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Obituary for Pauline Birky-Kreutzer
Birky-Kreutzer and Albertson, who were each CSU researchers, in 1961, published one of the original feasibility studies that led to the creation of the Peace Corps. She chronicled her experiences in the self-published book "Peace Corps Pioneer or 'The Perils of Pauline.' " Birky-Kreutzer arrived in Tehran in October 1956 after she and her husband were hired by the State Department to work with the Near East Foundation in Iran. With a degree in home economics, Birky-Kreutzer was asked to be an associate adviser for the women's program for the foundation. She trained Iranian women to work in community development, nutrition and literacy. Not long after returning to Fort Collins from Iran, Birky-Kreutzer began to work for the Congressional Feasibility Study for the Peace Corps. Birky-Kreutzer was also the director of the first Peace Corps group to go to Pakistan. She helped train the group while at CSU and later spent almost two years in the country.
Obituary for Pauline Birky-Kreutzer
Peace Corps 'founding mother' dies at 92
By Coloradoan staff • August 23, 2008
Former Fort Collins resident Pauline Birky-Kreutzer, the Peace Corps' "founding mother," died Thursday night after a weeklong illness.
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Birky-Kreutzer, 92, was to be recognized Friday along with Maury Albertson and Andrew Rice during the opening of the Peace Corps & Friends Celebration, a three-day event highlighting CSU and Fort Collins' contribution to the organization.
"I think she would be very happy with the organization," Rice said after the opening event.
Albertson said Birky-Kreutzer was a long-time family friend who was a brilliant researcher and his automatic choice for co-authoring the proposal.
"She had all this wonderful experience working in the villages of Iran," Albertson said of Birky-Kreutzer's time living with her husband in Iranian villages after he received a Fulbright Scholarship. "She was just a natural to take charge of this study."
Birky-Kreutzer was also the director of the first Peace Corps group to go to Pakistan. She helped train the group while at CSU and later spent almost two years in the country.
Birky-Kreutzer and Albertson, who were each CSU researchers, in 1961, published one of the original feasibility studies that led to the creation of the Peace Corps.
She chronicled her experiences in the self-published book "Peace Corps Pioneer or 'The Perils of Pauline.' "
Birky-Kreutzer arrived in Tehran in October 1956 after she and her husband were hired by the State Department to work with the Near East Foundation in Iran. With a degree in home economics, Birky-Kreutzer was asked to be an associate adviser for the women's program for the foundation.
She trained Iranian women to work in community development, nutrition and literacy.
Not long after returning to Fort Collins from Iran, Birky-Kreutzer began to work for the Congressional Feasibility Study for the Peace Corps.
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