Notable RPCVs

Some people think no one ever does the PC and that it is whacky. Well I think otherwise! I wanted to get a list of people, not everyone, but "big" or accomplished people that I would relate to or my family/friends would relate to.

• Leonard Levitt, reporter for Newsday and author of An African Season (Tanzania 1963-65)
  
• Robert D. Mowry, Dworsky Curator of Chinese Arts at Harvard (Korea 1967-69)
• Mildred Taylor, author of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, winner of Newbery Award (Ethiopia 1965-67)
• Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, author of An American Killing (Cameroon 1965-67)
• Edward Dolby, president, Bank of America, Carolinas (India 1966-68)
• John Earhart, chairman of the board and a founding shareholder of Global Environment Fund Management Corporation (Guatemala 1975-77)
• Samuel Gillespie III, senior vice president, Exxon Mobil Corp. (Kenya 1967-69)
• Jan Guifarro, World Wide Director of Global Consumer Affairs for the Colgate Palmolive Company (Honduras 1973-75)
• Robert Haas, chairman of board for Levi Strauss (Ivory Coast 1964-66)
• Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix (Swaziland 1983-85)
• Wilber James, CEO of Citizens Power (Kenya 1971-72)
• Michael McCaskey, chairman of the board, Chicago Bears (Ethiopia 1965-67)
• Robert McCormack, executive vice president of Citicorp (Colombia 1968-70)
• Frederic Poses, CEO of American Standard Co. (Peru 1967-1969)
• Gordon Radley, president of Lucasfilms Ltd. (Malawi 1968-70)
• Priscilla Wrubel, founder of the Nature Company (Liberia 1961-63)
• Ron Arias, senior editor for People magazine and author of The Road to Tamazunchale (Peru 1963-64)
• David Briscoe, chief correspondent of World Desk for Associated Press (Philippines 1966-70)
• Dan Carney, reporter for Business Week (Benin 1983-85
• Karen DeWitt, producer, abcnews.com (Ethiopia 1966-68)
• Chris Matthews, host of NBC's Hardball (Swaziland 1968-70)
• Howard Seftel, restaurant critic for the Arizona Republic (Senegal 1972-75)
• Jonathan Weisman, White House correspondent for the Baltimore Sun (Guinea-Bissau and Philippines 1988-90)
• Carol Bellamy, president of World Learning, former Peace Corps Director (Guatemala 1963-1965)
• Arlene Mitchell, chief of school feeding support, United Nations World Food Programme (Niger 1973-76)
• Fred O'Regan, executive director of International Fund for Animal Welfare (Swaziland 1970-71)
• Kevin Quigley, president of National Peace Corps Association (Thailand 1976-79)
• Mark Schneider, senior vice president of International Crisis Group (El Salvador 1966-68)
• Tony Silard, founder of Global Education Partnership (Kenya 1990-92)
• Dane Smith, former president of National Peace Corps Association; former ambassador to Senegal and Guinea (Ethiopia 1963-65)
• Gordon Smith, chairman of Children's Museum About the World (India 1966-69)
• Thomas Tighe, president and CEO, Direct Relief International (Thailand 1986-88)
• Patricia Buckles, USAID/Peru director, Peace Corps (Guatemala 1973-77)
• Donald B. Clark, USAID mission director, Senegal (Burkina Faso 1969-71)
• Christopher Dodd, U.S. Senator, Connecticut (Dominican Republic 1966-68)
• Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin and wife Jessica Doyle (Tunisia 1967-69)
• Sam Farr, U.S. Representative from California (Colombia 1964-66)
• Gordon Gray, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (Morocco 1978-1980)
• Mike Honda, U.S. Representative from California (El Salvador 1965-67)
• Matthew Patrick, Massachusetts State Representative (Ghana 1977-79)
• Sarah Parker, associate justice, North Carolina Supreme Court (Turkey 1964-66)
• Terry Peterson, deputy secretary of U.S. Department of Education (Brazil 1967-69)
• Thomas Petri, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (Somalia 1966-67)
• Tod Satterthwaite, mayor of Urbana, Illinois (Grenada 1990-92)
• Christopher Shays, U.S. Representative from Connecticut (Fiji 1968-70)
• James Walsh, U.S. Representative from New York (Nepal 1970-72)
• Charles Baquet, director of the Center for Intercultural & International Programs, Xavier University of Louisiana (Somalia 1965-67)
• Brady J. Deaton, chancellor or the University of Missouri-Columbia (Thailand 1962-64)
• 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)
• M. Peter McPherson, president of Michigan State University (Peru 1964-66)
• Christopher R. Hill, assistant secretary of state, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Cameroon 1974-76)
• David N. Greenlee, ambassador to Bolivia; previously ambassador to Paraguay, (Bolivia 1965-67)
• ...and a lot more ambassadors...

Hrm...didn't mean for the list to get this long....look Justin, Netflix!