1967: Orick Landrum Peterson served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Iran in Tabriz, Abadeh, Tehran, Hamadan beginning in 1967



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Orick Landrum Peterson can be contacted at orickpayahoodcom

Country of Service: Iran

Training Group: TEFL

Cities you served in: Tabriz, Abadeh, Tehran, Hamadan

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description:

TEFL and language and literature courses at U. of Tabriz, then at high school in Abadeh, plus tutoring, then taught and wrote curriculum materials for Masters program at Tehran University.

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

David and I got degrees in Near East studies (PhD for him, MA for me) then ran the American Institute for Iranian Studies for a year, then returned to his hometown and family business in Plainfield, IL.

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

I think it was harder on women than anyone ever admitted.



Originally posted: 3/30/2010

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By Ali Dad (128.140.102.7) on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 12:09 pm: Edit Post

Dear Sir,
Good afternoon and thanks for your short outline concerning the Petersons who had once been my professors at Tabriz University. I am personally in debt to both of these nice people and I have been sourcing for them for a long time but unfortunately I couldn't get any trace from them. Today,I am very delighted that I could read a few lines about these precious people. I would appreciate if you would kindly give me their email address or my email address to them to talk to them again and show my gratitude to my honorable teachers.
Sincerely,
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