Malaysia came into being in only 26 months, from the time Malaya’s first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj broached the Malaysia Concept on May 27, 1961 in Singapore to its fruition on Sept 16, 1963.
Fourteen years ago, members of the College of Arts and Sciences faculty at Western Illinois University – Quad Cities began awarding the annual Michaela Romano Scholarship, and the streak remains unbroken.