The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development...

States Marine Corps). These usages often overlap. Corps may also be a generic term for a non-military organization, such as the US Peace Corps and European...

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...

States from 1977 to 1981. She was also known for her contributions as a Peace Corps volunteer in India and for writing two books during her son’s presidency...

The Peace Corps Commemorative is a proposed national commemorative work in Washington, D.C. honoring the historic founding of the Peace Corps and the...

diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia. The book caused a sensation in diplomatic circles and had major political implications. The Peace Corps was established...

Carol Spahn is an American executive and current director of the Peace Corps. Spahn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Catholic University of America...

programs include: AmeriCorps VISTA, or Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), was founded in 1965 as a domestic version of the Peace Corps. The program was...

high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator. He made two important and celebrated attempts to climb...

a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, where he started using Super 8 film in his spare time. The camera was purchased for him by fellow Peace Corps volunteer...

National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) is a North American nonprofit organization supporting the Peace Corps Agency community. Founded in 1979, the NPCA...

forgo their Christmas celebrations after their daughter leaves for the Peace Corps until she unexpectedly decides to return home for the holiday. Christmas...

was served by workers of the United States Peace Corps until the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. The Peace Corps workers had been assisting local women in a...

8 people would ride in a 4-person sedan from one to two decades ago. Peace Corps Cameroon had a training center in Batié in the 1980s, and has had a series...

Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, and other programs as...

if required, to the Navy and Air Force during war and peace. The inventory Army Ordnance Corps is responsible ranges from clothing (e.g. coats, sleeping...

first nuclear weapons treaty. He presided over the establishment of the Peace Corps, Alliance for Progress with Latin America, and the continuation of the...

Mark Lewis Schneider (born 1941) served as the 15th director of the Peace Corps (1999–2001). Schneider grew up in Antioch, California, where he attended...

O'Donnell (June 9, 1925 – February 29, 2012) was the fourth director of Peace Corps, serving from July 1, 1971 to September 30, 1972. O'Donnell was born...

science. After graduating from Duke University, Carter served in the Peace Corps stationed in South Africa. In doing so he followed the example of his...

Prior to that, he was the first person of Hispanic ancestry to head the Peace Corps. Born in Carrizo Springs, Texas, Vasquez is a Mexican-American and the...

economics in 1974. Hill was a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon from 1974 to 1976. Hill credits his work with the Peace Corps for teaching him his first...

suburb. After finishing his university education, Theroux joined the Peace Corps in 1963 as a teacher in Malawi. In a later life interview, he described...

is still leaving on her Peace Corps mission, but Hal says he is coming with her, having just been sworn into the Peace Corps by Ralph's friend Li'iBoy...

their brother-in-law Sargent Shriver served as director of the new Peace Corps, and Ted became the U.S. Senator from Massachusetts until his death in...

Miller Ruppe (January 3, 1936 – August 7, 1996) was a Director of the Peace Corps and US Ambassador to Norway. She was the wife of U. S. Congressman Philip...

had also advised President John F. Kennedy on the foundation of the Peace Corps. Kennedy was the first to announce the idea for such an organization...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1974. Murray left for the Peace Corps in Thailand in 1965, staying abroad for six years. At the beginning of...

advice to units and conduct recovery operations in peace and war. The British Army formed the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)...

University with a B.F.A. in musical theater. Matthews served two years in the Peace Corps in West Africa. In 2005, he founded a nonprofit, UgandaProject (originally...