Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-015
Richard Harkrader served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia from July 1969 to February 1971 as a tourism development and urban planning specialist. His training program allowed him to become fluent in French. Harkrader's work took him to every part of Tunisia as he helped the Ministry of Tourism to better position its foreign tourism industry. After returning to the U.S., Harkrader worked briefly as a Peace Corps recruiter before starting construction and solar energy businesses and marrying fellow RPCV Lonna Dole. Harkrader returned to Tunisia in 1995 to reconnect with friends and observe the current state of the tourism industry. Richard and Lonna later set up a long-term development and education project in rural Nicaragua. Interviewed and recorded by Robert T. K. Scully, October 21, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).