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15th January 2012

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People Who Studied Abroad #200:Wangari Maathai, environmental activist and Nobel laureate (Peace) From:Kenya Studied:In 1960, she was chosen as one of about 300 African students sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation to study in the United States. She majored in biology (with minors in chemistry and German) at Mount St. Scholastica College (now Benedictine College), in Atchison, Kansas (United States). She also received a master’s degree in biology from the University of Pittsburgh (United States). She also pursued doctoral studies at University of Giessen and the University of Munich (both in Germany) although her PhD was completed at the University of Nairobi.

People Who Studied Abroad #200:
Wangari Maathai, environmental activist and Nobel laureate (Peace)

From:
Kenya

Studied:
In 1960, she was chosen as one of about 300 African students sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation to study in the United States. She majored in biology (with minors in chemistry and German) at Mount St. Scholastica College (now Benedictine College), in Atchison, Kansas (United States). She also received a master’s degree in biology from the University of Pittsburgh (United States). She also pursued doctoral studies at University of Giessen and the University of Munich (both in Germany) although her PhD was completed at the University of Nairobi.

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  1. chelseapaulsen reblogged this from samcnitt and added:
    My Thoughts: This woman has done amazing things,...peace class we read her book
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