2008.02.09: February 9, 2008: Headlines: COS - Ecuador: Writing - Ecuador: Personal Web Site: Writer Alan Gottlieb served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador in 1980-81
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2008.02.09: February 9, 2008: Headlines: COS - Ecuador: Writing - Ecuador: Personal Web Site: Writer Alan Gottlieb served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador in 1980-81
Writer Alan Gottlieb served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador in 1980-81
He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador in 1980-81. Ultimate Excursions draws, in part, from some of his experiences during that time.
Writer Alan Gottlieb served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador in 1980-81
About the author
A native of Chicago, Alan Gottlieb received a Bachelor's Degree from Colorado College (1979) and a Master's Degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1984). He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador in 1980-81. Ultimate Excursions draws, in part, from some of his experiences during that time. Alan spent 16 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, working for the Ute Pass Courier in Woodland Park, Colorado, The Bridgeport Post in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and The Denver Post. He spent 10 years working on public education reform for The Piton Foundation, a philanthropic organization in Denver. He is currently the Vice President for Policy and Business Engagement at Denver’s Public Education and Business Coalition. There, he produces a monthly online education magazine, HeadFirst Colorado, as well as an electronic education newsletter and a blog.
Alan is also author of In the Shadow of the Rockies, a comical, offbeat look at the inaugural season of Denver’s Major League Baseball team. The book was published in hardcover by Roberts Rinehart Publishers in 1994. It will soon be available in paperback on this website and through major online booksellers.
Alan lives in central Denver with his wife Elizabeth Randall, an Episcopal priest. Their daughter, Marian, is a student at Bennington College in Vermont.
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