Richard Rosenkranz Graduated from Yale in 1964. In 1965 he received a
Fulbright Fellowship in International Relations in Paris, where he did graduate
work at The Institute of Political Studies while working as a street singer. He
earned a Masters degree from Columbia Journalism School in 1969. In 1971 he
published Across the Barricades (Lippincott), for which he was nominated for a
Pulitzer Prize in History. He has also edited a book of spiritual and
philosophical thought, has written numerous articles for newspapers and
journals, and has lectured widely. He is the founder and Executive Director of
the Interfaith Call for Universal Religious Freedom and For Human Rights in
Tibet (an annual event, founded in 1998, which is observed worldwide in
thousands of houses of worship of different faith traditions) and is President
of the World Tibet Day Foundation (an annual event he founded, supporting the
restoration of basic freedoms for the Tibetan people, which was held in July of
2001 in 54 cities in 21 countries). He served as a correspondent from the U.S.
Senate for Westinghouse Broadcasting. For seven years, he served as
International Media Chair for the Parliament of World Religions. He is involved
in a number of Florida charities and in June 2001 received a Presidential Points
of Light Award.
