Garry Davis
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | World Coordinator |
| Location | Washington, District of Columbia |
| Introduction | Born: 7/27/21, Bar Harbor, ME to Meyer; Hilda Davis. Ed: 1932-40: Episcopal Academy, Overbrook, PA; 40/41: Carnegie Inst. of Technology, Drama School; 56/60, East-West U. of Brahma Vidya, Bangalore, India, M.A., Geo-dialectics. Professional career: Broadway, Let's Face It! Three To Make Ready;&(Road/London) Stalag 17. War career: B-17 pilot, 8th AF, 8/24/44, shot down Peenemunde. Interned, Sweden, Escaped. Post-war: Studied causes of war/world law: Einstein, Gandhi, Willkie, Reves. 1947: Renounced U.S. nationality, Paris, became world citizen. Created WC Id Card. 49 Opened Intl Reg. of WC. Declared World Government: 9/4/53, World Passport: Issued 6/54. 56 traveled to India with WP #00001. Arrived JFK airport 1/9/57 after passing through Pak., Afghan., Iran, Holland. 7 visas on WP;60 wrote My Country Is The World (Putnam). Updated WP to 5 languages. 6/74 founded World Crt of Hum. Rgts. Opened WSA CH. 7,000 pps issued in 2 years. 1975. new ed. 7 langs; WSA Washington, D.C. 76 World Office. |
| Interests | Theatre, acting, psychology, philosophy, history, writing, geo-dialectics, piano, flying, movies, chess, peace-making, exposing injustice, hypocrisy, stupidity, violence; science-fiction, fantasy, sleeping |
| Favorite movies | Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Chicago, All Fred Astaire pics, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Gone With The Wind, 2001, Star Wars. Chorus Line, On the Beach, Star Trek |
| Favorite music | Jazz, Dixieland, Classical, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Debussy |
| Favorite books | Bhagavad Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Reach of the Mind, Beyond Dispute, Rights of Man (T. Paine), Modern Man In Search of a Soul, The Fountainhead. |