Press and media; Peace Corps Directors; Kennedy, John F.;
Full text of the March 4, 1961 White House press release announcing the appointment of Sargent Shriver as first Director of the Peace Corps. Also provides brief biographies of early Peace Corps staff members.
This is a photo of my counterpart, myself, and our 5th and 6th grade students on the last day of school in my last year of service. It was taken at our school, minutes before their final English exam took place.
This photo was taken with my 5th grade class at Avkcenti Veleshki Grammar school in Samokov, Bulgaria. We were having a lesson on American holidays and celebrating Halloween by making masks. Photograph was taken on Tuesday, October 31st, 2000.