Personal Life
Mutombo was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mutombo and his wife Rose have six children, four adopted.
Multilingual by both upbringing and education, Mutombo is able to speak English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and five African languages.
He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the State University of New York College at Cortland for his humanitarian work in Africa.
More recently, Mutumbo was awarded an honorary doctorate by Georgetown University in 2010. There he delivered the commencement address for Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences, of which he is an alumnus. He also received an honorary doctorate degree from Haverford College in May 2011.
Mutombo's nephew Harouna Mutombo plays college basketball for the Western Carolina Catamounts. Harouna was the team's leading scorer for the 2009 season and was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year.
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