Chinese American Heroine: Edith Maude Eaton
July 2, 2009
Name in English: Edith Maude Eaton
Name in Chinese: 水仙花
Name in Pinyin: Sui Sin Far
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1865-1914
Birth Place: Macclesfield, England
Chinese American Heroine: Emerald Yeh
July 1, 2009
Name in English: Emerald Yeh
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Princeton, NJ
Chinese American Heroine: Connie Chung
June 30, 2009
Name in English: Connie Chung (Constance Povich)
Name in Chinese: 宗毓华 [宗毓華]
Name in Pinyin: Zōng Yùhuá
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1946
Birth Place: Washington, D.C. Read more
Chinese American Hero: Sam Chu Lin
June 29, 2009
In Week 15 of our tribute to Chinese American Heroes we’re going to be looking at our news reporters. Our modern pioneer was Sam Chu Lin, who led the way for many Chinese Americans and Asian Americans to follow. Beginning with his own radio show in racially segregated Mississippi in 1956 he transitioned to national TV news by the 1960s on CBS News. For nearly forty years he worked in radio, TV, and in print journalism fighting to highlight Asian Americans by making them a part of the national news. He confronted issues such as racism directly by creating programs such as ABC’s 1999 Nightline episode, “Asian American-When Your Neighbor Looks Like the Enemy.”
Connie Chung led the way for many Asian American women with her pioneering work in broadcast news starting in the 1970s. Her work covering national political conventions and putting together investigative stories showed that Asian American women were fully capable of covering serious news stories. By the 1980s, many news programs across the country were being co-anchored by Asian American women. This was ascribed to the “Connie Chung effect.” She became the first Asian American woman and only the second woman after Barbara Walters to become the nightly news anchor of a national TV network in 1993. Read more
Chinese American Hero: Taylor Gun-Jin Wang
June 26, 2009
Name in English: Taylor Gun-Jin Wang
Name in Chinese: 王赣骏 [王贛駿]
Name in Pinyin: Wáng Gànjùn
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1940
Birth Place: Shanghai, China
Current location: Nashville, Tennessee
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Chinese American Hero: Chih-Kung Jen
June 25, 2009
Name in English: Chih-Kung Jen
Name in Chinese: 任之恭[任之恭]
Name in Pinyin: Rèn Zhīgōng
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1906-1995
Birth Place: Hexi Village, Shanxi Province, China
Philanthropy: Yes
Pioneer in Microwave and Physics Research Read more
Chinese American Hero: Yau Shing-tung
June 24, 2009
Name in English: Yau Shing-tung
Name in Chinese: 丘成桐
Name in Pinyin: Qiū Chéngtóng
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1949
Birth Place: Shantou, Guangdong province, China Read more
Chinese American Hero: SB Woo
June 23, 2009
Name in English: SB (Shien Biau) Woo
Name in Chinese: 吴仙标 [吳仙標]
Name in Pinyin: Wú Xiān Biāo
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1937
Birth Place: Shanghai, China
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Chinese American Hero: Henry Yang
June 22, 2009
Name in English: Henry T. Yang
Name in Chinese: 杨祖佑 [楊祖佑]
Name in Pinyin: Yáng Zǔyòu
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1940
Birth Place: Chongqing [Chungking], China
Current location: Santa Barbara, CA
Photo by: Kimberly Kavish Read more
Chinese American Hero: Chang-lin Tien
June 22, 2009
This is Week 14 of AsianWeek’s salute to Chinese American Heroes, in conjunction with Chinese American Heroes, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to documenting the contributions of Chinese Americans to America and the world.
This week’s honorees are our educators. Education plays a central role for most Chinese families regardless of their economic situation or circumstances. It shouldn’t be too surprising that the largest group of heroes and noble contributors are educators. Some have dual roles and a few have triple roles. Those with dual roles include Dr. Henry T. Yang, Professor and Chancellor of UC Santa Barbara; Dr. Alice Huang, Professor and Virologist; Dr. Judy Yung, Professor and Historian; Dr. Betty Lee Sung, Professor and Historian; Dr. S. B. Wu, Professor and Social Activist; Dr. Wu Jien-xiung, Professor and Nuclear Scientist; Dr. Ray J. Wu, Professor and Biochemical Scientist; Dr. Shing-tung Yau, Professor and Mathematician; Dr. Samuel Chao Chung Ting, Professor and Physicist (and Nobel Prize winner); Dr. James Wei, Professor and Chemical Engineer; Dr. Roger Yonchien Tsien, Professor and Chemical Engineer (and Nobel Prize winner); Dr. Daniel Chee Tsui, Professor and Physicist (and Nobel Prize winner); Dr. Evelyn Lee, Professor and Clinical Psychologist; Dr. Tseng-Dao Lee, Professor and Physicist (and Nobel Prize winner); and Dr. Chih-Kung Jen, Professor and Physicist. Read more
Chinese American Hero: Delbert Wong
June 17, 2009
Name in English: Delbert Earl Wong
Name in Chinese: 黄锦绍 [黃錦紹]
Name in Pinyin: Huáng Jǐnshào
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1920-2006
Birth Place: Hanford, California
Philanthropy: Yes Read more
Chinese American Hero: Ming W. Chin
June 16, 2009
Name in English: Ming W. Chin
Name in Chinese: 陈惠明 [陳惠明]
Name in Pinyin: Chén Huìmíng
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1942
Birth Place: Klamath Falls, Oregon Read more