Tom Dooley

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Tom Dooley

• Joel Satterfield
• Valerie Durkin

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Bio

• Born January 17, 1927
• In St. Louis Missouri
• American Catholic
• Had two younger brothers, Malcolm and Edward

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Education

• Attended Notre Dame
• Enlisted in Navy 1944 (Corpsman in NY)
• 1946 Saint Louis University Doctoral Degree
• In 1953 he reenlisted in the Navy and was sent
  to Japan

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Civil Service

• 1954 Sent to Vietnam to evacuate refugees /
  translator
• Symbol of Vietnamese-American Cooperation
• Deliver Us From Evil (Anti-Communist)
• Discovered as Homosexual and forced to resign
  (conduct unbecoming)

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Accomplishments

• Went to Laos to establish medical clinics and
  hospitals
• Authored Many Books
• Chaney founded Dooley Foundation Intermed
  International in honor of Dooley
• His passion for this issue brought awareness to
  the public

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Intermed

• Private organization
• To provide medical care to refugees, children,
  villagers in less privileged parts of the world
• Self-help projects in prevented medicine
• Public health, family planning and health worker
  training

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Intermed

• Founded in California in 1961
• Recognition and Support
• Dalai Lama
• Frank Sinatra
• Ronald Reagan
• Jimmy Carter
• Gerald R. Ford

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Intermed Foundation

• Current Projects
• Maternal Child Care
• Help Education
• Health Worker Training

• Thailand
• Nicaragua
• Laos
• Nepal
• Africa
• Myanmar (Burma)

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Enduring Questions

• How can we become aware of the problems of the
  people in need?
• How can we help the people in need?
• What is the biggest issue within the issue?
• Reaction?

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