Greg Mortenson
Author
1957 –
Who is Greg Mortenson?
Greg Mortenson is an American humanitarian, professional speaker, writer, and former mountaineer. He is a co-founder and former executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute and the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace.
Since 1993, he has been working in Pakistan, and later in Afghanistan and Tajikistan to promote education, and build schools, especially for girls.
Mortenson is the co-author of The New York Times Bestsellers, Three Cups of Tea, which stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 220 weeks. Three Cups of Tea has been published in over 29 languages. He is also the author of Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1957
St. Cloud - Also known as
- Мортенсон, Грег
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, University of South Dakota
Chemistry
( - 1983) - Associate degree, University of South Dakota
Nursing
( - 1983) - Concordia College
- Bachelor's degree, University of South Dakota
- Employment
- Central Asia Institute
- Lived in
- Montana
- St. Cloud
- Mount Kilimanjaro
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on July 23, 2013
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