Lewis (Lew) Stein oral history interview

Oral history interview with Lewis J. Stein for the Dartmouth Vietnam Project. Stein describes growing up in New York City and attending Hunter College. He shares why he applied for the Peace Corps to avoid the draft and received training in French language immersion and cultural education at Dartmouth College. He discusses being assigned to a Peace Corps position in Togo. He explains how his experience in the Peace Corps reinforced his feelings of being in opposition to the Vietnam War and shares why and how he petitioned to be a conscientious objector and his two year service assignment. Stein describes attending graduate school at the University of Connecticut and his career in special education administration.