1969: Alan Cathcart served in Sierra Leone in Yonibana beginning in 1969



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Alan Cathcart can be contacted at acathcartahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Sierra Leone

Training Group: 1969

Cities you served in: Yonibana

Arrival Year: 1969

Departure Year: 1971

Work Description:

Taught mathematics at Yonibana Secondary School. Assisted with language training for the 1970 arrivals.

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

3 marriages, third time's the charm. Six children now ages 17-32. Graduated U. Penn Law School magna cum laude 1974. Law professor, Penn Law 1978-84. Practising international tax and M&A lawyer, currently with KPMG.

Originally posted: March 30, 2006

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By Bakarr Koroma (212.21.45.232) on Thursday, November 04, 2010 - 11:36 am: Edit Post

I am a proud beneficiary of the Peace Corps Programme in Sierra Leone. The time Mr Cathcart was serving in Yonibana I was in Class 7 in the UMC Primary School in Yonibana and by the time he left I was already in Form 1 at the Yonibana Secondary School. I knew him as a small boy and after his batch then came Miss Kimol, Miss Judy and others who taught me in form 1. I have graduated from Fourah Bay College and taught History in the Government Independence Secondary School in Freetown and later joined the Sierra Leone Police Force where I am currently serving as a Superintendent of Police. I am looking forward to going to America briefly where I can possibly meet with my old teachers at YSS.I should be grateful for all the knowledge gained from these wonderful people from America.