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By Admin1 (Admin) on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 1:17 pm: Edit Post

Stephen Michael Murray who served in Colombia and Washington and Peru
from 61 to 67 and worked in Rural Community Development, Volunteer Support, Regional Director
can be e-mailed at murraysmaswbelldnet


Gary Dale Robinson who served in Colombia
from 62 to 64 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at gdrobinsonaattbidcom


Kay Dixon who served in Colombia
from 62 to 64 and worked in Urban Community Action
can be e-mailed at skyway_33ayahoodcom


Michael A. Town who served in Colombia
from 62 to 64 and worked in University education
can be e-mailed at townoalavadnet


Shirlee A. Owens who served in Colombia III
from 62 to 64 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at CjOwensaAlphadnludedu


Thomas A. Tollman who served in Colombia IV
from 62 to 64 and worked in ESL and Literacy
can be e-mailed at tollmanaunomahadedu


Bob Friedman who served in Colombia
from 62 to 65 and worked in Community Development,Literacy
can be e-mailed at rozenmanaccdhujidacdil


Jim Secker who served in Colombia
from 63 to 64 and worked in nutrition
can be e-mailed at jseckeraaoldcom


LORELEI CHRISTL ROBINSON who served in Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in HEALTH/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
can be e-mailed at mrsrobinsonaattbidcom


Aza Summers (aka phillip harvey) who served in Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in Neiva and Huila in community development and school construction
can be e-mailed at azaanethawaiidnet


Barry Bem who served in Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in Educational TV
can be e-mailed at BarryBemaaoldcom


Seaton (Dahl), Dana who served in Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in Health Educ
can be e-mailed at dsscrollaaoldcom


John C. Schoch who served in Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in Accion Comunal
can be e-mailed at jcschochan-jcenterdcom


Kretzschmar, Paul E. who served in Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in Rural Community Development
can be e-mailed at Kretz1aaoldcom


Joanne Powhida Roll who served in Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in Health Education/Rural CD
can be e-mailed at groll36566aaoldcom


Elena Radley who served in Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in Educational Television
can be e-mailed at rozenmanaccdhujidacdil


earl william elster who served in Risaralda, Colombia
from 63 to 65 and worked in Colombia 12 Cooperatives
can be e-mailed at ee4115ahotmaildcom


Marvin Hancock who served in Colombia
from 63 to 68 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at RED8aIXdNETCOMdCOM


BOBBY R. DUNN who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
can be e-mailed at bdunnaicomnetdcom


Betsy Long Bucks who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Agri/Nutrition
can be e-mailed at betsybucksahomedcom


Cliff Gieseke who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Educational TV
can be e-mailed at cliffgatexasdnet


Denny Kaltreider who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in RCD and ETV
can be e-mailed at dennykauplinkdnet


bob earley who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in rural community action
can be e-mailed at earley_bapopmaildfirndedu


Howard Ellegant who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Architects and engineers
can be e-mailed at ellegantamediaonednet


Larry A.Fiebert who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Coops
can be e-mailed at famservavoicenetdcom


Harlan King who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in co-ops
can be e-mailed at harlandkingabeaddocdgov

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Jerry Schaefer who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Agriculture
can be e-mailed at JJSxaaoldcom


Michael O'Day who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in community development
can be e-mailed at misoachevrondcom


Dennis Muchisky who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at muchiskyaunlinfo


Paul Rigterink who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Rural Community Development
can be e-mailed at prigteraaoldcom


Robert Friedman who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Educational TV
can be e-mailed at rfm2342033aaoldcom


J. Scott Hutton who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in Urban Community Development
can be e-mailed at shutton132aaoldcom


Terry Singleton who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in community development
can be e-mailed at talo234ahawaiidrrdcom


Tom Boyd who served in Colombia
from 64 to 66 and worked in physical education
can be e-mailed at Tom_BoydaBereadedu


Dick Harris who served in Colombia
from 64 to 67 and worked in Cooperatives
can be e-mailed at richardhajtpadcsadcodorangedcadus


Mark Berger who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in Educational Television
can be e-mailed at 102173d110acompuservedcom


Anne S. Vogel who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in Science Teacher Training
can be e-mailed at avogelacfadharvarddedu


James S. Brucker who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in Educational Television
can be e-mailed at bruckerjaworldnetdattdnet


Jennifer Frum who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in Urban Community Development
can be e-mailed at frumaerolsdcom


Mary Ahearn Torres who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in Literacy
can be e-mailed at huasosaswbelldnet


Julie O'Donnell Kronenberger who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in Special Education
can be e-mailed at jjkronenasprynetdcom


Nancy Brewer Rosenblum who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in education
can be e-mailed at NancyR6915aaoldcom


Phillip Davidson who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in community development
can be e-mailed at pdavidsonamiworlddnet


Ronald W. Owens who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in Urban Community Development
can be e-mailed at ROwens96aaoldcom


Miceael T. Weber who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in PINA-Nutrition
can be e-mailed at webermiapilotdmsudedu


Michael T. Weber who served in Colombia
from 65 to 67 and worked in PINA-Nutrition/Agriculture
can be e-mailed at webermiapilotdmsudedu

Dean Gottehrer who served in Colombia
from 65 to 68 and worked in Educational Television
can be e-mailed at deangacruziodcom


Sheila Gottehrer who served in Colombia
from 65 to 68 and worked in Educational Television
can be e-mailed at deangacruziodcom


Alan Maurer who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Agriculture/Community Development
can be e-mailed at alanmaurerahotmaildcom


Ann Tenney Foster who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at ann_fosteravcddhpdcom


bob mummey who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in physical ed
can be e-mailed at bobaaoldcom


bob mummey who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in physical education
can be e-mailed at bobmummeyaaoldcom


Bob Mummey who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in physical education/health
can be e-mailed at bobmummeyaaoldcom

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Bob Mummey who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in phys ed
can be e-mailed at bobmummeyaaoldcom


Bruce S Houghton who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at BSHarchaaoldcom


Mickey Castle who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at Castleaborgdevmsdedu


Cathey Anicetti Bienkowski who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in science teacher training
can be e-mailed at cbienkowskiahotmaildcom


Charlie Brown who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Physical Education
can be e-mailed at crbrownarmadedu


Dan Davis who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at duffersaprimenetdcom


Kathryn Sharp Dunlap who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Youth Development
can be e-mailed at k_dunlapasdedstatedokdus


Leon Scales who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Agriculture, nutrition
can be e-mailed at leondscalesaprodigydnet


Mary Clark Ray who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Educational TV
can be e-mailed at mray404685aAOLdcom


Paul Jennings who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at pjenningamasseddnet


Robert M. Friedman who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Educational Television
can be e-mailed at researchaeuropadcom


Don Bellefeuille who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at soccerdgbaaoldcom


Steve Prindle who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in ETV
can be e-mailed at sprindleapresgroupdcom


Tuey Gould Murdock who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in TEFL, UCD
can be e-mailed at tresamigosamsndcom


wayne kilker who served in Colombia
from 66 to 68 and worked in engrg education
can be e-mailed at waynedkilkerastonewebdcom


Malcolm Brian Peters who served in Colombia
from 66 to 69 and worked in Crafts Development
can be e-mailed at mbpetersayahoodcom


Susan Lee Mazer who served in Colombia
from 66 to 70 and worked in Youth Development
can be e-mailed at SusanMazeraaoldcom


Bob Loew who served in Colombia and Peru
from 66 to 70 and worked in Agriculture, Earthquake Relief
can be e-mailed at rloewasdgdcom


MARK ALAN ZOBER AND MARILYN FARBER who served in Sierra Leone and Colombia and India
from 66 to 71 and worked in Education, Community Development and Poultry
can be e-mailed at mzoberamagicnetdmn


Marilynn Henley who served in Colombia
from 67 to 68 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at mhenleyaprimenetdcom


Bob Henley who served in Colombia
from 67 to 68 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at rjhenleyaaoldcom


Paul F. Cunningham who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at aloysius2ahal-pcdorg


Anthony Griffin who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in CEUCA
can be e-mailed at anthonycgriffinacompuservedcom


Chic Dambach who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at chicdambacaAOLdcom


David Belina who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Ag/Co-op Development
can be e-mailed at dbelinaapeacecorpsdgov


Donna Dyhrkopp Clarke who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in ETV and Education
can be e-mailed at donnadddclarkeausdojdgov

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David Peters who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in community development
can be e-mailed at dpetersapost-gazette


Ed Ladon who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at eladonadudedu


Emilie Keas who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Agrarian Reform/ Health & Nutrition/ Com
can be e-mailed at emilie_keasacollege-prepdorg


Missy Cunningham who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at Espinal7aAOLdcom


JAN SCHAD who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in ETV-STUDIO
can be e-mailed at janschadancndnet


Joan Shipers Memering who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Educational Television
can be e-mailed at jcsmagtednet


John Hugg who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in ETV
can be e-mailed at jhuggadpadtdhdstatedtxdus


Juan Abrazo (Hugg) who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Educational Television
can be e-mailed at jhuggadpadtdhdstatedtxdus


Joe Walsh who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Com
can be e-mailed at JoegolaAOLdcom


Deborah Hooper Marchand who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at PWTrunkaAOLdcom


