{"id":3679,"date":"2017-03-18T10:07:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T10:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/?p=3679"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:21:57","slug":"when-conversation-refused-to-end-mr-william-drea-adams-10th-chair-of-the-national-endowment-for-the-humanities-mr-joe-boulos-and-an-evening-at-boi-tran-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/when-conversation-refused-to-end-mr-william-drea-adams-10th-chair-of-the-national-endowment-for-the-humanities-mr-joe-boulos-and-an-evening-at-boi-tran-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e2u Chuy\u1ec7n Ch\u01b0a Mu\u1ed1n Kh\u00e9p L\u1ea1i: Ng\u00e0i William Drea Adams, Ch\u1ee7 T\u1ecbch Th\u1ee9 M\u01b0\u1eddi Qu\u1ef9 Qu\u1ed1c Gia V\u00ec Nh\u00e2n V\u0103n Hoa K\u1ef3, \u00d4ng Joe Boulos v\u00e0 M\u1ed9t Bu\u1ed5i Chi\u1ec1u Tr\u00f2 Chuy\u1ec7n t\u1ea1i Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\tC\u00e2u Chuy\u1ec7n Ch\u01b0a Mu\u1ed1n Kh\u00e9p L\u1ea1i: Ng\u00e0i William Drea Adams, Ch\u1ee7 T\u1ecbch Th\u1ee9 M\u01b0\u1eddi Qu\u1ef9 Qu\u1ed1c Gia V\u00ec Nh\u00e2n V\u0103n Hoa K\u1ef3, \u00d4ng Joe Boulos v\u00e0 M\u1ed9t Bu\u1ed5i Chi\u1ec1u Tr\u00f2 Chuy\u1ec7n t\u1ea1i Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n\t<\/h2>\n\t

On 16 March 2017, Boi Tran Garden welcomed two distinguished American guests: William Drea “Bro” Adams, then Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and entrepreneur-philanthropist Joe Boulos. What began as dinner became one of those rare evenings when thought, memory, hospitality and shared curiosity extended naturally beyond the table. Later, Adams would write simply: “It will certainly be one of the highlights of our trip.”<\/p>\n

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William Drea Adams\u00a0– 10th Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Joe Boulos – Founder of Boulos Brokerage, Asset Management and Boulos Development and Thuc Doan \/ Bem deepening in almost endless conversation during the fine dining at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, 16 March 2017.<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t

C\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n \u0111\u00e3 b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u t\u1eeb tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi m\u1ecdi ng\u01b0\u1eddi ng\u1ed3i v\u00e0o b\u00e0n.<\/p>\n

T\u1ea1i Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n tr\u00ean \u0111\u1ed3i Thi\u00ean An, kh\u00e1ch th\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u1ebfn qua nh\u1ecbp d\u00e0i c\u1ee7a h\u00e0ng c\u00e2y, qua th\u1ee9 \u00e1nh s\u00e1ng \u0111\u00e3 d\u1ecbu l\u1ecdc, v\u00e0 qua s\u1ef1 ch\u1eadm l\u1ea1i l\u1eb7ng l\u1ebd c\u1ee7a ti\u1ebft t\u1ea5u m\u00e0 Hu\u1ebf \u0111\u1ebfn nay v\u1eabn d\u00e0nh cho nh\u1eefng ai bi\u1ebft d\u1eebng ch\u00e2n \u0111\u1ec3 c\u1ea3m nh\u1eadn. V\u00e0o bu\u1ed5i t\u1ed1i ng\u00e0y 16 th\u00e1ng 3 n\u0103m 2017, s\u1ef1 chuy\u1ec3n \u0111\u1ed5i \u1ea5y hi\u1ec7n l\u00ean r\u00f5 r\u1ec7t h\u01a1n th\u01b0\u1eddng l\u1ec7. Gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 William Drea Adams v\u00e0 Ng\u00e0i Joe Boulos b\u01b0\u1edbc v\u00e0o kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i nh\u01b0 nh\u1eefng v\u1ecb kh\u00e1ch theo nghi th\u1ee9c, m\u00e0 nh\u01b0 nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi nh\u1ea1y c\u1ea3m v\u1edbi n\u01a1i ch\u1ed1n, l\u01b0u t\u00e2m \u0111\u1ebfn t\u1eebng chi ti\u1ebft, v\u00e0 s\u1eb5n l\u00f2ng hi\u1ec7n di\u1ec7n tr\u1ecdn v\u1eb9n trong kho\u1ea3nh kh\u1eafc.<\/p>\n

