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updated: 19-Jan-10


This is partial list of US and Brazilian staff members. 
If you know of others who haven't sign up, please contact them.

 


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4-S Clubs State and National Leader

 

Served in: Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and then nationwide. From July 61- May 75

 

While I was the 4-S Clubs State Leader in Minas Gerais, I had the pleasure of hosting and assisting the first group of Peace Corps Volunteers that came to work with the Rural Extension Program,(Ex-ACAR, now Emater-MG) in Minas Gerais, assisting our work with the 4-S clubs. I remember having hosted Corine Ann Hay in my own apartment, when the first PCV group arrived in Belo Horizonte. In 1962 I shared an office with Myra and Bob Anderson, State PCV leaders, and later with Curt Deville. We worked very closely with Jerry Chavez and Francis Presley, for several years. In 1963, after three months of visiting the USDA Extension Program in the US, I was invited by the National 4-S Club Foundation (contact: Warren Schmidt) to assist with the training of PCV Brazil 6,and I had the pleasure to give classes for this group in Milwaukee, in Aug/Sept 63. I have been in touch with my good friends Jane and Jerry Chavez, and Bob and Myra Anderson. I am looking forward to participate in the forthcoming BRAZIL 1 reunion in August 2004 (Paraiba), hoping to meet many of my old friends.

 

-->Visit Auckje's web site (some photos of exPCVs in the 4S program)

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Belo Horizonte, MG

Antonio Dantas-Sobrinho

Portuguese Instructor


Served in: Milwaukee, WI 64-66

 

I would like to know the whereabouts of former volunteers who trained in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 64, 65, 66.

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Brasília, DF

 

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Portuguese Instructor


Served in: Fortaleza and Virgin Islands 1970


PRESENT LOCATION:   Shepherdstown,  WV

Portuguese Instructor


Served in:
Milwaukee - Sept 66


PRESENT LOCATION: 
North Lauderdale, FL


HOMETOWN: 
Recife

 

Delano Carvalho

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Assistant Training Program Director

 

Served in: Assistant APCD for Northeast Brazil, based in Recife (1974-1976) and later on accumulated another function as the Regional Programming and Training Officer - NE Brazil.
 

Recife, PE

 

PRESENT LOCATION: St. Petersburg, FL

 

 

 

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Portuguese Instructor / Project Director


Served in: Belo Horizonte, Campinas, Salvador, Mar 72 - Jun 75
 

Interested in getting in touch with people I've worked with.  Now, I'm working as a teacher and business consultant with Fundação Dom Cabral, leading management school in Brazil and South America.

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Belo Horizonte

June 06

 

Fernando e Silva Abreu

Portuguese instructor
 

Served in: Austin, Texas and Sacramento, California 1965-66.  

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Porto Alegre, RS

 

Francis Pressly

 

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Director - Brazil 1 Project


Served in: 10 states and Rio de Janeiro  Mar 62 - Nov 64

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Valle Crucis, NC                                     

 

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Contracted Overseas Rep. Agriculture


Served in: Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, 64-66
 

I spent a total of 5 years in Brazil--Peace Corps and USAID. 7 years in Venezuela with FAO. Then 1977 moved to LA as Director of Ag Operations for McIlhenny Company (TABASCO). Retired in 1999. Currently involved with Partners of the Americas.

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Loreauville, LA

 

Country Director - 1961-64

 

In l961, I was sent to Brazil to establish the Peace Corps there. We began with design of a 4-H Club Project, which was most successful. Then we established a community development project for the entire Sao Francisco Valley project reaching most states in central and Northeast Brazil...The tour in Brazil was entirely satisfactory thanks mainly to the great interest and contribution of the volunteers, many of whom remain friends forty five years later.

(August 2005)

 

PRESENT LOCATION: McLean, VA

Geovana Oliveira Lima

 

 

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Portuguese Trainer


Served in: Virgin Islands: 1970

 

I worked as a Peace Corps Trainer in 1970, in the Virgin Island. This week I met a group of Volunteers that came to visit Aracaju. It was great, after 34 years of distance!

I would like to get in touch with trainees and trainers that took part of the program in 1970.

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Aracaju, SE

 

 

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Regional Director NE, Country Director


Served in:
Recife, Brasilia DF from Sept 72 - July 76

I am interested to reconnect with RPCV's and staff who were in Brazil when I was there.

