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U.S. international development program since 1961
The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to communities in partner countries
Peace_Corps
The Peace Corps Commemorative is a proposed national commemorative work in Washington, D.C. honoring the historic founding of the Peace Corps and the
Peace_Corps_Commemorative
Notable former Peace Corps volunteers, by profession
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
List of Peace Corps volunteers
List_of_Peace_Corps_volunteers
Military unit size designation
Corps may also be a generic term for a non-military organization, such as the US Peace Corps and European Solidarity Corps. In many armies, a corps is
Corps
American social entrepreneur
for Global Operations at Peace Corps. Before government service, Beale was the founder and chief executive officer of Atlas Corps, a leadership development
Scott_Beale
American nurse, mother of Jimmy Carter (1898–1983)
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
Lillian_Gordy_Carter
1968 song by The Mothers of Invention
"Who Needs the Peace Corps?" is a rock and roll song written by American musician Frank Zappa and featured as the second track on the 1968 album We're
Who_Needs_the_Peace_Corps?
American politician (born 1975)
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
Jason_Carter_(politician)
American diplomat (born 1952)
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
Christopher_R._Hill
United States intelligence officer and Soviet defector (1951–2002)
CIA case officer who defected to the Soviet Union. Howard served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bucaramanga, Colombia. There he met Mary Cedarleaf in 1973
Edward_Lee_Howard
1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer
diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia. The book caused a sensation in diplomatic circles and had major political implications. The Peace Corps was established
The_Ugly_American
American film director (born 1944)
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
Taylor_Hackford
Independent agency of the US government
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
AmeriCorps
American economist (1913–1969)
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
Max_Millikan
American politician diplomat
14, 2007, the Peace Corps announced its strong disagreement with the decision of Retzer to withdraw the authorization for Peace Corps Country Director
Michael_Retzer
President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
first nuclear weapons treaty. He presided over the establishment of the Peace Corps, Alliance for Progress with Latin America, and the continuation of the
John_F._Kennedy
American travel writer and novelist (born 1941)
in 1963. After finishing his university education, Theroux joined the Peace Corps in 1963 as a teacher in Malawi. In a later interview, he described himself
Paul_Theroux
American journalist (1934–2025)
organization. The Peace Corps Act was signed by President Kennedy on September 22, 1961. In Sarge, Scott Stossel reports that "Peace Corps legend has it that
Bill_Moyers
Place in West, Cameroon
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
Batié,_Cameroon
American political family
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
Kennedy_family
American political advisor
defining moment and said his experience in the Peace Corps helped him learn how to adapt. "When I was a Peace Corps volunteer, it was just a different culture
M._Peter_McPherson
American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)
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
Sargent_Shriver
Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007
Peace Corps in 2011, the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) – an independent 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organisation, separate from the Peace Corps,
Atiku_Abubakar
American filmmaker
Bennington College before joining the Peace Corps. Mooser began his career as a humanitarian aid worker in the Peace Corps in West Africa. In 2010 following
Bryn_Mooser
American inventor and engineer
Smith returned to MIT after the Peace Corps to get her master's degree in mechanical engineering. Smith joined the Peace Corps serving four years as a volunteer
Amy_B._Smith
collaborates with the Peace Corps to create the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP). This program has established the first "Peace Corps for doctors and
Seed_Global_Health
1998 American film
girlfriend) had married and now teach in foreign nations as part of the Peace Corps. It is also noted that Shale and Thomasson had served in the Army, as
The Substitute 2: School's Out
The_Substitute_2:_School's_Out
2001 film by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
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
Shallow_Hal
American government official
