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First Peace Corps member recalls adventure and idealism
The first Peace Corps volunteer Jacob Feldman recalls signing up in 1961 at age 21, driven by adventure and idealism. Now a 41 year old architectural engineering professor at California State University San Luis Obispo, Feldman cites the two years in Tanganyika Africa as shaping his view of life beyond materialism and urban pace.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Jacob Feldman
Feldman
Peace Corps
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
University of Michigan
California State University At
Tanganyika
Tanzania
Beck
United States
Africa