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Asian-American Resources
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Some Specific Asian-American Cultures

Cambodian-American - Chinese-American - Filipino-American - Hmong-American - Indian-American - Japanese-American - Korean-American - Laotian-American - Persian-American - Thai-American - Vietnamese-American

Asian American Heritage __ This page presents ten notable Asian Americans who have contributed to American culture - From scholastic.com - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/asian-american/notables.htm 

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month __ See the panel of choices in the right center section for biographies of notable Asian Americans in government, business, science, media, television, film, music, science and sports. There are dozens of listings. - From kcls.org - http://www.kcls.org/hh/asianamericans.cfm

Biography - Mr. and Mrs. Tin-Yuke Char __ "The late Tin-Yuke Char was a prominent Honolulu businessman, scholar, and local historian. During their life together, Tin-Yuke and his wife Wai Jane produced numerous books and studies documenting the history of the Chinese in Hawaii." - illustrated - From Kapi'olani Community College - http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/main/char/about/charbio.htm

boona cheema __ "boona cheema was born and raised in India in a Sikh family. After working with wounded children in Vietnam during the war, she immigrated to the United States in 1971. A trained Unitarian Universalist Minister, she holds a B.S. in economics and Masters in journalism and divinity." Learn more about this remarkable lady. - illustrated - From self-sufficiency.org - http://www.self-sufficiency.org/boona_cheema.html 

Cho-Liang Lin / artistic director/Violin __ "Celebrating his inaugural season as SummerFest’s Artistic Director, Cho-Liang Lin can look back with justifiable pride on a long, and impressive, journey from his native Taiwan. Few instrumentalists have enjoyed a career that has so successfully combined virtuosity, versatility, and an uncommon eloquence in musical utterance..." Read his entire story - illustrated - From kpbs.org - http://www.kpbs.org/summerfest/biographies/lin_cho_liang.html 
 
Dr An Wang __ Learn about Dr. Wang, the founder of Wang Laboratories. "An immigrant from China who arrived to the US in 1945 after losing most of his family to the turbulent times of the Japanese invasion...." - From xnumber.com - http://www.xnumber.com/xnumber/anwang.htm 

EMI Classics | Biographies | SARAH CHANG __ "Born in Philadelphia to Korean parents, Sarah Chang began to study the violin at the age of four and within a year performed with orchestras in the Philadelphia area. When aged 8 her early auditions, for Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti, led to immediate engagements with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra, respectively." - illustrated - From emiclassics.com - http://www.emiclassics.com/artists/biogs/schb.html 

Encyclopedia: List of famous Chinese Americans __ "The following is a list of Chinese Americans who are famous, have made significant contributions to the American culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have appeared in the news numerous times" - From nationmaster.com - http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-famous-Chinese-Americans 

The Honorable Elaine L. Chao __ "Elaine L. Chao is the nation's 24th Secretary of Labor, representing a new generation of American leadership. Since her confirmation by the United States Senate on January 29, 2001, she has been dedicated to carrying out the Department of Labor's mission of inspiring and protecting the hardworking people of America." - illustrated - From US Department of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/_sec/aboutosec/chao.htm

List of Iranian Americans __ A list of names of notable Iranian-Americans along with biographical materials. - from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iranian_Americans 

List of Japanese Americans __ "The following is a list of famous Japanese Americans who have made significant contributions to the American culture or society artistically or scientifically, or have appeared in the news numerous times" - From answers.com - http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-japanese-americans

List of Korean Americans __ "The following is a list of Korean Americans (and Korean Canadians) who have made significant contributions to North American culture, society, or science, or have otherwise achieved celebrity" - From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Korean_Americans
 
List of Filipino Americans __ This is a list of notable Filipino Americans with biographical links. - From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Filipino_Americans 

Notable Filipino Americans __ "This web page lists outstanding Filipino Americans in different fields of endeavor. Profiled in The Filipino Americans (1763-Present)." - From filipinoweb.com - http://www.filipinoweb.com/notable.html 

Olympic gymnast Chow makes impact on all Americans __ Learn about Amy Chow, member of the 1996 women's gold medal gymnastic team and the individual silver medalist on the uneven parallel bars. She began her gymnastic training at the advanced age of three. - From UCLA - http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/DB/issues/97/05.30/view.shum.html

 
A Personal Journey __ Gordan Chang is an associate professor of history who is an expert on American diplomacy, the Cold War, modern China, and international security. A brief biography - illustrated - From Stanford Today Online - http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/stanfordtoday/ed/9611/9611fea501.shtml 

The Philip Ahn Admiration Society __ "Philip Ahn was born in Los Angeles on March 29, 1905, the son of An Ch'ang-ho, a celebrated leader of the Korean independence movement. In an acting career spanning four decades, he became one of the best-known Asian American character actors in Hollywood films and on television." - philipahn.com - http://www.philipahn.com/ 

A Tradition of Filipino Americans in Sports __ Learn about the Filipino-American sports greats. - illustrated - From Eloisa Gomez Borah - http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/eloisa.borah/filamsports/filamsports.htm 

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