Contents

• President's Message
• Second Annual HistoryMaker Awards
• Museum Patrons and Donors Honored at Special Reception
• The Getty Internship at MCAH
• Memories of Chinatown
• A Chinese American Portrait: Mon W. "Fay" Fong
• My Summer Volunteer Work
• Introducing the F-MCAH Board of Directors
• What's New at MCAH?

Greetings! As record breaking heat rolled through the southland over the past two months, activity has been heating up for the Friends of the Museum of Chinese American History as well.

Our architect, Barton Choy of Choy Associates, has been working diligently with the City of Los Angeles to ensure a time-line that will allow us to open our doors in the year 2000. It is truly inspirational working with someone like Barton.

Work has also been progressing steadily on our October 6th fundraiser, and it has been wonderful to see so many people from so many diverse backgrounds working together with such dedicated enthusiasm. The dinner promises to be a grand celebration capped off with our annual Historymaker awards. In my view, it is already a huge success! I hope that you will join us.

Support for the museum continues to build. People recognize the need to preserve history, particularly our own, and have generously continued to donate money and artifacts. I can tell you that we have already raised more than half of the capital necessary to open the museum doors for the first time in the year 2000.

But much remains to be done. I beseech you to help by giving whatever support you can offer. Please join us at the Second Annual Historymaker Awards. Inform your friends and other members of the community. Spread the word. Our history has enriched us and enabled us to become what we are today. We have much to be proud of.

Yours Truly,
Ronald S. W. Lew

George Ching, co-founder of Cathy Bank, will be honored with a Historymaker award in the business category.

Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, will be cited for her "special service to history."

The Friends of the Museum of Chinese American History will honor six outstanding Chinese American individuals and entities at the Second Annual Historymaker Awards dinner. This fundraiser gala will take place on the 6th of October at the Regal Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

During the event, the Friends will honor the founders of Cathay Bank with a Historymaker award in the business category. The community service category award will be presented to the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association. The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association will receive the community empowerment award. Pioneer talent agent Bessie Loo will be honored as an entertainment pioneer. The Friends will honor Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, for her special service to history in focusing our community on this unfinished issue of conscience. F-MCAH charter president, Dr. Dan Louie Jr., will receive the Founder's Award for his ten year leadership and dedication in establishing the museum. The Friends invites all fellow Southern Californians in saluting these accomplished Historymakers at this year's gala.

At last year's fundraiser, the over 400 guests collectively contributed over $150,000 to MCAH. This year, new and repeat gala guests will be moving us closer to the establishment of this long needed museum dedicated to researching, preserving, and presenting the nearly 150 year regional heritage of the Chinese Americans. The first of its kind in Los Angeles, this educational institution is scheduled to open in the year 2000, during the sesquicentennial year of the State of California. You can help the museum achieve a timely opening by attending the Second Annual Historymaker Awards dinner.

A diligent dinner committee, headed by event chair Julia Keh and co-chairs Dr. Munson Kwok, Chi Mui, and Betty Wong Oyama, is organizing the fundraiser. Collaborating with them are banquet consultants David Lang and Naomi Wong from Lang & Murakawa. For an invitation to the Historymaker Awards, please contact Naomi at (213) 239-6688. Also, see our gala web page.

By Julia Keh
Board Member

Stewart Kwoh (C), accompanied by Mrs. Patricia Kwoh (R), received a certificate of salutation from Judge Ronald Lew (L). (Photo by Tom Eng)

The July 1st reception took place at the California Club. (Photo by Tom Eng)

Surrounded by the ornate decor of the French Room in the exclusive California Club, the Friends of the Museum of Chinese American History hosted a reception for the museum's patrons and major donors on the 1st of July. The evening was highlighted by remarks from F-MCAH's president, Hon. Ronald Lew, who presented a certificate of salutation to Stewart Kwoh, Esq., on the occasion of his receiving the prestigious 1998 MacArthur Fellowship. Stewart Kwoh is also the commissioner of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument Authority Commission and the president of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center.

