John Gray (U.S. author)
| John Gray | |
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Gray in 2016
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| Born |
December 28, 1951 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Lamar High School, University of St. Thomas, University of Texas, Maharishi International University, Columbia Pacific University |
| Alma mater | Columbia Pacific University, now defunct |
| Occupation | Author |
| Known for | Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus |
| Spouse(s) |
Barbara De Angelis (Divorced in 1984) Bonnie Gray (1986–present) |
John Gray (born December 28, 1951) is an American relationship counselor, lecturer and author. In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor. In 1992 he published the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, which became a long term best seller and formed the central theme of all his subsequent books and career activities. His books have been bought by millions of people around the world while drawing criticism from academics for trivializing the dynamics of relationship psychology.
Gray was born in Houston, Texas, in 1951 to a father who was an oil executive and a mother who worked at a spiritual bookshop. His parents were both Christians and taught him Yoga and took him to visit Indian Saint Yogananda during his childhood. The Autobiography of A Yogi book inspired him greatly later in life. He graduated from Lamar High School and attended both the University of St. Thomas and the University of Texas.
He received a bachelor's and master's degree in the Science of Creative Intelligence, though sources vary on whether these degrees were received from either the non-accredited Maharishi European Research University (MERU) in Switzerland or the fully accredited Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa.
Gray received an unaccredited PhD degree by correspondence in 1982 from Columbia Pacific University (CPU), a now-defunct university located in San Rafael, California upon completion of a correspondence course and an honorary doctorate from Governors State University in Illinois after he delivered their commencement address in 2002.
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