1966: John P. Hutchison served in Chad in Fort Lamy, Doum Doum, Bol beginning in 1966



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer John P. Hutchison can be contacted at hutchisonjohnahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Chad

Training Group: San Francisco State College

Cities you served in: Fort Lamy, Doum Doum, Bol

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1068

Work Description: Rural and community development volunteer

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
I did graduate work at Indiana University in Linguistics and African languages; I became a Peace Corps language trainer and African language textbook writer, and then I spent 5 years in the Nigerian university system, developing a primary school curriculum for the the Kanuri language for the government of Nigeria; I work now as a consultant in educational reform, specializing in linguistic and cultural reform, today I'm also an associate professor of African Languages and Linguistics at Boston University, African Studies Center/Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
life-changing experience

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Marty Wolff, Tom Corcoran, both from PC Chad, 1966-68

Originally posted: January 8, 2003

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