I was in Maracaibo as part of the University Education Project--teaching at Universidad del Zulia and doing community development work at the National Prison and at the Zulia State Association for the Blind. I also edited Quaicaipuro (?) the Peace Corps Volunteer Newsletter in Venezuela. I served from 1962-64. Our group trained at Univ of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and then at Camp Crozier in Puerto Rico. We were a group of about 25 based at various universities around the country.

I serve on the Board of NPCA -- probably the longest sitting member of the Board--first joined in 1984 when I was VP of Boston RPCVs. I represent the latin american RPCV groups in particular serving as a liason to those groups. I am also the Chair of the Awards Committee--we give Shriver Awards to outstanding individual RPCVs, Ruppe Awards to outstanding affiliated RPCV groups, and Web Site Awards and Newsletter Awards.