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Greg Mortenson
Greg Mortenson
Born	December 27, 1957; St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
Nationality	US
Alma mater	University of South Dakota
Occupation(s)	Humanitarian, author, Director CAI (Central Asia Institute)
Employer	Central Asia Institute
Title	Executive Director
Spouse	Tara Bishop
Children	Amira and Khyber Mortenson

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Greg Mortenson (born December 27, 1957^[1]) is an American humanitarian, writer, and former mountaineer. Mortenson is the co-founder (with Dr. Jean Hoerni) and director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute, and founder of the educational charity Pennies For Peace. He is the protagonist and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace... One School At A Time (Penguin 2007). The sequel, Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan was released on Dec 1, 2009 (Viking 2009).

NAIMAT GUL MAHSUD KOT LANGER KHEL LADHA SUB DIVISION SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY

Some days back i scaned through the book ( THREE CUPS OF TEA ) . It shocked me,when i found Greg Mortenson giving negative inpression about the inhabitants of South Wazristan . He tells that hashish were pouring from thier pockets smelt bad . They would eat lamb with sharp points of knives bones were left meat would eaten . What organised lie he tells . Am the man,who brought Greg Mortenson to Ladha sub division .There we lived together for ten days . He had not been abducted,never tortured and had not gone to Wazir,s area . we spent those days at Ladha Kot Langer Khel i have got his pictures his hand written cards address in Washington and phone numbers . He might be able to remember it well . I asked him what did his name mean . He told that some time he gets astonished . Why had his father chosen this name for him . Told that Greg Means"Watch Man" . The PAK army reveals the history of Ladha that Greg Mortenson had postponed his visit to Ladha . This sort of history would remain thirsty and untrue . I am existed . I can dare to unmask Greg,s lies . his narrated story in the book THREE CUPS OF TEA is very complet, comprehinsive,strange if it is read with commercial view point . We visited some prominent persons in South Waziristan . We had had lunch at Chalwishti buder with General Alam Jan (RD) . The same day when coming back to Kot Langer Khel we visited Sangi Marjan secretary education he was those days . There we took three cups of tea . Greg admired him,that he could express himself fluently in English . And inquried about him . What was he doing i told him the aforementioned . We came back to Kot Langer Khel . During his visit political agent got informed that a foreigner was seen stationed at Kot Langer Khel. Political authorities demanded to produce him before political agent . I sent message to concerned authorities that he would go back to Islamabad and would never be produced before the PA court . Due to customs and traditions,i was morally obligate to fetch him back to Islamabad . The very next day at dawn,we departed for Peshawar . When i checked my bag . Some amount of Rp 10000 was missing . i keept silent and hugged him while left for Islamabad .

^ The Writer's Almanac for December 27, 2009, Garrison Keilor, American Public Media

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 '''Greg Mortenson''' (born December 27, 1957<ref>[http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=writers_almanac/2009/12/twa_20091227_64 The Writer's Almanac for December 27, 2009], Garrison Keilor, American Public Media</ref>) is an American [[humanitarianism|humanitarian]], writer, and former mountaineer. Mortenson is the co-founder (with Dr. [[Jean Hoerni]]) and director of the non-profit [[Central Asia Institute]], and founder of the educational charity [[Pennies for Peace|Pennies For Peace]]. He is the protagonist and co-author of the #1 ''[[New York Times]]'' bestseller ''[[Three Cups of Tea|Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace... One School At A Time]]'' (Penguin 2007). The sequel, ''Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan'' was released on Dec 1, 2009 (Viking 2009).
-==Early life==
-From 1958-1973, Mortenson grew up in Tanzania. In early 1958, Mortenson's parents left Minnesota, and sponsored by the [[Lutheran World Federation]], to teach at the Luindai Secondary Girls School, in the Usambara mountains of northern Tanzania. In 1960, Mortenson's father  Irvin "Dempsey" Mortenson became the development director of the Good Samaritan Foundation, with a vision to raise funds and establish a teaching medical center in Moshi, Tanzania, called the [http://www.kcmc.ac.tz/ Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center], which was established in 1971. In 1969, Mortenson's mother, Jerene founded the [[International School Moshi]].
