Vietnamese Astronaut

 

  While looking up Vietnamese Americans I stumbled on Dr. Eugene H. Trinh. So I thought I might share who he is to the class. Dr. Eugene H Trinh born 1950 in Saigon, South Vietnam. His parents and him moved from Vietnam to Paris France when he was two. So it is presumed that he moved just before the hight of the Vietnam war in 1955 yet it was still uncomfortable in Vietnam as we have learned, in 1952. When Trinh turned 18 he migrated into the United States and recieved his bachelors degree in Mechanical engineering and applied physics.
 
   As a Biochemist Dr. Trinh went on to work for NASA in the 1990's and was a crew member on the STS-50 space shuttle flight of 1992. As his efforts toward scientific research Dr. Trinh won a Golden Torch award from the Vietnamese American National Gala. I thought it was neat to see an Southeast Asian American succeed in American culture after learning in Takaki about the first immigrants from Southeast asia and how difficult it was for them to adapt to the american workforce.