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Few men in this work-a-day
■world of ours can look back on
a lifetime of achievement as can
Conrad Earl Albrecht, 46-year-old
member of
Board of
gents of
University o
Alaska.
Unique a r
his
qualifica t i o n
for a
on the Board
Regnts. He
been awarded
Bachelor of Arts a Earl Albrechl
degree, a Bach
elor of Divinity degree and a
Doctor of Medicine degree. In
addition he studied Latin for six
years, Greek for four, German for
three and Hebrew for two years.
Should you be interested in
testing his knowledge, you might
start with advanced physics,
switch to the philosophy of Kant,
and end up with pathology and
.you will find Dr. C. Earl Albrecht
holding his own with each. If
this isn’t enough you might be
interested in an interpretation of
the Songs of David in the original
Hebrew or a dissertation on how
much of Plato’s Republic is lost
in translation from the original
Greek to English. Or perhaps you
have a sliver in your finger, and
you’d like the thing taken out.
“Doc” Albrecht will oblige there
too.
C. Earl Albrecht was born in
the village of Bruderheim, Al
berta, June 25, 1905. This village,
“‘The Home of Brothers,” was 40
miles from a railroad and boasted
a total population of 101 after!
young Albrecht took up residence:
there. j
Dari’s father was a Moravian
missionary to the pioneering
farmers of the area. The collec
tion plate at the little church with
the tall steeple never was over
loaded, but the devout parishion
ers saw to it that the missionary
and his family never wanted for
food, fuel or wool.
When he was six, the Albrechts
were transferred to Minnesota. In
these states Earl gained his pri
mary education. On completing
3iigh school, he entered Moravian
College at Bethlehem, Pennsyl
vania.
“Each summer I came home to
North Dakota to work on the
farms,” Dr. Albrecht reminisced.
"The vast open prairies were an
inspiration to me. Just why I
don’t know. But the mile-long
furrows without a bend, wheat
fields that took 12 hours or longer
to go around, the vastness of the
warm summer sky, made an im
pression on me that to this day is
vivid and real.
“I think it was in this setting,
after I received by A.B. degree in
1926 that I decided to study for
the ministry,” Albrecht said.
The young man, just a few
months over 21, returned to Beth
lehem and entered the Theolog
ical Seminary, to start work on
his second academic degree.
Earl pursued his divinity sub
jects with characteristic vigor. In
adddition he was most active in
college activities and seemed to
have boundless energy for studies
and for extra-curricular life.
In two years he had completed
the courses in the Theological
Seminary and was granted his
Bachelor of Divinity degree. But
in the growing-up process, Earl
felt that his usefulness would be
greater if he followed in the foot
steps of pioneering Moravian mis
sionaries who were Doctors of
Medicine as well.
Earl made up his mind to fore
go ordination as a minister of the
gospel and set his star to the field
of medicine. In the back of
young Albrecht’s mind was the
inspiration of Alaska’s foremost
Moravian medical missionary, Dr.
J. H. Romig of Bethel.
Pre-medics was taken at Lehigh
University. Then he studied med
icine at Jefferson Medical College
in Philadelphia. In June of 1932,
at the age of 26, Earl was awarded
his M.D., graduating in the upper
third of his class.
Dr. Albrecht served his intern
ship at Abington Memorial Hos
pital in Philadelphia. He took a
year of Post Graduate here in
pathology. During his second
year he was appointed chief resi
dent physician and surgeon of the
hospital. At 30 he had achieved
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a peak in his profession that many
a doctor never accomplished in a
lifetime.
During all these years Earl
groomed himself for service in
his church in Alaska. He was be
ing trained for the Moravian
mission at Bethel, at the mouth
of the Kuskokwim River — the
Christian station made famous by
the humanitarian work of the
“Dog Team Doctor,” J. H. Romig.
Then came the break Earl was
hoping for. In June 1935 young
Dr. Albrecht received an offer
from Dr. J. H. Romig to come to
Alaska and he his assistant at the
Alaska Railroad Hospital at An
chorage.
“The opportunity to work with
so famous a man as Dr. Romig
was nothing short of a miracle
come true,” Albrecht reminisced.
“I accepted his offer with the
hope that in a year or so I would
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Larsh-Meier Wedding
Miss Bonnie Larsh and Robert
Meier, whose marriage is to be
solemnized in a ceremony at the
United Protestant church Febru
ary 24, chose their attendants this
week. Miss Gloria Lepak will act
as bridesmaid with Ted DeLand
serving as best man.
The wedding has been set for
8 p.m. with the Rev. Victor Alfsen
to read the vows. A reception will
go to the Bethel mission. And
that is how I came to Alaska.”
(To Be Continued in Next Issue)
follow immediately in the church
parlors. The bride-elect and he?
fiance are both members of Alas
kan pioneer families. They have
a host of friends in the Valley, all
of whom are invited to attend
their wedding and reception, the
young couple said in telling of
their plans.
HERE ON BUSINESS
Among visitors here on busi
ness this week was I. M. C. An
derson, head of Farmers Home
Administration, whose office is
located in Anchorage. Mr. Ander
son spent Tuesday and Wednes
day here on routine business.
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