"The Best Our Country Has To Offer": Peace Corps Training at the University of Oklahoma

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Article describes the Peace Corps training program in the 1960s-80s at the University of Oklahoma, which included language, technical, and cultural training. Experienced international trainer Richard H. Hancock relates stories from his own travels as well as those gained while working with the recruits at OU.

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Hancock, Richard H. Autumn 2002.

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Article describes the Peace Corps training program in the 1960s-80s at the University of Oklahoma, which included language, technical, and cultural training. Experienced international trainer Richard H. Hancock relates stories from his own travels as well as those gained while working with the recruits at OU.

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22 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Between 1963 and the mid-1980s, the University of Oklahoma provided language, technical, and cultural training for 1,500 Peace Corps volunteers for overseas duty. Richard Hancock directed the international training program at OU and now recalls the memorable stories associated with the training of men and women he considered "the best our country has to offer."

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 80(3), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2002, pp. 348-369

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 80
  • Issue: 3
  • Page Start: 348
  • Page End: 369

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Hancock, Richard H. "The Best Our Country Has To Offer": Peace Corps Training at the University of Oklahoma, article, Autumn 2002; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016869/: accessed June 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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