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Home » Academics » Fellowships & Scholarships » Peace Corps Prep Program » Peace Corps Alumni

Peace Corps Alumni

Austin College graduates have a long and distinguished history of service in the U.S. Peace Corps. Over 30 alumni have served in the Peace Corps since the program’s founding in 1961. Below is a list of many of the Austin College graduates who have given years of outstanding service in the Peace Corps in countries all over the world. Click on the linked names in order to find out more about these students’ Peace Corps experiences.

 

Bill LuthansBill Luthans '77 spoke with Fiji One Television at an event hosted by the US Embassy in Suva, Fiji, celebrating the Peace Corps’ 50 years of service in Fiji. Bill served in the Peace Corps in Fiji on a remote island, Moala, as a science teacher from 1977 to 1979.

 

Kyle FloydKyle Floyd '06 is living in Esquipulas, Matagalpa, as a small business volunteer with Peace Corps Nicaragua and celebrated his first year “in country” in March. He particularly works to equip teachers in the local high schools, and his day may include classroom management and co-planning daily lectures for the “Emprendedurismo” program. Peace Corps and MINED (Ministerio de Educación) have compiled a curriculum for high school seniors that includes working in groups throughout the year to design a product that does not exist in their  community. They complete market studies, interviews, and create a prototype of their product. Finally, students write a business plan that is presented at a local competition, with potential to advance to regional and national competitions. Winners receive money they can invest in their business plan if they wish to continue. In addition to working in the schools, the Peace Corps volunteers work with small business owners providing business and financial education.

 

Read more about Austin College Global Ambassadors. (excerpt from Austin College Magazine - June 2005)

Name: Wallis Westwood '63
Location: Panama
Years: 1963-1965

 

Name: Jean Clark '64
Location: Panama
Years: 1965-1967

 

Name: Winifred Jones Bellido '66
Location: Peru
Years: 1969-1971

 

Name: Richard “Scooter” Merritt '66
Location: India
Years: 1967-1970

 

Name: Dana Fienning Minaya '66
Location: Ghana
Years: 1966-1968

 

Name: Vance McCracken '70
Location: Northern Ghana
Years: 1970-1972

 

Name: John McLeod '70
Location: Nepal
Years: 1970-1971

 

Name: Louise McLoughlin Gonzalez '73
Location: Domestic Peace Corps
Years: 1973-1974

 

Name: Martha Edwards '75
Location: Western Samoa
Years: 1976-1977

 

Name: Bill Luthans '77
Location: Moaala, Fiji
Years: 1978-1979

 

Name: Leslie Hughes-Lind ’78
Location: Honduras
Years: 1978-1980

 

Name: Pablo Salcido '78
Location: Honduras
Years:

 

Name: Claudia Finney ’79
Location: Honduras
Years: 1985-1987

 

Name: Rebecca Wood Wyatt '80
Location: Central African Republic
Years: 1980-1981

 

Name: John McGown '86
Location: Phillipines
Years: 1992-1994

 

Name: Scott Bryant ’87
Location: Lesotho
Years: 1990-1994

 

Name: Mark Adcock '88
Location: Honduras
Years: 1989-1991

 

Name: Lorel Donaghey '86
Location: Uzbekistan
Years: 1992-1994

 

Name: Ruth Junkin '88
Location: Marshall Islands
Years: 1988-1990

 

Name: Helen Lowman '88
Location: Thailand
Years: 1988-1991

Name: Virginia Smith Volpe '90
Location: Sri Lanka
Years: 1992-1994

 

Name: Colleen Lyons Gardner '91
Location: Niger
Years: 1996-1998

 

Name: Julie Ell Lugar '91
Location: Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Years: 1994-1996

 

Name: Lauren Marshall ’92
Location: Gabon
Years: 1988-1992

 

Name: Michelle Dickson ’95
Location: Ukraine
Years: 1995-1996

 

Name: Joe Jordan '99
Location: El Salvador
Years: 2000-2002

 

Name: Naureen Rajan ’00
Location:
Years: 2000-2002

 

Name: Rachel Branaman '01
Location: Namibia
Years: 2009-2011

 

Name: Melania M. Marin ’01
Location:
Years: 2003-2005

 

Name: Sally Altland '02
Location: Botswana
Years: 2003-2005

 

Name: Amy Evans '02
Location: Armenia
Years:

 

Name: Dung Le '02
Location: Honduras
Years: 2002-2004

 

Name: Suzanne Price '02
Location: Mongolia
Years: 2003-2005

 

Name: Michael Shawn Kirby ’03
Location: Azerbbaijan
Years: 2006-2008

 

Name: Carolyn Wilson '03
Location: Micronesia
Years: 2003-2005

 

Name: Cat Chamberlain ’04
Location: Albania
Years: 2006-2008

 

Name: Kyle Floyd '06
Location: Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Years: 2013-2015

 

Name: Jerry Kenney ’06
Location: Armenia
Years: 2007-2009

 

Name: Meaghan Mueller Kenney '06
Location:
Years: 2007-2009

 

Name: Ada Mbagwu-Mahlik ’07
Location: Niger
Years: 2008-2009

Name: Austin McBee ’07
Location: Mauritania and Rwanda
Years: 2008-2011

 

Name: Casey Kaczmarczyk ’08
Location: West Africa
Years: 2011-2013

 

Name: Molly McMills '08
Location: El Salvador
Years: 2010-2011

 

Name: Molly Salomon ’08
Location: El Salvador
Years: 2010-2012

 

Name: Jake Pritchard '10
Location: Masaya, Nicaragua
Years: 2011-2013

 

Name: Allen Wang ’10
Location: Costa Rica
Years: 2010-2012

 

Name: Leslie Leonard '11
Location: Cameroon
Years: 2014-2016

 

Name: Chelsea Parker ’11
Location:
Years: 2016-2017

 

Name: Bianca Williams '13
Location:
Years: 2014-2016

 

Name: John Clark '13
Location: Mongolia
Years: 2014-2016

 

Name: Liz Ramirez ’13
Location: Cambodia
Years: 2015-2017

 

Name: Edgar Rodriguez ’15
Location: Madagascar
Years: 2016-2018

 

Name: Tejasvi Koka ’17
Location: Botswana
Years: 2017-2019

 

Name: Jared Weaver ’17
Location: Botswana
Years: 2018-2020

 

Name: Poya Seck ’17
Location: Senegal
Years: 2018-

If any of this information needs improvement or correction, please email Margie Norman, PCPP Coordinator.

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