Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-016
Bruce Thompson served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from June 1963 to June 1965 as a university teacher. He attended training at the University of California, Los Angeles. Thompson worked mainly in the Bolivian capital of La Paz. In the interview, he describes his work starting the physics department and teaching engineering at the local university. He also talks about living and working in La Paz and the many political events of that time period. Interviewed and recorded by Paul Kinsley, April 5, 2011. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).