August 13, 1999 • Page Image 113
…and the impact he had on Albom, his student. Morrie Schwartz already was dying from Lou Gehrig's disease by the time Albom caught a glimpse of his former mentor in an interview with Ted Koppel on Nightline. Guilty that he had ignored repeated promises to visit Schwartz, and had instead become completely absorbed in his fast-track writing career at the Detroit Free Press, Albom decided to reacquaint himself with his professor before it was too ...…

















