Postal Service, United States Agency for International Development, Peace Corps, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Currie's
Betty_Currie
American journalist (born 1943)
Gamma sorority. Following her graduation from college, she served in the Peace Corps in Medellín, Colombia, from 1964 to 1966. Orth later earned a master's
Maureen_Orth
model to follow, and created the Alliance for Progress, the Peace Corps, Food for Peace, and the Agency for International Development (AID). After the
Foreign policy of the Kennedy administration
Foreign_policy_of_the_Kennedy_administration
US government programs
the then current heads of state formerly participated in the IVLP. The Peace Corps is a cultural exchange program run by the United States government. Founded
United States cultural exchange programs
United_States_cultural_exchange_programs
North American non-profit organisation
National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) is a North American nonprofit organization supporting the Peace Corps Agency community. Founded in 1979, the NPCA
National Peace Corps Association
National_Peace_Corps_Association
US national service program to alleviate poverty
Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as the domestic version of the Peace Corps. Initially, the program increased employment opportunities for conscientious
AmeriCorps_VISTA
American Peace Corps director (1925–2012)
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
Kevin_O'Donnell_(Peace_Corps)
Victorian mansion in Newport, Rhode Island
Intelligence Agency. Additionally, Kennedy signed Public Law 87-293, the Peace Corps Act of 1961. The main house remained in the Auchincloss family until
Hammersmith_Farm
American entrepreneur and education philanthropist (born 1960)
instead to pursue service in the Peace Corps "out of a combination of service and adventure". With the Peace Corps, he taught math at a high school of
Reed_Hastings
Ronald A. Tschetter (born October 4, 1941) was the 17th Director of the Peace Corps. Tschetter earned a bachelor's degree from Bethel University in psychology
Ron_Tschetter
Global nonprofit humanitarian organization focused on ending child poverty
International has worked with the U.S. Peace Corps in a number of countries. The organization has trained Peace Corps volunteers in Guatemala, and has worked
Children_International
American writer (1941–1989)
then, under a short-lived Peace Corps program that recruited married couples with children.) Roberta Worrick's Peace Corps job was, she said, to be "a
Maria_Thomas
Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969
Civil Rights Act of 1964, introduced the first initiative to create the Peace Corps, and chaired the Select Committee on Disarmament. He unsuccessfully sought
Hubert_Humphrey
American fiction writer and professor (1953–2025)
University. He lived in Warren, New Hampshire. In his youth, Monninger was a Peace Corps volunteer. He was twice a recipient of National Endowment for the Arts
Joseph_Monninger
Place in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
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
Tiflet
Hand-dug water well
By 2007 the U.S. Peace Corps had been promoting use of Dutch bricks to build soak pits and wells for many years. The Peace Corps uses the term "Dutch
Brick-lined_well
American suitcase and bag manufacturer
New Jersey. Founded in 1975 by Charlie Clifford after a stint in the Peace Corps in Peru, the company is named after a Peruvian tumi ceremonial knife
Tumi_Inc.
U.S. presidential administration from 1961 to 1963
passed into law as the Revenue Act of 1964. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps and promised to land an American on the Moon and return him safely to
Presidency_of_John_F._Kennedy
American politician (1941–1997)
Law School and the Kennedy School of Government. After working for the Peace Corps and as an aide to Congressman F. Bradford Morse, Tsongas successively
Paul_Tsongas
Provincial public university in Guiyang, Guizhou, China
(Guizhou University), Guizhou University began hosting United States Peace Corps Volunteers. The volunteers teach at both the undergraduate and graduate
Guizhou_University
eyes of protagonist Cathy Grant, the comics detail the adventures of a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic in the mid-1980s. The work
Tales_from_the_Heart
American political scientist (born 1943)
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
Charles Murray (political scientist)
Charles_Murray_(political_scientist)
American actor, comedian and director (born 1968)
Uganda to American parents. His father, Delano Lewis, served as the U.S. Peace Corps' associate director and country director for Nigeria and Uganda at the
Phill_Lewis
single overseas volunteer system. The program is similar to the American Peace Corps program. Since its establishment in 1990, the Korea Overseas Volunteers
