Interview with Stephen Callahan, February 13, 2021
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Stephen Callahan was a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1980-1982 working as a small business development volunteer with the Central Bank of the Philippines. Subsequently, he worked a number of jobs for the Peace Corps from 1982-1986 and is currently on an expert appointment providing HR and management expertise at Peace Corps headquarters. Sargent Shriver calling his father when Callahan was a boy initially spawned his idea of joining Peace Corps. At 29, after selling his business, he went to the Philippines after the Honduras program closed. He had a two-week intensive training in banking and a 2-month training in Tagalog. He lived with a family in the small town of Santo Tomas, Batangas, where he was treated like family. He traveled a great deal in his job and on vacation, and wrestled with gastroenteritis and a severed Achilles tendon while there. He returned after his mother’s death at the end of service. Peace Corps changed the direction of his life, and, like many others, he felt like he got much more out of it than he was able to give.Interview Accession
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Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Philippines Philippines Acculturation Communication and culture Culture Culture shock Intercultural communication Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Language and languages Lifestyles Manners and customs Voluntarism VolunteersInterview Rights
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Callahan, Stephen Interview by Candice D. Wiggum. 13 Feb. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Callahan, S. (2021, February 13). Interview by C. D. Wiggum. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Callahan, Stephen, interview by Candice D. Wiggum. February 13, 2021, 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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