Dean Peterson, who spent 2-1/2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, is the coach of the Marian College bicycling team.
According to NUVO Newsweekly, his focus as a Peace Corps volunteer was to teach locals how to repair bicycles and implement programs that brought in bikes for the people of West Africa.
Of course, that was back in the 1980s, just after his graduation from Purdue University. Peterson also was a silver medalist at the Pan American Masters Cycling Championships in 1991 and is a VeloSport Vacations guide for bicycle tours during the Tour de France.
Cycling is, of course, a big deal at Marian -- located across Cold Springs Road from the Major Taylor Velodrome. Marian will open an indoor cycling training center on campus for its students and cycling team in the fall.
NUVO reports that Marian has won national track titles in NCAA Division I in 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006.
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