1963: John J Kulczycki served in Ethiopia in Debre Zeit beginning in 1963



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer John J Kulczycki can be contacted at kulauicdedu

Country of Service: Ethiopia

Training Group: 2

Cities you served in: Debre Zeit

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description:

Teacher of English in primary school Atse Libna Dingel, history at secondary school Ethiopian Evangelical College, and various subjects at university extension center of Haile Sellassie I University, of which I was also the administrator.

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:

Graduate school--Columbia University, Ph.D. in Russian and East European history; ultimately professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, where I taught Polish and East European history until I retired in 2001.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:

It's a cliche, but those were some of the best days of my life, and I look back on them with a great deal of affection and nostalgia.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Revisiting Ethiopia was a great experience after nearly 40 years--depressing because of the existing problems but revitalizing one's interest in and love of the people and the country.

Originally posted: April 28, 2005

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