World_Friends_Korea
American mountain climber (1913–2009)
high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator. He made two important and celebrated attempts to climb
Charles_Snead_Houston
Kipchak Turkic language of Central Asia
status as a vowel distinct from /ɑ/ is questionable. The United States Peace Corps trains its volunteers using a "Left-Right Shift" method when carrying
Kyrgyz_language
Discipline of engineering addressing humanitarian needs
Peace Corps service". www.peacecorps.gov. Retrieved 2026-04-27. Peace Corps (U.S.) (1966-01-01). "Civil Engineers Needed For Challenging Peace Corps Assignments
Humanitarian_engineering
1973 festival in Houston, Texas
species' that they claim will establish heaven on earth". The World Peace Corps (WPC), headed by Maharaj Ji's 19-year-old youngest brother, Raja Ji,
Millennium_'73
American astronaut, doctor and engineer (born 1956)
medical degree from Cornell University. Jemison served as a doctor for the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone from 1983 until 1985 and worked as a general
Mae_Jemison
State-related university in Pennsylvania, US
of Peace Corps volunteers. According to the Peace Corps' 2008 ranking of colleges and universities, only 14 schools in the nation produced more Peace Corps
University_of_Pittsburgh
the Peace Corps and served as a volunteer in Morocco until 1984. Later in 2011, after the death of Sargent Shriver, the founder of the Peace Corps, Laugharn
Peter_Laugharn
Bilateral relations
Control and Prevention, Department of Treasury, Department of Defense, and Peace Corps[citation needed]. The majority of U.S. assistance is provided through
United States–Zambia relations
United_States–Zambia_relations
American physician and public health expert
the Peace Corps. The Partnership sent health professionals abroad to work as medical and nursing educators and to help build capacity. With the Peace Corps
Vanessa_Kerry
International humanitarian agency
to development projects in Colombia. The Peace Corps assumed greater control over the training of Peace Corps Volunteers in subsequent missions, but CARE
CARE_International
Private university in Lexington, Kentucky, US
of Kentucky's liberal arts colleges to partner with the Peace Corps to establish a Peace Corps Prep program, a diversity-oriented program designed to prepare
Transylvania_University
American diplomat and author (1941–2010)
University. In 1970, at his own request, Holbrooke was assigned to be the Peace Corps Director in Morocco. Holbrooke initially rejected an offer to become
Richard_Holbrooke
American politician and Chief Service Officer of California (born 1981)
Youth Job Corps offers a second chance at career, higher education". EdSource. "How California Grew a Service Corps Larger Than the Peace Corps (Published
Josh_Fryday
System of military or government service
Selective Service. In the United States, voluntary enrollments at the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps are also known as national service. Around 100 AD, Plutarch quoted
National_service
International award
same year in Washington D.C. as the "World Peace Corps Mission, World Peace Corp Academy and World Peace Prize Awarding Council, Inc.," a non-profit
World_Peace_Prize
American journalist
journalist. She disappeared on April 8, 2007, while working as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines and discovered on April 18 in a shallow
Julia_Campbell_(journalist)
Education program
accused the Peace Corps volunteers of being CIA agents, and they had to leave the country. Some of these volunteers entered the Teacher Corps. Originally
Teacher_Corps
1988 American film
Adrienne Pearce, and John Newland. This woman-in-prison film centers on two Peace Corps workers who are framed for drug trafficking and jailed in Africa. The
Purgatory_(1988_film)
American teachers in the Philippines
English-speaking nation in the world and became the precursors of the US Peace Corps Volunteers. For their contributions to Philippine education, the Thomasites
Thomasites
American politician (born 1980)
degree, he spent two years in the Dominican Republic as a member of the Peace Corps before earning a Juris Doctor at Harvard Law School in 2009. He resigned
Joe_Kennedy_III
American non-profit executive (born 1959)
founded the Special Olympics), and Sargent Shriver, who helped found the Peace Corps. Timothy Shriver was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Sargent Shriver
Timothy_Shriver
Bilateral relations
Malawians study in the United States. The United States has an active Peace Corps program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health
Malawi–United States relations
Malawi–United_States_relations
International outdoor education network
first Outward Bound USA course was run in Puerto Rico in 1961 for the Peace Corps, which it helped to shape. Outward Bound New Zealand was founded in 1962
Outward_Bound
