List of Peace Corps volunteers explained

This is a list of notable persons who have served as volunteers in the United States Peace Corps, along with their terms of service. Each volunteer is listed only once.

Activism and aid

Art and architecture

Business

Education

Government

Cabinet-level officials

Executive branch

Foreign service

Law

Municipal and local officials

Peace Corps Directors

Governors

State legislators

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Current

Former

Journalists

Literature and non-fiction

Music

Science and medicine

Television, film, theater, and radio

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapreet Kaur Saluja . 2023-05-21 . Linkedin.
  2. Web site: Sapreet Kaur . 2023-05-21 . Sikh Coalition . en-US.
  3. Web site: Murphy . Dave . 2005-05-13 . Cindy Marano memorial set for May 20 in Oakland . 2023-05-21 . SFGATE . en-US.
  4. Web site: Carl Pope . 2023-05-21 . Our Energy Policy . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2023-04-06 . Craig Sholley (Zaire) — African Wildlife Foundation . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  6. Web site: Gregory H. Stanton . 2023-05-21 . Genocide Watch . en.
  7. Web site: The Volunteer Who Codified the "Ten Stages of Genocide" — Gregory Stanton (Ivory Coast) . 2023-05-21 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  8. Web site: RPCV Thomas Tighe (Thailand) — President & CEO Direct Relief . 2023-05-21 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  9. Web site: Congress . Elana . Sculptor Chabre strives for whimsy, character . 2023-05-24 . Whitman Wire.
  10. Web site: 2008-04-24 . Peace Corps needs a few good geeks . 2023-05-24 . The Mercury News . en-US.
  11. Web site: Roger K. Lewis, FAIA School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation . 2023-05-20 . arch.umd.edu.
  12. Web site: Martin Puryear (Sierra Leone) VESSEL – Peace Corps Worldwide . 2023-05-24 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  13. Web site: Gerber Klein . Michèle . Fall 2009 . Joel Shapiro . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111112035210/http://bombsite.com/issues/109/articles/3332 . 2011-11-12 . 2023-05-24 .
  14. News: Shanahan . Ed . 2022-10-05 . Patricia Cloherty, Trailblazing Venture Capitalist, Dies at 80 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-21 . 0362-4331.
  15. Web site: The Volunteer Who Was Named One of Most Powerful Women on Wall Street — Patricia Cloherty (Brazil) – Peace Corps Worldwide . 2023-05-21 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  16. Web site: The Volunteer Who Used His Corporate Positions in Service to Others — Bob Haas (Ivory Coast) – Peace Corps Worldwide . 2023-05-21 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  17. News: ZIPKIN . As told to AMY . 2006-12-17 . Out of Africa, Onto the Web . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-21 . 0362-4331.
  18. Web site: Chris Hedrick . 2023-05-21 . Linkedin.
  19. Web site: PCVs in Senegal Are Well Wired Thanks to Chris Hedrick! – Peace Corps Worldwide . 2023-05-21 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  20. Web site: Alberto Ibargüen . 2023-05-21 . Knight Foundation . en-US.
  21. Web site: Bears mourn the passing of Michael B. McCaskey . 2023-05-21 . www.chicagobears.com . en-US.
  22. Web site: Michael McCaskey . 2023-05-21 . www.peacecorpsconnect.org.
  23. Web site: White . Joy . 2013-02-06 . Micronesia historian Ballendorf dies at 73 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213224712/http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/cnmi-news/local/53345-micronesia-historian-ballendorf-dies-at-73 . 2013-12-13 . 2023-05-24 . Marianas Variety.
  24. Preston Blier . Suzanne . Autobiography and Art History: The Imperative of Peripheral Vision . RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics . No. 39 . Spring 2001 . 24–40.
  25. 2017-09-19 . Guy Consolmagno . Physics Today. 9 . 5837 . 10.1063/PT.6.6.20170919a . free . 2017PhT..2017i5837. .
