Asian American Awards & Appointments In the News
September 28, 2000
Community Service
- DENVER,CO.-Tom Migaka was awarded the Minoru Yassui Community Volunteer Award, an award that honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the city of Denver, and their community through volunteerism. The award was established in 1976 by the Commission Community Relations, of which Yasui was a member.
Monthly winners are awarded $2,000, which is then distributed to non-profit organizations and charities of the winners choosing. Migaki, president of the Mile-Hi chapter of the Japanese American Citizen’s League and former member of the Asian Chamber of Commerce, plans to divide his award between the two organizations.
San Francisco-Steven J. Doi was honored by the Hokka Nichibei Kai, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, the Japanese American Citizens League of San Francisco and other organizations for distinguished civic service and contributions to mutual understanding and promotion of better relations between the United States and Japan.
Doi received the Kunsho, The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold rays with Rosette, and conferred by the emperor of Japan.
High-Tech
- SAN JOSE, Calif.-California Assemblyman Mike Honda has been named a High-Tech Legislator of the Year by the American Electronics Association (AEA). The AEA cited his “significant contribution to the advancement of technology in California.” AEA is the nation’s largest high-tech trade organization representing more than 3,000 U.S. electronics, software and information technology corporations.
The organization specifically lauded Honda for his work on a Senate bill that would return flexibility in work schedule for computer professionals in California.
Trade and Commerce
- SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Kathryn Doi was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis as counsel to the secretary of the California Trade and Commerce Agency.
Doi, 39, a native of Davis, was most recently staff counsel for the state’s Commission on Judicial Performance, where she investigated and evaluated complaints of ethical misconduct against state judges.
In her current post, Doe serves as an advisor to Agency Secretary Lon S. Hatamiya, and as lead counsel to the 300-person agency. The Trade and Commerce Agency includes the International Trade and Investment Division, the Economic Development Division, the California Division of Tourism and the Division of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Civil Rights
- MONTEREY, Calif.-Ross Hopkins was honored with Edison Uno Civil Rights Award issued by the Japanese American Citizen’s League. The award was established to honor accomplishments of civil rights activists among its members, as well as its own chapters.
Hopkins was instrumental in making the Manzanar National Historical Site project possible. When the former internment camp site was placed under federal jurisdiction by Congress in 1992, it had not been acquired by the federal government yet. Hopkins had been credited for steering the project through bureaucracy to help the National Park Service in purchasing the land. Congress recently granted funding for the site to continue educating visitors about the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during WWII.
Communications
- SAN FRANCISCO-The Asia Foundation of San Francisco appointed Tami Adachi associated director of marketing, a post in which she will be responsible for developing marketing and communications, external communications and media relations.
Adachi was most recently in governmental and public relations at Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Francisco.
The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization working to advance the mutual interests of the United States and the Asian-Pacific region. Founded in 1954, the organization has 14 offices in Asia, an office in Washington, D.C., and headquarters in San Francisco.
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