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Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree sees ‘blessing’ despite Alzheimer’s

Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree sees ‘blessing’ despite Alzheimer’s

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(RNS) — A Harvard law professor who taught both President Obama and his wife, Michelle, told fellow members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church that his faith is helping him cope with a personal diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. "I've made up my mind to be thankful for what I have rather than focus on what I may lose," an emotional Charles Ogletree said Tuesday (July 6) in his bicentennial message at a banquet where 3,000 people kicked off the 50th quadrennial General Conference of

(RNS) — A Harvard law professor who taught both President Obama and his wife, Michelle, told fellow members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church that his faith is helping him cope with a personal diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. "I've made up my mind to be thankful for what I have rather than focus on what I may lose," an emotional Charles Ogletree said Tuesday (July 6) in his bicentennial message at a banquet where 3,000 people kicked off the 50th quadrennial General Conference of the de…