1969: Gordon Lindquist served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malaysia in Bau, Sarawak beginning in 1969



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Gordon Lindquist can be contacted at gdlindquistadishmaildnet

Country of Service: Malaysia

Training Group: 24

Cities you served in: Bau, Sarawak

Arrival Year: 1969

Departure Year: 1971

Work Description:

Taught husbandry and agricultural science for Forms 1 through Form 5

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:

None

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:

Returned to my home area in Western Minnesota. Purchased and operated a farm for 19 years. Discontinued farm operations in 1991 and have worked in agriculture industry since that time. Taught agriculture in local school for three years while also farming.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:

An awesome experience, an amazing opportunity to learn and become a citizen of the world, not just of one country.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Had a great visit with many Malaysia RPCV's at a conference in St. Paul, MN in 1999 at the 30th anniversary of our group 24. Would welcome messages from anyone of Malaysia 24, especially Sarawak volunteers.

Originally posted: August 8, 2008

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By Billie Kelpin (12.250.234.154) on Friday, June 15, 2018 - 1:24 pm: Edit Post

I'm writing a novel "If Not for War" set in the year 1968-9. One of the characters in my book lives in Milwaukee and has graduated from the U in Madison. I need information about the training in 1968 (the place, the length of time, the content of the training.) I need my character to have gone for training, but to come back home for a few months and then go to the country. Is it possible that that could have happened? Could there have been a delay in getting his medical records? What else might have happened to delay his departure? I have a few other questions as well and would love to be able to ask someone who has real-life information based on his or her experience. Thank you so much! My email address is leftpawedpuppy@gmail.com if you'd like to email me instead of posting here.