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- 1962: David Kapell served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1962 01/12 05:32pm [1]
- 1962: Janet Mueller Bing served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Kandahar, Baghlan beginning in 1962 08/29 07:51am [4]
- 1963: Dianne L. Holley served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Jalalbad, Qandahar beginning in 1963 07/01 12:41pm [1]
- 1963: Richard C. David served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1963 01/12 05:31pm [1]
- 1964: Dianne L (Kray) Holley served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Jalalabad, Kandahar beginning in 1964 01/12 05:31pm [1]
- 1964: Gregory K. Binus, M.D. served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan in Kandahar beginning in 1964 04/04 10:10pm [1]
- 1964: Janice Wieben Bergendahl served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan in Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif beginning in 1964 07/13 10:20am [1]
- 1964: Patrick J. Reardon served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1964 03/06 12:40pm [1]
- 1964: Peggy A. Frazer served in Afghanistan in Kandahar beginning in 1964 01/12 05:30pm [1]
- 1965: Blair Brainard served in Afghanistan in Herat beginning in 1965 01/12 05:30pm [1]
- 1965: Elaine Woods served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1965 01/12 05:30pm [1]
- 1965: Janet Kutny served in Afghanistan in Jalalabad beginning in 1965 01/12 05:26pm [1]
- 1965: Joe Rollinson served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1965 01/12 05:26pm [1]
- 1965: John Barbee served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Kunar & Laghman Provinces beginning in 1965 01/12 05:25pm [1]
- 1965: LEELEE DEVENNEY served in AFGHANISTAN in MAZAR I SHARIF beginning in 1965 01/12 05:24pm [1]
- 1965: Martin Dicker served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Khanabad, Jalalabad beginning in 1965 01/12 05:24pm [1]
- 1965: Stephen Nadler served in Afghanistan in Kabul and in 24 provinces beginning in 1965 01/12 05:23pm [1]
- 1965: Stuart M. Schmidt served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1965 01/12 05:23pm [1]
- 1965: William L. Shelton served in Afghanistan in Country Wide beginning in 1965 01/12 05:23pm [1]
- 1966: David H. Miller served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1966 01/12 05:22pm [1]
- 1966: Jim Keesler served in Afghanistan in Lashkar Gah beginning in 1966 01/12 05:21pm [1]
- 1966: Louise Soules Pascale served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1966 10/05 11:26am [1]
- 1966: Pamela Gibson Keesler served in Afghanistan in LashkarGah, Kabul (briefly) beginning in 1966 06/15 07:52pm [7]
- 1966: patricia eileen peterson served in afghanistan in lashkar gah, kabul beginning in 1966 10/05 11:28am [1]
- 1966: Walter P. Blass served in Afghanistan in Kabul, country-wide beginning in 1966 09/07 11:58am [2]
- 1967: Bronwen Pritchard served in Afghanistan in Ghazni, Kabul beginning in 1967 01/12 05:20pm [1]
- 1967: David Ball served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1967 01/12 05:20pm [1]
- 1967: Hazel P. Hardiman served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1967 07/31 05:53pm [1]
- 1967: Joseph Goss served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1967 01/12 05:20pm [1]
- 1967: marian kaplan served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1967 01/12 05:19pm [1]
- 1967: pauline wood served in Afghanistan in Kabul, many villages beginning in 1967 01/12 05:19pm [1]
- 1968: Bernard H. Sans. Jr. served in Afghanistan in Lashkar Gah beginning in 1968 04/11 07:41am [2]
- 1968: bill mcmeekin served in Afghanistan in Darwishon beginning in 1968 01/12 05:18pm [1]