JOHN SCHAD who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in ETV-STUDIO
can be e-mailed at smartsancndnet


Rick Uebner who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in community development
can be e-mailed at uebneraelitednet


Darrell Swarens who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at usswareabefacdindstatededu


Walter Davis who served in Colombia
from 67 to 69 and worked in Community Development
can be e-mailed at walterdavisachartertndnet


Jose A. Quiles (Josian) who served in Colombia (Dept of Risaralda)
from 67 to 69 and worked in Col 56 Community Development
can be e-mailed at jquilesawaldenudedu


Bill Seiders who served in Colombia
from 67 to 70 and worked in Agriculture
can be e-mailed at williamdseidersafaodorg


RON HESS who served in Colombia
from 68 to 70 and worked in Agrarian reform
can be e-mailed at AENB09Aaprodigydcom


Dennis R. Mascio who served in Colombia
from 68 to 70 and worked in Physical Education
can be e-mailed at dennisdmascioawangdcom


Helene Ballmann Dudley who served in Colombia
from 68 to 70 and worked in UCD
can be e-mailed at helenebd1aaoldcom


Janet Edwards Schneider who served in Colombia
from 68 to 70 and worked in UCD
can be e-mailed at janeschateleportdcom


Bill Seitz who served in Colombia
from 68 to 70 and worked in Rural Community Development
can be e-mailed at williamseitzaearthlinkdnet


Mike Beck/Janet Edelstein Beck who served in Colombia
from 68 to 71 and worked in Rural Community Development
can be e-mailed at mbeckaswbelldnet


Stanley H. Boynton who served in Colombia
from 68 to 71 and worked in urban community development
can be e-mailed at sboyntonaerolsdcom


susan corcoran hayes who served in Colombia
from 68 to 71 and worked in UCD
can be e-mailed at shayes7693aaoldcom


Alberto Ibarguen who served in Colombia
from 69 to 71 and worked in Prog/Training Officer
can be e-mailed at aibarguenaheralddcom


Marilyn Kuhel Douglas who served in Colombia
from 70 to 72 and worked in Nurses
can be e-mailed at MartyDougaaoldcom


Gregory Kroll who served in Colombia
from 70 to 74 and worked in National Parks/ Community Development
can be e-mailed at gkrollamcndnet

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Charlie Nutting who served in Colombia
from 71 to 73 and worked in youth development
can be e-mailed at harboraislcdnet


Judith H. (Cooper) McCarrick who served in Colombia
from 71 to 73 and worked in TEFL:
can be e-mailed at judymcacatsducscdedu


Wayne L. Miller who served in Colombia
from 71 to 73 and worked in AATP - Architect/ Ministry of Education/ Ibague, Tolima
can be e-mailed at wlm0217aaoldcom


Don Mushta who served in Colombia
from 71 to 74 and worked in Cattle Extention and Recreation
can be e-mailed at tc81asilkdnet


Alwyn F. Wiebe who served in Colombia
from 71 to 74 and worked in Business
can be e-mailed at wiebeassocaaoldcom


Paul Sully who served in Colombia and Liberia
from 71 to 76 and worked in Agriculture-Coops
can be e-mailed at garsulaerolsdcom


bill klugh who served in Colombia
from 72 to 74 and worked in education
can be e-mailed at bklughaaoldcom


Edward Rau who served in Colombia
from 72 to 75 and worked in Business
can be e-mailed at edrauacyberg8tdcom


John N. Shores who served in Colombia
from 72 to 76 and worked in Natural Resources
can be e-mailed at jshoresacapaccessdorg


bruce green who served in Colombia
from 73 to 75 and worked in business
can be e-mailed at blgaworlddstddcom


Douglas L. Sheldon who served in Colombia
from 73 to 75 and worked in Small Business
can be e-mailed at dsheldonausaiddgov


Douglas L. Sheldon who served in Colombia
from 73 to 75 and worked in Small Business Assistance
can be e-mailed at dsheldonausaiddgov


Julia Hartman who served in Colombia
from 73 to 75 and worked in Sports
can be e-mailed at jhartmanaua1vmduadedu


Martha Ware who served in Colombia
from 73 to 75 and worked in Home Economics
can be e-mailed at Marthawareaaol


Ron Hill who served in Colombia
from 73 to 75 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at rondhillamcmaildvanderbiltdedu


Tom Welter who served in Colombia
from 73 to 75 and worked in Small Business
can be e-mailed at TWelter001aAOLdCom


Dennis Sommer who served in Colombia and Dominican Republic
from 73 to 75 and worked in Credit Union Cooperatives / Agricultural Coop
can be e-mailed at dsommeramarzdcom


Sandy (Sathre) Strenkowski who served in Colombia
from 73 to 79 and worked in Home Economics
can be e-mailed at Sandy_Strenkowskiafcdgrand-forksdk12dnddus


Diane Dolezal-Guarin who served in Colombia
from 74 to 76 and worked in Physical Education/Recreation
can be e-mailed at dmtdgaaoldcom


Allen L Wenger who served in Colombia
from 74 to 77 and worked in small business
can be e-mailed at akwengeraearthlinkdnet


Steve Young who served in Colombia
from 74 to 77 and worked in Forestry
can be e-mailed at mohegan2aemaildmsndcom


Don Mason who served in Colombia
from 74 to 78 and worked in Agriculture
can be e-mailed at dmasonapionetdnet


Susan Worley who served in Colombia
from 75 to 76 and worked in Library
can be e-mailed at snoozenqaaoldcom


Tom Garbacik who served in Colombia
from 77 to 79 and worked in Agriculture
can be e-mailed at garbacitaucsdorstdedu


Maureen Shanley who served in Colombia
from 77 to 79 and worked in Education/Small Business
can be e-mailed at maureenshanleyahotmaildcom


Rory Ellen Gibbens-Flores who served in Colombia
from 78 to 79 and worked in Nutrition / Home Economics
can be e-mailed at rorygibbachanchandunitrudedudpe


Brian J. Hempstead who served in Colombia
from 78 to 80 and worked in Special Education/Special Olympics
can be e-mailed at briandjdhempsteadaboeingdcom


Marc Weitzel who served in Colombia
from 79 to 81 and worked in Natural Resources
can be e-mailed at Marc_Weitzelafwsdgov


Margaret (Peggy) Bausch who served in Colombia
from 79 to 81 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at mmbauschacsdcom


Gary Grandlienard who served in Colombia
from 80 to 81 and worked in Dairy
can be e-mailed at SantiagoaGibsondCIOEdCOM

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Colombia


Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Aza Summers (aka Phillip Harvey) can be contacted at azaanethawaiidnet

Host Country: Colombia

City (or cities) you served in: Neiva, Huila

Year you began your peace corps service: 1963

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1965

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): Community Development & School Construction

Leave a message here if there was an incorrect or duplicate e-mail address for you in the "Directory of Volunteers":
Please note name change from Phillip Harvey to Aza Summers



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Alwyn F. Wiebe can be contacted at wiebeassocaaoldcom

Host Country: Colombia

Training Group Name: 55II

City (or cities) you served in: Bogota

Year you began your peace corps service: 1971

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1975

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): Small Business Technical Assistance



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Nancy Brewer Rosenblum can be contacted at NancyR6915aaoldcom

Host Country: Colombia

Training Group Name: Math/science education Colombia 32

City (or cities) you served in: Bogota/Cartagena

Year you began your peace corps service: 1965

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1967

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): inservices for teachers



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer bob earley can be contacted at earley_bapopmaildfirndedu

Host Country: colombia

Training Group Name: community action

City (or cities) you served in: san jose de isnos and barranquilla

Year you began your peace corps service: 1964

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1966

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): accion communal (community action)



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer M. Emilie Keas can be contacted at emilie_keasacollege-prepdorg

Host Country: Colombia

Training Group Name: ?

City (or cities) you served in: Cartagena and Montera

Year you began your peace corps service: 1967

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1969

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): Agrarian reform and social work



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ronald W. Owens can be contacted at rowens96aaoldcom

Host Country: Colombia

Training Group Name: Colombia Urban Community Development

City (or cities) you served in: Ibague

Year you began your peace corps service: 1965

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1967

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): Urban Community Action



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Peggy Bausch can be contacted at mmbauschacsdcom

Host Country: Colombia

Training Group Name: Peggy Bausch

City (or cities) you served in: Bogota & Sogamoso

Year you began your peace corps service: 1979

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1981

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): Public Health & Maternal/Infant Nursing



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Maureen Shanley can be contacted at maureenshanleyahotmaildcom

Host Country: Colombia

City (or cities) you served in: Bogota, Cartagena

Year you began your peace corps service: 1977

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1979

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): Audiovisual/television consultant



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Stephen Michael Murray can be contacted at murraysmaswbelldnet

Host Country: Colombia

Training Group Name: Colombia I

City (or cities) you served in: Sandona, Narino

Year you began your peace corps service: 1961

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1963

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): Rural Community Development



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer JANICE L SCHAD can be contacted at janschadasmartsbroadcastdcom

Host Country: COLOMBIA

Training Group Name: ETV

City (or cities) you served in: BOGOTA

Year you began your peace corps service: 1967

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1969

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): PRODUCED TV SHOWS



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Denny Kaltreider can be contacted at dennykauplinkdnet

Host Country: Colombia

Training Group Name: Colombia RCD (Group-?)

