On Dec. 20, the University of Puget Sound reported that Professor Jim McCullough was thanked by the President of Vietnam Truong Tan San for his contributions to education and businesses in the country.
Previously in November, McCullough was presented with the Medal for Lifetime Contribution to Education by Vietnam’s minister of education.
McCullough retired from Puget Sound on Dec. 31, 2011. He moved to Tucson, Ariz., and will regularly travel to Southeast Asia to continue teaching graduate students at Silpakorn University and Prince of Songkla University in Bangkok, Thailand, as well as business students at The National Economics University of Hanoi. (end)