Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Charles Shelan can be contacted at cshelanaattbidcom
Country of Service: Korea
Training Group: K-25
Cities you served in: Geo-Chung
Arrival Year: 1972
Departure Year: 1974
Work Description: Middle School Teacher
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year,
Work Description:
My wife, Norma, and I trained in Chun Chun and were sent to small
town in Kyung Nam Provience for our 2 year service.
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
After we returned to the U.S., we both enrolled in graduate school at
the Univ. of Washington and earned our MSW degrees. Norma is a
full professor of sociology at St. Martin's College in Olympia, WA and
Charles is the executive director of Community Youth Services, a
comprehensive child welfare agency. We have one grown daughter,
Heather, who graduated from college in 2000 and taught English in
China for a year. She's now working in environmental research.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Peace Corps was the best and hardest all around experience in our
lives. It helped shape our view of the world and solidified the
direction of our careers.
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Jim McGuire,
Originally posted: January 26, 2002