City (or cities) you served in: Nilo, Cundinamarca & Bogota

Year you began your peace corps service: 1964

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1966

Peace Corps Work Description:
1964-65 Rural Community Development Volunteer.
1965-1966 Educational TV Volunteer Summer 1966 Field Coordinator for PC-ETV Training Program at Brandeis University

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Drafted into US Army right after return to USA; served as combat photographer in Vietnam. Following discharge, became public school teacher - Gifted Specialist in State College, PA - just retired (June 2001)

Anything else you would like people to know about your peace corps service:
Unbelievably life-changing.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
I'd do it again in the blink of an eye.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Any of the "old gang" from the "P


Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Terry Singleton can be contacted at talo234ahawaiidrrdcom
Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group Name: urban community development

City (or cities) you served in: Bogota

Year you began your peace corps service: 1964

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1966

Peace Corps Work Description:

community development, adult literacy program


Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sue Parris can be contacted at sy3175aaoldcom
Country of Service: Colombia,

Training Group Name: PE

Years of Service: 1963-65 ,

Cities you served in: Bogota & Medellin,

Work Description: taught PE in elementary schools

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

MSW from St. Louis U. 65-67. Lived in Hawaii 9 years where children were
born. Divorced in '78. Remarried in '98 to Robert Parris. Live in Macon,GA.

Anything else you would like people to know about your peace corps service:

AKA: Susie McMillon, Young, Parris

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

I would like to know where everyone in the group is.

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

Jim Nelson? Same training program.

Any additions or changes you would like to see in Peace Corps Online?:

just found it.


Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Thomas E. Welter can be contacted at TWelter001aaoldcom

Host Country: Colombia, South America

Training Group Name: Small Business

City (or cities) you served in: Bogata, Cucata, Medellin

Year you began your peace corps service: 1973

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1976

Peace Corps Work Description (in one line): Small business consultant

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Colombia

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Elena Radley Rozenman can be contacted at rozenmanaccdhujidacdil

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 13

Cities you served in: Bogota, Medellin

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Educational Television, Adult Literacy, Prisons

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Colombia

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Linda Jo Rostron can be contacted at ljrvok1030aaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: June, 1978

Cities you served in: San Juan de Rio Sco

Arrival Year: 1978

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description: Home Economics

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

Peace Corps and starting a family have the most profound affect on my life. I am
a changed person for the better; Thank God! I hope I have raised 6 socially
committed kids with the vision to serve the less fortunate and the importance of
a cross cultural experience.

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

If I had offended anyone which I know I did, I am sorry and ask for forgiveness.

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

Mary Jane Reilly, Bruce and Susan Vasquez, Jim Bulter

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Is anyone going to attend the convention in DC on 9/20-9/23.


Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Margaret Riley can be contacted at mrileyaasdeanddukededu

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: June, 1973

Cities you served in: La Union, Narino and Pasto, Narino

Arrival Year: 1973

Departure Year: 1975

Work Description: Extension Home Economist, University Professor

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

I worked in private industry for a couple of years, then for the U.S. Dept. of
Labor for eight. Decided to return to grad school, got an MA and PhD from
Ohio University, and have been working in international education ever
since. Am now at Duke University where I'm Director and Assistant Dean for
Study Abroad. From 1978 until about 1987 I was very involved with the
RPCV movement, helping found what is now the NPCA. I've belonged to
RPCV groups in each community where I've lived and have been grateful for
the role they've played in helping me discover a new group of friends in each
community where I've lived.

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

I wouldn't be where I am today if it hadn't been for Peace Corps.

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

Anyone who sees my name and it rings a bell.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Hope you'll support your regional and country of service groups. Let's make
"RPCV" as well known an acronym as "VFW"!

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, September 06, 2001 - 1:40 pm: Edit Post

Colombia

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Robert L. Graninger can be contacted at Bomaelcaacsdcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Loma Arena, Bolivar

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Rural Community Action Volunteer

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, September 30, 2001 - 10:13 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Harry E. Cross can be contacted at hcrossusaaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: 14

Cities you served in: Palmira, Bogota, Neiva

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Physical Education

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

Would not trade it for anything!

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

Anyone in my group.

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 12:38 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jack Elzinga can be contacted at elzingaaisedufldedu

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 1

Cities you served in: Yolombo, Mongui

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Community Development

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

Went to grad school, chemical engineering. Now a professor at the
University of Florida.

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

Wonderful experience. I had some impact where I served but the
Peace Corps experience on me was more profound.

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

No - Colomia 1 is a very tight group, still today, 40 years after we
started.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Stay involved with your fellow volunteers.

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 2:16 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jim Gregory can be contacted at HistProf39aaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 1

Cities you served in: Sandona, Cumbal

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Community Development

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, October 05, 2001 - 4:08 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jerry T. Estruth can be contacted at caddisflyaattdnet


Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia Coops II

Cities you served in: Bogota, Medellin, Pereira

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1969

Work Description: Coops, Athletics, Regional Director

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Financial Advisor Morgan Stanley since 1969

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

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

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 1:51 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Robert Jordan can be contacted at bjordanasonicdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: UCD 65

Cities you served in: Pereira, Bogota

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: Urban community development, youth organizational
activities

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

Using my still-current blingual abilities in my work as Operations
Director of a large and successful (est. 1967) community-based
organization. We provide skills training and educational services to
recent immigrants and farmworker families in Northern California.

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

Great experience and one that defined my subsequent career.

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 5:53 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Dana Seaton can be contacted at author39amsndcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: XI

Cities you served in: Piojo, Colombia

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Health education and community development

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

married 1967; 2 grown children; presently am a widow; am a social
worker for the Oklahoma Dept. of Human Services; Master of Arts in
Criminal Justice; fluent in Spanish and use in my work.

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

A wonderful growth experience that has influenced my life since
service

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 8:39 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Richard L. Uebner can be contacted at uebneraelitednet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 56

Cities you served in: Mani, Casanare, Colombia

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1969

Work Description: community development

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 10:07 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Howard Terry Adcock can be contacted at terryaadcockdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 1

Cities you served in: Cogua, Cundinamarca

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Community Development

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

I am retired after a rewarding career of 34 years in the Federal Civil
Service as a personnel management specialist and as a training
specialist, primarily in the USDA.

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

I still remember the people of Colombia with whom I worked during
my service. They are an inspiration to me to this day. I also
remember the principles and practices of Community Development
and have used them repeatedly in an attempt to benefit the
communities in which I have resided.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Don't forget why you joined the Peace Corps in the first place, and
bring that motivation to bear on whatever you are doing. That will
take you a looong way!

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 7:34 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Dana Dahl Seaton can be contacted at author39amsndcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: XI

Cities you served in: Piojo

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Health education/community development

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

Worked for a social service agency; married; two children; widowed 1995;
currently social worker; travel as much as possible.

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

Wonderful, powerful influence on my life since then; fluency in Spanish has
been useful in many ways, including work I do now.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Join, learn, enjoy, contribute. You'll never regret it. A unique opportunity.

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 9:47 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Maureen Shanley can be contacted at maureenshanleyahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Bogota and Cartagena

Arrival Year: 1977

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description: Educational/audiovisual-television consultant

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 10:13 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer paul arfin can be contacted at paularfaoptonlinednet

Country of Service: colombia

Training Group: rural community development

Cities you served in: bucaramanga, el valle de san jose

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: volunteer leader

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

public service through nonprofit organization

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

a turning point in my life

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

john maier

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 10:14 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Gene Walters can be contacted at gwalt0771aaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: XII

Cities you served in: El Paujil, Florencia, Doncello, Montañita, Morelia

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Surveyor, Agrarian Reform Community Development

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 11:06 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Gary Robinson can be contacted at gdrobinsonaattbidcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: II

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1964

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 11:09 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Lorelei Christl Robinson can be contacted at mrsrobinsonaattbidcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: XI

Cities you served in: Fosca, Bogota

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Rural Health and CD

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 4:49 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Martin Acevedo can be contacted at acevlockaultranetdcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia I

Cities you served in: Ebejico

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1962

Work Description: Community Development

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

Have worked in the Boston area as a Mechanical Engineer in Product
Development. Serve my community in various volunteer roles.

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

The Peace Corps experience has given me a the sight of the world as
a unity and the need to serve that unity with love and the benefit of
all.

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

Emily Acevedo, Paraguay 96-98

Any message for returned volunteers?:

From Sargent Shriver: "Be a servant, serve your family...., serve your
fellow citizen of the world!"

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 9:21 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Howard Ellegant can be contacted at ellegantaattbidcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: 13

Cities you served in: Medellin

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: Architect, designing rural schools

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 8:44 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer James A. Roberts can be contacted at robertsaworldinterdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Anzoategui

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1969

Work Description: Community Action

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

Master's Degree in Public and International Affairs. Master's Degree in
Social Welfare.

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

I benefitted more than the Colombians did.

