This article first appeared in the Singapore Straits Times on 19 October 1996. It is reproduced here with an update that follows. It is a well-known fact that China is among the most family and history conscious of nations. Every dynasty compiled its own dynastic history documenting major events and outstanding achievements for posterity. In …

Pg. 129, photo 7.26, in Transitions: A Centennial History of UTA, 1895-1995, by Gerald Saxon; photograph shows Alex Haley, Pulitzer prize winner and author of book Roots, when he spoke at UTA’s Texas Hall in 1980 [original photo in 1980 Reveille]

President Barack Obama is photographed during a presidential portrait sitting for an official photo in the Oval Office, Dec. 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)