-Mortenson served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in [[Germany]] from 1975 to 1977 as a medic, and received the [[Commendation Medal]]. He attended [[Concordia College, Moorhead]] from 1977 to 1979 on an athletic (football) scholarship.<ref>[http://www.cord.edu/SPIFFs/differencemakers/gmortenson.php Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. - Promoting Peace with Schools]{{Dead link|date=April 2010}}</ref> After transferring, using a GI scholarship, he later graduated from the [[University of South Dakota]] in [[Vermillion, South Dakota|Vermillion]], [[South Dakota]], in 1983 with an Associate Degree in Nursing and a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry.<ref>[http://www.gregmortenson.com/Greg%20Timeline-Brief%20Bio.pdf Greg Mortenson Bio.]{{Dead link|date=April 2010}}</ref>
-==Transition to humanitarianism==
-In July 1992, Mortenson's young sister, Christa Mortenson, died from a life-long struggle with severe [[epilepsy]] on the morning she had planned to visit the cornfield in [[Dyersville, Iowa|Dyersville]], [[Iowa]], where the iconic baseball movie ''[[Field of Dreams]]'' was filmed.
+NAIMAT GUL MAHSUD KOT LANGER KHEL LADHA SUB DIVISION SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY
-In 1993, to honor his deceased sister's  memory, Mortenson went to climb [[K2]], the world's second highest mountain, in the [[Karakoram]] range of northern [[Pakistan]]. After more than 70 days on the mountain, Mortenson and three other climbers completed a life-saving rescue of a fifth climber that took more than 75 hours. The time and energy devoted to this rescue prevented him from attempting to reach the summit. After the rescue, he began his descent of the mountain and became weak and exhausted. Mortenson set out with one local [[Balti people|Balti]] porter by the name of Mouzafer Ali to the nearest city, but he took a wrong turn along the way and ended up in [[Korphe]], a small village, where Mortenson was cared for by the villagers while he recovered.<ref>[http://www.gregmortenson.com/Articles/FeaturedArticles/02-07-02NPR.html "Fresh Air"], with Terry Gross, National Public Radio (NPR), February 7, 2002</ref><ref name="unlikely">Elizabeth Bumiller. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/asia/18tea.html "Unlikely Tutor Giving Military Afghan Advice"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 17, 2010.</ref>
+Some days back i scaned through the book ( THREE CUPS OF TEA ) . It shocked me,when i found Greg Mortenson giving negative inpression about the inhabitants of South Wazristan . He tells that hashish were pouring from thier pockets smelt bad . They would eat lamb with sharp points of knives bones were left meat would eaten . What organised lie he tells . Am the man,who brought Greg Mortenson to Ladha sub division .There we lived together for ten days . He had not been abducted,never tortured and had not gone to Wazir,s area . we spent those days at Ladha Kot Langer Khel i have got his pictures his hand written cards address in Washington and phone numbers . He might be able to remember it well . I asked him what did his name mean . He told that some time he gets astonished . Why had his father chosen this name for him . Told that Greg Means"Watch Man" . The PAK army reveals the history of Ladha that Greg Mortenson had postponed his visit to Ladha . This sort of history would remain thirsty and untrue . I am existed . I can dare to unmask Greg,s lies . his narrated story in the book THREE CUPS OF TEA is very complet, comprehinsive,strange if it is read with commercial view point . We visited some prominent persons in South Waziristan . We had had lunch at Chalwishti buder with General Alam Jan (RD) . The same day when coming back to Kot Langer Khel we visited Sangi Marjan secretary education he was those days . There we took three cups of tea . Greg admired him,that he could express himself fluently in English . And inquried about him . What was he doing i told him the aforementioned . We came back to Kot Langer Khel . During his visit political agent got informed that a foreigner was seen stationed at Kot Langer Khel. Political authorities demanded to produce him before political agent . I sent message to concerned authorities that he would go back to Islamabad and would never be produced before the PA court . Due to customs and traditions,i was morally obligate to fetch him back to Islamabad . The very next day at dawn,we departed for Peshawar . When i checked my bag . Some amount of Rp 10000 was missing . i keept silent and hugged him while left for Islamabad .
