Through the Decades: 1970s

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Joseph Pane, 21, of North Tonawanda, N.Y., has a degree in air conditioning and a black belt in karate. As a PCV in Basseterre, capital of St. Kitts he uses both.
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Students and staff at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, in Accra, Ghana. Students at the Institute came from all over Africa and from India and all had some journalism experience. They studied for two years and then returned to their homelands.
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PCV Marquis G. Major works for the Ministry of Interior as a provincial architect responsible for design of government funded buildings in the province of Ouarzazate. Here, he confers with a draftsman in his office.
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PCV Pete Lalor, works with computers at the Division of Irrigation and Drainage at the Malaysian Department of Agriculture. Here, Lalor and Dr. D.J. Gunaratnam work with their computers to adapt existing hydrologic models and synthetic data generation.
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PCV Larry Palmer teaches biology, algebra, and language arts at a high school in Bomi Hills in Liberia.
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PCV Mike Williams teaches English in Euihung, Korea.
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PCV Nancie Gunkelman works as a medical illustrator at the Medical Training Center in Nairobi Kenya.
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PCV George Hutchinson in Mali, where he served.
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PCV Judith Cramer teaches dance at the National Dance School in San Salvador. She encourages her students to express themselves in ways that will reflect the Latin Culture of the country.
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PCV Thomas Koon is a town planning officer in Lobatse. Here, he examines blueprints with a local colleague.
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PCVs David and Lisa Gudsmunson in Orange Walk Town, Belize where they organize 4-H clubs in the area--setting up agricultural projects for their young members.
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PCV Janis White, of Atlanta, GA teaches secretarial skills at the Industrial Management Institute in Kabul, Afghanistan.
1971

Peace Corps holds a poster design contest to celebrate the 10th anniversary and the iconic flag and logo are introduced.

July 1, 1971

With Executive Order 11603, President Nixon folds the Peace Corps into a new federal volunteer agency called ACTION. However, the Peace Corps' original Congressional mandate remains unchanged.

October 1977

Carolyn Robertson Payton is the first female and the first African American to be Peace Corps Director.

May 16, 1979

President Carter signs an executive order that grants the Peace Corps full autonomy.