Suellen Cheng, the curator at El Pueblo and MCAH, followed with an update of the museum's progress. The attendees were further introduced to the museum through a new portable exhibit and vintage maps of Old Chinatown. The guests who had grown up in Chinatown held animated discussions about where they once lived and shared memories of their neighbors.

Judge Lew particularly acknowledged the faithful leadership of Dan Louie, Jr., F-MCAH's founding president, who unfortunately was unable to attend the event. He also expressed the appreciation of the Friends to the museum's major donors and encouraged their continued support. F-MCAH is especially grateful to Ms. Lilly V. Lee, a major museum donor and a California Club member, for reserving the location for event co-chairs, Julia Keh and Jeffrey Tung who planned the reception.

By Jeffrey D. Tung
2nd Vice President

Roseline Lum (L) and Amy Tien (R),
MCAH's 1998 Getty summer interns.

As we end our ten-week long Getty internship here at the Museum of Chinese American History, we would like to take this opportunity to share our experiences with all of you supporters of the museum.

We began our internship by creating a portable exhibit depicting the varying components of MCAH, such as the traveling exhibits and the oral history interviews. This exhibit's first venue was the reception for museum patrons and donors which took place in July. Furthermore, this display has traveled to the functions of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and was used by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo's office.

Getty interns Roseline Lum and Amy Tien created a portable exhibit depicting the
important components of the Museum of Chinese American History.
(Photo by Tom Eng)

During our time here at the museum, we have also acquired knowledge of the artifacts donated by Mon W. "Fay" Fong and Lisa See. Both have graciously donated these family treasures for the use of the upcoming exhibit to be held during February 1999 in the El Pueblo Gallery.

Having worked extensively on the over four hundred accessioned artifacts, we have gained a deeper understanding and appreciation for the roles and contributions that the former Chinese generations have played in the Los Angeles community. Along with the artifact accession, we were able to interview Mr. Fong in order to learn about the value of the artifacts and gain an understanding of the family which kept them. The collection donated by Lisa See also serves as an important tool to MCAH as her family's long history in Los Angeles helps the museum to trace the impact and importance of the Chinese in California.

This internship has enlightened us on the struggles, losses, and achievements braved by the members of the Chinese American Community. We would like to thank the El Pueblo staff for making this invaluable experience both educational and enjoyable.

By Roseline Lum and Amy Tien
Getty Interns

Amy Tien is a second generation, bi-racial Chinese American. She is pursuing a B.A. degree in Asian American Studies at Cal State Northridge. She hopes to obtain a teaching credential and become a high school instructor. Currently, she is actively involved in the National Conference of Community and Justice, a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism in our communities.

Roseline Lum is a first generation Chinese American born in Hong Kong. She is starting her final year at Cal State Fullerton with dual degrees in Sociology and Asian American Studies. Due to her love for children, she aspires to become a kindergarten teacher in the near future. She is also currently on her third season touring nation-wide with the Los Angeles-based herennow Theater Company.

At the reception for museum donors and patrons, Betty Wong
points at the place of her birth on a map of Old Chinatown.
(Photo by Tom Eng)

Among the guests at the Friends' reception for museum donors and patrons were Joseph and Betty Wong. Viewing the displayed map of Old Chinatown, Mrs. Wong observed that many parts of the vintage map have yet to be identified and labeled. Like this map, the history of the Chinese Americans in Los Angeles is an unfinished picture requiring artifacts, records, and personal memories to reach completion. Mrs. Wong offered her remembrances of Chinatown, contributing a piece of the puzzle toward the portrait of the Chinese Americans in Los Angeles.

Betty Soo-Hoo Wong's paternal grandfather journeyed to Los Angeles from the City of Canton around the turn of the century. He established a dried goods general store on Marchessault Street in Old Chinatown exactly where the entrance of Union Station now stands. In the 1920's, Betty's father, She Wing Soo-Hoo, then only in his late teen's, joined his father in America. Few years later, She Wing returned to China to marry Woo She Soo-Hoo. Mrs. Soo-Hoo, however, did not come to America until 1932, five years after their marriage. Betty's father became a buyer of farm products, while her mother worked in the family store. Together, they raised seven children and the whole family lived upstairs above the store.

