Tag: Profiles

Profile: Victor Tomseth

Oct 7, 2025

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Ben East

in Books, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, Government Studies, Middle East, Peace Corps, Profiles in Service, Terrorism, Washington

Four of the 52 Americans held hostage in Tehran for 444 days had served as Peace Corps Volunteers: Victor Tomseth, John Limbert, Michael Metrinko, and Barry Rosen
Negotiating the Peace Corps into China

Oct 2, 2025

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Ben East

in Books, China, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, Government Studies, Peace Corps, Profiles in Service, Washington

No communist country had hosted a Peace Corps program until Peter Tomsen negotiated a role for Volunteers in China, an objective that would take over a decade to fulfill