B\u1eefa t\u1ed1i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ph\u1ee5ng s\u1ef1 trong th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi gia c\u01b0 thanh nh\u00e3 v\u1ed1n l\u00e0m n\u00ean c\u1ed1t c\u00e1ch c\u1ee7a Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n: kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i nh\u00e0 h\u00e0ng \u1ea9m th\u1ef1c, c\u0169ng kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i b\u1ea3o t\u00e0ng theo ngh\u0129a th\u00f4ng th\u01b0\u1eddng, m\u00e0 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t ng\u00f4i nh\u00e0 s\u1ed1ng c\u1ee7a ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt, ki\u1ebfn tr\u00fac, k\u00fd \u1ee9c v\u00e0 giao c\u1ea3m. Tranh tr\u00ean t\u01b0\u1eddng hi\u1ec7n di\u1ec7n kh\u00f4ng nh\u01b0 v\u1eadt trang tr\u00ed, m\u00e0 nh\u01b0 nh\u1eefng ch\u1ee9ng nh\u00e2n l\u1eb7ng l\u1ebd. Khu v\u01b0\u1eddn ph\u00eda ngo\u00e0i gi\u1eef l\u1ea5y h\u01a1i th\u1edf c\u1ee7a bu\u1ed5i chi\u1ec1u h\u00f4m. C\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n \u0111i nh\u1eb9 t\u1eeb m\u00f3n n\u00e0y sang m\u00f3n kh\u00e1c, r\u1ed3i v\u01b0\u1ee3t ra ngo\u00e0i c\u1ea3 khu\u00f4n kh\u1ed5 c\u1ee7a b\u00e0n ti\u1ec7c.<\/p>\n

William Drea “Bro” Adams brought with him a life devoted to learning and public culture. An American educator and advocate for the humanities, he served as the tenth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2014 to 2017. Earlier, he was the 14th President of Bucknell University from 1995 to 2000, and the 19th President of Colby College from 2000 to 2014. His academic path had included appointments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Santa Clara University, Stanford University and Wesleyan University. His doctoral work, Digging in the same place: an essay in the political and social philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1982), already suggested a mind drawn to depth rather than display.<\/p>\n

Nh\u1eefng ti\u1ec3u s\u1eed nh\u01b0 th\u1ebf \u0111\u00e1ng tr\u1ecdng kh\u00f4ng h\u1eb3n v\u00ec danh v\u1ecb, m\u00e0 v\u00ec ch\u00fang cho th\u1ea5y m\u1ed9t n\u1ebfp ch\u00fa t\u00e2m \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c nu\u00f4i d\u01b0\u1ee1ng b\u1ec1n b\u1ec9 qua n\u0103m th\u00e1ng. Gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 Adams n\u00f3i chuy\u1ec7n v\u1edbi s\u1ef1 \u0111i\u1ec1m \u0111\u1ea1m ch\u1eebng m\u1ef1c c\u1ee7a ng\u01b0\u1eddi quen \u0111\u1ea3m \u0111\u01b0\u01a1ng nh\u1eefng \u0111\u1ecbnh ch\u1ebf l\u1edbn, nh\u01b0ng tr\u01b0\u1edbc h\u1ebft v\u1eabn l\u01b0u t\u00e2m \u0111\u1ebfn con ng\u01b0\u1eddi. \u1ede m\u1ed9t th\u00e0nh ph\u1ed1 nh\u01b0 Hu\u1ebf, n\u01a1i tri th\u1ee9c nhi\u1ec1u khi \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c g\u00ecn gi\u1eef trong n\u1ebfp nh\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng k\u00e9m n\u01a1i h\u1ecdc vi\u1ec7n, ph\u1ea9m t\u00ednh \u1ea5y l\u1eadp t\u1ee9c g\u1eb7p \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c s\u1ef1 t\u01b0\u01a1ng \u1ee9ng t\u1ef1 nhi\u00ean c\u1ee7a n\u00f3.<\/p>\n

