For Richard Rafes dissertation, “The Historical Development of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a State Medical School, 1960-1975.” TCOM co-founder.
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. He discusses his family’s immigrant history from Vietnam to North Texas, his identity as a Texan, how he found his way to working in the culinary world, and what he hopes to see in the future of Vietnamese American cuisine.
African-American former student of North Texas State University. Remembrances about childhood and early education in South Dallas, Texas; decision to enroll at North Texas in 1964; off-campus life in “Shack Town” and support from black citizens of Denton; social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty;…
