“Light Many Candles”

Robert C. Terry will share excerpts from his forthcoming work, “Lighting Millions of Candles: How civic service and the Peace Corps are transforming lives worldwide.”​

A graduate of Harvard College, Delhi School of Economics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration (now Harvard Kennedy School), Terry spent has spent over sixty years in leadership, advisory, and volunteer roles in government, enterprise, and non-profit agencies, emphasizing economic development and civic service. He led the first Peace Corps Volunteers in South Asia, 1961-63, and played a pivotal role as Founding Trustee and Board Chair of Oxfam America. He remains engaged in his local, national and international communities while working from his home in Orleans.