1982: Jerome William Pier served in Central African Republic in Berberati beginning in 1982



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jerome William Pier can be contacted at jpierasimplotdcom

Country of Service: Central African Republic

Training Group: Les Torrens Fish Training in Pine Bluff, AR 1981

Cities you served in: Berberati

Arrival Year: 1982

Departure Year: 1984

Work Description: Warm Water Aquaculture Extension Agent

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work
Description:

Mali, arrived Nov 1981, departed July 1982, Warm Water Aquaculture
Extension Agent

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

Masters in Agronomy, Cornell Ag and Life Sci, 1988; Doctorate in Soil and
Water Sci, Univ Arizona Tucson, 1992; Post Doc Univ Nebraska Water
Quality Modelling; Employment with Netafim Irrigation as Agronomist
from 1992 -1995; Currently Employed with J.R. Simplot Company as
California Agronomist; Still Married with two girls

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

Those were some of the happiest times of my life. I would love to take my
current level of agricultural knowledge back to Africa and see what I
could accomplish. Some day...

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Tom Fondell, Tom Goffinet; and any other CAR Fish Volunteers!

Originally posted: January 8, 2002

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