Dr. D. Jay Walsh received his education at the Baptist Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He and his family were appointed by the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in October of 1958 to serve in the country of East Pakistan which became Bangladesh in 1971 after a bloody civil war. In his 35 years in Bangladesh Jay served the organization as Field Chairman for many years handling social government work, especially land matters and visas for the missionary station. He kept a daily diary of his years in Bangladesh including 1971 when the nation of Bangladesh was born.