- 1968: Jerry Smetzer served in Afghanistan in Kandahar, Kabul, Herat, Ghazni, Chakansour, Kundoz beginning in 1968 01/12 05:18pm [1]
- 1968: Joanne (Martindale) Allen served in Afghanistan in Mazar-i-Sharif beginning in 1968 09/08 06:54pm [2]
- 1968: jon greenburg served in afghanistan in darweshan beginning in 1968 01/12 05:17pm [1]
- 1968: Peaches Joyal served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1968 01/12 05:17pm [1]
- 1968: S. Bradford Child served in Afghanistan in Kandahar, Kabul beginning in 1968 01/12 05:16pm [1]
- 1968: thomas w. kelty served in Afghanistan in Charikar, Kabul beginning in 1968 01/12 05:16pm [1]
- 1969: Bill Mittendorff served in Afghanistan in Mir Bacha Kot, Maimana beginning in 1969 01/12 05:15pm [1]
- 1969: Charlene Keeling McGrath served in Afghanistan in Kunduz, Khanabad, Pulikumri, Kabul beginning in 1969 01/12 05:15pm [1]
- 1969: David J. Daly served in Afghanistan in Cha-injir (near Lashkargah), Helmand Province beginning in 1969 04/27 04:38am [2]
- 1969: Louis L. Mitchell served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1969 01/12 05:14pm [1]
- 1969: Ron Milos served in Afghanistan in Baghlan beginning in 1969 01/28 07:34am [4]
- 1969: Susan Sprachman served in Afghanistan in Ghazni beginning in 1969 01/12 05:14pm [1]
- 1970: Jonathan Cohanne served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1970 01/12 05:13pm [1]
- 1970: Laura (Shea) Andrus served in Afghanistan in Lashkar Gah beginning in 1970 07/05 03:46pm [2]
- 1970: Laura Andrus served in Afghanistan in Lashkar Gah beginning in 1970 01/12 05:13pm [1]
- 1970: Robert M. Marshall served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1970 10/21 11:56am [1]
- 1970: Ronald J. Di Orio served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1970 01/12 05:12pm [1]
- 1971: Alan A. Kusunoki served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan beginning in 1971 02/14 10:19pm [2]
- 1971: Alan Kusunoki served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan beginning in 1971 01/12 05:11pm [1]
- 1971: Andy Sussman served in Afghanistan in Jalalabad beginning in 1971 01/12 05:11pm [1]
- 1971: Anne Donnellon served in Afghanistan in Herat beginning in 1971 08/30 04:42pm [1]
- 1971: Dean H. Johnson M.D. served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1971 01/12 05:11pm [1]
- 1971: Diane Krystosek served in Afghanistan in Mazar-i-Sharif beginning in 1971 01/12 05:10pm [1]
- 1971: Diane Schaefer served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1971 01/12 05:10pm [1]
- 1971: James Edward Crawford served in Afghanistan in Chaman, Pakistan;Kabul, Jalabad, Ghazni, Zabul, Daykundi beginning in 1971 01/12 05:09pm [1]
- 1971: Johnny Czar served in Afghanistan in Tarin Kot, Chagharan,Kabul, Farah beginning in 1971 01/12 05:09pm [1]
- 1971: Kevin A. Angle served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Jalalbad beginning in 1971 10/05 11:25am [1]
- 1971: ron dizon served in Afghanistan in Chagcharan, Tarin Kot, Gulran,Kabul beginning in 1971 01/12 05:08pm [1]
- 1971: Ron Dizon served in Afghanistan in Chagcharan, Uruzgan, Herat, Farah beginning in 1971 01/12 05:08pm [1]
- 1971: Susan Gail Bennett served in Afghanistan in Charikar and Kabul beginning in 1971 01/12 05:08pm [1]
- 1971: tom dermyer served in afghanistan in kandahar beginning in 1971 03/17 01:55pm [1]
- 1972, 1974: suzanne zaw served in Afghanistan and Liberia in Jalalabad, Zwedru beginning in 1972, 1974 01/12 05:07pm [1]
- 1972-(Afghanistan); 1974-(Liberia): suzanne via banda served in Afghanistan, Liberia in Jalalabad, Afghanistan; Zwedru, Liberia beginning in 1972-(Afghanistan); 1974-(Liberia) 02/13 07:51pm [2]
- 1972: Beach Vickers served in Afghanistan in Herat beginning in 1972 07/07 06:27pm [2]