Born in her home here in the 1930's, Betty was the middle one of seven siblings, five boys and two girls. She was only two years old when the City of Los Angeles evicted the residents of Old Chinatown, including Betty's family, and demolished their neighborhood to make room for Union Station. Like other Chinatown residents, the Soo-Hoo's were poor and had nowhere to go. During this traumatic time for the Chinese community in Los Angeles, Peter Soo-Hoo Sr., one of the founders of New Chinatown, helped Betty's family relocate their home and store to Jing Ling Way between Broadway and Hill in New Chinatown.

Sixty years after the removal of the Chinese from the original Chinatown and the demolition of the area, the Museum of Chinese American History is being created where Old Chinatown once stood and across the street from the place where Betty Wong and most of her siblings were born. The museum is dedicated to researching, preserving, and presenting the seldom told stories of the Chinese American community such as that of Betty Wong's family. The Friends wishes to express its appreciation to Betty, Joseph, and their son Gregory Wong for their support in establishing the Museum of Chinese American History.

By Sherie Yang
Editor

Mr. Fong served in the U.S. army air force during World War II.

The Fong family (L to R): Fay, Natalie, Anna, and baby Steven in 1963.

Etched in the memory of Mon W. "Fay" Fong, recollections of his childhood living amongst Chinese and other minorities in the early part of the twentieth century resonate in his mind to the present day. A son of immigrant parents, Fay was subsumed into the world of Chinese tradition and culture. Fay's story followed the path of many other second generation Chinese Americans of the time, yet diverged in particular viewpoints of Chinese American life.

Fay's father initially journeyed to Hawaii from China as a bookkeeper at a plantation. With the assistance of a matchmaker, he returned to China to marry, but was not reunited with his wife, Fay's mother, until a decade later when he relocated to the U.S. mainland. Fay's father utilized his knowledge combined with hands-on experience to open an herbal shop in Los Angeles. Fay, however, did not develop an affinity for his father's skill as he desired to pursue other professions that fascinated him.

Reflecting on his formative days, Fay felt that his parents were atypical of the ideal that America represented. American society in the first half of the twentieth century embraced affluence and extravagance, where copiousness was the epitome of the American Dream. Fay's parents were penurious in their existence, his father struggling to make ends meet for the family of five. As a young boy, Fay felt embarrassed by having to wear bargain basement and second-hand garments. He perceived his parents' frugality as a deviation from the American way of life, considering his father and mother ignorant of the American lifestyle.

During World War II, Fay served for three years in the U.S. army air force in Europe. Upon returning to Los Angeles in 1945, he attended the University of Southern California on the G.I. Bill. He married Anna Chun Fong and together they raised two children, Natalie and Steven.

During this time, Fay's parents' original intention of returning to China vanished when the Communist regime rose to power in their homeland. Fay was enormously aware of the realities of living in a country antagonistic to immigrants. This xenophobic sentiment was exemplified by the strong resistance of mainstream America to accepting, much less acknowledging, the tide of immigrants even in the post-World War II era. Fay came to the harsh realization that discrimination would erect a resolute barrier for upward mobility within American society. With this understanding, Fay pursued higher education, despite the reality that most minority college graduates would be relegated to jobs, such as produce market workers and laundrymen, no greater than those who did not have formal schooling. Fay understood what was required to establish himself and a family in America and he knew no other avenue for himself to follow but that of higher education. Culminating his studies with an engineering degree from U.S.C., Fay joined Douglas Aircraft and has now retired after forty-three years of service.

It was this persistence that gave Fay the advantage to surpass many of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles hindering other people of color from sharing in the ideals of the American Dream. Despite his early years, Fay considers himself very fortunate in that he was able to make great strides in his lifetime. From his meager beginnings, he created opportunities to advance himself and made strides for Chinese Americans within the context of American society.