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

Bob Reggio. Lois Zamora. Steve Zamora. Joe O'Connell

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 8:48 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer kathleen m scott can be contacted at kmscottawebtvdnet

Country of Service: columbia

Training Group: employment service

Cities you served in: bogota

Arrival Year: 1974

Departure Year: 1976

Work Description: set up new smployment dept

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

none

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

i signed up with my husband james a scott (Deceased)

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

have kept in touch with another couple with whom we served in
bogota we

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

tony lofaso

Any message for returned volunteers?:

it is the most rewarding experience in ones life

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 3:24 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Gary LaCrosse can be contacted at wgcounselingaearthlinkdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 58

Cities you served in: Barranquilla, Santa Lucia

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1969

Work Description: Rural Community Development & Mental Health

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

Completed M.S. in Marriage & Family Therapy. International
Consultant for Trauma and Crisis Intervention.
Private practice for therapy in San Jose, Ca and previous to now,
worked in Miami,FL in the same capacity.
Currently training therapists is Quito, Ecuador to respond to traumatic
events.

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

Life altering experience, opportunity to work with some of the best
and the brightest, best intercultural exchange possible.

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

Any RPCV's and staff from the 1st Escondido training site opened in
1967

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Would be pleased to hear from anyone and please come visit if in the
San Jose/Bay Area.

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 3:25 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Michael Fitch can be contacted at mfitchaedccdedu

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Barranquilla

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: UCD

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

Joe Galindo, RPCV Colombia UCD 1968-1970

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, January 06, 2002 - 5:00 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer LINDA JO ROSTRON can be contacted at LJRVOK1030aAOLdCOM

Country of Service: COLOMBIA

Training Group: ?

Cities you served in: SAN JUAN DE RIO SECO

Arrival Year: 1978

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description: HOME EC PROGRAM

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

HAVING WORKED AS A SPANISH SPEAKING SOCIAL WORKER, I DECIDED TO
BE AT HOME WITH MY GROWING FAMILY. WHEN I DECIDED TO RETURN TO
WORK I STARTED WITH A YMCA. CURRENTLY I AM AN AQUATICS
INSTRUCTOR TRAINER WHO RUNS AN OUTREACH AT AN INNERCITY
COMMUNITY POOL. I AM ABLE TO USE MY SPANISH AS WE SERVE THE
MIGRANTS LABORERS CHILDREN CAMP AND ESL SUMMER PROGRAM. OVER
THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF RUNNING THE PROGRAM, WE HAVE INCREASED
THE FAMILIES SERVED AND PROVIDE WATER SAFETY PROGRAMS IN BOTH
ENGLISH AND SPANISH. TO ME THIS IS THE BEST JOB I COULD HAVE. 2 OF
MY CHILDREN WORK FOR ME. 2 HELP OUT SINCE THEY ARE TOO YOUNG TO
GET PAID. WE LIVE WITHING WORKING DISTANCE OF THE PROGRAM. NO
OTHER PERSON EVER RETURNED AFTER ONE YEAR TO RUN THE PROGRAM.
THE TRUE YMCA MISSION IS SIMILIAR TO PEACE CORPS. I HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO DEVELOP A WORK FORCE WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO
STAFF THE PROGRAM WHICH AS TRADITIONALLY BEEN DIFFICULT TO DO
BECAUSE OF DRUGS AND VIOLENCE.

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

PEACE CORPS GAVE ME THE FORTITUDE TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST NO
MATTER WHAT GOD GAVE ME. I AM A CANCER SURVIVOR, THE
HOMESCHOOLING MOTHER OF 6 (NOT ALL WERE HOMESCHOOLED)AND
HOPEFULLY HAVE TRAINED MY CHILDREN TO APPRECIATE ALL PEOPLE
AND TO BE CURIOUS OF THE WORLD. I HOPE I HAVE INSTILLED TO ALL MY
CHILDREN THE DESIRE TO STUDY, TRAVEL OR LIVE ABROAD. TODAY I AM
THE PERSON I AM BECAUSE OF MY LIFE EXPERIENCES ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHILE IN PEACE CORPS.

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

MARY JANE REILLY, RORY GIBBONS

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, January 07, 2002 - 11:05 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Robert H. Lightfoote can be contacted at boblightfooteayahoodcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: ?

Cities you served in: Manizales & Bogota

Arrival Year: 1969

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, January 10, 2002 - 1:17 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Joyce Hodgkinson can be contacted at wjaquixnetdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: PINA-Colombia 44

Cities you served in: Firavitoba

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Teacher-Nutrition, Health, Agriculture

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

Joyce Elkins
was my Peace Corps name.
Now I'm Joyce Hodgkinson--USF Professor and Internet business owner.

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

Incredible experience.

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

Anyone from Colombia 44-PINA-66-68

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 4:25 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Patricia Powers-Simonelli can be contacted at psimonellialsnjdorg

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Brandeis University

Cities you served in: Pereira

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: ETV

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

Worked for fed govt as Telecommunications Manager. Graduated from Law
School in 1994 & now Deputy Director of Bergen County Legal Services.

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 4:46 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Bradford H. Whipple can be contacted at ledgelandaadelphiadnet

Country of Service: COLOMBIA

Training Group: COLOMBIA-I Rutgers University

Cities you served in: El Valle de San Jose -2 years

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Rural Community Development

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

Instructor of PCV-trainees UNewMexico,Taos 1963
Direct-Field Trng for LA-Puerto Rico 1964,65

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

Returned to UMass/Amherst Russian/German/Sociology BA 1966 directly
into doctoral program in Sociology/Demography UMass/Amherst with MA,
taught St Hyacinth Seminary Mass, Franconia College (NH)1972-74, since
then variety of interesting encounters with the world, including managing a
family owned resort in the White Mtns, NH

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

Glad it transitioned to co-ed and spread into iron curtain lands, very happy I
accepted the challenge in the earliest group..y no se lo olvide!!!!

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

Geral Dene Marr-Bolivia Nurse and PC Trng Officer in Puerto Rico.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

See you in DC!

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 3:28 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Tim Davis can be contacted at timddavisappccdcccoesdedu

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: RCD

Cities you served in: Tunebia, Cucuta

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1969

Work Description: Worked with Accion Comunal

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

Hold two Masters Degrees and continue to teach Spanish at a community
college in Colorado.

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

Totally changed my life! Never have regretted a moment.

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 11:15 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Andrew Dufresne can be contacted at and2acornelldedu

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: 1968

Cities you served in: Boyaca Province

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: Agriculture

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

28 year career with Cornell Cooperative Extension NY - Agriculture

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

Changed the direction of my life forever

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 9:27 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Alan Maurer can be contacted at alanmaurerahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: PINA44

Cities you served in: Sonsón, Antioquia

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Rural Community Action; Household nutrition

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

1 year as PC Recruiter in Northeast
15 years as Ag. Economist involved in development projects in Latin
America
2 years as born-again Christian, currently preparing for overseas missions
work

Any message for returned volunteers?:

The Third Goal IS the most important, by far!

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 10:37 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Arlen Albrecht can be contacted at aal_albrechtatdsdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Youth Development

Cities you served in: Bogota

Arrival Year: 1977

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description: Worked with Los Gamines--Street Kids as a social worker

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

Hurricane Melle Relief, Fiji Islands1979-80 Built schools, teachers quarters
and community fruit orchard.
Chile- Villa Aleman 1980-1982 Youth Development, Social Worker, started
Half Way House, Behavior Modification.

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

Have Wirked with the University Of Wisconsin Extension as a Community
resource and economic Development Agent in Taylor County. I am a
Volunteer with the Wisconsin Nicaragua Partners of the Americas.

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

It has no doubt been the major developing factor in my life. Hardly a day
goes by without using that experiencial knowledge.

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

Lindy Tiemens, Randy Fraser, Kevin and Mary Rockwell, Denise Runde

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 12:31 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer john larcade can be contacted at jlarcadeahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombai

Cities you served in: Neiva, Huila & Bogota

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: Rural School Construction

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

Architect in San Antonio, Texas
Married w/ 2 children 20 & 23

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 2:30 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Adryan Russ can be contacted at adryanrussaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Education Television (ETV)

Cities you served in: Medellín

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1967

Work Description: Teacher Training

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

I'm a freelance writer -- in two main areas: I write, edit and proofread
books, curricula on non-violent conflict resolution, employee benefits and
other areas. I also am a composer-lyricist in musical theater.

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

One of the best things I ever did.

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

Our group is in touch.

Leave a message here if there was an incorrect or duplicate e-mail address for you in the
"Directory of Volunteers": When I was in the Peace Corps, my name was Adryan
Naktin. It's now Adryan Russ.

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 11:37 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Stanley P. Jeter can be contacted at spjeterajunodcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Educational TV, Albuquerque, NM

Cities you served in: Venadillo, Ibague

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Educational TV utilization volunteer

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

MA degree in Communications, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA.
Currently Sr. Producer for internationally syndicated, weekly TV news
program, Christian World News. Married to former Rhoda Currie, and have
4 children. Continue international work & travel. Serve on board of local
church.

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

Great experience. Very educational. And we helped make a small
contribution to Colombia's primary education. The experience certainly
helped mold my world-view in many positive ways.

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

Would love to reconnect with some of my training group and one or two
ETV groups following.

