Corbett Bishop Memorial Scholarship
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Corbett Bishop (March 19, 1971 - May 1, 2009) was an Amigos volunteer in the summers of 1986 and 1987 while attending Lamar High School in Houston. He attended an information session with a female friend who encouraged him to apply. His first assignment was in the Dominican Republic where he lived and worked with a large family in a rural community. He was profoundly affected by the experience and signed up to be an Amigo the following year. His second assignment in Ecuador was very different but just as satisfying to his caring, adventurous nature. Upon his return that same summer, his family traveled to Africa with friends. Corbett fell in love with the place and returned on his own the following year, ultimately making it his permanent home and raising his children there. Corbett was born
in Austin and raised in Houston, attending Esperanza, West University
Elementary, Pershing Middle School, and Lamar High School. He graduated
from Colby College in Maine in 1992 with a degree in World Literature
and Poetry. In Africa he
founded a non-profit organization, Ol Tukai Conservancy, whose mission
it was to stop the poaching of wild game in National Parks, and to
assist the Masai people of Ol Tukai in educating their
children. Learning of his passing, many Masai walked
the long distance from Ol Tukai to Corbett's home in Arusha to honor
him and bid him farewell. He leaves behind a son Luca, daughter
Ella, mother Cindy Bishop, father Rod Bishop, stepfather David
Donnelly, and numerous friends and admirers all over the
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ring with
his many clients the wonders of
Africa. The venture thrived until his unexpected death from
an undiagnosed condition in 2009.