Peace Corps Brazil
1962-80

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Univ. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Wakefield, Michigan
July 1968

Jaciara
ARCAMAT 4-S
July 68 - Dec 71

Valatie, NY

Lavras, MG
Jan 77

Cuiabá
Deaf Education
Jan - May 77
&

Recife, PE

Chino Hills, CA

Mike Gorski  

BR12
Milwaukee, WI
June 64

Cuiabá
Electrical Engineering
CEMAT
Sept 64 - Aug 67

San Diego, CA

Comments:
It was really tough leaving Brazil and returning to the United States in 1968, as I missed the Brazilians, fellow PC Volunteers, and the priorities of life as we knew it for 2 years.  But move along I did.  I am married and have 4 grown children, am a counselor by profession and work at a City College in Chicago (where I daily learn something new from my students from 138 countries), and have been lucky to have returned to Brazil 5 times, once to Bela Vista and the Pantanal.  (Who would have known we were sitting on one of the most important ecological sites in the world?!)  I have no doubt that my time in Brazil shaped my path and helped me to become who I am.

Austin Summer 65
Austin, Texas and Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro

Bela Vista
Visitadora in a Posto de Saude
Aug 66-68

Chicago, IL

 

Wilmington, DE

Comments:

It is good to read about our time in Brazil.  I was sorry to read that some of our members have died.  For about 20 years I have served as a United Methodist pastor.  Guess where my first church was located....Wakefield!  Small world!

Univ. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Wakefield, Michigan
July 1968

Rondonópolis
&
Dom Aquino
ACARMAT
July 68 -70

 

Ypsilanti, MI

Pat Day

Arizona State Univ.
Tempe, AZ
Aug 64

Bela Vista

Houston, TX

Paul Wood

New Orleans

Cuiabá
CEMAT
73 - 75

Macungie, PA

Richard and Marcia Anderson

Milwaukee, WI

Jaciara
AG
Clubes 4-S, rural youth
July 68 - Dec 71

Valatie, NY

Richard Gross

Milwaukee, WI

Cuiabá &
Pão de Acucar, AL
ED/CD Special Indian Project
May 68 - Dec 70

San Francisco, CA

Roger Pearson

Overall, Peace Corps was very rewarding and a great enhancement to my on-going liberal arts education. Training at ASU was very beneficial, as was supervision by ASU staff in Brazil.

Returned to Pocone in 1986 for a visit, and located several local co-workers.

Got a library degree (MLS) in 1974 and have worked as a public library administrator in Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, Washington and California. Currently semi-retired, working off and on as a interim library administrator.

I can still speak Portuguese, but I frequently mix in Spanish and Italian.

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Arizona State Univ.
Tempe, AZ
Aug 64

Santa Rosa, CA

Arizona State Univ.
Tempe, AZ
Aug 64

Santo Antônio do Leverger
Health
Aug 64- Aug 67

Chicago, IL. 
and connections in Calif.

email updated: Aug 10

Anyone ever hear from Richard Bartels?  Found him!

 BR 7
Gainesville, FL

Cuiabá
&
Rio Verde, MS
AG
64-67

Wright City, MO

Stan Withee

S.I.T., Brattleboro, VT
&
Viçosa, MG

Ag
Sidrolandia
Jan.67 - Oct.68

Canby, OR

Most of us went to the state of Mato Grosso. I also spent time in Rio de Janeiro (state of Guanabara and then spent almost a year in a small town in the state of Rio called Papucaia.

BR12
Milwaukee, WI
June 64

Poxoreu
Health
Sept 64-66
& 
Papucia, Guanabara

Pelham, MA

Tamar June Lister   

Longmont, CO
July 70

Ministry of Agriculture
Cuiabá
Sept 70 - Dec 73

Cuiabá, MT

I served in Poxoreo Mato Grosso. My wife Julita and son Davis are both natives of Poxoreo. I return to Brasil yearly. I would enjoy hearing from others who served in my group.

Matão, SP
July 72

Poxoreo
AG ACARMAT
1972-75

Des Monies, IA

Vic Cox

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BR12
Milwaukee, WI
June 64

Camapua

Goleta, CA

William N. Nelson

BR12
Milwaukee, WI
June 64

Caarapo
Public Helath
Sept 64 - Jun 66

Augusta, GA

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