Vivid Memories- Colleen A Kelly – India 1967 & 1984
In 1967, I was a young secondary school teacher, newly awarded an MA in history from St. John’s University. I decided I might try for a Fulbright study opportunity. To my surprise and pleasure I was given a place in the Institute for Indian History and Culture. This Fulbright for educators involved studying throughout the […]
My New World – Enrique Merino – USA 1967
My Fulbright fellowship sent me, from southern Spain, to Berkeley, California. California became my new world, with landscapes and live oaks and sequoias and vines. The Berkeley International House provided friends and the wife I still have. My ashes will be scattered on Mount Wittenberg, Point Reyes. Enrique Merino – Fulbright to USA 1967
Fulbright Application, a Proposal, and a 50 year Marriage – John S. Paschal – The United Kingdom 1967
In October of 1966, I saw a Fulbright announcement one week before the deadline, requested an application, and was given an extra week. While using my then girlfriend’s office typewriter to complete the application, she suddenly asked if I would marry her and take her with me. Talk about a proposal! Long story made short, […]
John A. Lindburg – Venezuela 1966
Almost a century ago, in 1925, a young J. William Fulbright traveled from Arkansas outside the U.S. for the first time to study on a Rhodes Scholarship. His overseas experience was transformational. Both his heart and mind were opened to foreign cultures, people, values, and ideas, and he also gained valuable new perspectives on the […]