Background
Pellowski, Anne Rose was born on June 28, 1933 in Pine Creek, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Alexander P. and Anna P. (Dorawa) Pellowski.
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Pellowski, Anne Rose was born on June 28, 1933 in Pine Creek, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Alexander P. and Anna P. (Dorawa) Pellowski.
Bachelor, College St. Teresa, Winona, Minnesota, 1955. Postgraduate, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Federal Republic Germany, 1959. Medical Science Liaison Society, Columbia University, 1959.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1987.
Wisconsin) Cotter High School, and College of Saint Teresa in Winona, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in 1955. In 1959 she earned a Master of Arts in Library Science, with honors, from Columbia University. From 1966 to 1981 Anne Pellowski was employed by the United States. Committee for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund as the founding director of the Information Center on Children"s Cultures.
Late in her eighth decade of life, Anne Pellowski continues to travel the world giving presentations on storytelling and empowering her listeners to tell their own stories in locales such as Ethiopia and Honduras.
She also volunteers her time to establish children"s libraries in underprivileged nations. Most recently she led a parish mission to Nicaragua for this purpose in February 2013.
Honors and 1979: American Library Association Grolier Foundation Award.
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Volunteer St. Gregory the Great Parish, Roman Catholic Church, New York City, 1968-1992, St. Casimir's, Winona, Minnesota, since 1993. Member American Library Association (member/chair numerous committees), International Board on Books for Young People (juror Hans Christian Andersen Award 1972-1974, 86-90), National Association for Preservation.