- 1972: Brad Jannelli served in Afghanistan in Bamiyan beginning in 1972 01/12 05:06pm [1]
- 1972: Carla Grissmann served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1972 12/08 06:57am [1]
- 1972: Charles Arnold served in Afghanistan in Kandahar, Ghazni, Badghis, Faizabad beginning in 1972 01/12 05:06pm [1]
- 1972: Dan Hoogen served in Afghanistan in Jalalabad beginning in 1972 01/23 11:22pm [2]
- 1972: Don Hanna served in Afghanistan in Lashkargah beginning in 1972 01/12 05:05pm [1]
- 1972: JAMES L. HOWARD served in AFGHANISTAN in LASHKAR GAH beginning in 1972 01/12 05:05pm [1]
- 1972: Jane M Willard served in Afghanistan in Lashkar Gah (Chah-i-anjir) beginning in 1972 01/12 05:04pm [1]
- 1972: Jean Elwell-Keir served in Afghanistan in Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul beginning in 1972 01/12 05:03pm [1]
- 1972: Jim Mathewson served in Afghanistan in Chagcharon,Faizabad, Laskagah, beginning in 1972 01/12 05:03pm [1]
- 1972: Marie White Behnke served in Afghanistan in Kandahar beginning in 1972 01/12 05:03pm [1]
- 1972: Roger Pierson served in Afghanistan in Herat, beginning in 1972 02/19 08:00pm [1]
- 1972: Suzanne Kennedy (formerly agnello) served in Afghanistan in Aibak, Samangan Province beginning in 1972 01/12 05:02pm [1]
- 1972: Suzanne Zaw served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan 1972-73, in Jalalabad (Afghanistan), beginning in 1972 12/08 06:52am [1]
- 1972: Terry Dougherty served in Afghanistan in Taloqan and Kabul beginning in 1972 01/12 05:02pm [1]
- 1972: Tom Lent served in Afghanistan in Kunduz and Kabul beginning in 1972 10/05 11:25am [1]
- 1972: Trisha (dougherty) Gensic served in Afghanistan in Taloqan and Kabul beginning in 1972 01/12 05:01pm [1]
- 1973: Frances Connell served in Afghansitan in Kabul, Tashkurghan beginning in 1973 01/12 05:01pm [1]
- 1973: Glenn Rogers served in Afghanistan in Kabul, Nuristan beginning in 1973 01/12 05:00pm [1]
- 1973: john long served in afghanistan in kabul beginning in 1973 01/12 04:59pm [1]
- 1973: Mike Rostron served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1973 10/24 04:47am [1]
- 1973: Patrick Pinkson-Burke served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1973 01/12 04:58pm [1]
- 1973: Patrick Pinkson-Burke served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1973 01/12 04:59pm [1]
- 1974: Jon L. and Eileen L. Summers served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1974 10/21 10:38am [3]
- 1974: Norman S. Harris served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1974 01/12 04:57pm [1]
- 1974: Scott Phair served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1974 01/12 04:57pm [1]
- 1976: David F. McCargar served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1976 01/12 04:57pm [1]
- 1976: Kathy Ito served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1976 01/12 04:56pm [1]
- 1976: Nancy Hendricks Cahill served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1976 09/19 04:22pm [2]
- 1977: caryn giles lawson served in afghanistan in kabul beginning in 1977 01/12 04:56pm [2]
- 1977: greg burts served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1977 01/12 04:55pm [1]
- 1978: Jan Argo Eklund served in Afghanistan in Kabul beginning in 1978 10/20 03:44am [4]
Frank Brechin who served in Afghanistan
from 62 to 64 and worked in Transport & Shop Management
can be e-mailed at brechinacompuservedcom
Janet Kutny who served in Afghanistan
from 62 to 65 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at jkkblondeaaoldcom
Richard C. David {Dick} who served in Afghanistan
from 63 to 65 and worked in Printing - Min
can be e-mailed at ferret40aaoldcom
Rigamonti, June Wakefield who served in Afghanistan