-To pay the remote community back for their compassion, Mortenson said he would build a school for the village.  After a frustrating time trying to raise money, Mortenson convinced [[Jean Hoerni]], a Silicon Valley pioneer, to fund the [[Central Asia Institute]].  The mission of CAI—a non-profit organization—is to promote education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and [[Afghanistan]].  Hoerni named Mortenson as CAI's first Executive Director.
-In the process of building schools, Mortenson has survived an eight-day armed 1996 kidnapping in the tribal areas of [[Waziristan]], in Pakistan's [[North-West Frontier Province]]; escaped a 2003 firefight between Afghan [[opium]] warlords; endured two ''[[fatwā]]s'' by angry Islamic clerics for educating girls; and received hate mail and threats from fellow [[United States|Americans]] for helping educate [[Muslim]] children.
-Mortenson believes that education and literacy for girls globally is the most important investment all countries can make to create stability, bring socio-economic reform, decrease [[infant mortality]], decrease the population explosion, and improve health, hygiene, and sanitation standards globally.<ref>[http://www.gregmortenson.com/Articles/FeaturedArticles/03-05-06%20Parade%20Article.pdf "Another Way to stop Terrorism"], ''Parade'' magazine'', March 5, 2006.</ref>  Mortenson believes that "fighting terrorism" only perpetuates a cycle of violence and that there should be a global priority to "promote peace" through education and literacy, with an emphasis on girls' education. "You can drop bombs, hand out condoms, build roads or put in electricity, but unless the girls are educated, a society won't change," is an often-quoted statement made by Mortenson. Because of community "buy-in," which involves getting villages to donate land, subsidized or free labor ("sweat equity"), wood and resources, the schools have local support and have been able to avoid retribution by the Taliban or other groups opposed to girls' education.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/opinion/13kristof.html?ref=opinion "It Takes a School, Not Missiles"], NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, ''New York Times'', Op-Ed Column, July 12, 2008.</ref>
-==Military embrace of Mortenson's approach in Pakistan and Afghanistan==
-In 2010 the ''New York Times'' reported that Mortenson's approach of building schools as a way of improving the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan is being embraced by the [[U.S. military]]. Top military officials are reading his book ''Three Cups of Tea'', and [[General Petraeus]] has had meetings with him. The article reported that in 2009 [[Admiral Mike Mullen]], Chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], attended the opening of one of Mortenson's school's in a remote village of Afghanistan. The article also said that the book is on the required reading list for senior American military commanders.<ref name="unlikely"/>
-==Writing==
-Mortenson and David Oliver Relin are co-authors of the ''New York Times'' bestselling book ''Three Cups of Tea''.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/books/bestseller/0316bestpapernonfiction.html?scp=1&sq=three+cups+of+tea&st=nyt "Paperback Nonfiction Bestsellers"], ''The New York Times'', March 16, 2008,</ref>  ''Listen to the Wind'' was written by Greg Mortenson and illustrated by Susan Roth.  For ages 4–8, this 32 page book recounts the short version of ''Three Cups of Tea''.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Listen-Wind-Greg-Mortenson/dp/0803730586/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3 Listen to the Wind Hardcover]</ref>  ''Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan'' was also written by Greg Mortenson and picks-up where ''Three Cups of Tea'' left off.  Greg Mortenson builds more schools in northern, mountainous Afghanistan and Pakistan.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Stones-into-Schools-Promoting-Afghanistan/dp/0670021156/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2 Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan Hardcover]</ref>
-==Awards and recognition==
-The Government of Pakistan announced on its Independence Day of August 14, 2008, that Mortenson would receive Pakistan’s highest civilian award, the [[Sitara-e-Pakistan]] (The Star of Pakistan), in an [[Islamabad]] civil ceremony during [[Pakistan Day]] on March 23, 2009. According to Article 259(2) of Pakistan's Constitution, the [[President of Pakistan]]—acting on behalf of the State—confers civil awards in recognition of services rendered, gallantry or distinction.
