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Shien Biau Woo became the first Asian American statewide officer in the Northeast, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1984. Leana Wen, prominent Asian American and public health leader, currently Commissioner of Health in Baltimore. David Wu, first Taiwanese American U.S. Representative (D-OR) Lily Wu, mayor of Wichita, Kansas
Firsts by Asian-Americans in various fields have historically marked footholds, often leading to more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for them is "breaking the color barrier". [ 4 ] One commonly cited example is that of Wataru Misaka , who became the first person of color, [ 5 ] and the first Asian-American, to be a National ...
Asian of the Century was a centurial issue of the 20th century held by American AsianWeek magazine and CNN in 1999 that features and profiles Asian persons who have topped their respective fields. Those people featured are considered as "The person who contributed most to the betterment of Asia in the past 100 years'". [ 1 ]
The Center for Asian American Media has become a big supporter of Cho’s and commissioned her to make several cookie portraits of people featured in a PBS documentary series called “Asian ...
Huping Ling (令狐萍) – professor of History at Truman State University, author; Liu Kwang-ching (劉廣京) – Historian of late imperial China; University of California, Davis. Betty Lee Sung (宋李瑞芳) – former professor of Asian-American Studies at City College of New York; 'leading authority' on Chinese Americans [26] [27]
The report, released Tuesday by the nonprofit Asian American Foundation, surveyed over 6,200 people above the age of 16 across the U.S. on their attitudes toward the Asian American community.
Frank Jao – pioneer behind Little Saigon, Westminster, California, and the Asian Garden Mall; Eric Ly – co-founder of LinkedIn, a social networking service [16] Bill Nguyen – founder of onebox.com and lala.com, sold for $850 million and $80 million respectively [17] David Tran – founder of Huy Fong Foods, maker of famous Sriracha Chili ...
Michelle Yeoh just became the first Asian actress to win the academy award for best actress. She took the stage on Sunday night very emotional and began her speech with a shoutout to people ...