Prosser family European Travels/ Chinese student travel with me out of China
[ 2009-06-01 13:24:43 | Author: michael ]
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Dear Family,
On June 1, 1975 for Queen Elizabeth's official birthday, Michelle, Leo, Louis, their mother, and I were in London for
Queen Elizabeth's official birthday. Michelle was 13, Leo was 11, and Louis was 10. I was attending a 3 week class on British media,
sponsored by American University. We were living in a rented apartment in Chelesey--a posh area of London. When we went to the area
around Buckingham Palace where the event was taking place on June 1, we all were wearing our red Hawaian shirts. At some point, Louis got separated from us, and the police were looking for him.Fortunately, though they brought us Leo at one point, who was nearby,
having 5 of us wear the Hawaiian shirts made it fairly easy to find Louis. And all was well that ended well.
Michelle, Leo, and Louis, their mother, Merry Carol, and I had also been to Oxford University for 3 weeks in 1968 with Michelle, Leo,
and Louis, when they were 5, 4, and almost 3. That summer we also traveled around England, Scotland, and Wales, and then in the
Netherlands, and at the first German-American speech communication conference in Heidelberg, Germany, where Michelle turned 6.
Merry Carol and her brother Homer went on a tour to Europe in the summer of 1957.
I was in 12 countries in Europe in 1958, going over on a student ship from Montreal to Southhampton, England with 1,000 students
on board--England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Austria, attending
Pax Romana conference in Eichstadt, Germany, and flying back. When I got back to Columbus, Ohio, I ran for the presidency of the
National Newman Club (Catholic student movement). Merry Carol started teaching in Selma, Indiana, and I began my MA program at Ball
State University. We got married on Novemberf 27, 1958.
In 1959, Merry Carol and I went to the International Youth Hostel celebration in Munich, Germany; and traveled briefly to Copenhagen, Denmark; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; and Leningrad (now back to St. Petersburg), and Moscow, Russia.
In 1977, Merry Carol and I were in Berlin for the International Communication Association Conference; visiting also Krackow, Auswitch,
and Warsaw, Poland; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna; in Dresden, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic; and passing through Czecholovakia. Though we had a visa for Prague, the border control used it up when we were on the train passing through to East Germany, and we
were unable to visit Prague, coming home a few days early.
Leo and Louis went back to Europe in 1983 to visit Bjorn Olof and his family, and also visited Oslo, Norway.
In 1983, I visited Europe twice. I attended the SIETAR International Conference in San Giminono, Italy, visited Rome, went to Kalmar,
Sweden to see Bjorn Olof's family for the second time. I also attended a conference in Lund, Sweden.
Michelle went to Europe in 1984 and with Monique Raats they traveled to see Bjorn-Olof and his family in Kalmar, Sweden, to Belgium,
France, Spain, and Portugal.
In 1985, Michelle went on a two week tour with Grandmere Hogle to Italy, and they accidentally got off the plane in southern France
before realizing that they were not in Italy.
Leo spent the autumn semester of 1985 at the Copenhagen (Denmark) International Studies Program, and visited southern Germany
for the Munich Beer Festival, Moscow, Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
In 1986, I spent 5 weeks in Europe, starting in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, and ending in
Stockholm, attending a conference in Amsterdam and Stockholm, mostly visiting exchange students who had been in Charlottesville and
visiting Bjorn-Olof, his family, and his girl friend, Susanne. (They died in February, 1991, while Joan Ann and I were teaching in Swaziland,
south eastern Africa in a car and truck crash.)
In 1989, Joan Ann and I attended an international conference on communication in the computer and satellite age in Moscow.
In the summers of 1990 and 1991, Joan Ann and I were in London on the way to and from Swaziland, and the second time, we were bringing back Paulos and Amariah for a year at Charlottesville H.S. Amariah's stay extended to 1994, when he got married, and is living
permanently in Charlottesville, father of two daughters. Paulos lives in Swaziland and his one or more children. He graduated from the
University of Swaziland..
