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Father William B. Wasson (December 21, 1923 - August 16, 2006) was an American Catholic priest. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, but moved to Mexico where he trained as a priest. In 1954, he founded Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, a charity for orphans and neglected and abandoned children, which today operates across Latin America.
Wasson's obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle stated that together with his wife and co-author, Valentina P. Wasson, he had "illuminated the sanctity of psychotropic mushrooms, not only in Russia and Siberia, but also in the most ancient of Hindu scriptures, in the mystery cults of ancient Greece and among the native peoples of Mexico and ...
Father Wasson didn’t press any charges, instead asking for the boy’s custody. By the end of the year he had 32 children living at a small rented house, which became known as Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos. Wasson solicited funding and food for the home, traveling extensively to procure funds for his ever-growing family until his death in 2006.
Wasson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Craig Wasson (born 1954), American actor; Daniel Wasson; Dave Wasson, American television producer, director and screenwriter; David Atwood Wasson (1823–1887), American minister and Transcendentalist author; Dean Wasson; Erin Wasson; Ernie Wasson; Gus Wasson, American NASCAR driver
Thomas Campbell Wasson (February 8, 1896 – May 23, 1948) was an American diplomat who was assassinated while serving as the Consul General for the United States in Jerusalem. He was also a member of the United Nations Truce Commission .
Dr. William Wasson founded NIRSA in 1950 when he presented his study on intramural programs entitled "A Comparative Study of Intramural Programs in Negro Colleges. [2]" This led to the formation of the National Intramural Association (NIA), NIRSA's original title.
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2024.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
She was the daughter of Colonel Warren Wasson (1833–1896) and Grace Adelaide Augusta Treadway (1839–1906). Her father was an early pioneer of Nevada. [3] [1] In Italy she studied at the Cainni Studio in Italy, and also with Max Banka. [4] She traveled throughout her life, to Asia, Italy, France, the Balkans, and to remote areas of Mexico.