from 63 to 65 and worked in education
can be e-mailed at rigamonjaspringdbranchdisddtenetdedu
nancy s cunningham who served in Afghanistan
from 65 to 66 and worked in education
can be e-mailed at nancyscamindspringdcom
Nancy S. Cunningham who served in Afghanistan
from 65 to 66 and worked in health
can be e-mailed at nancyscamindspringdcom
Betsy Thomas Amin-Arsala who served in Afghanistan
from 65 to 67 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at Caravan44aAOLdcom
William Loughner who served in Afghanistan
from 65 to 67 and worked in education
can be e-mailed at loughneralibrisdlibsdugadedu
Pat Emmert who served in Afghanistan
from 65 to 67 and worked in education
can be e-mailed at Pat_Emmertahotmaildcom
Stuart M. Schmidt who served in Afghanistan
from 65 to 67 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at V5149EaVMdTempledEdu
John Gilligan who served in Afghanistan
from 67 to 68 and worked in Accounting
can be e-mailed at JohnGilliganaCompuservedcom
Mary Gabardi who served in Afghanistan
from 67 to 68 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at mgabardiaumd5dumddedu
Don Sauer who served in Afghanistan
from 67 to 68 and worked in Agriculture
can be e-mailed at tahlersamailbagdcom
Artis Mary L. Spriggs who served in Afghanistan
from 67 to 69 and worked in Smallpox/Health
can be e-mailed at bellartapacificdnet
Beryl Brinkman who served in Afghanistan
from 67 to 69 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at brinkmanaponddnet
Beryl Brinkman who served in Afghanistan
from 67 to 69 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at WCascadeaaoldcom
Beryl Brinkman who served in Afghanistan
from 67 to 69 and worked in smallpox eradication
can be e-mailed at wcascadeaaoldcom
Patricia Gelhaus Mittendorff who served in Afghanistan
from 68 to 70 and worked in Smallpox eradication, TEFL
can be e-mailed at 72134d1216acompuservedcom
Charlene Keeling McGrath who served in Afghanistan
from 68 to 71 and worked in Health-Smallpox vaccinator
can be e-mailed at charlene_mcgrathahotmaildcom
Francine (Williams) Gruhn who served in Afghanistan
from 69 to 70 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at Frangnaaoldcom
Beverly Cooper who served in Afghanistan
from 69 to 71 and worked in secretary
can be e-mailed at bevcooperusaanetscapednet
Ron Milos who served in Afghanistan
from 69 to 71 and worked in TFEL
can be e-mailed at rmilosavnetdibmdcom
Bill Mittendorff who served in Afghanistan
from 69 to 72 and worked in TEFL, Food for Work
can be e-mailed at 72134d1216acompuservedcom
Ken Alyta who served in Afghanistan
from 70 to 72 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at alytaaattdcodkr
Alan A. Kusunoki who served in Afghanistan
from 71 to 72 and worked in engineering
can be e-mailed at akusunokiacfadharvarddedu
Tom Schillinger who served in Afghanistan
from 71 to 73 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at tom623astargatednet
Mark Ice who served in Afghanistan
from 71 to 74 and worked in TEFL, and new PCV training (3rd year)
can be e-mailed at markiceaform-netdcom
Dennis Ruf who served in Afghanistan
from 71 to 74 and worked in Education/Poultry production
can be e-mailed at therufsagatewaydcom
sally ruf who served in Afghanistan
from 71 to 74 and worked in education
can be e-mailed at therufsagatewaydcom
Roger Pierson who served in Afghanistan
from 72 to 73 and worked in FFW
can be e-mailed at rogpieacnnwdnet
Don Hanna who served in Afghanistan
from 72 to 74 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at dehannaafacstaffdwiscdedu
George & Diana Deshaies who served in Afghanistan
from 72 to 74 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at deshaiesaacsudbuffalodedu
Jim Mathewson who served in Afghanistan
from 72 to 74 and worked in Food for Work