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 11:46 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Stephan L. Honore can be contacted at shonoreahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Dominican Republic & Colombia

Training Group: Colombia I

Cities you served in: Andes & Buenaventura, Colombia - Santo Domingo, San
Francisco de Macoris, etc., Dominican Republic

Arrival Year: Colombia, 1961; Dominican Republic, 1963 & 1978

Departure Year: Colombia 1963; Dominican Republic 1966 & 1981

Work Description: Colombia: Rural Community Development; Dom. Rep.: APCD
1963-66, Country Director 1978-1981

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

See above

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

Community health and development in Model Cities program; Current
profession: Attorney at Law - Law Professor and private practice;
Community activities too numerous to mention here.

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

Greatest experience of my life. Turned my whole life around.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Stay involved in community affairs.

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 11:54 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Helene Ballmann Dudley can be contacted at helenedudleyayahoodcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia UCD 65

Cities you served in: Barranquilla, Colombia

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: Developed programs in CARE nutrition centers.

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

Albania trainee, Feb-Mar, 1997, Slovakia SBD in Presov, Slovakia,
1997-1999 - worked in a small NGO that gave out small grants to
encourage community initiatives.

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

I have joined with Colombia RPCVs and friends to start The Colombia
Project -- a web-based (www.colombiaproject.org)pilot project to channel
direct aid to displaced families in Colombia. All the valuable NGO
experience I gained in Slovakia, has been extremely helpful in my work
with The Colombia Project.

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

Interestingly enough, Peace Corps service has twice provided me with a
new career path. After Colombia, I landed a job with Children & Family
Services in Chicago, solely based on my Spanish speaking abilities. More
recently, my work on the SPA committee qualified me for my present job
as Grants Administrator at the Port of Miami. That's just more evidence
that we get so much more out of this experience than what we give. I
would do Peace Corps again.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

I would love to hear from any Colombia RPCVs who are interested in
helping.

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 12:16 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Elizabeth Jenkins-Joffe can be contacted at ejofalocdgov

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: 16

Cities you served in: Ibague

Arrival Year: 1964 (training 1963)

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Urban Community Development

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 10:34 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer paul and linda bankerd can be contacted at pnlbankerdayahoodcom

Country of Service: Columbia

Training Group: mba

Cities you served in: cali

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: assisted in small business development/worked with boarding
type preschools

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

Paul works at JHU administering population control programs in
underdeveloped countries. i work as a visual artist.

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 10:23 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer William Hetzer can be contacted at whetzeraattdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: ETV

Cities you served in: Bogota

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1967

Work Description: Television Producer

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

Head of TV/media services for UNICEF

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, February 05, 2002 - 12:31 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Rolando Rodriguez can be contacted at RAddie04aaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia XII

Cities you served in: Florencia, San Vicente del Caguan, Neiva, Popayan

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

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

Worked with War on Poverty Programs, then with Texas Employment
Commission which is now Texas Workforce Commission for 31
years.Married (reverse Peace Corps Vol.) Vounteers to America
voulunteer Dharma Valentini in 1968.Served as board Member of
NCRPCV. Career Information Consultant for RPCVs.

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

Arrived at Country of service the day J.F.Kennedy was buried.

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 12:18 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sue McMillon Parris can be contacted at SParrisaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: PE

Cities you served in: Bogota & Medellin

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Taught PE in elementary schools, & swimming with Colombian Red
Cross

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

Received MSW from Univ.St.Louis in '67 and have worked in Social work since.
Living in Macon, GA

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

It has guided everything I have done since.

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, February 13, 2002 - 5:41 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer john j. brown can be contacted at uncajack2ahotmaildcom

Country of Service: colombia

Training Group: 1964 colombia

Cities you served in: cali-barranquilla

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: teacher-construction

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

crisis corps-honduras 1999

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, February 15, 2002 - 4:47 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Roger Kent Haywood can be contacted at megsaacdnet

Country of Service: Colombia, South America

Training Group: Colombia/Peru, 1964, Cal. State, L.A.

Cities you served in: Rionegro, El Santuario

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: Cooperatives but moved to Laubach Literacy

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

Obtained a Masters in Social Work at Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, in 1969. Worked in mental health programs 7 years. Have worked
25 years as director of a Developmental Evaluation Center, a program
that tests and provides therapy to children with developmental
concerns. Married in 1971, divorced in 1990. Two children, Benjamin &
Jackie, one in college, one in high school.

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

Wonderful experience! Still think about pursuing a similar opportunity
again.

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

Nelly Sepulveda Ospina

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 10:26 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Paul F.Cunningham can be contacted at aloysiusahal-pcdorg

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 50

Cities you served in: LaCruz,Narino

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1969

Work Description: Rural Community Development

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

I was transforming for me.

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

Anyone who trained and/or served with me and my wife Merrilee.

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 10:11 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Debora Bloom can be contacted at BloomAssocaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Math/Science Teacher Training

Cities you served in: Medellin

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1967

Work Description: Training in-service biology teachers in the "new biology"

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

Wonderful, timely developmental experience

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, March 05, 2002 - 9:40 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Richard Harris can be contacted at rharrisacsadcodorangedcadus

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Cooperative Development

Cities you served in: Bucaramanga; Espinal

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1967

Work Description: Cooperative Development and Management

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

Director of Administration of the Community Services Agency, County of
Orange, California; advanced to Ph.D Candidate and received Masters
Degree in Public Administration; married to Maria Elena Lemus de Harris
since 1968; no children

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 3:26 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Joan Mansfield can be contacted at scottandjoanafoxvalleydnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia VIII

Cities you served in: Usiacuri, Atlantico, Colombia

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1964

Work Description: Rural Health Education

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

Master's Degree in SocialWork. Bilingual school social worker at present

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

My heart aches for what is happening in Colombia. Those days were some
of the best of my life!

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

Arlene Chesterton - served in Colombia, married to Steve Chesteron,
Colombia VIII now deceased.

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 12:45 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer James A. Roberts can be contacted at robertsaworldinterdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: 50

Cities you served in: Anzoategui, Honda

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1969

Work Description: Community Action

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

Married, divorced, one child. Master's in International Affairs, Social Work.
Private Practice in Family Therapy

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

I got more out of it than the Colombians did.

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

Lois Zamora, Bob Reggio, Trentje Clark

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 1:53 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer shawn murphy can be contacted at smurphy98aattglobaldnet

Country of Service: COLOMBIA

Training Group: UNIV. OF ALBUQUERQUE

Cities you served in: LIBANO, TOLIMA AND BOGOTA

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: HEALTH EDUCATION/NUTRITION

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

STILL ACTIVE IN LOCAL CAHPTER OF RPCV'S. VOLUNTEER AS TRANSLATOR
FOR MEDICAL MISSIONS TO CENTRAL AMERICA.

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

NEXT TO CHILDBIRTH, MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCE OF MHY LIFE.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

THE NEED IS JUST AS GREAT HERE AT HOME. GET INVOLVED WITH LOCAL
CHAPTER OF RPCV'S.

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, March 15, 2002 - 10:00 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Tom Bentley can be contacted at twbentleyacoxdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Armenia and Barranquilla, Colombia

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Community Development and Volunteer Leader

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

Served on Peace Corps staff in Turkey 1966-1967 and in Costa Rica
1986-1988

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

While in Peace Cprps I married PCV Elizabeth Marple (1963).After Peace I
continued working overseas in non-profit organization as well as with PC
staff. Worked in Liberia, Turkey, Lesotho, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala,
Belize, Bolivia, Namibia and Angola.

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 2:23 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Barbara Seigal can be contacted at BarbSeigalaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Science Teacher Training

Cities you served in: Tunja, Boyaca

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1967

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, April 05, 2002 - 10:07 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Piri Gonzalez-Marin can be contacted at pirigmamsndcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 56

Cities you served in: Restrepo & Sevilla

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: Community Development

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

married for 30 yrs.Volunteer in comunity work

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

Great experience,

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

Barry Goldberg

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Keeping growing!!!

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, April 12, 2002 - 2:12 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Frederick J. Maloney can be contacted at fastfredaptddnet

Country of Service: Columbia, SA

Training Group: Business 71

Cities you served in: Bogota, Cali

Arrival Year: 1971

Departure Year: 1975

Work Description: Business, Social Work

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

Went to sea, became a chief engineer.

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

Greatest personnel experience with the exception of having a family.

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

PCV from Columbia

Any message for returned volunteers?:

You can never go back just forward.

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 1:48 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Laurel Dickerson can be contacted at Ldickersonacompuservedcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Urban Community Development, Kansas City, MO., 1964

Cities you served in: Puerto Lopez, Meta

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: Rural Community Development, Puerto Lopez and Los Llanos

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

Completed B.A.('67); worked for U.S. gov.('67-'72); grad school (Ph.D. '77);
university faculty (U.of MD; U. of FL to '82); worked in high tech industry to
'91; formed business,MDG Associates (current).

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

Changed my life; gave me life-long interest in U.S. relationship to world;
intense interest in on-going turmoil in Colombia

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

Anyone from my Kansas City training group; Joe Hardy, Dennis Kaltrider,and
the guy from Chico,CA.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Am crazy to hook up (email) with anyone currently living in Colombia; better
yet, in Puerto Lopez, Villavicencio, and/or Los Llanos.

