Greg Mortenson The Riddle
Who Greg Mortenson :
Greg Mortenson was born to Lutheran missionary parents in St. Cloud, Minnesota. His father, Dempsey, was the founder and development director of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Tanzania's first teaching hospital. His mother, Jerene, founded the International School Moshi. After a young childhood spent in Tanzania, East Africa, Mortenson and his family moved back to Minnesota in the early 1970s. After high school, Mortenson served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1975 to 1977 as a medic, receiving the Army Commendation Medal. After his discharge , He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1993.