Bhakti-Tirtha Swami was born John E. Favors in a pious,
God-fearing family. As a child evangelist he appeared regularly on
television. As a young man he was a leader in Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr's civil rights movement. At Princeton University he became
president of the student council and also served as the chairman of
the Third World Coalition. Although his main degree is in
psychology, he has received accolades in many other fields,
including politics, African studies, and international
law.Bhakti-Tirtha Swami directly oversees projects in the United
States as a senior member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commision
particularly Washington D.C., Potomac, Maryland, Detroit,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia), West Africa, South Africa, Croatia
and Bosnia. He also serves as the director of the American
Federation of Vaisnava Colleges and Schools.A specialist in
international relations and conflict resolution, Bhakti-Tirtha
Swami constantly travels around the world and has become a
spiritual consultant to may high-ranking members of the United
Nations, to various celebrities and to Several chiefs, kings and
high court justices. HH Bhakti-Tirtha Swami left this world on June
27th, 2005. He was suffering from advanced melanoma
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