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, April 20, 2002 - 7:17 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Karen G. Scott (nee HOGUE) can be contacted at karengscottamsndcom

Country of Service: COLOMBIA

Training Group: RCDA-62

Cities you served in: CUNDAY, IBAGUE in Tolima

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: Rural Community Dev-CARE-Cafeteros

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

In Colombia my name was Karen Hogue, later I was 25 yrs married to Mike
Weber in Michigan, now divorced & living in Seattle. We also lived 2 yrs
each in Costa Rica & Brazil, 7 mos in Montpellier, France. MSW degree. 2
fabulous grown daughters. Currently coordinating foreign language
interpreters at large medical center, still speak Spanish every day, make
pottery, sing in a choir, love theatre, love Seattle! Looking for a new job
with travel.

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

Wish I'd had more skills to offer, am very glad I went, thinking of signing
up again once I retire!

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

Joy Perisho, Trientje ?, Marv Hochstaedler

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 11:49 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Alwyn F. Wiebe can be contacted at wiebeassocaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: 86

Cities you served in: Bogota

Arrival Year: 1971

Departure Year: 1974

Work Description: Small Business Assistance

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

Retired research physicist.

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

One of the most significant things that ever happened to me

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

Any Colombian volunteer

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, April 27, 2002 - 2:10 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer John J. McEneny can be contacted at albassblyaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: PINA - New Mexico State University

Cities you served in: Village of Momil, State of Cordoba

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1967

Work Description: Rural Community Developement

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

Married, four kids, entered "war on Poverty"programs run by local
government, wrote a local history, finally entered elective politics, have a
full biography in the New York State Assembly web page. I've been a state
legislator since Jan. 1993.

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

Peace Corps was a defining period in my life. I bought the whole JFK
idealism and call to service and still hold to it. I served without any English
speakers, started a Jr high school by helping local people add a 7th grade
to their school by combining the resourses of three villages on different
shores of a great swamp. Schools ended at 6th grade, and it was my idea
to combine resources from the greater area, supplament meager
government teacher pay by tuition, to create at least a central school
system for grade seven with the hopes of adding a new grade every year.
The "schoolbuses" were to be the dugout conoes the kids played in all day
anyway on the swamp. Many grown-ups were fishermen, some raised
cattle for the large farmers, which were exported to the highlands. We
rarely had meat, it was just too expensive. Most folks seemed to be
unemployed most of the time, especialy the kids. Frankly, I downplay my
Peace Corps experience a bit because I had to be an early return due to a
family health emergency at home, and though in good standing, I was
never able to return. I don't want to claim whatever status is entitled to a
person who finished two years, when I completed less than one. I think
Peace Corps changed my life, all for the better. It taught me tolerance,
gave me a confidence I never had before, and taught me what things were
really important in life. Ironically, while the experience gave me a new
appreciation for this country, it made me very unsympathetic when friends
and family complained about the normal aggravations of life. Trying to look
concerned with potholes in the road, when you'd just come from a world
where there the roads dissapeared during the rainy season, or listen to
people complain about power bills when I was used to seventeen power
outages a night when you were trying to read a book, or listening to
complaints about health when you had seen children wasted and dying
from TB, just seemed so unappreciative for what we had. It's tough to
feign sympathy over such day to day problems, and that can make you
seem pretty cold to people. I suppose its one reason I gravated to solving
urban problems, they seemed more real to me, and I really wanted to help
solve them. I could be much more specific on many things but just want to
finish filling out this form for the moment.

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

I used to call Ed Rowley in Rochester, Minnisota from time to time. I
always enjoyed his company, admired his values and was enourmously
proud of him for not only sticking it out in Colombia but going on as a
Peace Corps staff with his family in south east Africa.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

I separated from Peace Corps over 35 years ago and have gone on to do a
great many things and had many experiences. Peace Corps remains one of
the defining moments in my life.As you go on in life you will come to
appreciate the effect your experience, good and bad, has had on your
undestanding and way of looking at life. Americans, whether or not they
realize it, are citizens of the world, yet isolationism and denial of our place
in history cause us to turn our backs on problems which we not only ignore
but exaccerbate. Today, we are the only remaining superpower. how we
behave with that responsibility is of enormous importance to us and the
world's peoples. We can't afford to be illinformed or fail to understand and
respect other cultures. RPCVs can play a major role in mobilizing
Americans to do the right thing. The strength of Peace Corps is that while
the goal was global, the action took place on a small, personal scale,
person to person, teacher to students. village by village and neighborhod
by neighborhood. Such work is not always high profile but its results can
be very genuine and lasting. Get involved in your schools, clubs, labor
movements, international exchanges. The job is still not done. As always,
your job is not the job, the goal is to foster self help and self iniative. Start
a group as if you know you won't be around in a year or two, so your focus
will be to have the work continue. If you teach a man to fish......

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, May 04, 2002 - 12:47 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer James J. Puccetti can be contacted at santanderamsndcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 1

Cities you served in: Bucaramanga, Cucuta, Santa Marta

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Rural Community Development

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

Regional Director, CARE/Peace Corps, Cali, Colombia, 1964-1966

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 9:00 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Bob Arias can be contacted at FlacoBobayahoodcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: #18

Cities you served in: Sevilla, Valle

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: Rural Community Development

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

Los Angeles County Department Head, APCD Colombia, CD
Uruguay/Argentina

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

Life would not have been so meaingful!

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

Sarah Hawkins, RPCV/Uruguay

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Live the thrid goal!

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 1:54 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Bechtol can be contacted at ronbechtolahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 13

Cities you served in: Tunja, Bogota

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: community development, architect

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, June 04, 2002 - 10:56 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Mary Sue McMillon Parris can be contacted at Sparrisaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia IV, Physical Education

Cities you served in: Bogota, Medellin

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: Taught PE in Normal Schools and elementaryf schools

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

Received a Massters degree in Social Work from St. Louis University, and
have worked in SW ever since.

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

It has influenced everything in my life.

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

Jim Nelson

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 12:51 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Joan Mansfield can be contacted at scottandjoanafoxvalleydnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia VIII

Cities you served in: Usiacuri, Atlantico

Arrival Year: September of 1963

Departure Year: 1964

Work Description: Rural Health Education

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

I received a Master's in Social Work in New York. I work with Hispanic
children and parents in a school setting. I had a daugher with Richard
McMahon, PCV,Tubara, Atlantico 1962

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

It changed my life and impacts it even today.

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

Phil Gisson Macon Foster, Arlene Chesterson

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 12:50 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer A. F. Wiebe can be contacted at wiebeassocaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Bogota, Bucaramanga, Sogomoso, Cai

Arrival Year: 1971

Departure Year: 1974

Work Description: Small Business Consulting

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

Retired physicist

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

Would do it again!

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

Cincinnati area RPCVs

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Tell your story!

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 7:43 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Griffin can be contacted at trainingateamworks1dcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: CEUCA 51

Cities you served in: Duitama and Socha, Colombia

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1969

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

Obtained M.S. Degree in 1972, and followed career in international
training and development. Presently reside in Riverside, CA

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

Jim Stepanek, Joe Wood, Al Tellez

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 7:06 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Michael A. Lanigan can be contacted at exoskelanetzerodnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia I

Cities you served in: Andes, Antoquia, Cali (PCVL to 12 sites)

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Rural Community Development. Organized juntas de accion
comunal. Later was Peace Corps volunteer leader to 12 sites and 25 volunteers.

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

Leaving out much, here is a brief on my post P.C. experiences. I helped
train 19 Peace Corps groups for Central and South America, Africa and
Nepal as a faculty member at Southern Illinois University and University
of New Mexico. I held various positions from teaching community
analysis and rural community development to being the assistant
program director in charge of organization and logistics.

Got degrees in sociology and government by attending four universities.
: Georgetown Foreign Service School, George Washington night school,
American University night school, and finally Southern Illinois University
(SIU) where I worked for a time as the assistant to the assistant dean of
international relations. At SIU I was vice president of the Sport
Parachute Club and a member of the parachute team that won the
National Collegiate Parachute League national competitions where our
team beat out West Point, the Air Force Academy and over thirty other
collegages for first place--a record that has yet to be broken.

Spent six years as a disaster specialist for the American National Red
Cross. Worked on and directed over 30 disasters. I worked on floods,
flash floods, hurricanes, tornados, riots, fires, earthquakes and several
smaller disasters. I directed the multi-million disaster relief operation in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa following Hurricane Agnes. On this one I supervised a
volunteer and professional staff of over 900. I also led a 12 man, United
States disaster relief specialist team to assist the Peruvian R.C. Society
after their awful earthquake in 1970 (Spent half a year on this one, half in
a tent at an emergency helicopter/field hospital base in the mountains
at 7,000 feet (a million and a half refugees and over 50,000 dead), and
half in Lima as the chief deligate to The League of Red Cross Societies in
Geneva.

After too many disaster and the world looking gray and sad I left that line
of work and worked my way across the country to California. I did
various jobs such as being a bouncer in a road-house, a cook in a
pizzaria, a dishwasher, then later the chef in a seafood/steakhouse in
the harbor at Half Moon Bay, Californi.I did a two-and-one-half
apprentiship to a metal sculptor (we made mild steel sheet and copper
sheet life-sized birds which sold for $100 to $8,000 depending on the
complexity.

