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FRIENDS OF MALAYSIA (FoM) - The Association of Malaysia Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
The following list of Malaysia Training Groups is a set of digital baskets containing documents, photos, RPCV news (e.g., reunions), and other training group materials of general interest. All Malaysia RPCVs are invited to contribute to this collection--send digital copies to FoM via charleshirschman@friendsofmalaysia.net
Malaya 1 (Oct 14 - Dec 16,1961) NIU, Dekalb, 38 Trainees, 36 PCVs, arrived Jan 12, 1962
Malaya 1, 2, and 3 PCV picture book (Jan 1963)
Sargent Shriver with Malaya I at NIU, Dekalb 1961
Malaya 2 (Feb 28 - May 18, 1962) NIU, Dekalb, 31 PCVs, arrived June 1, 1962
Malaya 1, 2, and 3 PCV picture book (Jan 1963)
Malaya 3 (July 11 - Sept 15, 1962) NIU, Dekalb, 53 PCVs, arrived Sept 30, 1962
Malaya 1, 2 and 3 PCV picture book (Jan 1963)
Murray DeArmond: "Jungle Healing" Apa Khabar, Summer 2023
training abstract at NIU July-Sept 1962
Malaya 4 (Feb 28 - May 18, 1963) NIU, Dekalb, 74Trainees, 59 PCVs, arrived June 4, 1963
Malaya 5 (Sept 16 - Dec 1,1963) NIU, Dekalb, 3 wks. Hilo, 100 Trainees, 74 PCVs, arrived Jan 4, 1964
Look Magazine photos of Waipio Valley Transition Training
North Borneo/Sarawak 1 (June 15 - Aug 15, 1962), Educ and CD/Ag, Hilo, 88 Trainees, 60 PCVs, arrived Aug 23, 1962
North Borneo/Sarawak 1 Training Group Picture Book
North Borneo/Sarawak 1 Training Program (final report)
Mary Weeks Lundy "Global mission launches lifetime of volunteerism for many" in The Santa Fe New Mexican, December 11, 2021
North Borneo/Sarawak 2 (Feb 1 - May 15, 1963) Educ (TEFL), Health & RCA, Hilo, 55 Trainees, 35 PCVs arrived May 18, 1963
Training Group picture book (only PCVs)
Sabah/Sarawak 3 (October 12 - Dec 26,1963) Educ (TEFL), Hilo, 62 Trainees, 52 PCVs, arrived Jan 4, 1964
Sabah/Sarawak 4 (Feb 16 - April 21,1964) Educ (TEFL) & Ag, Hilo, 42 Trainees, 30 PCVs, arrived April 27, 1964
Sabah/Sarawak 4 Training Syllabus with Pictures/Bios of 42 Trainees
PC Training Center Report on Sabah/Sarawak 4 and Thailand 8 with Pics/Bios of 30 PCVs
Julia Chang Bloch. Featured (6-page story) in a chapter about successful PCVs in the early 1960s in Coates Redmon, Come as You Are: The Peace Corps Story (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1986). Ch. 9, pp. 371-376
Interview with Julia Chang Bloch, including her Peace Corps service, in a 1993 oral history by the Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training.
Malaya 6 (Feb 17 - April 20, 1964, NIU; April 21- May 15,1964, Hilo) RCA & CD, NIU, 42 Trainees, 25 PCVs, arrived May 16, 1964
Malaysia 7 (July 13 - Sept 12, NIU, Sept 14- Oct 11, 1964, Hilo) Educ and Health, 102 Trainees, 89 PCVs, arrived Oct 17, 1964
Flickr Photo Album from 50th Malaysia VII Reunion 2014
Article in Hawaii Tribune-Herald on 60th Anniversary Reunion
Malaysia 8 (Aug 29 - Dec 6, 1964) Educ (TEFL), Hilo, 46 Trainees, 33 PCVs, arrived Dec 12, 1964
Malaysia 8 Training Syllabus with Pictures/Bios of 45 Malaysia 8 Trainees (Sept 24, 1964)
Peace Corps Training Ctr Report (Dec 10, 1964) on Malaysia 8 (joint w/ Indonesia and Philippines projects) with Pictures/Bios of 33 Malaysia 8 PCVs on p. 45.
Michael B. Wood. "A Belated Thank-You Note" Contact Newsletter of the Greater Kansas City Chapter Of People to People International. June 2009 Vol. 3(3): p. 2.