can be e-mailed at jem0849aionetdnet
Kevin A. Angle who served in Afghanistan
from 72 to 74 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at KAngle2233aaoldcom
Kevin McNamara who served in Afghanistan
from 72 to 74 and worked in banking
can be e-mailed at mcnamaraaagecondpurduededu
Terry Dougherty who served in Afghanistan
from 72 to 75 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at doughertyaaltavistadnet
Trisha Gensic who served in Afghanistan
from 72 to 75 and worked in TEFL - English
can be e-mailed at tg1acidft-waynedindus
Richard T. Gannon who served in Afghanistan
from 73 to 74 and worked in Helmond River Valley Projec
can be e-mailed at tuttanetinsdnet
Doug Pryor who served in Afghanistan
from 73 to 75 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at dopryoradavidsondedu
Scott Phair who served in Afghanistan
from 75 to 76 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at sphairalfhsdsad36dk12dmedus
Michael E. Giotis who served in Afghanistan
from 77 to 80 and worked in TEFL (Engineering, Kabul University)
can be e-mailed at giotismeaaramcodcomdsa
Cynthia Evans who served in Afghanistan
from 78 to 78 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at Yemisi3aaoldcom
Peter and Jan Argo who served in Afghanistan
from 78 to 79 and worked in Rural Dev/Education
can be e-mailed at argoaeis1deisdcomdeg
Robert Talmadge who served in Afghanistan
from 78 to 80 and worked in education/health
can be e-mailed at us2ahumboldt1dcom
Cynthia Evans who served in Afghanistan and Niger
from 78 to 80 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at cevansaadfdgov
Afghanistan
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Janet Kutny can be contacted at jkkblondeaaoldcom
Host Country: Afghanistan
Training Group Name: Nurses-1965 to 1967
City (or cities) you served in: Jalalabad
Year you began your peace corps service: 1965
Year you completed your peace corps service: 1967
Peace Corps Work Description:
Clinical nurse instructor, smallpox and cholera vaccinating in remote villages, surgical nurse
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Chery Stetler, Alison Ostrander
Any additions or changes you would like to see in Peace Corps Online?:
Reentry classes
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Alan A. Kusunoki can be contacted at akusunokiacfadharvarddedu
Host Country: Afghanistan
Training Group Name: Cycle 9
City (or cities) you served in: Kabul, Afghanistan
Year you began your peace corps service: 1971
Year you completed your peace corps service: 1972
Peace Corps Work Description:
Building engineer: helped to write the first Building Code for Afghanistan.
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Married to an Afghan girl whom I met while serving; became a registered professional engineer (PE) in civil and structural engineering; did consulting engineering for 20+ years and then joined the Smithsonian Observatory in Hawaii.
Anything else you would like people to know about your peace corps service:
Still the best thing I decided to do, somewhat on the spur of the moment.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
What an experience! My wife and I plan to look into rejoining after we retire.
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
RPCVs Edward Henry, Tom Sonnemann
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Stuart M. Schmidt can be contacted at schmidtatemplededu
Host Country: Afghanistan
Training Group Name: Group Five
City (or cities) you served in: Kabul
Year you began your peace corps service: 1965
Year you completed your peace corps service: 1967
Peace Corps Work Description:
Taught industrial arts in teacher training high schools and helped design national industrial arts curriculm.
