Education

Notable former Peace Corps Volunteers in Education.

• Joe Acaba

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  mission specialist educator astronaut for NASA (Dominican Republic 1994-96)

• Charles Baquet

  ,

  director of the Center for Intercultural & International Programs, Xavier University of Louisiana (Somalia 1965-67)

• Stephen Beaver,

  associate dean of admissions of Thunderbird School of International Studies (Tanzania 1965-67)

• Tex Boggs,

  president of the Western Wyoming Community College System (Thailand 1962-64)

• Leonel Castillo,

  president and co-founder of Houston International University (Philippines 1961-63)

• Theodore Celeste,

  chairman of board of trustees of Ohio State University (Fiji 1968-70)

• Leon Dash,

  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Swanlund Professor of Journalism, University of Illinois at Urbana (Kenya 1969-70)

• Drew Days,

  professor, Yale Law School (Honduras 1967-69)

• Brady J. Deaton,

  chancellor of the University of Missouri-Columbia (Thailand 1962-64)

• George Drake,

  former president of Grinnell College (Lesotho 1991-93)

• Thomas Gouttierre,

  dean of International Studies and Programs and director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska-Omaha (Afghanistan 1965-67)

• John E. Greisberger,

  president of NAFSA: Association of International Educators (Afghanistan 1973-75)

• Leo Higdon, Jr.,

  president of Connecticut College, former president of the College of Charleston (Malawi 1968-70)

• James M. Kouzes,

  dean's professor of leadership at Santa Clara University (Turkey 1967-69)

• Joann La Perla-Morales,

  president of Middlesex County College (Colombia 1968-70)

• James Lyons Sr.,

  president of California State University, Dominguez Hills (Ecuador 1966-67)

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  M. Peter McPherson

  President of Michigan State University
  (Peru 1964-66)

  McPherson is president of Michigan State University, which ranks among the top 25 universities with graduates serving in the Peace Corps.

• Joyce Neu,

  director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego (Senegal 1972-74)

• Julius Nimmons,

  president of University of the District of Columbia (Tunisia 1962-64)

• Marjorie Pfannkuch-Bakan,

  president of Wheelock College (Philippines 1961-63)

• Jeswald Salacuse,

  dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (Nigeria 1963-65)

• Donna Shalala,

  president of the University of Miami (Iran 1962-64)

• Robert Trumble,

  dean of Graduate School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University (Peru 1963-65)

Last updated May 05 2009