There is no Wikipedia page for Peter Awan.

In fact, there is less information about him on the internet than you would expect What information can be found is mostly associated with the Columbia University School of General Studies websites:

Graduate from Harvard University,

PhD ,Islamic religion (1978)

BA, Philosophy and Classical Languages

The Lion of Lewisohn Hall

After twenty years as dean of the School of General Studies, Peter Awn says the time is right to step aside.

https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/lion-lewisohn-hall

http://ftp.academicroom.com/users/peter-awn

He was on the Advisory Board of something called Village Health Works, “a nonprofit organization that provides quality, compassionate health care in a dignified environment in rural Burundi, East Africa.” This is a mysterious charity that has a long list of advisory board members and Board of Directors. It has ties to the Clinton Global Initiative, the Aspen Institute, etc.

http://villagehealthworks.org.onexcale.net/who-we-are/team/advisory-board/peter-awn

501(c)3 tax ID number is 45-0545435.

Peter Awan was associated Columbia University for almost is entire career, and served as a Dean, professor, and researcher. Although, it appears he published only one scholarly work, entitled "Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Iblîs in Sufi Psychology," a study of the devil in Islamic mysticism (Sufism).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_darkness_(Manichaeism)

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