Malaysia 9 (Feb 7 - May 2, 1965) Educ, RCA, Hilo, 99 Trainees, 67 PCVs, arrived May 8,1965
Malaysia IX departs Honolulu photo.
List of Trainees, Weekly Schedules, and Waipio Valley
Brief interviews of Malaysia IX Trainees in Honolulu Star-Bulletin May 5, 1965
Orientation in Malaysia at the U of Malaya May 10-14, 1965
Group Photo of Malaysia 9 (click to enlarge) (thanks to Gary Apgar)
Malaysia IX Survey (Google Form)
Responses (to date) to Malaysia IX Survey
August 13, 2023, Malaysia IX Reunion on Zoom
Tom Wagner's essay on Malaysia IX Training Apa Khabar Fall 2022
Pat Taylor Bader interviewed by son, Aaron.
Rich Harvey 2012 story in the Borneo Post
Charlie Hirschman "The day I made a difference." Apa Khabar Summer 2022
Gene Ward "Reflections on the Peace Corps" Apa Khabar, Summer 2023
Malaysia 10 (June 20 - Sept 14, 1965) CD, 65 Trainees, 45 PCVs, arrived Sept 19, 1965
Malaysia 11 (Aug -Nov 1965) Cal State-LA (??) 63 PCVs, arrived Dec 3, 1965
Malaysia 12 (Aug 31 - Nov 30, 1965) Educ, Hilo, 221 Trainees, 179 PCVs, arrived Dec 14, 1965
Malaysia 13 (Aug 29 -Nov 30, 1965, NIU; Dec 1 -15, 1965, Hilo) Educ and Health 106 Trainees, 80 PCVs, arrived Dec 22, 1965
Malaysia 14 (Aug 31 - Dec 5, 1966) Educ, Hilo 118 Trainees, 89 PCVs, arrived Dec 10, 1966
Malaysia 14 Training Syllabus (with trainee pictures and bios)
Readings for Asia/America Program.
Malaysia 15 (Nov 19, 1966- Jan/Feb 1967), Hawaii
-CD (Nov 19, 1966- Jan 25, 1967) Kahi Malu, Keaukaha, 30 Trainees, 20 PCVs
-Teacher Training and TB Control (Nov 19, 1966- Feb 10, 1967) Hilo, 45 Trainees, 39 PCVs
Malaysia 15 (Nov 1966- Feb 1967) Industrial Arts Teachers, Cal State LA
List of Malaysia 15 (Cal State) Peace Corps Volunteers (49 PCVs)
Fred Baars (Malaysia 15 PCV 1966-70, staff 1970-72) on Industrial Arts Education
The Development of Industial Arts Education in Malaysia (1973 master's thesis)
Malaysia 16 (March 1 - May 24, 1967) CD & Ag, Hilo, 56 Trainees, 42 PCVs
Malaysia 16 Final Report with PCV Names
Anthony Scotti, "Ex-Peace Corps recalls ‘unforgettable’ Sabah" in Daily Express (March 26, 2023)
Malaysia 17 (July 15- Oct 31, 1967) Hilo, Rural Health Program, 32 Trainees, 24 PCVs
Malaysia 17 Training Picture Book
Malaysia 18 Hilo (Sept 15 - Dec 15,1967) Hilo, 255 Trainees, 196 PCVs
Malaysia 18 Training Syllabus, Hilo Fall 1967
Final Report on Malaysia 18 Training
Larry Neises Memorabilia, Sekolah TAR Ipoh 1970 Magazine
Diane Larsen Freeman "A teacher who left her heart in Tawau" The Star (22 Oct 2023)
Malaysia 18 (Sept 17 -Dec 16, 1967) Vocational Educ, Cal State LA, 68 Trainees
Malaysia 19 (July 5 -Sept 27,1968) Hilo, Agriculture and Health, 92 Trainees, 80 PCVs
John Dixon: "A Day in The Life" (photo essay)
David Stimpson: "Waimanu Pig Hunt" (Peace Corps training in Hawaii)
Dan Peed: "Training in Paradise"
Dan Peed photos from Waipio Valley and Waiakea-Uka.