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Arlington, VA

Dr. Harold Hawkins

 

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PC Physician


Based in: Fortaleza


Served in: Rio Grande do Norte and north  Sept 67 - July 69


We recently revisited Ceara and drove out to Tiangua, a trip that terrified us in 1968 -- a shortcut up the side of a mountain that was as wisely chosen as that of the Donner Party -- and wisely avoided all shortcuts. Sobral now has air conditioners but no air conditioning. The hotel in Tiangua is full of Chico da Silva paintings. It was a great trip.

 

PRESENT LOCATION: West Hartford, CT

 

 

Dr. Loch Susan Trimingham

PC Physician


Based in:
Goiânia, Goiás


Served in:
Goiânia, Goiás


PRESENT LOCATION:
Bellingham, WA

                  

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Herb Soll

Associate PC Director


Served in: Guanabara, Sao Paulo, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul  May 67 - 69

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Saipan, Mariana Islands

 

Irineide Silveira

 

Portuguese Instructor


Served in: Gainesville, Florida and Tempe, Arizona - 64-65

 

"I'm a former Portuguese teacher for both BR15, Tempe, Arizona Aug 64 and at the Univ. of Florida (Gainesville) June 65. I would like to be in touch with my groups and to be inform of their reunions".

 

"Não tenho contato com ninguem do Peace Corps.  Morei   09  anos nos EEUU, voltei para o Brazil  em l971 e aqui fiquei.  Tenho dois filho.  Uma menina que está tentando entrar para a Guiliard School em Nova York e um filho que ja é jornalista lá e escreve sobre música popular, além de notícias sobre o Brasil, para vários jornais menores em todo o país. Seu nome é Ernest Barteldes. Moro em Fortaleza, Ce, cidade litorânnnnnea onde nasci.  Um beijos, Irineide

Thank you, Irineide
 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Fortaleza, CE

Nov 04

 

Ivan Araujo


see photo

Portuguese instructor


Served in: Brattleboro, VT, Apr 66 - Nov66

"I was also on the teaching staff in Los Angeles, CA.in 68.  Muitas saudades de tudo e de todos" 

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Rio de Janeiro

Jane Spencer

Daughter of Fermino Spencer, Associate Director Ceará and Rio

PRESENT LOCATION:  Montgomery Village, MD

 

Jim LaFleur

Director - BA & SE  
 

Also, PCV in PE

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Maputo, Mozambique

John Burns

 

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State Director/Desk Officer
 

After the Peace Corps I worked at the at the Justice Department - LEAA, Washington, D.C., doing civil rights compliance reviews of police departments, then became the Southern Brazil representative for the Inter American Foundation and subsequently returned to Brazil as the director of Youth For Understanding program. I was treated in the USA for my alcoholism (remember the geladeira cheia de Brahma in my office in Recife) in 1978, returned to Brazil where I founded and direct a chain of seven chemical dependency treatment centers spread from Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul. They provide services for corporations. Some of you will remember my Brazilian wife, Liliana, who sadly died in February, 2003. I've always been appreciative for all the volunteers taught me. I've also followed a number of projects which leads me to believe after 25 years that it was worth it.

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  São Paulo

 

Jose Sebastião Maia

Portuguese Instructor
 

I began working for the Peace Corps I believe it was in October 1967. I was trained and the Program was carried out in Brattleboro Vermont - Xisto-Program, then we went to the University of Emory Atlanta, Georgia and finally the Volunteers and Instructors went to Puerto Rico and from there to Brazil. The Brazilian names that I remember are: Marcia from Goias, the Director of the Program whose name I believe was Dick. The other name is Siomara Deslandes.

Another Program - The Bisbee Arizona program was carried out by the Westinghouse Learning Corporation - The Portuguese Supervisor was William McDavid and he was married to a Brazilian named Dinorah. ( this was in 1969 or 1970 ).

 

PRESENT LOCATION: I have been living in Seattle WA for more than two years

 

Staff: ex-wife of Hugh Smith, Director of Paraíba.


Served in:  João Pessoa, Paraíba  68-71


My husband, Hugh Smith, was the Director for Paraíba. I worked with him on PCV training and visits and research for programs.