I worked eight years on the Pacific Ocean, first as a seacook for a couple
of years on a party-boat, then ars as a deck-hand on many commercial
fishing boats. (Depending on the time of year I geard up and
hook-caught cod, salmon, and albacore tuna. I made and used 60-80
pound pots to catch the California dungeness crabs. I ran a light boat for
the huge purse-seiners who went for the squid. I also helped makee and
fish 60 fathom gill nets to catch herring in San Francisco Bay. Eventually
I bought, rebuilt and skippered an old surplus government boat (it at one
time was the mail boat for the navy in San Francisco Bay). I fished that
for a few years but when El Nino's warm waters chased the salmon all
the way up to Alaska, and other fish moved north and I left the fishing
life. It was too much work and danger to end up poor.

I worked and lived for a year at a California hot springs where I kept the
mineral waters flowing and maintained the huge fresh water tanks and
the pipes that tapped our five springs. I also kept the generators and
trucks running. This was a funky old hot springs well over a hundred
years old. They were not hooked up to the power grid and used
generators for the work. The rooms and grounds were all lit by kerosene
lanterns. We had a 500 gallon tank just for kerosend and actually had a
job description of a "lamp trimmer" for our thirty some lanterns.

For a couple of years I worked for a landscape maintenance company up
in Washington State.

I finished up my working career as the cartoonist, photographer and
reporter for four newspapers in Northern California. I covered the grim
news beat of floods, plane and car wrecks, fires, and the usual daily
mayhem all our cities spawn. I also did photo-essays and wrote many
feature stories. My last three years I was political reporter covering city
and county politics and eventually became assistant editor.

I still write and submit copy to various papers and magazines, but for the
most part now am in a vegitative state of feeding my cat, watering my
garden, canoing on the huge Clear Lake at my door step, writing short
stories (some of which sell) and drinking an occasional beer at the local
pub where I have learned the gentleman's sport of pool.

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

The Peace Corps experience was the most formative of any of my many
and varied experiences. It set the tone for the rest of my life. It also
gave me the guts to try to do things I never thought I could do. It taught
me that failure is the road to success, and just because it didn't work the
first time, don't quit. Get up, dust off and have at it again and again until
you get it right.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Stay active, stay involved, stay informed and speak your mind on state
and national issue. Oppose this horrible 1984 TIPS attempt to make us a
nation of snitches trusting no one. And always, ALWAYS vote so that
never again will end up with an "appointed" government who wants to go
to war with the world in the name of oil.

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 11:52 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer anniehaber can be contacted at doshijasahomaildcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: arrived 9/77

Cities you served in: Girardot

Arrival Year: 1977

Departure Year: 1980

Work Description: Nutrition and Health Education

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 6:35 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer marco j. magnano, jr. can be contacted at magnmafosterdcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Rural Cooperatives/LA State in Los Angeles

Cities you served in: Buenaventura and Pasto

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1967

Work Description: Worked with rural co-ops; Group leader in Pasto

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 11:30 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Craig Stevenson can be contacted at craigdstevensonaenglishfirstdcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Escondido 1970

Cities you served in: Bogota

Arrival Year: 1971

Departure Year: 1975

Work Description: ESL, national office admin

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:
Turkey, Turkey XVII, 1969, 1970, ESL

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Have continued in ESL field in U.S., Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Indonesia

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
A wortwhile way to spend one's 20's

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Ruth Thomas, Beverly Halchack who both worked in Bogota at the time I did.

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, September 02, 2002 - 3:57 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Robert Lawrence Loew can be contacted at bloewapleasantondk12dcadus

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 44

Cities you served in: Bogota and Duitama

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Agriculture

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:
Peru, 1970 (6 months):
Special Relief Team for Earthquake Reconstruction

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 2:57 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Laurel Dickerson can be contacted at ldickersonaattbidcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Urban Community Development, Kansas City, MO., 1964

Cities you served in: Puerto Lopez, Meta

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: Rural Community Development, Puerto Lopez and Los Llanos

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Completed B.A.('67); worked for U.S. gov.('67-'72); grad school (Ph.D. '77); university faculty (U.of MD; U. of FL to '82); worked in high tech industry to '91; formed business,MDG Associates (current).

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Changed my life; gave me life-long interest in U.S. relationship to world; intense interest in on-going turmoil in Colombia

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Anyone from my Kansas City training group; Joe Hardy, Dennis Kaltrider,and the guy from Chico,CA.

Any message for returned volunteers?:
Am crazy to hook up (email) with anyone currently living in Colombia; better yet, in Puerto Lopez, Villavicencio, and/or Los Llanos.

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 10:02 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Richard E. Edwards can be contacted at rickedamindspringdcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: #41

Cities you served in: Ibague, Natagaima

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Community Development

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 10:12 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Robert Bienkowski can be contacted at bienkorsaihsdorg

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Bucaramanga and Bogota

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Training science teachers

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 2:35 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Mike O'Neil can be contacted at moneilagocougsdwsudedu

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Tibaitata

Arrival Year: 1973

Departure Year: 1976

Work Description: Cattle Program

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Operations staff at the research dairy at Washington State University

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Best thing I have ever done.

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 10:46 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Larry and Sue (Martin) Tucker can be contacted at goldappleajpsdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Cal State Univ. LA 10/65-1/66

Cities you served in: Larry in Cali, Sue in Medellin

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Larry/architect; Sue/registered nurse

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Larry - architectural projects in So and No CA incl shopping centers, apts, casinos, hospitals, medical offices. Sue taught and was nursing director in hospitals & writes textbooks

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
So glad to have learned Spanish

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Any RPCV's from our training group at Cal State LA

By Admin1 (admin) on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 11:39 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer carl koenig can be contacted at ckoenigaaccessadvisorygroupdcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Escondido, CA

Cities you served in: Bogata

Arrival Year: 1970

Departure Year: 1971

Work Description: Agriculture

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:
None

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Currently living in Dallas, Texas

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 7:14 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Robert A. Findlay can be contacted at rfindlayaiastatededu

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 8

Cities you served in: Bucaramanga

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description: architect,disaster management

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

Peru,1970, disaster relief
Cook Islands 1998, Crisis Corps, disaster risk assessment
El Salvador 1999, Crisis Corps, disaster management

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

Completed education through PhD
Architecture practice in Minneapolis
Professor of Architecture at Iowa State University for thirty years.
Retired to Olympia, WA in 2002

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

Lessons learned about sustainable design in Colombia continued to inform teaching, practice, and service work thereafter. Would never have been a teacher without the PC experience.

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 7:14 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Bruce E. "Pacho" Lane can be contacted at pachoadocfilmdcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Community Organizing

Cities you served in: Cucuta, Valledupar, Popayan, Florencia

Arrival Year: 1961

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description: Community Organizing

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 11:02 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Nancy Aitken can be contacted at campanarioaracsadcodcr

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: summer 1971

Cities you served in: Gigante, Huila

Arrival Year: 1971

Departure Year: 1973

Work Description: nutrition education with the Federacion de Cafeteros

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

Costa Rica, 1973, Volunteer Rep and training coordinator for new volunteers

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

20 years in teaching and being secondary school principal, 4 kids, and currently director of conservation organization, Proyecto Campanario, in Costa Rica, www.campanario.org

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

looking for volunteers from training group of summer of 1971 in Bogota

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 3:09 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Catherine Maclin Boyles can be contacted at boyles_catherineadkmcdorg

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: February 1974

Cities you served in: Sincelejo, Facatativa

Arrival Year: 1974

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description: Public Health Nursing

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

Becky Maust, Jeanne Keaton

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 12:05 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Paul Arfin can be contacted at paularfaoptonlinednet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia V

Cities you served in: El Valle de San Jose & Bucaramanga

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description:

Rural Community Development Volunteer and Volunteer Leader

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

Public service career with community organizations addressing social problems on Long Island NY

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

In some sense, I haven't left the Peace Corps.

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

John Meier

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 9:46 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Stanley H. Boynton can be contacted at stanleyhboyntonanetscapednet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia UCD

Cities you served in: Pereira, Bogota

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1971

Work Description:

adult basic education

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

President, Guadalupe Center of Immokalee, Immokalee, FL

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 12:14 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer peter william miles can be contacted at pmilesanorthlandforestdcom

Country of Service: colombia

Training Group: fall, 1972

Cities you served in: riosucio, medellin

Arrival Year: 1972

Departure Year: 1974

Work Description:

tropical forestry (choco')
water pollution (antioquia)

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

none

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

raised/raising 7 children (4 adopted,
3 step) completed backpacking the
Appalachian Trail. A civic volunteer.

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

glad I was there and doing what I did
at that "younger age"!

