September 29, 2005: Headlines: COS - Peru: Tucson Weekly: Meisters among most successful volunteers
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Meisters among most successful volunteers
It is probably true that, without our initial support, our friend never would have been able to run for president of Peru. But there are hundreds, if not thousands, of returned Peace Corps volunteers, some of whom I know personally, who were much more successful in their educational, community development, technical and other activities in the Peace Corps than we were.
Meisters among most successful volunteers
A Letter Written in an Attempt at Modesty
I take exception to one statement in your article, "The Peace Corps President" (Currents, Sept. 8)--that my former wife and I "may have been the most successful Peace Corps volunteers in the program's history."
It is probably true that, without our initial support, our friend never would have been able to run for president of Peru. But there are hundreds, if not thousands, of returned Peace Corps volunteers, some of whom I know personally, who were much more successful in their educational, community development, technical and other activities in the Peace Corps than we were. And then, of course, there is Alejandro Toledo himself, whose potential was obvious to us from the get-go, when he was 17 and we were 22, and who would have succeeded in one way or another, with us or without us.
Joel S. Meister
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