Michael Marine, the United States Ambassador to Vietnam, visited the Libraries’ Southeast Asian Archive on October 27, 2005 as part of his first official visit to Orange County.

(left to right) Ambassador Michael Marine, Southeast Asian Archive Librarian Anne Frank, and Professor Linda Trinh Vo, Department of Asian American Studies.

In addition to receiving an orientation to the Archive’s significance as the leading collection of its kind in the world, Ambassador Marine’s visit to Langson Library included viewing the current exhibit, A SEAA of Memories: Our Changing Southeast Asian Communities.

While on campus he also spoke on current issues in Vietnam to an overflow student audience at the Cross Cultural Center. The Ambassador’s visit to UCI and Orange County was hosted by Frank Jao, a leading businessman in Little Saigon.