American electrolyte beverage brand
traveling to Latin America as a way to avoid dehydration. The United States Peace Corps missions to Latin America often conduct instructional sessions on crafting
Suero_Oral
American lawyer
returned briefly to the Peace Corps in 2000–2001 as the Bush-Cheney Transition's Director of Transition for the Peace Corps. In 2002, he was Chief Counsel
Stephen_Rademaker
American writer
World: The Peace Corps Story, editor and contributor, Peace Corps/USGPO, 1996 Peace Corps: The Great Adventure, editor and contributor, Peace Corps/USGPO,
John_Coyne_(writer)
American businessman & politician (born 1945)
Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School then served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968. He was elected to the California State
John_Garamendi
American diplomat (1920–2012)
second director of the United States Peace Corps, succeeding Sargent Shriver. Vaughn was appointed Peace Corps director in 1966 by President Lyndon Johnson
Jack_H._Vaughn
American attorney and government official
an American government official who served as deputy director of the Peace Corps from 2023 to 2025. White earned a bachelor of science and army commission
David_E._White_Jr.
for Lutheran Social Services of New England, as a consultant for the Peace Corps in Colombia and Chile and for VISTA on Navajo reservations in the US
Peter_L._Pond
Musical
Broadway in 1963 with uncredited contributions by Stephen Sondheim. A Peace Corps volunteer in newly independent Nigeria, Marjorie Michelmore, caused a
Hot_Spot_(musical)
Public college in Fredericksburg, Virginia, US
of 261 UMW alumni have served in the Peace Corps since the agency's founding in 1961. UMW became a Peace Corps Prep Program partner in 2017. UMW was
University_of_Mary_Washington
American Navy officer (born 1937)
by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to the post of deputy director of the Peace Corps. In July 1982, President Reagan nominated and the U.S. Senate confirmed
Everett_Alvarez_Jr.
American government official
Carol Spahn is an American executive who served as director of the Peace Corps from 2022 to 2025. Spahn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Catholic
Carol_Spahn
Former U.S. program
International Peace Corps Secretariat), was created by the United States to encourage and assist other countries interested in replicating the Peace Corps idea
International Secretariat for Volunteer Service
International_Secretariat_for_Volunteer_Service
American investigative journalist (born 1948)
2011, Ross and Anna Schecter reported on the murder of a 24-year-old Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. Ross and Schecter received the 2011 George
Brian_Ross_(journalist)
Beauty pageant edition
Very First Time". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 27 October 2020. Peace Corps--1961-1981. Peace Corps--1961-1981: For 20 Years, Making a World of Difference: Press
Miss_World_1980
American lawyer
Columbia Law School. Between 1995 and 1997, Sorensen volunteered with the Peace Corps in Morocco. She served as assistant U.S. attorney in Chicago from 2003
Juliet_Sorensen
Couple abandoned and lost at sea
The couple had recently completed a two-year tour of duty with the Peace Corps at Funafuti atoll in the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu and were
Disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan
Disappearance_of_Tom_and_Eileen_Lonergan
American businesswoman and government official (born 1953)
the director of the Peace Corps. She was the first Asian American to serve in any of these positions. She expanded the Peace Corps' presence in Eastern
Elaine_Chao
Lawyer, former director of the US Peace Corps
School Institute of Politics from 1995 to 1999 and as the director of the Peace Corps. He is the longest-serving president in the history of HWS, serving from
Mark_Gearan
establishing the Peace Corps on a "temporary pilot basis". Kennedy also sends to Congress a message requesting authorization of the Peace Corps as a permanent
Timeline of the John F. Kennedy presidency (1961)
Timeline_of_the_John_F._Kennedy_presidency_(1961)
American murder victim who was killed in 1976 in Tonga
Deborah Gardner was a 23-year-old American Peace Corps volunteer who was murdered by another volunteer, Dennis Priven, in the Polynesian island kingdom
Murder_of_Deborah_Gardner
Private school in Baltimore, Maryland, US
Retrieved September 9, 2012. Peace Corps. "Johns Hopkins University – School of Nursing | Coverdell Fellows | Peace Corps". Peacecorps.gov. Archived from
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Johns_Hopkins_School_of_Nursing
American musician and film director
College Bulletin in 1963, he reflected on his Peace Corps experience: "This to me is the meaning of the Peace Corps as a new frontier. It is the call to go
David_Schickele
Public university in Bellingham, Washington, U.S.
