Gary L. Browning
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1940 –
Who is Gary L. Browning?
Gary L. Browning is an American Russian language academic and was the first mission president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Born in St. Maries, Idaho, Browning was a missionary for the LDS Church in Finland as a young man. Upon returning from his mission, he earned a bachelor's degree in Russian from Brigham Young University, a master's degree from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. In 1969, Browning lived in Moscow for six months while he worked as a guide for a United States Information Agency exhibit. In 1973, Browning returned to live in Russia for six months as he researched his Ph.D. dissertation.
Browning spent two years as a member of the faculty of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and then joined the faculty of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah as a professor of Russian language and literature. In the 1980s, he founded a Utah County chapter of Utahns Against the Nuclear Arms Race and became a peace activist.
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- Born
- 1940
St. Maries - Also known as
- Gary Browning
- Gary K Browning
- Religion
- Mormonism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
- Syracuse University
- Brigham Young University
- Employment
- Bryn Mawr College
- Brigham Young University
- Lived in
- Idaho
- Provo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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