| Miss Đinh Thị Bích Châu |
| Mr. Khương Hữu Điễu in the 50's visiting Europe |
| Mr. Khương Hữu Điểu is married to Mrs. Đinh Thị Bích Châu Khương (from an educated aristocrat family). They have no children. Mr. Khương earned his undergraduate degree from Lafayette College in the state of Pennsylvania. In 1958, Mr. Khương was the first Vietnamese that attended MIT and graduated with a degree of Master of Sciences in mechanical engineering (the first Vietnamese that attended MIT). Mr. Khương served as Minister of Economic & Commerce of Industry and President of Industrial Development Bank of Vietnam ̣(Tổng Giám Đốc Ngân Hàng Khuếch Trương Kỹ Nghệ Việt Nam). Mr. Khương was offered various Cabinet Ministry positions under the 1st and 2nd Republic of Việt Nam, Mr. Khương declined the more glamorous positions in order to retain the roles of Minister of Commerce and President of the Industrial Development Bank of Việt Nam to better serve his country until the loss of South Việt Nam in 1975. Mr. Khương is accredited for the Khương Hữu last name well recognition in Việt Nam for his generation. Mr. Khương and his wife have settled in the US and retired from politics after working as an Engineer for BellTech corporation for many years since immigrating to the US. Mr. Khương still maintains closed friendship with many cabinet members of the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush's former administration bodies. During his studies abroad (in the United States of America) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Central Intelligence Agency did recruit Mr. Khương to become a "CIA" agent director in order to manage and support the US effort to fight against the Vietnamese Communist. The Khương is known for its family patriotism, Mr. Điễu Hữu Khương did decline such recruit / offer ( according to Mr Khương - Webmaster of this Site cannot confirm nor decline this claim/allegation). One fact remains is that after so many Coup d'Etats that took place during the Vietnam war,through the changes of many Republic governments, Mr. Khương always retained his cabinet position and was completely in charge of the US. funding/aids to South VN; including the period 73's-75's after the US withdrawn from VN but 900 hundreds of million of dollars still flown to South VN for financial aids to support the people of South VN. Mr. Khuong Hữu Điểu assumed a fatherly role to guide, direct, and financially assist the up-bringing all of his nieces and nephews - he is well accredited by the Khương Hữu for the success of many members of the Khương Hữu 8-th generation. |
| The twin brothers: Khương Hữu Quí and Khương Hữu Điễu |
| Mr. & Mrs. Khương Hữu Điễu in 2001 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Khương Hữu Điễu and Cao Thái Định |
| Mrs. Khương Hữu Điễu with Mr. Cao Thái Tùng & Mr. Cao Thái Định family (his nephews) |
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| Khuong |
| Mr. Khương Hữu Điểu Minister of Commerce under 1st & 2nd Republic of South Việt Nam (No Descendants) |