Dear Friends,
Last week, I attended a Summit for Nobel Peace Prize laureartes in Paris and gave a speech on the moral basis for action. I met the U2 singer Bono and gave him a copy of our documentary on Schweitzer. I told him that I regarded him as the Albert Schweitzer of our generation which he said was very cool. The picture attached was taken during a short chat with Bono. I hope to eventually bring him to QU. Attached, there is also a picture of Ingrid Betancourt. You may remember that, while running for President of Colombia, she was kidnapped by FARC guerillas and held for 7 years, sometimes chained by a metal dog collar to a tree. She escaped this past summer and she is now an international celebrity. Despite all she went through, she spoke about the need to forgive those who harm us or hurt us in some way, a lesson that I think is appropriate in this holiday season. She exuded a peaceful aura about her and seemed very serene for someone who did not know if she would live or die. Shes the one I really want to bring to campus someday as I was really moved by her. Wishing you all the best for the holidays!!David David T. IvesExecutive Director Albert Schweitzer Institute Adjunct Professor of International Business, Philosophy, Political Science, and Latin American Studies Quinnipiac University 275 Mount Carmel Avenue Hamden, Connecticut 06518 203-582-3140 (office) 203-582-8478 (fax) 203-804-1810 (cellular) mailto: david.ives@quinnipiac.edu www.quinnipiac.edu/asi.xml Everyone must work to live, but the purpose of life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Only then have we ourselves become true human beings. Albert Schweitzer, Ph.D., M.D., 1952 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