Ng\u00e0i Joe Boulos \u0111em \u0111\u1ebfn m\u1ed9t d\u1ea1ng t\u1eebng tr\u1ea3i kh\u00e1c: tinh th\u1ea7n doanh nghi\u1ec7p \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c d\u1eabn d\u1eaft b\u1edfi tr\u00e1ch nhi\u1ec7m c\u00f4ng d\u00e2n. L\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi s\u00e1ng l\u1eadp Boulos Brokerage, Asset Management v\u00e0 Boulos Development v\u00e0o n\u0103m 1975, ng\u00e0i ph\u1ee5 tr\u00e1ch \u0111\u1ecbnh h\u01b0\u1edbng chi\u1ebfn l\u01b0\u1ee3c cho m\u1ed9t danh m\u1ee5c b\u1ea5t \u0111\u1ed9ng s\u1ea3n quy m\u00f4 l\u1edbn, v\u00e0 trong su\u1ed1t s\u1ef1 nghi\u1ec7p \u0111\u00e3 ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n h\u01a1n hai tri\u1ec7u r\u01b0\u1ee1i foot vu\u00f4ng th\u01b0\u01a1ng m\u1ea1i t\u1ea1i v\u00f9ng Greater Portland. Song ch\u1ec9 nh\u1eefng con s\u1ed1 th\u00ec ch\u01b0a \u0111\u1ee7 \u0111\u1ec3 n\u00f3i h\u1ebft v\u1ec1 con ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u1ea5y.<\/p>\n

Mr Boulos had served a tour of duty in Vietnam from 1968 to 1973 as a United States Marine Corps pilot. He later flew commercially in Laos, Africa and South America. His life in business ran parallel to deep commitments in education, veterans’ causes, museum leadership and philanthropy. He was a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colby College, a former board member of the Portland Museum of Art, and a benefactor whose generosity created more than 310 college scholarships for Maine veterans through a landmark donation with his wife Cheryl.<\/p>\n

Khi m\u1ed9t v\u1ecb kh\u00e1ch nh\u01b0 th\u1ebf tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i Vi\u1ec7t Nam sau nhi\u1ec1u th\u1eadp ni\u00ean k\u1ec3 t\u1eeb th\u1eddi chi\u1ebfn, kho\u1ea3nh kh\u1eafc \u1ea5y t\u1ef1 mang l\u1ea5y v\u1ebb trang nghi\u00eam l\u1eb7ng l\u1ebd ri\u00eang m\u00ecnh. Kh\u00f4ng c\u1ea7n l\u1eddi x\u01b0\u1edbng danh n\u00e0o c\u1ea3. Ch\u1ec9 s\u1ef1 hi\u1ec7n di\u1ec7n c\u0169ng \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u1ee7.<\/p>\n

T\u1ed1i h\u00f4m \u1ea5y, Th\u1ee5c \u0110oan \/ Bem c\u00f9ng ng\u1ed3i b\u00e0n v\u1edbi t\u01b0 c\u00e1ch ch\u1ee7 nh\u00e2n nh\u1ecf v\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u1ed1i tho\u1ea1i, \u0111\u1ec3 r\u1ed3i c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n k\u00e9o d\u00e0i theo c\u00e1ch t\u1ef1 nhi\u00ean nh\u1ea5t: b\u1edfi ch\u1eb3ng ai mu\u1ed1n ng\u1eaft n\u00f3 \u0111i. Nh\u1eefng v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 v\u1ec1 gi\u00e1o d\u1ee5c, k\u00fd \u1ee9c, \u0111\u1eddi s\u1ed1ng c\u00f4ng c\u1ed9ng, ki\u1ebfn tr\u00fac, du h\u00e0nh, Vi\u1ec7t Nam, Hoa K\u1ef3 v\u00e0 c\u00f4ng d\u1ee5ng c\u1ee7a v\u0103n h\u00f3a qua l\u1ea1i trong nhau kh\u00f4ng ch\u00fat g\u01b0\u1ee3ng \u00e9p. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 h\u00ecnh th\u1ee9c \u0111\u00e0m tho\u1ea1i \u0111\u1eb9p nh\u1ea5t: kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i tranh bi\u1ec7n, kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i tr\u00ecnh di\u1ec5n, m\u00e0 l\u00e0 c\u00f9ng nhau m\u1edf r\u1ed9ng t\u1ea7m nh\u00ecn.<\/p>\n

Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n t\u1eeb l\u00e2u v\u1eabn d\u00e0nh s\u1eb5n ch\u00ednh \u0111i\u1ec1u ki\u1ec7n \u1ea5y. Ng\u01b0\u1eddi t\u1eebng bi\u1ebft n\u01a1i \u0111\u00e2y \u0111\u1ec1u hi\u1ec3u r\u1eb1ng l\u00f2ng hi\u1ebfu kh\u00e1ch \u1edf ch\u1ed1n n\u00e0y ch\u01b0a bao gi\u1edd ch\u1ec9 gi\u1edbi h\u1ea1n trong \u1ea9m th\u1ef1c, d\u1eabu b\u00e0n ti\u1ec7c c\u00f3 tinh m\u1ef9 \u0111\u1ebfn \u0111\u00e2u. N\u00f3 c\u00f2n g\u1ed3m s\u1ef1 s\u1eafp \u0111\u1eb7t c\u1ee7a b\u1ea7u kh\u00f4ng kh\u00ed, phong th\u00e1i ung dung c\u1ee7a nh\u1ecbp s\u1ed1ng, c\u00e1ch \u0111\u1eb7t ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt g\u1ea7n b\u00ean t\u01b0 t\u01b0\u1edfng, v\u00e0 b\u1ea3n n\u0103ng c\u1ed1 c\u1ef1u c\u1ee7a Hu\u1ebf r\u1eb1ng kh\u00e1ch ra v\u1ec1 n\u00ean mang theo trong l\u00f2ng m\u1ed9t \u0111i\u1ec1u g\u00ec \u0111\u00e3 tr\u1edf n\u00ean s\u00e1ng r\u00f5 h\u01a1n.<\/p>\n