Malaysia XIX Video--2016 Reunion
Ralph Lueck: "Snake Adventures"
Malaysia 20 (Sept 5 - Dec 1968) Big Island (Honomu, Kurtistown, Ninole, Ookala) Education Project, 212 Trainees, 166 PCVs
Training Group Picture Book (Malaysia XX, trainee biographies: education project starting Sept. 5, 1968, at Honomu, Kurtistown, Ninole, Ookala on the Island of Hawaii: Malaysia XX, trainee biographies: education project starting Sept. 5, 1968, at Honomu, Kurtistown, Ninole, Ookala on the Island of Hawaii)
Malaysia 21 (1969)
Malaysia 22 (1969)
Malaysia 23 (July - Sept 1969)
Photos from Training in Woodland, CA
Woodland Newspaper story with photos
Malaysia 24 (1969-71)
Malaysia 25
Malaysia 26
Malaysia 27
Malaysia 28 (1970 26 PCVs)
Malaysia 29 (July - Oct 1970) Agriculture, 19 PCVs
Malaysia 30 (Sept- Dec 1970) Education 72 PCVs: Sabah (10), West Malaysia Primary Math/Science (12), Sarawak (18), West Malaysia Special Placements (10), West Malaysia Secondary Math/Science (22)
Malaysia 31
Malaysia 32
Malaysia 33
Malaysia 34
Malaysia 35 (June Aug 1971) 35 Trainees
Malaysia 36
Malaysia 37 (Aug-Nov 1971) Math/Science Educ at Gelugor, Penang and Agric/Health at Batu Maung, Penang, 25 Trainees
Peace Corps Malaysia Training Group 37 Penang (from Al Kordesch blog)
Malaysia 38
Malaysia 39 (1972-74)
Legend of Names in the Photo and List of Group 39 Trainees
Malaysia 40
Malaysia 41 (1972-74)
Malaysia 42 (1972-74)
Malaysia 43
Malaysia 44
Malaysia 45
Malaysia 46
Malaysia 47
Malaysia 48
Malaysia 49
Malaysia 50 (1973-75)
Malaysia 51 (1971-73)
Malaysia 52
Malaysia 53
Malaysia 54 (1973-75)
Malaysia 55
Malaysia 56 (1973-75)
Malaysia 57 (1973-75)
Malaysia 58 (1973-75)
Memories of our friend, Duane Benson
Malaysia 59
Malaysia 60
Malaysia 61
Malaysia 62
Malaysia 63
Malaysia 64
Malaysia 65
Malaysia 66
Malaysia 67
Malaysia 68 (1973-75)
Malaysia 69 (January 10-April 12, 1975) Secondary Math/Science Malay Medium, Alor Setar
Training Group Photos, Regent Hotel, Alor Star 1975 (photo by Al Kordesh, Malaysia 37)
Malaysia 70 (1975-77)
Malaysia 71 (1975-77)
Malaysia 72 (1975-77)
Malaysia 73 (1975-77)
Malaysia 74 (1975-77)
Training Group Photo, September 1975
Malaysia 75 (1975-77)
Malaysia 76 (July 19-Sept 28, 1975) Health & University Education, Kuantan
Training Group Photo Album-Patai Teluk Chempedak (photos by Al Kordesh)
Malaysia 77 (Oct 19, 1975-Jan 6, 1976) Secondary Math/Science Malay Medium, Alor Setar/Kangar
Malaysia 78
Malaysia 79
Malaysia 80
Malaysia 81
Charles Long "Peace Corps Volunteer Makes Good in Malaysia" The Sun Reporter (Aug 4, 1977)
Malaysia 82
Malaysia 83
Malaysia 84
Malaysia 85 (1975-77)
Malaysia 86 (1976-78)
Jonathan Hall "Faculty member returns to his Peace Corps roots"
Malaysia 87 (1977-79)
Malaysia 88 (1977-79) Kuala Kangsar, 20 PCVs
Malaysia 89 (1978-80)
Malaysia 90 (1978-80)
Malaysia 91
Malaysia 92 (1978-80)
photo "Melaka Western Hotel Group 92"
Malaysia 93 (1978-80)
Malaysia 94
Malaysia 95 (1979-81)
Malaysia 96 (1980-82)
Malaysia 97
Malaysia 98 (1980-82)
Malaysia 99 (1980-82)
Malaysia 100 (1980-82)
Malaysia 101 (1980-82)
Malaysia 102 (1981-83)
Malaysia 103 (1981-83)
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