1969: Patrick A. Cathcart served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Iran in Tafresh, Iran beginning in 1969



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Patrick A. Cathcart can be contacted at patcathcartagmaildcom

Country of Service: Iran

Cities you served in: Tafresh, Iran

Arrival Year: 1969

Departure Year: 1971

Work Description:

Taught English to seventh and eighth grade boys at two high schools in Tafresh

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

Originally trained for Community Development for Malaysia at Hilo Hawaii training center in the summer of 1968. I was selected for the project but withdrew and reapplied (to get married and serve with my wife).

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

Law school; clerked for U.S. District Court judge Spencer Williams (N.D.Cal, in San Francisco); lawyer in complex business litigation, now with my own firm, Cathcart Collins LLP in Los Angeles.

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

Extraordinary; formative; fond memories of people and places.

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

All in the group. Especially George and Sabina Peknik.

Originally posted: April 5, 2008

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