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Graduate school and a twenty-seven years as a professor of human resources and organizations at Temple University
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Peace corps service was the opportunity and experience of a lifetime
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jim Mathewson can be contacted at jengasahomedcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group Name: Food For Work,
Cities you served in: Chagcharon,Faizabad, Laskagah,
Years of Service: 1972, 1974,
Work Description: Provincial development - construction
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Peaches Joyal can be contacted at joyaldgeorgiaaepadgov
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Afghan XIII
Cities you served in: Kabul
Arrival Year: 1968
Departure Year: 1970
Work Description: Volunteer Secretary
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work
Description:
Morocco, Tunisia, Cote d'ivoire, Swaziland, Lesotho
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Spent several years at PC/Washington; currently working at
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Best years of my life.
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Dean H. Johnson M.D. can be contacted at dhjohn1945aaoldcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Cities you served in: Kabul
Arrival Year: 1971
Departure Year: 1974
Work Description: Peace Corps Physician
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year,
Work Description:
Yemen, 1973/1973
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
1975-1979 Medical Director, Bell
Helicopter International. Iran.
Returned to Private Practice, Concord, Ca.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
My Peace Corps years had a profound influence on myself and my
family that continues to this day.
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Richard C. David can be contacted at ferret40aaoldcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Group !!
Cities you served in: Kabul
Arrival Year: 1963
Departure Year: 1965
Work Description: Printer
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
16 years as a Production and Lab manager for a Printing Ink Company,
Maryland then Nashville, TN. Now currently a Certified Home Health
Aide, serving Central New York State.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Thoughts? That is all I have thought about for 36 years, It was great!
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Don Hanna can be contacted at dehannaafacstaffdwiscdedu
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: IX
Cities you served in: Lashkargah
Arrival Year: 72
Departure Year: 74
Work Description: Tefl-Provincial school
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Charlene Keeling McGrath can be contacted at charlene_mcgrathahotmaildcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Group 15
Cities you served in: Kunduz, Khanabad, Pulikumri, Kabul
Arrival Year: 1969
Departure Year: 1971
Work Description: Smallpox vaccinator
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Kathy Ito can be contacted at kathyriapacbelldnet
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Cycle 20
Cities you served in: Kabul
Arrival Year: 1976
Departure Year: 1977
Work Description: TEFL
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work
Description:
S. Korea, K45, Muan-gun, 1978, 1979, TB Control
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Martin Dicker can be contacted at MartindDickeraMetrokcdGov
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Group VI
Cities you served in: Kabul, Khanabad, Jalalabad
Arrival Year: 1965
Departure Year: 1967
Work Description: Taught English at Afghan high schools & Kabul University
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Peggy A. Frazer can be contacted at pegfrazeraearthlinkdnet
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Group IV
Cities you served in: Kandahar
Arrival Year: 1964
Departure Year: 1966
Work Description: TEFL at Lycee Zarghuna Ana
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year,
Work Description:
Associate Director, PC Afghanistan
1967-69
PC Trainer 1966-67
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Alan Kusunoki can be contacted at aakusunokiaaoldcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Cycle 8
Cities you served in: Kabul, Afghanistan
Arrival Year: 1971
Departure Year: 1972
Work Description: Helped to write the first building code for Afghanaistan
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Thanks to the Peace Corps, I changed my career, entering the
architectural engineering field, where I have been working for that past
29 years. My career has taken me Omaha, Singapore, Hong Kong, Los
Angeles, and Hawaii where I lived and worked. Currently (and for the
past ten years), I am with the Smithsonian, working on the construction
of a new telescope facility on Mauna Kea, the highest mountain in Hawaii.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
One of the best times of my life! I met my wife, an Afghan national, there;
we have been married for the past 29 years. The current events have
affected our lives considerably. We hope for peace soon.
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Edward Henry; Kenneth Lydon; Thomas Sonnemann; et al from Cycle 8.
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Diane Schaefer can be contacted at dschaefasiuededu
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: don't remember
Cities you served in: Kabul
Arrival Year: 1971
Departure Year: 1973
Work Description: teaching business English at Kabul University
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Lubbock, TX; Lawrence, KS; Mainz, Germany; Benin City, Nigeria; Glen
Carbon, IL
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Best decision I ever made.
