Greg Mortenson
Autor/a de Tres tasses de te : la missió d'un home per promoure la pau... una escola per a aquest temps
Sobre l'autor
Greg Mortenson was born in 1957 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. From 1958 - 1973, he lived on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania where his father, Dempsey, co-founded the teaching hospital, Kilimanjaro Christian medical Center (KCMC), and where his mother, Jerene, founded the International School mostra'n més Moshi. After serving in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1977 - 1979, Mortenson graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1983 with an Associate Degree in Nursing and a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry. He is the co-founder of the nonprofit Central Asia Institute and founder of Pennies for Peace, and is the co-author of the #1 New York Times best-seller, Three Cups of Tea, which has won several awards including Time Magazine's Asia Book of the Year. Mortenson is a humanitarian and has dedicated his life to promote education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he has established over 78 schools. In 2009, Pakistan's government awarded Mortenson Pakistan's highest civil award, the Sitara-e-Pakistan ("Star of Pakistan"). Mortenson has received many other awards including National Award for Citizen Diplomacy in 2008, Rotary International Paul Harris Award in 2007, and Red Cross (Montana) "Humanitarian of the Year" in 2005. As of 2009, Mortenson has also received 10 honorary doctorates. Mortenson is married to Dr. Tara Bishop, a clinical psychologist. They have two children. mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Tauheed ashraf
Obres de Greg Mortenson
Tres tasses de te : la missió d'un home per promoure la pau... una escola per a aquest temps (2006) 12,914 exemplars
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2009) — Autor — 1,897 exemplars
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time (Young Reader's Edition) (2009) 1,340 exemplars
An Introduction to Central Asia Institute 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1957-12-27
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Tanzania
Bozeman, Montana, USA - Educació
- University of South Dakota
Concordia College - Professions
- army medic
mountaineer
speaker - Organitzacions
- United States Army
Central Asia Institute
Pennies for Peace - Premis i honors
- Sitara-e-Pakistan (The Star of Pakistan medal, 2009)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 7
- Membres
- 17,152
- Popularitat
- #1,297
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 673
- ISBN
- 110
- Llengües
- 17
- Preferit
- 2