-In August 2008, Mortenson met with then-President of Pakistan, [[Pervez Musharraf]], over tea,<ref>{{cite web|author=All Things Considered |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93902559 |title="Three Cups of Tea With Pakistan's Musharraf" |publisher=National Public Radio |date=2008-08-23 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref> and in March 2009, Mortenson met with new President [[Asif Zardari]] for a cup of tea, upon receiving the [[Sitara-e-Pakistan]] award.<ref>[http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/03/24/news/10mortenson.txt Bozeman Chronicle Coverage of the Award Ceremony, March 23, 2009]</ref>
-On July 15, 2009, Admiral [[Mike Mullen]], U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff paid a visit to Pushgur school, in a remote valley of Afghanistan, to inaugurate one of Mortenson’s new schools, to highlight the military’s new strategy to advocate empowering local communities, build relationships and the significance of education to promote peace. [[Thomas Friedman]], ''New York Times'' columnist, wrote about the visit in his column.<ref>{{cite news |last=Friedman |first=Thomas L. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/opinion/19friedman.html |work=Op-Ed Columnist |title=Teacher, Can We Leave Now? No. |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |date=2009-07-08 |accessdate=2010-04-09 }}</ref>
-Mortenson was nominated for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 2009 and in 2010, by several bi-partisan members of U.S. Congress. According to Norwegian odd-makers, he was believed to have been in a handful of finalists of the Peace Prize that was eventually awarded to [[Barack Obama]] on October 10, 2009.
-In November 2009, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' magazine featured Greg Mortenson as one of America's Top Twenty Leaders in 2009.<ref name="USN&WR">{{cite web|last=Mulrine |first=Anna |url=http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/best-leaders/2009/10/22/greg-mortenson-promotes-peace-through-girls-schools.html |title=Greg Mortenson: Promotes Peace Through Girls' Schools |publisher=''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' |date=2009-10-22 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-Mortenson was featured on a [[Bill Moyers]] [[PBS]] TV Journal 30-minute interview on Sunday, January 15, 2010, discussing the role of the U.S. military and Obama troop surge in Afghanistan, and significant role of girls' education as a determinant of peace.<ref name=pbs>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/01152010/watch2.html |work=Bill Moyers Journal. Watch & Listen |title=Interview with Greg Mortenson |publisher=PBS |date=2010-01-15 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-==Family==
-Greg Mortenson's home is in Montana, where he lives with his wife Dr. Tara Bishop, a clinical psychologist, and their two children.<ref>[http://www.gregmortenson.com/GMBioOct07.pdf Greg Mortenson bio], www.gregmortenson.com</ref> His paternal Norwegian ancestor,<ref>http://korseberg.com/tekster/ronnogs_family.pdf</ref> Eilert Carlson (1840–1870) was a farmer in Djupvik, Norway, near [[Tromsø]], north of the Arctic Circle, who immigrated by ship to Quebec, Canada in 1864. Later, he went by ox-cart carriage to [[Starbuck, Minnesota]], USA and homesteaded in [[Sod house|sod-dung shelters]], and set up the first [[school house]] near [[Benson, Minnesota]] in 1868, one year after migrating to the region. Mortenson's father (1932–1981), Irvin, died from cancer in his mid forties, and his mother, Jerene (born 1933) is a retired elementary school principal living in Alaska.
