immigrant

who had moved to escape the Russian Army,

Morrie Schwartz grew up in the Jewish

tenements in New York City.

Morrie Schwartz was born in Chicago and raised in

New York. He was only eight years old when his mother

died Not long after,his brother David

was diagnosed with polio.. After his father

remarried, his stepmother brought him up.

In his childhood, he learned about loss

and vulnerability as well as goodness and strength,

and he became interested in these values throughout his life.

Schwartz earned his undergraduate degree from

City College in New York, and his master's degree and Ph.D. from

the University of Chicago in 1946 and 1951 respectively.

He then on wrote three books on sociology in the 1950s and 1960s.

For nearly 30 years, he taught sociology to students at Brandeis University.

He was a renowned professor of sociology at Brandeis University,

where he was well respected and admired

by his colleagues and students. While Teaching At Brandeis

University He Met A Student Who Just Might Have

Changed His Life, Mitch Albom Schwartz.

But in the last year of his life, he taught anyone and everyone

-- family, friends, colleagues, journalists --something

even more profound: how to live a meaningful life,

and how to die with no regrets.

But How Or Why Did Morrie Teach Them How To Die With No Regret?

August 1944 Morrie and his wife Charlotte

found out morrie had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

For people who might not know or understand

what ALS is. Heres a brief discription.

The onset of ALS is insidious with muscle weakness

or stiffness as early symptoms. Progression of weakness,

wasting and paralysis of the muscles of the limbs and trunk

as well as those that control vital functions such as speech,

swallowing and later breathing generally follows.

A lot of people got to know Morrie after Ted Koppel had

3 very touching interviews with Schwartz about his illness,

so this alone let a lot of people realize and know who

Morrie Schwartz was. Teds' last interview with 

Schwartz last aired on November 22, 2005.

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