Puey Ungpakorn : An Honest Siamese in a class of His Own

    This memoir of Dr. Puey Ungpakorn describes the character and life-work of a much respected economist , civil servant, and   educator who inspired serveral generations of student and young people. Puey's ability and experience were always in demand, and he was often called upon to step into the breach and solve a problem or to give counsel to those in need of it.

An Elder Who Is Not Cunning
1. Assumption College
2. England and politics
3. Puey as a man
4. Puey the academic
5. Working with youth
6. As a person, for the public
7. Rural development
8. Arts and culture
9. Charity work
10 . Political turbulence
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Dr. Puey's life demonstrates admirable qualities in leadership that is distinctly lacking in Thailand today. To those who knew Dr.Puey' intimately, speak of his kindness, his integrity, a brilliant mind, and a courage that was bolstered by honesty. He consistently refused offers of lucrative jobs, cabinet postings, or leadership in political parties, and instead chose to be a model citizen working within the Thai education and banking systems. Though firmly imbedded within the Thai bureaucracy, Dr.Puey maintained a dynamic intellect, a sharp moral compass and above all, a sense of responsibility to his fellow citizens. Arjan Suluk Sivaraksa's Puey Ungpakorn : An Honest Siamese in a class of His Own is deeply reflective and gives us insights into a great man during a formative period in Thailand's recent history.
    -- Matteo Pistono --
Author of in the Shadow of the Buddha and Fearless in Tibet

    A Shrewd observer of human nature and a champion of the vitues that Puey embodied, Sulak has written a warm account of his mentor warts and all. Sulak being Sulak has also written a memoir that reveals much about him, with one or two warts showing here and there. Zia Collinsfree has now turned this important Thai book into lively English for a new readership.
    -- Craig J. Reynolds --
National University of Australia, Canberra

    On a companion volume Power That Be : Pridi Banomyong though the rise and Fall of Thai Democracy. His book is thus an extraordinary honest political-intellectual autobiography as well as a too daring in memoriam of Pridi covering eight decades of every kind of turbulence in Siam.
    --   Benedict O. Anderson --
Cornell University