7:57 Hear a profile of former U of M professor and Ann Arbor mayor Albert Wheeler. Also, Dr. Adrianne Haggins discusses challenges Black medical school students and doctors face today. This story is part of a Michigan Radio series for Black History Month on Black Michiganders who made contributions to science and medicine. Albert Wheeler understood that in order to succeed in science and medicine, Black people needed access to quality education. Originally from Missouri, Wheeler arrived in Ann Arbor in 1937 to pursue a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Some of his mentors had urged him to go to medical school. Wheeler felt more suited to public health.