In late 1952 Richard Pittman and Howard McKaughan of SIL arrived in Manila. Eighteen additional linguist-translators followed in early 1953 when the official agreement was signed with Department of Education.
Two decades later, when SIL received the prestigious Magsaysay Award for International Understanding, Dr. Pittman returned to Manila to accept the award on behalf of SIL.
The road to that recognition and since has been a remarkable journey. It is our story of scholarship, partnership and service in linguistics, literacy and translation spanning half a century.
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