Missing Harvard Law Professor Found By Police

Professor's struggle with Alzheimer's took a frightening turn this week.

(Photo via Harvard Law)

Charles Ogletree, the Harvard Law professor known for representing Anita Hill and his work on race and the law, went missing earlier this week, prompting a police search that, thankfully, found the professor and returned him safely home.

Ogletree suffers from Alzheimer’s and disappeared from his Cambridge home Tuesday afternoon. Authorities found him in Boston around midnight.

It’s another reminder of the tragic impact of Alzheimer’s and an opportunity to drive home the underreported fact that African-Americans are, to quote Joanne Pike, vice president of programs for the Alzheimer’s Association in Chicago, “twice as likely to have Alzheimer’s, less likely to receive a diagnosis, and more likely to be diagnosed in later stages.” It’s a fact that Professor Ogletree himself highlighted when he decided to go public with his diagnosis in 2016.

Thankfully this episode ended without incident.

Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree found after police search [Boston Globe]

Earlier: Harvard Law Professor Responds To Devastating Diagnosis With Grace

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