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June 13, 2005
IRRI staff reunion
Tim: I am the child of a scientist at IRRI during its early days (V.A. (Arnold) Dyck, 1970-1982).
Four of IRRI's five former directors general (DGs) attended. Dr. Ralph Cummings, who succeeded Chandler in 1972, and his wife Eunice came from Raleigh, N.C. Dr. Nyle C. Brady (1973-81) and wife Martha attended from Gilbert, Arizona. Dr. Klaus Lampe (1988-95) and AnneMarie came from Frankfurt, Germany.
Reunion organizers were Walter G. Rockwood, former IRRI editor, and Beverly, his wife. "Why should people who lived together, worked together, played together all those years in Los Banos come from across the world to see one another here in Florida?" Rockwood asked. He answered his own question in the wording of the program: "Bringing together those who served at IRRI since 1962--and who retain love and respect for the institute and for their former colleagues."
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About 20 children of IRRI international staff, who grew up together on the IRRI Staff Housing Compound, attended as young adults. Martin Moomaw, the "first IRRI baby"—meaning the first child born among the international staff, was there, along with Carolyn Moomaw, his mother. The late Dr. Jim Moomaw, his father, was the first IRRI agronomist. Martin is now a legal assistant in Dallas.
"The young people were the best part of the reunion," said Dr. Edwin C. Price, IRRI agricultural economist from 1975 to 1985. "It let them recapture, reconfirm the culture they came from." Price is now Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University.
"I wanted to review my life, to be reminded of my roots and what helped me reach where I am today," said Dr. Angel Khush, who arrived in Los Banos at age 1 in 1967, and left after her 1984 graduation from Manila International High School.
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Posted by thdyck on June 13, 2005
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