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Peters, Richard Jacob was born on February 5, 1933 in Dinuba, California, United States. Son of George G. and Helen Martha (Thiesen) Peters.
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Richard Jacob Peters, American Agriculturist. Recipient Condecoracion de la Orden Nacional President Ecuador, Quito, 1992. Volunteer to executive director International Voluntary Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Washington, Algeria, Vietnam, 1959-1973; president school board La Paz, Bolivia, 1978-1980, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1983; scoutmaster, La Paz, Bolivia, 1978-1980, Quito, 1988-1989. Served with United States Army, 1954-1956.
Education
Associate of Arts, Reedley (California) Junior College, 1953; Bachelor of Science, University of California, Davis, 1959; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1964.
Career
Farmer, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1976-1977;
director agriculture and rural development, United States Agency for International Development, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1985-1987;
director agriculture and natural resources, United States Agency for International Development, Quito, Ecuador, 1988-1990;
director trade and investment, United States Agency for International Development, Quito, Ecuador, 1991;
acting director, United States Agency for International Development, Riga, Latvia, 1991;
acting director agriculture, United States Agency for International Development, Kampala, Uganda, 1992;
senior technical representative, Sigma One Corporation, Amman, Jordan, 1993-1995. Consultant leader Food Machinery Corporation, Kano, Nigeria, 1974-1975. Consultant agronomist Agrar u Hydrotechnik, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1975-1976.
Consultant USDA, Senegal, The Gambia, Togo, 1968, Israel, 1995, DAI-MAPP Morocco, 1996. Consultant, team leader FINTRAC to Sri Lanka, 1996. Consultant production and marketing Ecuador, 1997, agricultural research proposal, Bolivia, 1997.
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Volunteer to executive director International Voluntary Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Washington, Algeria, Vietnam, 1959-1973. President school board La Paz, Bolivia, 1978-1980, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1983. Scoutmaster, La Paz, Bolivia, 1978-1980, Quito, 1988-1989.
Served with United States Army, 1954-1956.
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Married Concepcion V. Valera, September 19, 1964. Children: Sandra Teresa, William James, Anne Marie.
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Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Democrat