List of Peace Corps volunteers

This is a list of notable persons who have served as volunteers in the United States Peace Corps, along with their terms of service. Each volunteer is listed only once.

Activism and aid

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Art and architecture

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Reed Hastings, co-founder of Netflix (Swaziland 1983–85)

Business

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Suzanne Preston Blier, American art historian (Benin 1969–71)
 
James H. Fowler, American social scientist (Ecuador 1992–94)
 
Joseph Opala, OR, American historian (Sierra Leone 1974–77)

Education

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Government

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Cabinet-level officials

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Drew S. Days III, 40th Solicitor General of the United States (Honduras 1967–69)

Executive branch

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Christopher R. Hill, U.S. Ambassador to Serbia (Cameroon 1974–76)
 
J. Christopher Stevens, former U.S. Ambassador to Libya (Morocco 1983–85)

Foreign service

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Sarah Parker, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (Turkey 1964–66)

Municipal and local officials

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Carol Spahn, 21st Director of The Peace Corps (Romania 1994–96)

Peace Corps Directors

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Tom Wolf, 47th Governor of Pennsylvania (India 1969–71)

Governors

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  • Jim Doyle, 44th Governor of Wisconsin and 41st Attorney General of Wisconsin (Tunisia 1967–69)
  • Bob Taft, 67th Governor of Ohio and 49th Secretary of State of Ohio (Tanzania 1963–65)
  • Tom Wolf, 47th Governor of Pennsylvania (India 1969–71)

State legislators

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Paul Tsongas, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and candidate for U.S. President in 1992 (Ethiopia 1962–64)

U.S. Senators

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U.S. Representatives

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Current

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Former

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Maureen Orth, American journalist, author, and special correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine (Colombia, 1964–66)
 
Tony D'Souza, American novelist, journalist, essayist, and reviewer (India 1966–68, Côte d'Ivoire 2001–02)

Journalists

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Paul Theroux, author of Waldo, Jungle Lovers, Mosquito Coast and The Great Railway Bazaar (Malawi 1963–65)

Literature and non-fiction

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Music

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  • Kinky Friedman, Texas singer, songwriter, novelist, politician (Malaysia 1967–1969)
  • Mary Kim Joh, Korean-American music composer, academic and medical research scientist. (Liberia 1977–78)[44]
 
Mae Jemison, American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut (Sierra Leone and Liberia 1983–85)

Science and medicine

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  • Joseph M. Acaba, American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut (Dominican Republic 1994–96)
  • Lillian Carter, nurse, mother of President Jimmy Carter (India 1966–68)
  • Gene Carl Feldman, oceanographer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Western Samoa 1974–77)
  • Ina May Gaskin, Certified Professional Midwife, author, known as the "Mother of Modern Midwifery" (Malaysia 1963–65)
  • Mae Jemison, American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut (Sierra Leone and Liberia 1983–85)
  • Carle M. Pieters, American planetary scientist (Malaysia 1967–69)
 
Chris Matthews, host of NBC's Hardball (Swaziland 1968–70)

Television, film, theater, and radio

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See also

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References

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