Sun Myung Moon It was described by "The New York Times" as the top ballet company in Asia. In 1989, Moon founded Universal Ballet Academy which changed its name later to Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. Moon held honorary degrees from more than ten universities and colleges worldwide; at least one of which, the University of Bridgeport, received significant funding from his organizations. He was a member of the Honorary Committee of the Unification Ministry of the Republic of Korea. In 1985, he and his wife received Doctor of Divinity degrees from Shaw University. In 2004, at event in the Dirksen
Nansook Hong Nansook Hong Nansook Hong (born 1966), is the author of the autobiography, "In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family", published in 1998 by Little, Brown and Company. It gave her account of her life up to that time, including her marriage to Hyo Jin Moon, the first son of Unification Church founder and leader Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hakja Han Moon. "In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family" is a 1998, non-fiction work by Hong and "Boston Globe" reporter Eileen McNamara, published