February 18, 2002 - Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegan follows his principles, serves in Peace Corps
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February 18, 2002 - Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegan follows his principles, serves in Peace Corps
Botswana RPCV LeRoy Barton wins Franklin Award
When LeRoy Barton's children went to college, he decided to "give them some space." But Barton's space was probably more than other parents' -- he joined the Peace Corps and went to Africa. "I had to find something to do. (The Peace Corps) had the values that I believed in," Barton, 69, explains. "This is something I just wanted to do. Most Peace Corps volunteers are idealists, and my personality fit that." Barton, of Las Vegas, was among 11 other community leaders who received the Franklin H. Williams award on Feb. 7 at the third annual ceremony in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes "outstanding ethnically diverse" people who have served as Peace Corps Volunteers.
Botswana RPCV LeRoy Barton wins Franklin Award
Las Vegan follows his principles, serves in Peace Corps
Feb 18, 2002 -
Las Vegas Review-Journal
By DEANA DI DIO
REVIEW-JOURNAL
[Excerpt]
When LeRoy Barton's children went to college, he decided to "give them some space." But Barton's space was probably more than other parents' -- he joined the Peace Corps and went to Africa.
"I had to find something to do. (The Peace Corps) had the values that I believed in," Barton, 69, explains. "This is something I just wanted to do. Most Peace Corps volunteers are idealists, and my personality fit that."
Barton, of Las Vegas, was among 11 other community leaders who received the Franklin H. Williams award on Feb. 7 at the third annual ceremony in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes "outstanding ethnically diverse" people who have served as Peace Corps Volunteers.
Barton, retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, taught horticulture and biology for academic and practical purposes. He taught in Botswana from 1986-1989, and after returning to the United States for five months, he went on another three-year assignment teaching agriculture and science in Lesotho from 1989-1993.
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