Susan E.B. Schwartz

For the environmentalist, see Friends of Five Creeks.

Susan E.B. Schwartz is an American non-fiction writer who is a Partner to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.[1] She is also the author of the biography of medical and rock climbing pioneer, Hans Kraus (Into the Unknown: The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus). The book was a finalist at the Banff Book Competition and won the 2006 Eric Hoffer Award and Writer’s Notes Award.

Personal life

A current member of the Literary Board of the American Alpine Club,[2] Schwartz formerly sat on the Board of Directors of the American Alpine Club and sits on committees for the Mohonk Preserve, the largest non-profit nature preserve in New York State. Schwartz also taught scuba diving in Manhattan and was a shipwreck divemaster on New York harbor shipwrecks. She grew up outside New York City and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall and Harvard.

References

  1. ↑ The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - 50th Anniversary Partners - Colorado
  2. ↑ The American Alpine Club — Home
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