Ming-Hsien Sun (center, bottom picture), ambassador at large from Taiwan, received a Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities on October 7, 2005. Sun and his wife arrived at the Twin Cities on October 6.

The Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals was inaugurated in 2003 by the U in recognition of the distinguished leadership of international alumni in many different countries and fields. In the first two years, the university recognized 14 outstanding alumni for their accomplishments. This year, six recipients were selected from around the World. Dr. Sun was the only recipient from Asia.

Sun received an MA degree from the U in 1966 and earned a Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1971. He served as the Agricultural Commissioner in Taiwan from 1992 to 1996. He is currently an ambassador at large and the board chair of AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center in Taiwan.

Raymong Lu (first from left, bottom picture), president of TAAMN, hosted a welcome dinner at the Peking Garden restaurant for the Suns and David S. C. Lin, an advisor of Economic Division of TECRO in the United States.