Donald R. Persson

Former Psychologist/Professor, now at the lowest point in his life,
seeks interesting and intelligent correspondence.

Born: Jersey City, New Jersey. Present Home: California.

Education: Northern Ill. University B.S.E. - Social Studies;  Loma Linda University, M.A. - Counseling, Testing;  University of Southern California - Doctor of Education - Psychology, Counseling, Testing and Measurements.

Work Experience: merchant ship officer (while earning money for college), licensed Psychologist, real estate broker (investor), business owner.

Hobbies: photography (sold photos to national and international magazines), travel (took 17 cruises on cruise ships and 12 trips on cargo/passenger freighters), watching movies, the theater, reading (especially enjoy W.W.II history).

Volunteer work: taught English to Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees in California for 15 years; owned and operated five (5) free medical clinics for the rural poor in the Philippines 1981-1993.

Great events in my life: I have traveled to 114 countries. I never get tired of travel, walking the streets of foreign cities and villages of the world. I truly love travel. My free medical clinics for the rural poor in the Philippines served over 100,000 poor people a year. This project was the culmination of years of planning. I was emotionally destroyed when I was arrested and had to close my clinics in 1993.

People I enjoy: I deeply appreciate people who care about others welfare - people willing to reach out and lend a hand to the less fortunate. I am most comfortable with educated and intelligent people. I have difficulty dealing with people who are rigid and don't have a good sense of humor ( I once wrote jokes for a top TV stars' monologue while in graduate school). I've always been color blind and tolerant and respectful of all religions. I enjoy hearing about people's adventures and accomplishments.

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