0202 February 1998.pdf - Friends of Nigeria

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Powell. Joyce B, 63-63, Warri * 767
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Francisco, CA 94117,415-626-9372 *
writer/producer
Ralston, Spencer D, 65-67, tcm * 2
Calle Del Norte, Placitas, NM 87043­
9208, 505-867-6321 *
sralston@rt66.com
Reaves, Raymond L, 62-64, tcm, Katsina
Ala * 1243 Denniston St, Pittsburgh,
PA 15217,412-422-7877,412-422­
7877 * planning consultant,
102165.3272@compuserve.com
Rosen, David J, 66-68, Azia near Ihiala
(East Reg), tcm * 7 Newsome Park,
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-4024,617­
522-7020, 617-782-8956 * dir Adult
Literacy Resource Inst,
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Shafer, Lawrence H, 65-67 * 21 Davelin
Rd, Wayland, MA 01778-3137, 508­
358-4857,617-271-8207 * computer
analyst Mitre Corp
Sugarman, David A, 64-66,
Sabongidda-Ora (Midwest Reg), tchr
Holy Trinity Gram Sch1 * 2005 Mark
St NE, Olympia, WA 98516,360-438­
6360 * info res manager State of WA,
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Zurlo, John A (Tony), 64-66, Zaria &
Yola, tcm, gov sec schl * 100
Cimarron Ln, Arlington, TX 76014,
817-472-8372,817-515-3700 *
English prof & writer,
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Membership News
Membership Hits 335
In late January our Membership Chair
entered the 335th FoN member into our
database. The database currently lists
1128 Nigeria RPCV s and staff.
Larry Bell & Carol
Chamberlain
We were informed that Nigeria X
RPCVs Larry K. (Tony) Bell and Carol
A. Chamberlain have passed away.
Recently Found Nigeria
RPCVs
To the Membership Chair:
It was strange but wonderful to get a
note from you asking if I am the Eric
Gedney (PCV, Maiduguri, Bornu
Province) who took a wild and woolly
trip across West Africa into Morocco
with Pat Francin and Ken Kueppen during
the summer break of 1964. Yes, I am
the same Eric. But I haven't heard those
names for 30 years.
I am currently married to a wonderful
woman - Susan Gedney - my bride of 27
years, and we have three children Joshua
(25 - an architect and graduate of Notre
Dame), Peter (22, recent graduate of ND
in Music and English) and Nellie (19,
soph. at Boston College). I am also a
high school math teacher in South
Oldham High School, Crestwood,
Kentucky where I also work with the
Academic Team.
My wife and I and our children are
very involved in our church. I would be
delighted to hear any news from returning
PCV's. Thank you for taking the
time to track me down.
Eric Gedney
Nigeria '63-66
To the Membership Chair:
I am still here in Uganda after eleven
years and still training development
workers (change agents). At present I
am working as the Senior Advisor to the
Uganda Change Agent Association
which is a voluntary membership-based
association of men and women who have
taken the eight-week residential Change
Agent Training. Currently, they have
about 1000 members in 68 branches in
31 of Uganda's 45 districts. I expect to
continue assisting them until the end of
1999. After that I don't know, but I
would like to work with community conservation
programs using the same model
of self-reliant participatory development
as described in my book, People First,
ZED Books, 1993.
All together I've spent about two
years in the States since I left for Lagos
in January 1963!
Stan Burkey
Quaker Service Norway
P.O. Box 2922
Kampala, Uganda
Nigeria III '62-63
To the Membership Chair:
I did indeed serve two years in
Nigeria during the Biafran Conflict. I
was stationed at Queen Elizabeth School
in Ilorin, Nigeria. It was one of the most
interesting and stimulating events in my
life. I am saddened that Nigeria has had
so much bad press in the last few years.
The people I taught and worked with
were some of the most interesting I have
ever met. I wish Nigeria could become
more stable in a political sense.
Kenneth Koosmann
24537 129th Place SE
Kent, WA 98031
Nigeria '67-69
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