Memorial Study abroad at Penn State during 1969-70

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1-Year Study Abroad, 1969-70

Penn State Univ. in the US

Penn State Campus

From June 1969 to May 1970, during the one year from my age 29 to 30, I studied abroad at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in the United States on assignment from Daido Steel Co., Ltd.

Penn State is a comprehensive university with 40,000 students located in the city State College in central Pennsylvania, USA.

In this square, I am going to place the focus on 3 subjects.
1. Letter exchange with the staffs of the head office of Daido Steel in Japan.
2. The diary of the latter part during my stay at Penn State. Unfortunately the first half was lost in my carelessness.
3. Photo albums during the stay.

26-Day Road Trip
with Two Friends

During the summer breaks in my studies, I took a 26-day cross-country road trip across the United States with two friends from summer to fall 1969 (August 31 - September 25, 1969).
Travel diary and photo collection from that trip.

We traveled in a 1960 Ford Mustang loaded with a tent and cooking gear.
Distance traveled: 14,105 km
Gasoline consumed: 1,707 liters

At Penn State Campus（July, 1969）

On the statue Nittany Lion
(The symbol of Penn State)

Start for the Driving
across the US

From Bryce Canyon to Navajo

Grand Canyon

An old trunk was found deep inside the closet. Now, in the year 2000, it's filled to the brim with nostalgic relics from thirty years ago (1969-70), during my study abroad at Penn State Univ. in the US. Mostly, it contains a pile of slightly soiled correspondence and numerous slides stained with mold.
It seemed a shame to throw them away. I decided to preserve them on my homepage.

Pennsylvania State University (abbreviated: Penn State):

Pennsylvania State University (enrolling 40,000 students) is located in the city State College, Pennsylvania (population 60,000), situated between the major cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in central Pennsylvania.

Focusing on 1969, the exchange rate was still fixed at ¥360 to the dollar

In Japan,

January University of Tokyo Yasuda Auditorium Incident

March Yawata and Fuji Steel sign merger agreement; launched as Nippon Steel in March the next year

April University of Tokyo entrance exams canceled

May Full opening of Tomei and Meishin Expressways

November Sato-Nixon talks reach agreement on Okinawa reversion

December General election; Socialist Party suffers major defeat

Worldwide, centered on the United States:

January Expanded Paris Peace Talks aimed at ending the quagmire of the Vietnam War

July Apollo 11 lands on the moon

August Sharon Tate murder

August Woodstock outdoor festival

September West German mark adopts floating exchange rate (yen transitioned de facto from 1973)

【Films】		【Sports】

* 男はつらいよ (第１作) * 真夜中のカーボーイ * ワイルドバンチ * ローズマリーの赤ちゃん		* 大鵬の連勝、４５で止まる(Taiho's winning streak ends at 45) * 金田、４００勝達成(Kaneda achieves 400 wins)

【Popular Songs】		【Words in Fashon】

* 長崎は今日も雨だった * 時には母のない子のように * 風 * 白いブランコ * いい湯だな * 黒猫のタンゴ		* はっぱふみふみ * あっと驚くタメゴロウ * ニャロメ　* ちんたら * やったぜ、ベイビー * オー、モーレツ * エコノミック・アニマル

June 7, 1969,
Departed alone from Haneda on a DC-10
for the United States.
(From left: Wife, Eldest Daughter, Me)

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