Piamsak Manasveta, vice president of the Royal Institute of Thailand and a member of the University of Washington Alumni Association of Thailand, presents a volume of the “World Tipitaka Edition.” (Photos by San Van Fleet Photography)
UW representatives Judith Henchy and Betsy Wilson present a commemorative plaque and a book about the Early Buddhist Manuscript Project at the UW to Princess Vudhichalerm Vudhijaya (left).
A 26-member Thai delegation was led by Princess Vudhichalerm Vudhijaya Gilbert, Major Suradhaj Bunnag, president of the World Tipitaka Project, and Kraisi Kannasut, president of the University of Washington (UW) Alumni Association of Thailand. They presented volumes of the “World Tipitaka Edition,” the Buddhist canon, to Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson, dean of University Libraries. ♦