Comments on: Cancer Finally Kills The Gringo! http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/2012/11/04/cancer/ John Coyne Babbles is a collection of comments, opinions, musings, and outrages from this RPCV who served with the first group (1962-64) in Ethiopia. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ken Hill http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/2012/11/04/cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2607 Ken Hill Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:19:24 +0000 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/?p=6240#comment-2607 A great goodbye, John. You capture it memorably, as usual! Thanks! A great goodbye, John. You capture it memorably, as usual! Thanks!

]]> By: Will Lutwick http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/2012/11/04/cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2594 Will Lutwick Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:22:31 +0000 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/?p=6240#comment-2594 Great obituary, John. Jack was PC director when I went to Fiji in 1968, but in those days, to most PCVs he was just a name we saw occasionally on PC documents. Nice to learn all this fascinating information about the man behind that name RIP, Jack.. Great obituary, John. Jack was PC director when I went to Fiji in 1968, but in those days, to most PCVs he was just a name we saw occasionally on PC documents. Nice to learn all this fascinating information about the man behind that name

RIP, Jack..

]]> By: FlacoBob http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/2012/11/04/cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2592 FlacoBob Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:39:54 +0000 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/?p=6240#comment-2592 As always John...thanks for putting in a well deserved word for our Director and Ambassador, he was down for the last count! I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Peace Corps Camps in Puerto Rico, and later in DC when he interviewed me for an APCD position in Colombia in 1968. He conducted the entire interviewed in Spanish, I passed and went on to be assigned to Barranquilla, Colombia. In 1969, Jack was made our Ambassador, with a priority to spend more time with Volunteers in the field...he made it possible for Volunteers and Staff to succeed, we were important to him! Leftie Vaughn his wife sent me the following note before his death...he still wanted to reach out to the Volunteers! "Thank you for this lovely email, Bob. I will read it to him right away and while he can no longer respond, he still understands everything, and I know it will make him happy that you are thinking of him. There’s nothing he loves more than the Peace Corps, boxing, and Latin America, and among all of those in the world, Jack has the fondest affection for Peace Corps Volunteers and all your great work. Un abrazo gigante back to you and your family and many thanks again." Leftie Vaughn Bob As always John…thanks for putting in a well deserved word for our Director and Ambassador, he was down for the last count! I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Peace Corps Camps in Puerto Rico, and later in DC when he interviewed me for an APCD position in Colombia in 1968. He conducted the entire interviewed in Spanish, I passed and went on to be assigned to Barranquilla, Colombia. In 1969, Jack was made our Ambassador, with a priority to spend more time with Volunteers in the field…he made it possible for Volunteers and Staff to succeed, we were important to him! Leftie Vaughn his wife sent me the following note before his death…he still wanted to reach out to the Volunteers! “Thank you for this lovely email, Bob. I will read it to him right away and while he can no longer respond, he still understands everything, and I know it will make him happy that you are thinking of him. There’s nothing he loves more than the Peace Corps, boxing, and Latin America, and among all of those in the world, Jack has the fondest affection for Peace Corps Volunteers and all your great work. Un abrazo gigante back to you and your family and many thanks again.” Leftie Vaughn
Bob

]]> By: Tony Baclay http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/2012/11/04/cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2591 Tony Baclay Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:40:07 +0000 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/?p=6240#comment-2591 John, You give a much more vivid, colorful account of Jack's life than any obituary would be likely to do. He was distant from the boxing ring when I got to now him perhaps 20 years ago, but the flight never left him! Thank you for bringing out his character and personal qualities so well. John,

You give a much more vivid, colorful account of Jack’s life than any obituary would be likely to do. He was distant from the boxing ring when I got to now him perhaps 20 years ago, but the flight never left him! Thank you for bringing out his character and personal qualities so well.

]]> By: charlie ipcar http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/2012/11/04/cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2590 charlie ipcar Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:11:16 +0000 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/babbles/?p=6240#comment-2590 Excellent story! Excellent story!

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