Hai ng\u00e0y sau, Gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 Adams vi\u1ebft th\u01b0 g\u1eedi Th\u1ee5c \u0110oan \/ Bem:<\/p>\n

“Thank you for the lovely dinner and the honour of spending time in the home and art gallery of Madame Boi Tran. It was a very memorable evening and we are very grateful. It will certainly be one of the highlights of our trip.”<\/p>\n

C\u00f3 m\u1ed9t v\u1ebb thanh nh\u00e3 ri\u00eang n\u01a1i s\u1ef1 ti\u1ebft l\u1eddi. Nh\u1eefng bu\u1ed5i t\u1ed1i \u0111\u00e1ng nh\u1edb th\u01b0\u1eddng kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c x\u00e1c nh\u1eadn ngay trong \u0111\u1ea1i s\u1ea3nh h\u00f4m \u1ea5y, m\u00e0 \u1edf v\u1ec1 sau, khi nh\u1eefng v\u1ecb h\u1ecdc gi\u1ea3 ch\u1ecdn nh\u1edb l\u1ea1i b\u1eb1ng l\u1eddi gi\u1ea3n d\u1ecb.<\/p>\nNhi\u1ec1u chuy\u1ebfn vi\u1ebfng th\u0103m ch\u00ednh th\u1ee9c \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ghi nh\u1eadn b\u1eb1ng ch\u1ee9c danh v\u00e0 l\u1ecbch tr\u00ecnh. C\u00f3 nh\u1eefng cu\u1ed9c g\u1eb7p c\u00f2n \u1edf l\u1ea1i l\u00e2u d\u00e0i ch\u1ec9 v\u00ec c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n ch\u01b0a mu\u1ed1n d\u1eebng. Bu\u1ed5i t\u1ed1i ng\u00e0y 16 th\u00e1ng 3 n\u0103m 2017 thu\u1ed9c v\u1ec1 ki\u1ec3u \u0111\u1eb7c bi\u1ec7t \u0111\u1ea5y.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ng\u00e0y 16 th\u00e1ng 3 n\u0103m 2017, Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n \u0111\u00f3n hai v\u1ecb kh\u00e1ch qu\u00fd \u0111\u1ebfn t\u1eeb Hoa K\u1ef3: Gi\u00e1o s\u01b0 William Drea \u201cBro\u201d Adams, khi \u1ea5y l\u00e0 Ch\u1ee7 t\u1ecbch Qu\u1ef9 Qu\u1ed1c gia v\u00ec Nh\u00e2n v\u0103n Hoa K\u1ef3, v\u00e0 doanh nh\u00e2n thi\u1ec7n nguy\u1ec7n Joe Boulos. Kh\u1edfi \u0111\u1ea7u l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t b\u1eefa t\u1ed1i, nh\u01b0ng r\u1ed3i th\u00e0nh m\u1ed9t \u0111\u00eam d\u00e0i c\u1ee7a \u0111\u1ed1i tho\u1ea1i, k\u00fd \u1ee9c v\u00e0 tri ng\u1ed9. Sau \u0111\u00f3, \u00f4ng Adams vi\u1ebft ng\u1eafn g\u1ecdn: \u201c\u1eaet h\u1eb3n \u0111\u00e2y s\u1ebd l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng \u0111i\u1ec3m s\u00e1ng c\u1ee7a chuy\u1ebfn \u0111i c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang t\u00f4i.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,22,25,29,9,31],"tags":[90,91,17,134,133],"class_list":["post-3679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-cuisine","category-culture","category-history-stories","category-stories","category-tradition","tag-boi-tran","tag-boi-tran-art-gallery","tag-boi-tran-garden","tag-joe-boulos","tag-william-drea-bro-adams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3679"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8220,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions\/8220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}