Kohls, L. Robert 1927(?)-2006

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Kohls, L. Robert 1927(?)-2006

PERSONAL:

Born c. 1927, in Granger, IA; died of cancer, August 9, 2006, in San Francisco, CA; married Norma Chappell, c. 1949; children: Kathy Kohls Wizowski. Education: Drake University, graduated; Columbia University, M.A., 1960; New York University, Ph.D., 1963.

CAREER:

Representative of the Mennonite church in Korea, 1953; U.S. Peace Corps, Washington, DC, trainer of volunteers; U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC, worked as director of training. Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, professor of intercultural management; San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, professor of international relations and international business and director of international programs. Global Vision Group, senior research fellow; Meridian International Center (some sources cite Washington International Center), Washington, DC, executive director. Creator of a boys' orphanage in Taegu, Korea, 1950s; founder of middle school, high school, and vocational school in Korea; representative of Christian Children's Fund in Seoul, Korea, and throughout Southeast Asia and India; founder of Global Indian Workshop, Global Adjustments, 2005. Military service: U.S. Army; served in Korea during World War II.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Primus Inter Pares Award, Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research, 1986; Bob Kohls Intercultural Understanding Award established in his honor by Global Adjustments, 2006.

WRITINGS:

Survival Kit for Overseas Living, Intercultural Network/SYSTRAN Publications (Chicago, IL), 1979, 2nd edition published as Survival Kit for Overseas Living: For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad, Intercultural Press (Yarmouth, ME), 1984, 4th edition, 2001.

(With John M. Knight) Developing Intercultural Awareness: A Cross-cultural Training Handbook, 2nd edition, Intercultural Press (Yarmouth, ME), 1994.

(Editor, with Herbert L. Brussow) Training Know-How for Cross-cultural and Diversity Trainers, Adult Learning Systems (Duncanville, TX), 1995.

Learning to Think Korean: A Guide to Living and Working in Korea, Intercultural Press (Yarmouth, ME), 2001.

Author of a monograph titled "The Values Americans Live By."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Middle East Journal, winter, 1983, review of Survival Kit for Overseas Living, p. 124.

Personnel Journal, July, 1987, review of Survival Kit for Overseas Living, p. 106

West Coast Review of Books, July, 1982, review of Survival Kit for Overseas Living, p. 44.

WorldViews: Quarterly Review of Resources for Education and Action, January, 1998, review of Developing Intercultural Awareness: A Cross-cultural Training Handbook, 2nd edition, p. 35.