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Gary Fair
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Maurice L. Albertson can be contacted at albertsaengrdcolostatededu
Country of Service: Staff
Training Group: Colorado State University
Cities you served in: Pakistan and Afghistan
Arrival Year: 1961
Departure Year: 1970
Work Description: Helped design Peace Corps and supervised many training
programs
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Designed and worked on many AID, World Bank and UNDP Projects
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
It should be expanded to a World-Wide Peace Corps under the UN
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Joanne (Martindale) Allen can be contacted at jsamailaswbelldnet
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: 14
Cities you served in: Mazar-i-Sharif
Arrival Year: 1968
Departure Year: 1971
Work Description: Teacher--English and art
Any message for returned volunteers?:
Group 14 members: Please visit
http://www.clt.astate.edu/wallen/group14
and take part there. If you want to be added to the site, please write me
at jsamail@swbell.net
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer bill mcmeekin can be contacted at bmcmeekinapugetsoundcenterdorg
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Group 14
Cities you served in: Darwishon
Arrival Year: 1968
Departure Year: 1970
Work Description: EFL teacher
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer David Ball can be contacted at jurywatchamindspringdcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Austin
Cities you served in: Kabul
Arrival Year: 1967
Departure Year: 1968
Work Description: teacher
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
theater and trial consulting
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
yeah.
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Ken Miller
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Bronwen Pritchard can be contacted at BronwenaMasiellodcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: School for International Living - Brattleboro/Putney Vermont
Cities you served in: Ghazni, Kabul
Arrival Year: 1967
Departure Year: 1967-1968
Work Description: vaccinating small pox, teaching health to women
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Worked in Boston, MA, Married in 1970, moved to NH, son in 1973, divorce
in 1977, first woman in technical sales for Ferro Chemical of Bedford OH,
then Henkel Corp of Maywood, NJ, first women in International sales for
lubricants for plastic extrusion, then Real Estate in 1982, remarried in
1984, widowed in 1987, worked in Social Services and returned to real
estate, remarried in 1990 - still married to airline pilot, 3 step children and
4 step grandchildren. President Nashua Symphony Choral Society, signing
for the deaf, pheresis for cancer patients
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Most enriching, broadening, and personal defining experience; gave me a
strong sense of personal strength and need for cooperation and flexibility.
Realized how difficult it is to instrument change in a short time, even when
one can speak the language. Ideals and concepts, religion and beliefs have
more to do with how we interact.
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Normal Russell, Barbara Bazil, Elaine Hamlin - any from the January 1967
Brattleboro/Putney VT training group
Any message for returned volunteers?:
Hello and isn't it amazing to see how Kabul has changed and yet remained
the same since we were there?
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Marie White Behnke can be contacted at mwbehnkeapacificdnet
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Cycle13
Cities you served in: Kandahar
Arrival Year: 1972
Departure Year: 1973
Work Description: TB Team
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Elaine Woods can be contacted at Wikdpeteahotmaildcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Portland Oregon
Cities you served in: Kabul
Arrival Year: 1965
Departure Year: 1967
Work Description: Nurse
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Working as psychiatric nurse
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Best experience of my life
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Janet Mueller Bing can be contacted at jbingaodudedu
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: #1
Cities you served in: Kabul, Kandahar, Baghlan
Arrival Year: 1962
Departure Year: 1966
Work Description: ESL teacher
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Did Peace Corps training, taught high school, did ESL teacher
training, got a Ph.D., taught university. See vitae at:
http://courses.lib.odu.edu/engl/jbing/vitae.html
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
The Peace Corps experience influenced many aspects of my
life--personal and professional. I've maintained a lifelong interest in
other cultures.
