Harold Robles
Encyclopedia
Prof. Dr. Harold Robles is known for his international humanitarian work as a devotee of Nobel Peace Prize
Laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer
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In 1973, he founded the Albert Schweitzer Center in the Netherlands, an international clearinghouse for students and scholars seeking publications and archival information concerning Schweitzer’s philosophy and ethics. Two years later, he was appointed Secretary General of the International Schweitzer Organization (ASIL), an organization founded by Dr. Schweitzer in the 1930s in Strasbourg, France.
In 1981, Robles immigrated to the United States
, where together with Schweitzer's daughter Rhena Schweitzer Miller
, he founded the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities (ASIH); an organization dedicated to alleviating suffering from mental illness, poverty and family turmoil, as well as from war and impaired physical health. The Institute has organized international events and conducted advocacy for human rights, the environment, world peace and public health. Robles served as ASIH's president until his retirement in 1998.
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
Laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer OM was a German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He was born in Kaysersberg in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire...
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In 1973, he founded the Albert Schweitzer Center in the Netherlands, an international clearinghouse for students and scholars seeking publications and archival information concerning Schweitzer’s philosophy and ethics. Two years later, he was appointed Secretary General of the International Schweitzer Organization (ASIL), an organization founded by Dr. Schweitzer in the 1930s in Strasbourg, France.
In 1981, Robles immigrated to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where together with Schweitzer's daughter Rhena Schweitzer Miller
Rhena Schweitzer Miller
Rhena Schweitzer Miller was an American humanitarian activist, the director of the hospital her father founded in west central Africa and a key organizer of the fellowship that bears his name...
, he founded the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities (ASIH); an organization dedicated to alleviating suffering from mental illness, poverty and family turmoil, as well as from war and impaired physical health. The Institute has organized international events and conducted advocacy for human rights, the environment, world peace and public health. Robles served as ASIH's president until his retirement in 1998.
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