Sheila

I was assigned to Cuttington College where I taught biology for 3 years. I was rather reclusive, priding myself on hardly ever going down to Monrovia. I often went on bush hikes on weekends to explore and collect specimens for biology lab.  I was rumored to be a diamond hunter by people who saw me passing through their villages on my travels.  Never found any diamonds but got some good crayfish. 

I taught a number of biology courses, served on faculty committees, dealing with student misdemeanors, planning student faculty soccer matches and advising students on courses and majors. I chaperoned the Cuttington choir on their yearly tours around Liberia, collected textiles and played flute and recorder with students and faculty groups.  Quiet weekends were rare, but were always welcomed.

I traveled quite a bit with Mary Ellen from Shelloe.  We went to Nigeria, Senegal and Mali. I also went to Ghana and Kenya.

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1. Cuttington PC volunteers: John, Ken, Sheila and Carter and Sinyea School PC volunteer Pam
2. With Cuttington Choir director on Choir tour
3. My house and former cook-shop in Platota, "behind" Cuttington
4. Epiphany Chapel at Cuttington

On return to the US, I sold lampshades in a department store, working beside Penn of "Penn and Teller," then as a professional worker for the Girls Scouts in Western Massachusetts and San Francisco.  I married another former PC volunteer.  We settled in the San Francisco area.  I returned to school and got an engineering degree during a spell as housewife.  We have one daughter and one grandson.  I currently work as a senior engineer and safety inspector for the state of California.

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