Born in 1938 in Châu Đốc province of
Vietnam.
After
graduating from the prestigious Jean Jacque Rousseau high school in Saigon he
was one of the first students chosen for the leadership program to be trained
in the USA. He was the only one who chose an agriculture career (animal
science and veterinary medicine) instead of a more popular career in medicine,
pharmacy, economic, management, or engineering …
After
graduating from Oklahoma State University with the Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine degree, he came back to Vietnam to teach at the National
Agricultural Institute (NAI) and at the same time hold several important
positions in the Ministry of Agriculture as well as Ministry of Industry and
Commerce.
First
he was appointed the Director of Tân Sơn Nhất
Livestock Experimental Center where one of his missions was to carry out the
National Accelerated Protein Production Program. His next position in the
Ministry of Agriculture was Chief Cabinet when he was charged with Building an
Ownership Society for a Rural Social Revolution (The Land To The Tiller
Program). After the completion of this LTTTP in record time, he was appointed
General Director of Agriculture, in charge of many important agricultural
revolutionary programs, among them is the Accelerated Miracle Rice Production
Program.
His
last position in the South Vietnamese government before the fall of Saigon at
the end April, 1975 was General Administrator of The National Food Administration,
an autonomy organization which is part of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce
(Economics). Among the missions of this organization is stabilizing the chaotic
rice market at that time.
After
the fall of Saigon in April, 1975, Dr. Gary Trần Quang Minh immigrated to the USA where he, until the present
time, practices veterinary medicine, runs a KumOn educational program, and
studies/practices holistic medicine.
In 2011, he was commissioned
“Kentucky Colonel”, the highest title of honor bestowed by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky where he has lived since 1975.
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