  26. Web site: Shin . Michael D. . An interview with Bruce Cumings . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175424/http://review.aks.ac.kr/lab/contentBoardView.do?brd_no=35051&menu_no=296&brd_mgrno=162 . 2015-04-02 . 2023-05-24 . The Review of Korean Studies.
  27. Web site: Norris . Jeremiah . 2023-04-11 . The Volunteer Who Published Nationally on Wealth Inequality in the U. S. Robert H. Frank (Nepal) . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  28. Web site: Dr. Mavis G. Sanders . University of Maryland.
  29. News: Levin . Matt . February 4, 2011 . Archaeologist Michael Snarskis, who discovered ancient civilizations in Costa Rica, dies at 65 . Tico Times . February 11, 2011 . February 7, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110207192610/http://www.ticotimes.net/News/Top-Story/Archaeologist-Michael-Snarskis-who-discovered-ancient-civilizations-in-Costa-Rica-dies-at-65_Friday-February-04-2011 . dead .
  30. Web site: Johnston . Alan G. . 2023-04-24 . Review Finding Kony by Robert E. Gribbin (Kenya) . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  31. Web site: 2023-01-11 . Carol Spahn Sworn-In as 21st Director of the Peace Corps . 2023-01-17 . Peace Corps.
  32. Web site: March 30, 2018 . Dr. Jody Olsen served in as 20th Director of the Peace Corps . Peace Corps.
  33. Web site: Farewell, Jody Olsen . 2023-05-21 . NPCA . 26 January 2021 . en.
  34. Web site: Director: Carrie Hessler-Radelet . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060017/http://www.peacecorps.gov/about/leadership/dir/ . 2014-08-08 . 13 June 2014 . Peace Corps.
  35. Web site: United States Senate Periodical Press Gallery . 13 June 2014.
  36. Web site: Nov 21, 2011 . Director Aaron S. Williams . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015072650/http://peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=about.leadership.dir . 2011-10-15 . Peace Corps.
  37. http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=1565&ref=&fin=2 National Peace Corps Association. "Ron Tschetter (India 66-68) Confirmed to Lead Peace Corps" September 29, 2006.
  38. Web site: Pipeline. "Mark L. Schneider Named Director of the Peace Corps" December 23, 1999 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20010424040828/http://www.pipeline.com/~ybycui/fop/nanduti/markxiii.htm . April 24, 2001 . 2007-08-18. .
  39. News: Renteria . Ramon . December 2, 1993 . Peace Corps chief at UTEP graduation . 7B . El Paso Times . September 30, 2011 . Newspapers.com.
  40. Web site: Author Nina Mukerjee Furstenau Missouri . 2023-05-25 . Nina Furstenau . en.
  41. Web site: 2023-03-28 . Award Winning Author Nina Mukerjee Furstenau (Tunisia) . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  42. Web site: Coyne . John . 2023-04-13 . Talking with Gene Stone (Niger) . 2023-05-21 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  43. Web site: The Volunteer Who Created Compelling Novels out of Her Family's Oral History — Mildred Taylor (Ethiopia) . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  44. Web site: New York Times "Literary Destinations" by Paul Theroux (Malawi) . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  45. Web site: Wand . Patricia . May 1997 . Two Peace Corps Legends: Moritz Thomsen and Patricia Wand . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  46. Web site: Norris . Jeremiah . 2023-04-21 . The Volunteer Who Became a Well Published Novelist Richard Wiley (Korea) . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  47. Dunning, Jennifer. "Mary Kim Joh, 101, Who Wrote a Korean Anthem, Is Dead," New York Times. February 11, 2005; retrieved 2012-12-14.
  48. Web site: Norris . Jeremiah . 2023-03-31 . The Volunteer who became a nationally known film director and producer — Taylor Hackford (Bolivia) . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.
  49. Web site: Sitton . Drew . 2021-05-07 . Hillcrest filmmaker brings little-known Cold War history to the silver screen . 2023-05-09 . San Diego News . en-US.
  50. Web site: Herman . Karen . RPCV Bob Vila Remembers This Old House . 2023-05-25 . peacecorpsworldwide.org.