Interview with Lee Colten, January 27, 2006
Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project
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Lee Colten (Ecuador, 1981; Agriculture Program) describes training in the U.S., Costa Rica, and Ecuador and meeting and wooing his future wife whom he met in training. He talks about his time as an agriculture volunteer, coming home early because of illness, and working in environmental education before completing a master's in toxicology. He also mentions his career in the Division of Water for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort. Lee talks about impact of international experience on his children and the value of such experience for everyone.Interview Accession
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Colten, Lee Interview by Jack Wilson. 27 Jan. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Colten, L. (2006, January 27). Interview by J. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Colten, Lee, interview by Jack Wilson. January 27, 2006, Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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