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The former governor of Missouri Eric Greitens is running for the U.S. Senate. Perhaps most importantly for
SOFREP readers, Greitens was also a Navy SEAL officer. For those who may be unfamiliar with his background, here is a brief primer. He was born in St. Louis, MO in 1974 and attended Duke University with a scholarship. While there he was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and a Truman Scholar. He received his Ph.D. from Oxford University where he wrote his dissertation on how international humanitarian organizations work with children around the world. He was also an accomplished athlete: A gold medalist in the BUSA national boxing championships; a sub-three-hour marathon runner; and a black belt and gold medalist sparring champion in Taekwondo.
Vartan Gregorian championed a strong HE system in Africa
29 April 2021
Vartan Gregorian, the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the former president of Brown University and the New York Public Library in the United States, illustrious scholar and steward of Andrew Carnegie’s legacy, died aged 87 on 15 April. Gregorian had been hospitalised for testing related to stomach pain.
Gregorian, a distinguished historian and humanities scholar, was the 12th president of Carnegie Corporation of New York.
During his tenure, from 1997 to the present, he championed the causes of education, immigration and international peace and security – key concerns of the foundation’s founder, Andrew Carnegie.
Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, former president of Brown University and The New York Public Library, illustrious scholar, and steward of Andrew Carnegie’s legacy dies at age 87
Vartan Gregorian, a distinguished historian and humanities scholar and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was the twelfth president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. During his tenure, from 1997 to the present, he championed the causes of education, immigration, and international peace and security key concerns of the foundation’s founder, Andrew Carnegie. Like Carnegie, Gregorian was a naturalized United States citizen, whose experiences in a new country helped shape him, including his belief in the great importance of immigrant civic integration to the health of American democracy. Gregorian died on April 15, 2021, in New York City at age 87. He had been hospitalized for testing related to stomach pain.
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