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Tom Vincent gives moving talk about Father Ray’s book

Nobel Laureate to visit Asian UST

Tom Vincent gives moving talk about Father Ray’s book

At the first meeting in 2005 of the Pattaya City Expats Club, Tom Vincent, the publisher of the book about Fr. Ray Brennan, “In the Name of the Boss Upstairs” by author Jerry Hopkins, spoke about the book’s background and how it came into existence.

Tom Vincent (center) and two of the young adults who feature in the book, Pat and Lak.

Tom was a long-time friend of Fr. Ray and related many personal anecdotes of their time together. He also spoke about the present work now being done under the new banner of the Fr. Ray Foundation.

The total proceeds from the book, which was printed through the good offices of the Tom Vincent Foundation at no cost to the Fr. Ray Foundation, will go to further the work of providing higher education for the students.

Tom brought two of the young adults who feature in the book, Pat and Lak, who spoke movingly about how their lives were changed through the love given by Fr. Ray and his staff and who now exemplify the success of the work of Pattaya Orphanage and the Vocational School. Copies of the book are now available from the Pattaya Orphanage.

Nobel Laureate to visit Asian UST

Friday January 14, 10.30 a.m.

This Friday Asian University of Science and Technology will welcome their second Nobel Laureate: Professor Riccardo Giacconi, who won his Nobel Prize for physics in 2002.

He will talk about the development of x-ray astronomy.

In 2002, Riccardo Giacconi was named co-recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics for his pioneering work in X-ray astronomy. He and his colleagues are widely credited for revolutionizing astrophysics by using the X-ray region of the spectrum to discover fundamental properties of black holes, neutron stars, galaxy clusters, and quasars.

Giacconi joined the Hopkins faculty in physics and astronomy in 1982 (he continues as Hopkins research professor) after coming to Baltimore to direct the Space Telescope Science Institute (1981-93), based at a facility adjacent to the Homewood campus.

In the last few years Dr. Giacconi has participated in several high-level committees, advisory bodies, and workshops concerned with U.S. science policy. The issues of how to best carry out first-rate research initiatives while insuring the achievements of the societal benefits that are the potential result of these activities have been among his major concerns. These societal benefits include scientific education and technical and management training at all levels with a view to improving the quality of life in our nation as well as our competitiveness in the international marketplace. To this end, the methodology and institutional settings that are chosen to carry out the research are as important as the ultimate scientific goals.

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