This episode of Voyage of Rediscovery features Richard (Rick) Smolen.
Rick attended Penn State University, and is originally from the Yardley, Pennsylvania area, just outside of Philadelphia.
A successful sales leader, Rick shares how selling ads eventually led him to Semester at Sea. He also tells us about his time in Vietnam, and the tastiest, most satisfying gelato he's ever had.
Hop on board everyone, the ship is leaving.
Conversation with Richard Smolen
Additional notes
Please excuse the quality of the footage of Rick. The technology we used to record our conversation compressed the final product. We attempted to improve the output in post- production as best we could. Portions featuring Alexander Kotler were recorded locally, via webcam, which resulted in a higher resolution recording.
This program also includes limited scenes from the original Fall 1998 participant video, photographed and edited by Skye Fitzgerald and executive produced by Marlin Darrah.
Richard Smolen
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