In 2004, I attended two Fulbright conferences in Athens, Greece.
In 2006, with my former apartmentmate, David Xu, we visited Europe, starting at the Russian communication conference in St.
Petersburg, Russia, then going to Cologne, Dresden (where we attended the International Communication conference), and Berlin,
Germany; visiting Copenhagen, Kalmar and Bjorn Olof's family, then the Netherlands, Malmady, Belgium, where we visited Jean-Louis
Dislaire and daughters, then Paris, Monaco, Cannes, Naples, and Rome.
Since I have been in China, I have visited Russia 3 times (2005 where I gave lectures at Kursk State University in Kursk; St. Petersburg, 2006 for the Thrid Russian Communication conference, and 2008, where I gave lectures at Volgograd State Pedogogical University, and
then attended the fourth Russian Communication conference in Moscow. My former MA advisee, Charles Cheng went with me.
Since I have been in China, I have taken several young men out with me: Nick Deng to Vietnam in 2004 (he has gotten his MA degree and is studying this summer at Georgetown University); Shawn Chen to Cambodia in 2005 (where I broke my wrist; later he spent two
years as an interpreter in Guyana, South America); Tony Weitong to South Korea in 2004 (while Luke Patrick was born he is now the
China Radio International correspondent in Nairobi, Kenya); David Lee to India in 2006 (he is working on a doctorate in second Chinese
language acqusition at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg); and all of these were students at Beijing Language and Culture University.
David Xu traveled with me to Europe in 2006 (and now works for a Turkish company here in Shanghai); Charles Cheng went with me to
the Philippines and Russia in 2008 (he teaches English at the Anhui Technical University in Maanshan, Anhui Province); and Jacky Zhang to Austrailia and New Zealand, with a 14 day cruise on the Holland-America Volendam (he earned his MA this past autumn and teaches
Englsih at the Shanghai International Studies University Overseas Development College, presently to Buddhist monks. Both Charles and
Jacky got MA degrees at Shanghai International Studies University.
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Dear Family,
On June 1, 1975 for Queen Elizabeth's official birthday, Michelle, Leo, Louis, their mother, and I were in London for
Queen Elizabeth's official birthday. Michelle was 13, Leo was 11, and Louis was 10. I was attending a 3 week class on British media,
sponsored by American University. We were living in a rented apartment in Chelesey--a posh area of London. When we went to the area
around Buckingham Palace where the event was taking place on June 1, we all were wearing our red Hawaian shirts. At some point, Louis got separated from us, and the police were looking for him.Fortunately, though they brought us Leo at one point, who was nearby,
having 5 of us wear the Hawaiian shirts made it fairly easy to find Louis. And all was well that ended well.
Michelle, Leo, and Louis, their mother, Merry Carol, and I had also been to Oxford University for 3 weeks in 1968 with Michelle, Leo,
and Louis, when they were 5, 4, and almost 3. That summer we also traveled around England, Scotland, and Wales, and then in the
Netherlands, and at the first German-American speech communication conference in Heidelberg, Germany, where Michelle turned 6.
Merry Carol and her brother Homer went on a tour to Europe in the summer of 1957.
I was in 12 countries in Europe in 1958, going over on a student ship from Montreal to Southhampton, England with 1,000 students
on board--England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Austria, attending
Pax Romana conference in Eichstadt, Germany, and flying back. When I got back to Columbus, Ohio, I ran for the presidency of the
National Newman Club (Catholic student movement). Merry Carol started teaching in Selma, Indiana, and I began my MA program at Ball
State University. We got married on Novemberf 27, 1958.
In 1959, Merry Carol and I went to the International Youth Hostel celebration in Munich, Germany; and traveled briefly to Copenhagen, Denmark; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; and Leningrad (now back to St. Petersburg), and Moscow, Russia.