in their 2025 college guide. In 2024, the Peace Corps ranked Western the top all-time producer of Peace Corps volunteers among medium-sized colleges and
Western_Washington_University
US political family
President of the Chicago Board of Education, 1955–1960 1st Director of the Peace Corps, 1961–1966 Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, 1964–1968
Shriver_family
exercised general oversight over the activities and programs of the Peace Corps and all U.S. foreign policy, programs and international cooperative efforts
United_States_Senate_Foreign_Relations_Subcommittee_on_Western_Hemisphere_and_Global_Narcotics_Affairs
PEACE CORPS
PEACE CORPS
Girl/Female
Latin English
Tranquil.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Paschalis (see Pascal, Italian Pasquale).nickname for a mild-mannered and peaceable person, from Middle English pace, pece ‘peace’, ‘concord’, ‘amity’ (via Anglo-Norman French from Latin pax, genitive pacis).Italian : from the medieval personal name Pace, used for both men and women, from the word pace ‘peace’ (see 1).
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, German, Muslim
Peace; Peaceful; Peach
Male
English
Short form of English Percival, PERCE means "pierced valley."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Pace, found mainly in Yorkshire but also in Orkney.
Boy/Male
Australian, English
A Calm Person
Boy/Male
English
Pierces the valley. One of the knights of the Round Table who searched for the Holy Grail (in...
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant spelling of Peak.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Pear.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, PEACE means "peace."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Peel.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, German, Latin
Tranquility; Peaceful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English pese ‘pea’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of peas, or a nickname for a small and insignificant person. The word was originally a collective singular (Old English peose, pise, from Latin pisa) from which the modern English vocabulary word pea is derived by folk etymology, the singular having been taken as a plural.Robert and John Pease came from Great Baddow, Essex, England, to Salem, MA, in 1634. In 1644 Robert died, leaving a son (also called Robert) who was apprenticed as a weaver in Salem. By 1646 John Pease was living on Martha’s Vineyard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French pech(i)e, Middle English peche ‘sin’, hence a nickname for a reprobate, probably given more often in jest than as a mark of censure.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Pietsch.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Piers, PEARCE means "rock, stone."
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Hebrew, Polish
Holy Place; Myrrh; Fragrant Oil; Peace
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon English Irish
Rock.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Christian, English, Greek, Irish
Rock; Piers; Stone
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, Italian
Form of Pascal; Passover
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the French personal name Pascal, PACE means "Passover; Easter."
PEACE CORPS
PEACE CORPS
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Divine Damsel
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Latin
Noble; Aristocrat; Combination of the Prefix La and Tricia
Girl/Female
Muslim
Rhythm and ecstasy
Boy/Male
Scottish American Gaelic Scandinavian English
Mighty counselor/ruler.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun, Sindhi
Happiness; Prosperity; Good Fortune; Blessing; Auspiciousness; Honour
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Perfect Freedom
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Friend of Universe; Silk
Boy/Male
Australian, German
Gift from God
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Lucky; Fortunate; Feminine of Bakhit
Biblical
good man
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n.
To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
n.
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
n.
To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
v.
Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
n.
To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.
v.
A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose
v. t. & i.
To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
a.
Of the color of a peach blossom.
n.
To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.
v. t.
To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
v.
Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.
n.
To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.
v. t.
To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
n.
A retired or private place.
v.
Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
v.
Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord.
v. & n.
Press.
n.
Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.