 

PRESENT LOCATIONScottsdale, AZ
(Jan 08)

 

Lazaro Franco

Portuguese Instructor
Served in: Estado do Rio July 69 - Dec 70


PRESENT LOCATION: Coral Springs, FL                         
         

                                              

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Licia Pedreira

Portuguese Instructor

Served in:
California, Wisconsin, Vermont and Georgia, Sacramento, Milwaukee, Brattleboro, Waco,  June 66 - 69
 

PRESENT LOCATION: Salvador, Bahia

College Teacher & Translator

 

Lourenco Levine

PC Program Planner
Rio and Recife

 

Luiz Lima

 

 

 

Portuguese Instructor
Served in: 1968 - 1976

 

Worked in many training programs as Portuguese language instructor, from 1968 to 1976. Started in Brattleboro, Vermont, trained in Washington D.C., moved to Blue Knob Pennsylvania. The US Virgin Islands; Trained in Atlanta, GA (Camp Waco). Recruited from 1970-1971, traveling the Midwest and West coast areas as a Host Country National Recruiter. In 1974 I was in Belo Horizonte and in the Summer 1975 I was in Lavras, Minas Gerais. in 1976 I was a Program and Training Officer and went to Brasilia and from there to Mato Grosso. Summer of 1976 I was in Recife and from there to Campina Grande, Paraiba.

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Raleigh, NC

 

Language instructor, language coordinator
Served_in: Bisbee, St. Thomas, St.Croix, Little Thatch, Campinas, Belo Horizonte, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Goiania, Recife 1969-72

 

It would be great to hear from all with whom I worked during those years. It was a wonderful, fun time of our lives and I often think about those I met during Peace Corps training. Please get in touch.

PRESENT LOCATION: The Woodlands, Houston, TX

Secretary

Served in:   Fortaleza, Ceará  72-73
 

I am very happy to have found this site.  I would love to be in touch with the group that was in Ceará 72/73.   I have met Chris Olivere recently, she was a member of the group.   Some members of the group I remember:  Kersty Haven, Philip Pearlstein, Danna, Sue, Andrea, Becky Moore,Ken, Larry, Tim, Luis

 

Present LOCATION:     Fortaleza

 

Maureen Gomes Lyon

Peace Corps Nurse - Recife 77-78

 

Served in: PE 74-77

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Suva, Fiji

 

Nelson Jacob

 

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Staff in Amazonas
In the first group to arrive in Brazil. PCV in Paraiba and Goiás. PC Trainer for Clubes Agricolas who went to Minas and Goias.

 

Any RPCV's and staff are welcome to get in touch and come by for a visit.

 

PRESENT LOCATION: João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

 

 

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Admin Assistant

Served in:  Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Nov 71 - May 74
 

Great experience. Miss those days a lot. Will never forget such nice bunch of good people!
(Feb 2007)

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Porto Alegre, RS

Paul Eisenberg

Assist. Area Studies Coord.


Sacramento State PCV Training program - Summer 1966

PCV Guanabara Health/CD Rio de Janeiro 1964- 1966

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Novato, California

 

(Jan 10)

Admin Officer/ES State Director

Served_in: Vitória/Rio de Janeiro 1964 - 1975

I was reading a book on Domingos Martins, ES, when ran into the name of
Gene Whitmer, which I quote below:


Joel (Guilherme Velten) foi um dos fundadores da Biblioteca Municipal, junto com o ex-Voluntario da Paz, Maurice Eugene Whitmer, tambem conhecido como Gene. O Corpo da Paz era uma organizacao americana criada no governo do Presidente John Kennedy, o que facilitou os estudos do mesmo (Joel) nos EUA.

I must confess that I had saudades for everybody.

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro

 

Portuguese Instructor
Served in: April-July 1966 Brattleboro, VT


I keep with me unforgettable images of the School For International Training where I taught Portuguese in two Peace Corps Projects for Brazil. I would deeply appreciate if some of those volunteers who learned Portuguese with me could contact me. I would like to see all of them again, mainly Peggy Linda, John Vanderlick, Don de Luka, Bill Holloway, etc. I have a School of Languages in the Historical Town of Cachoeira - The POLYCENTER. I have written a method for teaching English as a second language, inspired in the methodology used by the School For International Training to teach Portuguese conversation in its Peace Corps Projects for Brazil. May God bless all of you!


