A Great Musical and Personal Adventure – Don Theodore Jaeger – Netherlands 1958
I studied the oboe on my Fulbright in Amsterdam, and had the wonderful and unexpected opportunity to play in the oboe section of the World Famous Concertgebouw Orchestra – an experience unexpected and unparalleled in my entire life as a professional oboist. And learning another language and making good friends with the many wonderful people […]
A Half A Century Ago – Edmond Gerald Meyer – Chile 1959
I am probably the oldest Fulbrighter still around. My Fulbright assignment was at the University of Conception, Chile in 1959 where I collaborated with two other Fulbrighters, and was asked to formulate a plan to establish departments of chemistry, physics, and biology at the university. We were paid in pesos. The next year, we hosted […]
Love at First Fulbright – David & Benita Fuchs (Italy-1959)
On June 24, 1959, Benita Bross of Cleveland, Ohio, and David Fuchs of the Bronx, New York, both Fulbright recipients embarked on the USS Constitution to Genoa, Italy, to study history. It was an experience that was to change their lives forever. Both young high school history teachers, they went to study at the Institute […]