Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2004-002-005
Alan Burrus was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Tonga I group. His degree is in pre-architecture. Burrus trained in Hawaii with groups for Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa. The Tonga Peace Corps Director developed a special assignment for an architect in the Public Works Department. Burrus designed, helped construct, and replicated simple schoolroom buildings, as well as other small scale projects throughout Tonga. He helped design a modest residence for the Peace Corps Director that later caused a modest scandal within Peace Corps/Washington. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, April 27, 2003. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).