PRESENT LOCATION: Cachoeira, Bahia

 

Phil Lopes

Country Director: Sept 1978- Dec 1980

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Tucson, AZ

 

Quino Martinez

Regional Director  
Recife Jan 63 - Jul 64
Deceased:  30 September 2002
Source: 
Louis Martinez
Scottsdale, AZ

 

 

 

Portuguese/BR Culture Instructor
 

Served in: Lavras, MG, Radio Producer, Journalist, Translator/Interpreter 1977


Thank you for adding my name to your PC Staff list. I was a Portuguese language & Brazilian Culture instructor during the 1977 USPC Spring training in Lavras-Minas Gerais. I now live in Sacramento-CA and am interesting in getting in contact with the volunteers who were trained and served at that time in Brazil.

 

**email updated 22 June 08

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Sacramento, CA

 

Rich Brumley

Lavras training group - January-April 77
 

Also PCV ES/MG 74-76

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Napa, CA   

 

Richard (Dick) Goughnour

Campina Grande, PB Summer 76 (see photo)
Program Administrator
 

Also PCV RN 74-76

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Brasília, DF

 

Rita do Vale Malueg

 

 

Portuguese Instructor
Served in: St. Thomas; AZ: PE;CE; MG April 69 - May 74
 

I am the sister of Mirtes do Vale who taught Portuguese and coordinated language training in Brazil for many years. I taught for PC from 1969-1974. I married a PE volunteer in 1973 and came to the US in 74.

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Waukesha, WI

 

Director ES 67-70
 

Also PCV ES 63-65

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Wardsboro, VT

 

Robin Comfort

APCD
Recife, PE
Dec 76 - 77
PCV Bahia


 

PRESENT LOCATION: Washington D.C.

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Ron Faas

 

Professional Site

Contractor's Overseas Rep
National 4-H Foundation (NE & Amazon), 67-70
Regional Program & Training Officer (NE Brazil) 70-72

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Santa Maria, CA

 

Agricultural Technical Coordinator
Served in: Belo Horizonte 74-75
 

COMMENTS:

My claim to fame is I must be the only Brit to have served on the staff in the Peace Corp in Brazil and in Belo Horizonte. Remember Luiz Lima and his Portuguese lesson on taking a bath!  Also, Eustaquio Penido de Andrade, the Project Director. Any others of that era please contact. I go to Brasil quite a lot and still have a house there.


PRESENT LOCATION: Market Harborough, Leicestershire UK

 

Staff Brazil & D.C.   62-68
PCV PB
and BA

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Southport, NC

 

Sebastião Pereira

Portuguese Instructor
Served_in:  Minas Gerais and Pernambuco, Lavras, Recife Aug 76 -  Aug 79

I would like to hear from PCVs who served in Brazil mostly but not necessarily from 76 till the end. Thank you.

PRESENT LOCATION: Phoenix, AZ

 

Steve Alexander

 

Amazon Tours

 

Santarem - Riverboat Town

 

Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon

Associate Peace Corps Director

 

Served in:   DF 65-67
Also PCV
MG

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Santarém, PA, Brazil

 

Steve Grossman
(deceased: Jan 05)

Staff Washington D.C
Tours as staff, mostly in DC. Dates: 73-78 and 88-93. Jobs: country desk officer, placement officer and Director, Costa Rica (acting.)

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Frankford, Delaware

 

Portuguese Instructor/Coordinator

Served in:

I was a Language Instructor and Language Coordinator in several PC programs: Blue Knob, PAl; Waco, GA; St. Croix, Virgin Islands; Belo Horizonte, MG; Campinas, SP; Natal, RN; Recife, PE; and others (too many to list). I worked with Bill McDavid, Geraldo Nunes, and several staff members during the period from 1969 to 1975 - all memorable experiences and great friendships. After Peace Corps, I came to Chicago where I still reside. Would love to hear from my training groups.

 

HOMETOWN: Vitória, ES

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Chicago, IL
(feb 09)
 

Twig Johnson

Staff DF
77-78
Also PCV CE & RN

 

PRESENT LOCATION: Washington D.C.

 


MD MPH PhD

 

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Peace Corps Physician
1966-68
Salvador, Recife and Paraíba

 

I served as a Peace Corps physician (US Public Health Service Comm. Officer) assigned to Brazil from 1966-1968 as staff, principally operating out of Salvador, but I served briefly in Recife, Pernambuco and in Paraiba 1966-1968

 

PRESENT LOCATION:  Boulder, CO

(Nov 08)

 

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