Love and Live Free or Die: A Greek story of romance, war and honor in 1803 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781539768388)

- Business Executive - Ethicists - Author - Lecturer - Philanthropist - Composer, Director, Musician - Mediator - Helleniccomserve.com (Business Arena) Christos Papoutsy (Papoutsis) was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, a second-generation Greek-American. His father was born in Vatoussa, Lesvos (Mytilene) and his mother's family was from Asvestochorti on the outskirts of Thessaloniki. He is a successful business executive, semi-retired now after a thirty-five year career leading thousands of employees world-wide and developing his company into a global leader in the electronics industry. Mr. Papoutsy is a business graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, with post-degree studies at Harvard University in law, mediation, and psychology. In 1961 he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from his alma mater. An active philanthropist in his local community and international circles, he holds the title of Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, among many other awards and distinctions. He has lectured on business and business ethics at universities and institutions in Europe and the U.S., including Oxford University and the Hellenic Chamber of Commerce in Athens. In addition to his interest in business ethics, he has researched the Catastrophe of Smyrna extensively because of his contact with many Mikrasiastes on Mytilene, his father's ancestral home, and has launched Hellenic Communication Service at the website: www.helleniccomserve.com a not-for-profit news and information service for Greek communities. With his wife, he is the founder of the Christos and Mary Papoutsy Chair in Ethics at Southern New Hampshire University at www.snhu.edu. From the early 1960's to the present, Christos has continued to add to his musical expertise by studying the guitar, drum and most recently, the santouri, the instrument to which he now commits all of his musical time. On October 17, 1997, Papoutsy received the highest medal of the School of Traditional Greek Folk Music in Athens, Greece, by its founder and director, Mr. Aristides Moschos. Mr. Papoutsy is the Co-Conductor of the 30 piece Hellenic and Near Eastern Musical Society Orchestra. www.helleniccomserve.com See more books and CDs by Christos Papoutsy at www.helleniccomserve.com/bookspage.html