| 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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