My Decade of Turning 50

While poking around the Peace Corps web site, looking at some old news releases on the death of Julia Campbell, I saw this news release that mentions a push to get more baby boomers into the Peace Corps. An article about the trip, by veteran age beat writer Marsha King in the Seattle Times, says: [...]

[Read more →]

That’s the words that are on the card given out during Julia Campbell’s funeral service yesterday in Fairfax, Va. It should have said “loving memories,” because there were many, most prompted by a video slideshow of photos from Julia’s life. (That smile seemed ever-present; some are here in Julia’s flickr account) I was surprised to [...]

[Read more →]

Some news this morning. Police in the Philippines have arrested Juan Duntugan, the suspect in the murder of Julia Campbell, who was working with the Peace Corps. According to the wires, he turned himself in and said, “I did not plan to kill Ms. Campbell, harm her.” Officials quote Duntugan as saying he had an [...]

[Read more →]

Julia Campbell’s mother, Linda, has some wonderful quotes about her daughter in the Fairfax Connection newspaper: “She knew what she wanted to do and she would make it happen — even as a little kid. And it served her well because she didn’t back down from things.” “It’s such a mother and father’s dream to [...]

[Read more →]

I was telling some friends and coworkers at lunch today that I am going to services for Julia Campbell this weekend. I said I felt I really wanted — needed — to be there, and mentioned a business columnist we all worked with who died late last year. We all attended that service, which was [...]

[Read more →]

Found this blog post today, which includes a piece Julia Campbell wrote about her experiences with the Peace Corps in the Philippines. In it, Julia wrote: “I joined the US Peace Corps, the American government’s all-volunteer service corps, because I wanted to help people. I’m just one of 7,749 volunteers in 73 countries around the [...]

[Read more →]

11Originally uploaded by maryowen. A friend of Julia Campbell’s from her time in the Philippines has some wonderful photos of Julia on flickr, including this one. You can find the rest of them here. Notice the smile, which is how we all remember Julia. Update on Monday (4-23-2007): Found a link to some of Julia’s [...]

[Read more →]

UPDATE: Julia’s sister is quoted in this article late today, saying family is not outraged by the killing and plans to celebrate Julia’s life. Just checked around this morning for any updates in Julia Campbell’s murder. Some sites are saying police in the Philippines have a suspect identified but not in custody, which sounds a [...]

[Read more →]

Some news this morning on Julia Campbell, the friend I mentioned in an earlier post who was killed while working as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. AP this morning says: Police are looking for a man who may have been involved in the death of a U.S.Peace Corps volunteer in a mountainous tourist [...]

[Read more →]

UPDATED with photo and link to some blogs and to family statement: A woman I worked with in the 1990s, Julia Campbell, has been missing for more than a week after taking a hike in the Philippines, where she was in the Peace Corps. This morning, AP reported that her body was found in a [...]

[Read more →]