-==List of awards==
-===General===
-* 1975 US Army Commendation medal
-* 1998 American Alpine Club David Brower Conservation Award
-* 2002 Peacemaker Award from Montana Community Mediation Center
-* 2003 Climbing Magazine "Golden Piton Award" for humanitarian effort
-* 2003 Vincent Lombardi Champion Award for humanitarian service
-* 2003 "Peacemaker of the Year" Benedictine Monks, Santa Fe , NM
-* 2003 Outdoor Person of the Year - Outdoor Magazine
-* 2003 Salzburg Seminar fellow, sponsored by Microsoft
-* 2004 Freedom Forum "Free Spirit Award" - National Press Club
-* 2004 Jeanette Rankin Peace Award - Institute for Peace
-* 2005 Men's Journal 'Anti-Terror' Award by Senator John McCain
-* 2005 Red Cross “Humanitarian of The Year” Montana
-* 2006 Golden Fleur-de-lis Award from Comune Firenze, Italy
-* 2007 Medical Education Hall of Fame Award, Toledo, Ohio
-* 2007 Rotary International - Paul Harris Award
-* 2007 Mountain Institute - Award for Excellence in Mountain Communities
-* 2007 Runner-Up (2nd place) for the [http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org Dayton Literary Peace Prize]
-* 2008 Citizen Center for Diplomacy [http://www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org National Award for Citizen Diplomacy]
-* 2008 Courage of Conscience Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peaceabbey.org/awards/cocrecipientlist.html |title=The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Recipients List |publisher=Peaceabbey.org |date=2005-11-20 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2008 Graven Award - Wartburg College, IA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wartburg.edu/churchrelations/graven.html |title=Graven Award - Church Relations &#124; Wartburg College - Waverly, Iowa, USA |publisher=Wartburg.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2008 National Award for Citizen Diplomacy - Citizen Center for Diplomacy<ref>{{cite web|author=&ldquo;&rdquo; |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2PLyf_UrO8 |title=Greg Mortenson - US Center for Citizen Diplomacy |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2008 Mary Lockwood Founders Medal For Education - Daughters of The American Revolution
-* 2008 Sword of Loyola, St. Louis University, MO<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slu.edu/x27158.xml |title=Saint Louis University Presents Highest Honor to 'Three Cups of Tea' Best-Selling Author |publisher=Saint Louis University |date=2008-11-03 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* 2008 Charles Eliot Educator Award - New England Association of Schools & Colleges<ref>[http://www.neasc.org/annual_meeting/general_sessions/featured_speaker_plenary_address ]{{Dead link|date=April 2010}}</ref>
-* 2009 Academy of Achievement Award [http://www.achievement.org]
-* 2009 [[Sitara-e-Pakistan]] (The Star of Pakistan medal)<ref>{{cite web|last=Hasan |first=Khalid |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg7_11 |title=Pakistan to honour American who built 45 schools in NAs |publisher=Daily Times |date=2008-08-18 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* 2009 Archon Award - Sigma Theta Tau International (Nursing Award)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nursingsociety.org/Media/Pages/ArchonAward.aspx |title=ArchonAward |publisher=Nursingsociety.org |date=2009-11-04 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2009 Austin College Leadership Award, Sherman TX - life work to take courageous stand on education issues for peace<ref>http://www.austincollege.edu/category.asp?352</ref>
-* 2009 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award
-* 2009 National Education Association (NEA) Human & Civil Rights Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nea.org/grants/17859.htm |title=NEA's Human and Civil Rights Awards |publisher=National Education Association |date= |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* 2009 City College San Franisco Amicus Collegii Award - Promoting peace through education
