1. Tuesdays with Morrie By Mitch Albom

2.  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

3. Passaic County, New Jersey. Where Albom was born.

4.  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.

5.  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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

9. Albom’s Links http://mitchalbom.com/d/film/3729/tuesdays-morriemitchalbom.com/d/film/3729/tuesdays-morrie

10. 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.

11. 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.”

12. 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.

13. Brandeis University -A private University in Waltham, Mass. -Best known for its social work, social policy, and international development programs. -Named after the first Jewish man on the U.S. Supreme Court, Louis Dembitz Brandeis.