Edward Gavin:  

"I'll try to be as concise as possible here, but keep in mind I'm trying to catch you up on fifty years of my life. After graduating from North Catholic in 1959 I worked in Center City Philadelphia for two years and then began at the University of Pennsylvania in September, 1961, graduating with a B.A. in English in May, 1965. From there I spent that summer at San Jose State in California, training for the Peace Corps. By September, 1965, I arrived at my assignment, teaching at The University of the Philippines College of Agriculture. I did my two years, and requested to remain a third year to finish a project for the Humanities Department. Before beginning my third year, I was given a month off, during which time I visited Sydney,Australia, Hong Kong, Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Chiangmai, Kyoto, and Taipei. I left The Philippines finally in July, 1968. Travelling for about five months, I went back to Hong Kong and then on to Cambodia where I visited Angkor and other areas in the north of the country. From Cambodia I returned to Thailand for a month, then on to India (New Delhi and Agra), Moscow, Vienna, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, West Berlin, East Berlin (Checkpoint Charlie was just like in the movies), Prague (right after the Soviet invasion), Budapest, Belgrade, Athens, Rome, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, London, then home to Philly in December, 1968. I worked at The Inquirer for several months, then a year at The Episcopal Academy (on City Line Ave.), during which time I married (January, 1970). In September, 1970, I began at The University of Connecticut where I received an M.A. in English. In the fall of 1971, my wife and ...Expand for more