Gayle Morrison
Tuesday, August 15, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, Todd Building,
UM
Gayle Morrison is the author of Sky is Falling, a book about the fall of the CIA-Hmong air base in Laos in May 1975, and Hog's Exit, the story of Jerry Daniels, a Missoula smokejumper and pivotal CIA officer both during and after the Secret War in Laos.
If you have ever bought produce from the Hmong stands at the Farmers' Market or the Clark Fork Market and wondered who these wonderful people are and how they ended up in Montana, or if you've wondered about the US role in Laos during the Vietnam War, this special member event is for you.
About the presenter: Gayle has worked with the Hmong community in California since the mid-seventies in refugee services, education, business, and as a historian. She has traveled to Hmong refugee camps in Thailand and tribal villages in Laos. She has a BA in Sociology and a MA in Psychology. Her current Hmong research is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
