Interview with Brian Redmond, September 13, 2023
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Brian Redmond served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic from 1969 to 1976. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, he applied for the Peace Corps while he was finishing up his Master’s Degree in Geology from Michigan State University. He was originally offered positions in Ethiopia and then Peru, for which he attended three months of training in Puerto Rico. Upon completion of training he was sent back to the US due to a lack of Spanish fluency. However, he was soon assigned to the Dominican Republic and to the Instituto Nacional de Aguas Potables y Alcantarillados (INAPA) agency where he spent the next few years drilling for water to develop wells and aqueducts. He met his wife, Lois, also a PCV, in the DR and they ended up getting married on the lawn of the Peace Corps office. After completion of service, Brian became a professor of Geology and Chemistry at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania.Interview Accession
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Brian Redmond Dominican Republic 1969 - 1976 Geology Michigan State University Physical Science Earth Science Ethiopia Peru San Juan, Puerto Rico Ponce, Puerto Rico Detroit, MI Michigan State University Teaching Latin Spanish Santo Domingo Violin Instituto Nacional de Aguas Potables y Alcantarillados (INAPA) Drilling Wells Aqueducts USAID Engineers Santiago Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Troy, NY Extended Harley Davidson Motorcycle Pickup truck Pump test Rock samples Hootenanny Eloped Peace Corps Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA shingles appendicitis Parque Independencia Trujillo Policia Durmiendo Wilkes University Geology and Chemistry Professor Medical kit Crisis Corps Venezuela Honduras Hurricane Mitch Lois Fischbeck RedmondInterview Rights
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Redmond, Brian Interview by Sonia Desai. 13 Sep. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Redmond, B. (2023, September 13). Interview by S. Desai. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Redmond, Brian, interview by Sonia Desai. September 13, 2023, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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