In 1977, Merry Carol and I were in Berlin for the International Communication Association Conference; visiting also Krackow, Auswitch,
and Warsaw, Poland; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna; in Dresden, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic; and passing through Czecholovakia. Though we had a visa for Prague, the border control used it up when we were on the train passing through to East Germany, and we
were unable to visit Prague, coming home a few days early.
Leo and Louis went back to Europe in 1983 to visit Bjorn Olof and his family, and also visited Oslo, Norway.
In 1983, I visited Europe twice. I attended the SIETAR International Conference in San Giminono, Italy, visited Rome, went to Kalmar,
Sweden to see Bjorn Olof's family for the second time. I also attended a conference in Lund, Sweden.
Michelle went to Europe in 1984 and with Monique Raats they traveled to see Bjorn-Olof and his family in Kalmar, Sweden, to Belgium,
France, Spain, and Portugal.
In 1985, Michelle went on a two week tour with Grandmere Hogle to Italy, and they accidentally got off the plane in southern France
before realizing that they were not in Italy.
Leo spent the autumn semester of 1985 at the Copenhagen (Denmark) International Studies Program, and visited southern Germany
for the Munich Beer Festival, Moscow, Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
In 1986, I spent 5 weeks in Europe, starting in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, and ending in
Stockholm, attending a conference in Amsterdam and Stockholm, mostly visiting exchange students who had been in Charlottesville and
visiting Bjorn-Olof, his family, and his girl friend, Susanne. (They died in February, 1991, while Joan Ann and I were teaching in Swaziland,
south eastern Africa in a car and truck crash.)
In 1989, Joan Ann and I attended an international conference on communication in the computer and satellite age in Moscow.
In the summers of 1990 and 1991, Joan Ann and I were in London on the way to and from Swaziland, and the second time, we were bringing back Paulos and Amariah for a year at Charlottesville H.S. Amariah's stay extended to 1994, when he got married, and is living
permanently in Charlottesville, father of two daughters. Paulos lives in Swaziland and his one or more children. He graduated from the
University of Swaziland..
In 2004, I attended two Fulbright conferences in Athens, Greece.
In 2006, with my former apartmentmate, David Xu, we visited Europe, starting at the Russian communication conference in St.
Petersburg, Russia, then going to Cologne, Dresden (where we attended the International Communication conference), and Berlin,
Germany; visiting Copenhagen, Kalmar and Bjorn Olof's family, then the Netherlands, Malmady, Belgium, where we visited Jean-Louis
Dislaire and daughters, then Paris, Monaco, Cannes, Naples, and Rome.
Since I have been in China, I have visited Russia 3 times (2005 where I gave lectures at Kursk State University in Kursk; St. Petersburg, 2006 for the Thrid Russian Communication conference, and 2008, where I gave lectures at Volgograd State Pedogogical University, and
then attended the fourth Russian Communication conference in Moscow. My former MA advisee, Charles Cheng went with me.
Since I have been in China, I have taken several young men out with me: Nick Deng to Vietnam in 2004 (he has gotten his MA degree and is studying this summer at Georgetown University); Shawn Chen to Cambodia in 2005 (where I broke my wrist; later he spent two
years as an interpreter in Guyana, South America); Tony Weitong to South Korea in 2004 (while Luke Patrick was born he is now the
China Radio International correspondent in Nairobi, Kenya); David Lee to India in 2006 (he is working on a doctorate in second Chinese
language acqusition at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg); and all of these were students at Beijing Language and Culture University.
David Xu traveled with me to Europe in 2006 (and now works for a Turkish company here in Shanghai); Charles Cheng went with me to
the Philippines and Russia in 2008 (he teaches English at the Anhui Technical University in Maanshan, Anhui Province); and Jacky Zhang to Austrailia and New Zealand, with a 14 day cruise on the Holland-America Volendam (he earned his MA this past autumn and teaches
Englsih at the Shanghai International Studies University Overseas Development College, presently to Buddhist monks. Both Charles and
Jacky got MA degrees at Shanghai International Studies University.
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