Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-002-001
Norman (Norm) Coble served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1962 to 1964 on an agriculture project. He had intended to study veterinary medicine but applied to the Peace Corps to take break from school. Coble was stationed in the agricultural extension offices in Santa Cruz, where he was involved in drawing blood from cows for brucellosis testing. He also taught English at the request of some local people. Coble enjoyed teaching and working with his veterinarian counterpart. The highlight of his time in Bolivia was building a raft with fellow volunteers and floating down the Yapacani and Rio Grande rivers to the city of Trinidad. After returning home from the Peace Corps, Coble taught science at the junior and senior high school levels for 36 years. Interviewed and recorded by Sharleen Hirschi Simpson, June 24, 2009. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).