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer James Edward Crawford can be contacted at jedcrawfordamsndcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Cycle 10
Cities you served in: Chaman, Pakistan;Kabul, Jalabad, Ghazni, Zabul, Daykundi
Arrival Year: 1971
Departure Year: 1973
Work Description: TEFL (three months), Food For Work, Operation Help
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Blair Brainard can be contacted at bbrainararadforddedu
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Five
Cities you served in: Herat
Arrival Year: 1965
Departure Year: 1968
Work Description: English Teacher, Tourist Direstor
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Now a Reference/Instruction Librarian at Radford University in
Radford, Virginia
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Bernard H. Sans. Jr. can be contacted at Bsansorganaaoldcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Not sure: we trained in Ft. Lupton, CO in July, 68
Cities you served in: Lashkar Gah
Arrival Year: 1968
Departure Year: 1970
Work Description: TEFL -- Lycee Lashkar Gah
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
I remained in Afghanistan and worked for the Dept. of Overseas Schools,
teaching at the American Int. School in Lashkar Gah, from 1970-73.
Returning home, I did my Masters Work at the Univ. of Wisc. -
Milwaukee, receiving an MS in Educational Supervision and
Administration. I taught in Archdiocese of Milwaukee and was prinicpal
of 2 of its schools, St. John's in South Milwaukee and St. Veronica's in
Milwaukee. In 1982, I changed careers. I completed a doctorate in
liturgical music and went into full-time church music at St. Matthias in
Milwaukee until 1994, and since at Christ the King in Jacksonville, FL.
Very active in arts and civic organizations, enjoy traveling and hosting
friends from the north who travel this way.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Peace Corps is the bestyjob in the world. I would love to do it again!
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
I would love to hear from any former volunteers from Afghanistan in the
years 1968-73.
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer William L. Shelton can be contacted at sheltonwlaaoldcom
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Cities you served in: Country Wide
Arrival Year: 1965
Departure Year: 1967
Work Description: Accountant Advisor
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Worked for the Federal Government and retired in 1998 as Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Financial Operations in the Department of Veterans
Affairs
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jim Keesler can be contacted at jimkeeslaiservdnet
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Group 9
Cities you served in: Lashkar Gah
Arrival Year: 1966
Departure Year: 1969
Work Description: Math/Science teaching
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work
Description:
We're counted as "Group 9" but that seems to conflict with "Training Group
Number"--trained in Austin TX summer of 1966 (featuring sniper Charles
Whitman on the U-T Tower).
Assisted counterpart teaching "Physics" and using USAID-supplied lab
equipment.
TDY in Jalabad attempting to reinstall an X-ray system moved from
Kandahar---shorted out and never got it to function.
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Returned to Kalamazoo MI and started work as Radio / TV Broadcast
"engineer"---still there after 32 years and 5 ownership changes. Now
Assistant Chief Engineer.
Other activities include amateur radio, Red Cross volunteer, church choir
and related activites.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
How did I ever do it? The combination of bicycle travel and illness sure kept
the weight to a never-seen-since level...
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Anyone who might remember me or was in Lashkar Gah.
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Pamela Gibson Keesler can be contacted at keeslerawmichdedu
Country of Service: Afghanistan
Training Group: Group IX - Austin, TX
Cities you served in: LashkarGah, Kabul (briefly)
Arrival Year: 1966
Departure Year: 1969
Work Description: TEFL Teacher, LashkarGah High School
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
2 daughters, Liz and Sarah ('74, '76)
taught high school French in Kalamazoo from '69 - 74, taught ESL at
Western Michigan University from 1975 - present,-- served briefly under
another Afghanistan RPCV, Walter Davison, from an earlier group -- maybe
IV? Program at WMU is called CELCIS and has been a great place to work.
Now I think about retiring, tho.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
I tend to forget the difficulties, the amoebic dysentery, the juies, the
smells, the dirt. I miss the place a lot. It was hard, but great. I feel helpless
now and entertain thoughts of going back sometime to help out with the
rebuilding efforts.
Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Others from Lash from 66-69, others from Group IX ( not cycle IX
