1977: Jack Jenkins served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia in Codazzi and Espinal beginning in 1977



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jack Jenkins can be contacted at jackjenkinsaqwestofficednet

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Codazzi and Espinal

Arrival Year: 1977

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description:

As an entomologist and member of the Peace-Corps Smithsonian Environmental Program I worked with ICA (Codazzi) and the Federacion de Algodoneros to (Espinal) demonstrating proper experimental design, data collection and report writing.

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

Married Peace Corps volunteer Sara Miller (77-79). Work involves development of pheromone mating disruption systems for management of insect pests. 3 kids.

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

It was hard. It was fun. It was frightening and boring. Life would not have been the same without the experience. I am grateful I served.

Originally posted: April 4, 2008

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