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BrainStorm

March 21, 2023

Rebecca Chopp, Ph.D., and Her Unexpected Alzheimer’s Diagnosis (part 1)

About This Episode

Rebecca Chopp, Ph.D., built a life around a profession that prized the mind and then was unexpectedly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Hear how Dr. Chopp, former Chancellor of the University of Denver, President of Swarthmore College and Colgate University, and Dean and Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School, learned to embrace joy after coming to terms with her Alzheimer’s diagnosis.  

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