-* 2009 Jefferson Award For Community Service: Carnegie Endowment & Harvard Kennedy School of Government [http://www.jeffersonawards.org]
-* 2009 US News & World Report: America's Top 20 Best Leaders 2009<ref name="USN&WR"/>
-* 2009 Italy: Premio Gambrinus “Giuseppe Mazzotti” [http://www.mazzottiprize.co.uk]
-* 2010 Toronto (Canada) District School Board - Award For Peace
-* 2010 Honorary Induction - Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
-* 2010 Loyola Marymount University (CA) - Doshi Bridgebuilder Of Peace Award<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair |first=K.B. |url=http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=9920 |title=Author Greg Mortenson Gets Doshi Award |publisher=India Journal |date=2010-02-12 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* 2010 The Common Wealth Awards: For Public Service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://delaware.broadwayworld.com/article/Laura_Linney_Wins_2010_Common_Wealth_Award_for_Dramatic_Arts_20100503 |title=Laura Linney Wins 2010 Common Wealth Award for Dramatic Arts 2010/05/03 |publisher=Delaware.broadwayworld.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2010 The Salem Award for Human Rights<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_067111043.html |title=Mortenson to receive Salem Award - SalemNews.com, Salem, MA |publisher=The Salem News |date=2010-03-08 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* 2010 The Christopher Award: "To affirm the highest values of the human spirit"<ref name="christophers1">{{cite web|url=http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=1144 |title=Christophers honor 13 authors & illustrators for books about love, courage & communication across cultures |publisher=The Christophers |date=2010-04-07 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* 2010 The 10th annual Lantern Award “Excellence in Education Innovation” (MOSTE – LA, CA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7376492 |title=Author Greg Mortenson receives Lanterns Award &#124; Video &#124; abc7.com |publisher=Abclocal.go.com |date=2008-08-20 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2010 Distinguished Service To Education Award: National Elementary School Principals Association<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naesp.org/Press_Release_Greg_Mortenson.aspx |title=Principals Award Humanitarian Greg Mortenson for Commitment to Schools |publisher=NAESP |date=2010-03-29 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2010 Creativity Foundation & Smithsonian Institution: Benjamin Franklin Laureate Award For Public Service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://creativity-found.org/laureate-prize/archive/greg-mortenson1/ |title=Greg Mortenson &#124; Creativity Foundation |publisher=Creativity-found.org |date= |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2010 Literature To Life Award - American Theater Place<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edutopia.org/literature-for-life-theater-inspires-students-read |title=The Power of Performance: How Theater Can Teach Kids |publisher=Edutopia |date= |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>
-* 2010 Viking Award - Norway House for pursuit of hard, bold, dangerous and important undertakings [http://www.norwayhouse.org]
-* 2010 Freedom Award - Freedom Festival for extraordinary devotion to the cause of liberty at home and abroad<ref>http://www.freedomfestival.org/2010/06/greg-mortenson-author-of-‘three-cups-of-tea’-to-appear-at-freedom-awards-gala-in-provo</ref>
-* 2010 American Peace Award - representing the spirit of world peace through thoughts and actions<ref>[http://www.americanpeaceaward.org/recipient10.html]</ref>
-* 2010 The Mason Award - Extraordinary contribution in literature (George Mason University DC)<ref>[http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/08/27/arts_and_entertainment/arts110.txt]</ref>
-In addition, the book ''Three Cups of Tea'' received a number of awards; see [[Three Cups of Tea#Awards|the awards section]] of that article.
