User:Greyhound0660/Michael Kasum
Michael Kasum | |
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| Born | Dennis Michael Kasum October 22, 1934 |
| Education | Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2001 |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, author, world traveler, and public speaker |
| Years active | 1954–Present |
| Notable credit(s) | The Fingertip Travel Guide and the novel The Last Truth |
| Spouse | Patricia Kasum |
| Children | Eric Kasum (b. 1957) Lara Kasum James (b. 1969) Tony Morton (b. 1980) |
Michael Kasum, Ph.D. (born October 22, 1934) is a world traveler, author, and public speaker. He has traveled to more than 200 countries, regions and island groups, logging millions of miles by air, land, sea… and even oxcart. [1] His articles have appeared in travel publications around the world. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Kasum has also been profiled on the website “The World's Most Traveled People.” [8][9] According to its criteria, he has traveled to 374 locales that are UN countries, as well as territories, dependencies, states or provinces of large countries, island groups, and isolated islands.
Kasum is author of the travel book the Fingertip Travel Guide. The Fingertip Travel Guide has been called the “bucket list” travel book. [10][5][6] Dr. Kasum has been a featured speaker before audiences such as the Travelers' Century Club (an organization where people are required to have visited more than 100 countries just to become a member). [10][11]
His writing and lectures focus on one key idea: the choice between being a tourist (taking cruise ships and bus tours) or being an “true” world traveler (someone who plans their own trips and is free to linger, thus gaining richer memories and savoring a more true taste of a country, its people, language, culture, and history). [4][2][3][5][6][12][13][14]
Dr. Kasum is a professor emeritus at the University of South Florida at Tampa (Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2001), [15][16][17] He also is author of the novel The Last Truth. [18][19][20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Travelers' Century Club, Gold commendation for traveling to more than 200 countries". Travelers' Century Club website. September 12, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ a b "Beautiful Bali". by Michael Kasum in International Travel News. October 17 issue, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "Falling in love with Luang Prabang". by Michael Kasum in International Travel News. September 17 issue, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "How to be a Traveler, not just a Tourist". by Michael Kasum in GRAND, the digital magazine for grandparents and their families. March/April issue, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c "Bucket List Travel, a World of Difference". GRAND, the digital online magazine, by Michael Kasum. April/May issue, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c "Delights of Self-Guided Travel". GRAND, the digital magazine for grandparents and their families, by Michael Kasum. March/April issue, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "List of Countries visited by Michael Kasum". Fingertiptravel.com website. August 21, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Michael Kasum travel profile with listing of countries". Most Traveled People.com website. February 22, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Most Traveled People.com home page". Most Traveled People.com website. February 22, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ a b "World Traveler and Author Michael Kasum to speak at Travelers' Century Club". Travelers' Century Club website. February 22, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Travelers' Century Club - Membership Criteria". Travelers' Century Club website. February 22, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ Kasum, Michael (2001). Fingertip Travel Guide. Gulfport, Florida: Fingertip Travel Publications.
- ^ "The "Fingertip Travel Guide," What Readers Are Saying". Fingertip Travel website. August 21, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "University of South Florida, Department of English, Faculty". University of South Florida website. August 7, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "University of South Florida-Campus Directory 2009" (PDF). University of South Florida website. August 7, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Professor Michael Kasum, English Composition, Student Ratings". Rate My Professors website. August 7, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ Kasum, Michael (2001). The Last Truth. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press.
- ^ "The Last Truth by Michael Kasum". Amazon.com website. August 7, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ "Book review of the novel Pearl". Amazon.com website, by Michael Kasum. August 7, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2013.