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

anyone from that training group

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 12:29 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Joan McKniff can be contacted at mckniffjayahoodcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia XI

Cities you served in: Ville Restrepo, outside Tolima

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1963

Work Description:

rural comunity development/public health

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

long story...decades! But am now with US Embassy, Paris, Africa Regional Sevices

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

Marjie Holloway and Claudine Jackson
Dennis Grubb

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 11:25 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Malcolm Brian Peters can be contacted at mbpetersayahoodcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Latin America Regional Arts and Crafts

Cities you served in: Raquira, boyaca & Pereira, Risaralda

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1968

Leave a message here if there was an incorrect or duplicate e-mail address for you in the "Directory of Volunteers":

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 11:25 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Aminta Lara-Peters can be contacted at adlpetersayahoodcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Miraflores, Boyaca

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 12:55 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Bonnie Towles can be contacted at bonniedtowlesdwg74awhartondupenndedu

Country of Service: Colombia, SA

Training Group: Berkeley (Peru), GWU & CEUCA (Colombia)

Cities you served in: Palmira & Pereira

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1969

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

Anyone from the Peruvian training group (summer of 1962 - Berkeley) or serving in Colombia between 1967-9.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Depends on the volunteer.

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-25-92.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.25.92) on Monday, November 10, 2003 - 1:30 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer DAVID C. MEYER can be contacted at dclmeyeracomcastdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: RCD56(?)

Cities you served in: Guavata, Santander del Sur

Arrival Year: 1967

Departure Year: 1969

Work Description:

Rural community development. Forming, motiavating and guiding Juntas De Accion Communal.

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

Seven year stint as a deputy probation officer, then entered the world of private enterprise.

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

What a magnificent opportunity to grow and learn.

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-25-92.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.25.92) on Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 10:53 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sandra West Earl can be contacted at swearlajpsdnet

Country of Service: Colombia, South America

Training Group: I can't remember. We were supposed to go to the Dominican Republic but the fall of the Bosch government prevented that and they switched us to Colombia.

Cities you served in: Barranquilla, Bogota

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description:

Educational Television Group of teachers, also I taught Music and English in elementary schools in Barranquilla and Bogota.

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

I raised 4 children. Was married for 30 years, now divorced. I have taught for 25 years...currently English Comp. and Spanish in a community college and for the Berlitz Language Institute. Recently, I lived in Spain, teaching English for 3 years.

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

I am so very thankful I was a volunteer. It changed my life.

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

I would love to communicate with John Scott from Pennsylvania who was in our Colombia group also.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Hi John (Scott). How are you after 40 years? A hug from me in California.

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-232-99.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.232.99) on Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 9:31 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer George J. Gremse can be contacted at gremseaattglobaldnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Ag 69

Cities you served in: Manizales, Chinchina, Bogota

Arrival Year: 1969

Departure Year: 1972

Work Description:

Agricultural Diversification Programs working for the Fondo de la Diversificacion y del Desarrollo de la Federacion National de Los Cafeteros

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

I've been lucky to work for global companies in industries like Car Rental, Staffing, and Travel that have allowed me to continue wandering the globe. The Peace Corps' experience instilled in me a passion for exploring new places and meeting new people that is as srong today as it was 30 years ago. It has been a lasting and wonderful gift.

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

I have a pleasant daily reminder of my Peace Corps experience that keeps me remembering all the good things that happened. Like many volunteers I had a pet while in-country. I bought a blue fronted green amazon parrot in the market in Manizales in 1968. "Greenie" came back with me to the USA and has been my buddy for the last 35 years. His daily question "Quiere Cacao? (Do you want some chocolate?" keeps at least one Spanish phrase current in my mind. The imitation he learned on a Colombian finca (farm) of a rooster crowing can wake up the dead and irritate my family and the neighbors. When I sit outside with him and reflect on the past he'll pull me into the present by climbing on my shoulder. He'll nip my earlobe so that I understand that scratching his head today is more important than sitting and thinking about yesterday.

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-232-99.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.232.99) on Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 9:32 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer John L. Caracciolo can be contacted at jcaraccioloausaiddgov

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: 1977

Cities you served in: Bogota (Tibaitata)

Arrival Year: 1977

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description:

Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, Departmento de Estudios Socio-Economicos. Also served as Volunteer Leader.

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

Philippines, 1975 - 1977. Supervised Agricultural Credit (SAC). Assigned to Department of Rural banks - Savings and Loan Associations, Central Bank of the Philippines. Assigned to Ilocos Norte. Covered Central Luzon as Volunteer Leader.

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

Since 1980 have worked in the field of international economic development with a number of multi and bi-lateral aid agencies (World Bank, African Development Bank, USAID, KfW, United Nations Capital Development Fund, International und for Agricultural Development) worldwide (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Swaziland, Mali, Guinea, Madagascar, Lesotho, Honduras, Armenia).

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

Was my initiation into international economic development. Was also the time of my life.

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

Everyone from Philippines (1975-77) and Colombia (1977-1979).

Any message for returned volunteers?:

If any of you need help or guidance in continuing a career in international development, feel free to contact me.

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-35-236.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.35.236) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 2:28 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jerry Cronin can be contacted at jcroninabmidnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Rural Community Dev.

Cities you served in: Distraccion, La Guajira

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description:

Organized communities for self help projects which included school construction, soccer field construction, digging of water wells, and home garden projects.

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

I have continued to work with the under served people. I worked in Watts for 3 years dealing with Digital Divide issues and placed 400 computers into the community.

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

Best experience of my life. I still make a living teaching Spanish.

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-13-23.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.13.23) on Monday, March 08, 2004 - 12:54 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Arleen Cheston can be contacted at arlchesaaoldcom

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Community Development

Cities you served in: Riohacha

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description:

rural communit development
worked with various entities in the area to improve volunteer efforts

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

career - teaching ESL to immigrant populations in the Washington DC area
Currently President of Friends of Colombia, an affilliate group of NPCA

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

My experience in Colombia has turned out to be a lifetime committment and has taken me in directions I would have never otherwise dreamed of.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Support your RPCV affilliate group, keep in touch with your fellow RPCVs and find ways to continue to serve the population you lived and worked with as a Peace Corps volunteer

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-44-226.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.44.226) on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 5:12 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sandra West Earl can be contacted at swearlajpsdnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: ETV Training

Cities you served in: Barranquilla/ Bogota

Arrival Year: 1963

Departure Year: 1965

Work Description:

I taught classroom music to elementary school teachers and also English in the elementary schools.

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

Marriage of 30years, 4 children, then divorced, lived in Spain 3yrs, 3 grandchildren, starting the 7th year teaching Eng. Comp. at Skyline Community College. I also teach English for Berlitz Languages in San Francisco.

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

It changed my life in most profound ways; ways that have followed me and informed my decisions and for which I remain grateful.

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

Hello to John Scott in Pennsylvania.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

In a world of confusion, careless
administration and loss of the public voice...what would they do without us? We are contributing the balance, no?

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-141-157-22-73.balt.east.verizon.net - 141.157.22.73) on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 5:32 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sandy Sathre can be contacted at sandydsathreagfschoolsdorg

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Garagoa (Boyacå), Pasto (Nariño)

Arrival Year: 1973

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description:

Home eonomist with ICA, Cafeteros, and college instructor

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

consultant and trainer with Save the Children, program development and grantwriting with Community Action, and elementary teacher

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

greatest time of my life! I still look back with pride and fondness. May soon have a 2nd generation PCV.

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

Karyn (Gail) Smith, Julie Barnas, Cindy Norcross, Ginny McLean

Any message for returned volunteers?:

stay in touch cuz our world moves too fast.

Leave a message here if there was an incorrect or duplicate e-mail address for you in the "Directory of Volunteers":

former married name: Strenkowski

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-141-157-9-111.balt.east.verizon.net - 141.157.9.111) on Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 6:11 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Joe Walsh can be contacted at Joegolasbcglobaldnet

Country of Service: Colombia

Training Group: Colombia 56

Cities you served in: Santuario, Risaralda

Arrival Year: 67

Departure Year: 69

Work Description:

Rural Com Development

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

None

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

Stayed Married to Sara Walsh Col 56 . I got to vote for Sam Farr

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

Heck of a honeymoon. We just had a reunion with a HCN who was our best bud. He lives in Texas.

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

John Ordman

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-141-157-9-111.balt.east.verizon.net - 141.157.9.111) on Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 6:11 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Stephen M. Young can be contacted at younganynhpdorg

Country of Service: Colombia

Cities you served in: Armenia

Arrival Year: 1974

Departure Year: 1977

Work Description:

Forestry program working with timber bamboos (guadua) for reforestation.

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

Masters degree in botany, Univ. Florida 1985 then botanist for Mercer Arboretum in Houston and NY Natural Heritage Program 1990-present.

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

A big influence on my future life direction.

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

Ron Caprilla, Mike Ronan

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-186-59.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.186.59) on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 11:41 am: Edit Post

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PCOL is proud to announce that Phase One of the "History of the Peace Corps" is now available online. This installment includes over 5,000 pages of primary source documents from the archives of the Peace Corps including every issue of "Peace Corps News," "Peace Corps Times," "Peace Corps Volunteer," "Action Update," and every annual report of the Peace Corps to Congress since 1961. "Ask Not" is an ongoing project. Read how you can help.

By Michael A. Thomsen,Ph.D (184.98.243.63) on Saturday, August 10, 2024 - 8:23 pm: Edit Post

My application for an account appears to be considered "suspended." Why? I will not be able to log in until you approve my account. Months have passed. I produced and directed Educational Television in Colombia VIII-ETV 1963-65 at the Televisora Nacional/Inravisión. What's the delay?
mike.thomsen@asu.edu

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