Picture 1:Photo of Prof. Hoàng Tiến Bảo 1920 – 2008. Picture taken at his home in Alhambra on Sunday 01/30/2005 - 9 days to the Lunar New Year of the Rooster, on that visit his students came to wish happy new year to him and his wife, most of them belong to the class of YKSG 74-75. [ photo by Phạm Xuân Cầu, private collection Phạm Anh Dũng, (YKSG 74) ]
Introduction: For 88 years, Prof. Hoàng Tiến Bảo knew an extremely rich and varied existence. We would need a full-length book to render justice to such a life. This is only a short essay intermingled with personal recollections to commemorate the 101st anniversary of our professor. With all due caution, the author wishes that this writing - though by all means not exhaustive – would still remain accurate. My sincere thanks and appreciation go to Professors Trần Ngọc Ninh and Đào Hữu Anh, my schoolmates at the Saigon School of Medecine for providing me with the private materials, photos and recollections from personal conversations to help bring about this writing.