-===Honorary doctorate degrees===
-* Concordia College , Moorhead , MN 2007
-* University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 2007
-* Montana State University, MT 2008
-* Villanova University, PA 2008
-* University of San Francisco, CA 2008
-* University of Washington – Bothell, WA 2008
-* Lewis & Clark College, OR 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lclark.edu/org/commence/address08.html |title=Commencement Address by Greg Mortenson |publisher=Lewis & Clark College |date= |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* Seattle University, WA 2008
-* Colby College, ME 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/news_events/press_release/mortenson.cfm |title=Greg Mortenson to Speak at 2009 Colby Commencement |publisher=Colby College |date=2009-05-24 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* Simmons College, MA 2009
-* Saint Louis University, MO 2009
-* Loyola University Chicago, IL 2009
-* University of Pennsylvania, PA 2010
-* Fontbonne University, MO 2010
-* Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ 2010
-* University of Colorado, Colorado Springs 2010
-* Stevenson University (MD) 2010
-* Wittenberg University (IN) 2010
-* Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada 2011
-* University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2011
-==Bibliography==
-*{{cite book | author=Akiner, Shirin; Tidemen, Sander | title=Sustainable Development In Central Asia: | publisher=Curzon Press| year=1998 | isbn=0-312-21931-8}}
-*{{cite book | author=Jones, Karen; Mortenson, Greg | title=The Difference A Day Makes: | publisher=New World Library| year=2005 | isbn=1-57731-475-1}}
-*{{cite book | author=Canfield, Jack; | title=Chicken Soup For The Peace Loving Soul: | publisher=Deerfield Beach| year=2005 | isbn=0-7573-0312-9}}
-*{{cite book | author=Mortenson, Greg; Relin, David Oliver | title=Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time | publisher=Penguin Group | year=2006 | isbn=0-670-03482-7}}
-*{{cite book | author=Hanson, Kenneth; | title=Himalayan Portfolios: | publisher=Charles Fields| year=2007 | isbn=0-312-21931-8}}
-*{{cite book | author=Mortenson, Greg; | title=Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan | publisher=Viking | year=2009 | isbn=0-670-02115-6}}
-*{{cite book | author=Mortenson, Greg; (with illustrator) Roth, Susan; | title=Listen To The Wind (children's picturebook) | publisher=Dial | year=2008 | isbn=0-803-73058-6}}
-==Greg Mortenson on national TV==
-* CBS News, No Child Left Behind, January 9, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4697470n |title=No Child Left Behind |publisher=CBS News |date=2009-01-04 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* FOX News, May 30, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/22397039/pennies-for-peace.htm |title='Pennies for Peace' |publisher=FOX News |date=2009-05-30 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* CNN with Christiane Amanpour, Ray of Hope, October 9, 2009<ref>{{cite news|last=Amanpour |first=Christiane |url=http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/10/09/amanpour.afghan.mortenson.cnn |title=Greg Mortenson is educating the children of Afghanistan one school at a time |publisher=CNN |date=2009-10-09 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* ABC 'Person Of The Week' with Charles Gibson, March 27, 2009<ref>{{cite web|author=03/27/2009 |url=http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7193877 |title='Three Cups' for Peace |publisher=ABC News |date=2009-03-27 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* NBC TODAY show with Ann Curry, November 20, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21883828 |title=Excerpt: ‘Three Cups of Tea’ |work=Books |publisher=MSNBC |date=2007-11-20 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* CSPAN Q&A with Greg Mortenson, August 20, 2008<ref>{{cite web|author=Post Video To Facebook |url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/280546-1 |title=Q&A with Greg Mortenson |publisher=C-SPAN |date=2008-08-20 |accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref>
-* PBS TV with Bill Moyers, January 15, 2010<ref name=pbs/>
-* PBS with Charlie Rose, July 28, 2010 <ref>{{cite news|last=Rose |first=Charlie |url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11140 |title=Greg Mortenson on Charlie Rose}}</ref>
-* CBS Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, August 22, 2010
-==Notes==
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-==External links==
-*[http://www.gregmortenson.com/ Greg Mortenson's website]
-*[http://www.ikat.org/ Central Asia Institute]
-*[http://www.threecupsoftea.com/ Three Cups of Tea]
-*[http://www.penniesforpeace.org/ Pennies For Peace]
-*{{worldcat id|id=lccn-n2005-73878}}
-*[http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=22471 Ubben Lecture at DePauw University]
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