Background

Barnes, Thomas Joseph was born on June 18, 1930 in St. Paul. Son of Ralph Weikert and Helen (O'Connor) Barnes.

Education

Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1950; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1951.

Career

With foreign service, 1957-1980; vice consul, Saigon, Vietnam, 1958-1960; principal officer, American consulate, Hue, Viet Nam, 1960-1961; political officer, Bangkok, Thailand, 1962-1964; political officer, Vientiane, Laos, 1964-1967; province senior adviser, Binh Long, Vietnam, 1967-1968; country officer for Laos, State Department, 1968-1970; principal officer, American Consulate, Udorn, Thailand, 1970-1971; associate director, Agency for International Development, Nhatrang, Vietnam, 1971-1972; consul general, Tangier, Morocco, 1972-1973; consul general, Can Tho, Vietnam, 1973; political counselor, Bangkok, 1973-1975; senior staff member for East Asia, National Security Council, 1975-1976; student, Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, State Department, 1976-1977; regional refugee coordinator, Bangkok, 1977-1978; diplomat-in-residence, U. Hawaii, 1978-1979; director Interagy., Working Group on Kampuchea, Department State, Washington, 1979-1980; with, United Nations High Common for Refugees, 1980-1990; deputy representative, United Nations High Common for Refugees, Somalia, 1980-1981; chief S.W. Asia section, United Nations High Common for Refugees, Geneva, 1982-1986; head supplies and food aid service, United Nations High Common for Refugees, 1986-1987; head organization and management, United Nations High Common for Refugees, 1987-1990; coordinator for operations and program development, International Catholic Migration Commission, Geneva, 1991-1995.

Achievements

• Thomas Joseph Barnes has been listed as a noteworthy Migration program administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Vietnam When the Tanks Were Elephants

    (Contemporaneous with the American and French Revolutions,...)

  • Southeast Asian Portraits

    (leading its spectators on a journey across displays image...)

  • Tay Son: Rebellion in 18th Century Vietnam

    (The Tay Son Rebellion, starting from a rural guerrilla ba...)

  • Southeast Asian Portraits by Barnes, Thomas J. (2002) Paperback
  • Coping with Lust and the Colonel

Membership

Served to captain Army of the United States, 1951-1956.

Connections

Married Mai Tang; children: An, Kim, Kevin. Children by previous marriage: Christopher, Ross, Karen, Shannon.

Father:

Ralph Weikert Barnes

Mother:

Helen (O'Connor) Barnes

Spouse:

Mai Tang

child:

An Barnes

child:

Kim Barnes

child:

Kevin Barnes