By Michelle Chung
Board Member

Volunteer Tracy Fong received a certificate
in appreciation from Jean Bruce Poole,
El Pueblo's Historic Museum Director.

I was greeted every morning by the sounds of music from Olvera Street. As the elevator opened onto the fifth floor, Suellen Cheng, the curator at El Pueblo, always welcomed me into the office with the brightest smile. We would talk, then she would assign tasks I was to perform for that particular day, which often included databasing, sorting, and cleaning various artifacts, transcribing audio tapes of interviews, and also, designing an event program.

Through my five weeks of volunteering at MCAH, I learned about the roots and history of Chinese Americans in Los Angeles and came to understand the main purpose behind the museum's cause: Breaking our silence. Upon the museum's anticipated opening in the year 2000, it will bring awareness to many Southern Californians, showing them that the Chinese had made unique and valuable contributions to the region.

Because part of my responsibility was to transcribe the audio taped interviews of elderly Chinese immigrants, I was educated simply by listening. Their voices expressed the perils and hardships they experienced in this land of opportunity. I was greatly moved by their memories, their efforts, and their achievements. My experience as a volunteer at the museum was inspirational, enlightening, and fulfilling. I genuinely thank everyone at the El Pueblo office for giving me this summer opportunity.

By Tracy Fong
High School Volunteer

The board of directors at a recent meeting.
Front row (L to R): Billy Lew, Edith Jung, Hon. Ronald Lew, Robert Kwan, and Elmo Gambarana.
Middle row: Jean Bruce Poole, Robert Jung, Barbara Jean Lee, Ella Quon, Susan Dickson, and Hon. Julia Wu.
Back row: Gerald Jann, Dr. Munson Kwok, Julia Keh, Dr. Pedro Chan, and Michelle Chung.

Formed in 1987, the Friends of the Museum of Chinese American History is a volunteer support group organized to raise funds, generate community interest and support, and provide information about programs and research projects for the museum.

The Hon. Ronald S. W. Lew (President) was the first Chinese American appointed to sit as a U.S. District Court Judge in the continental United States. Always active in community affairs, Judge Lew helped to establish the Chinatown Service Center and the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association. He is involved in a host of civic, community, church, and legal activities, and currently sits on the board of the Committee of 100, the Chinese Heart Council, CORO Southern California, and Southwestern School of Law.

Robert Kwan, Esq. (President-Elect), a third generation Angeleno, practices law with the United States Attorney's office. He has served as chair of the South Pasadena Cultural Heritage Commission, president of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, and is the president of the South Pasadena Chinese American Club.

Edith Jung (1st Vice President), a third generation Angeleno, is a Chinese secretary and a board member of the Los Angeles Chinatown Corporation. Mrs. Jung has served as the past treasurer of the National Association of Chinese Americans. She is very active with property management and investment and enjoys her four grandchildren.

Jeffrey Tung (2nd Vice President), started his own property management company, Woodsbridge Asset Management, in 1997. He was a past president and is now the chairperson on the board of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. He has also served as the chairperson and commissioner for the Asian Pacific American Education Commission of the L.A. Unified School District. Mr. Tung is the author of The Chinese American Experience, a children's historical text.

Billy Lew (Treasurer), born in 1912 in LA's Old Chinatown, is the grandson of the founder of the historic Sun Wing Wo Company. Billy has been a C.P.A. since 1953. After joining the Chinese American Citizens Alliance in 1938, he has held various offices and served as its president from 1965 to 1966. Mr. Lew is also the current vice president and treasurer of the C.A.C.A. Foundation.

Elmo Gambarana (Secretary) retired from the working world of McGraw-Hill nine years ago. He serves on the board of directors of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, the Friends of the Chinatown Library, and the L.A. City Historical Society. Mr. Gambarana is a museum guide at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.

The board of directors meets monthly in the historic
Merced Theater Building at El Pueblo.

Pedro Chan, Ph.D., recently retired from the management of medical-acupuncture clinics. Dr. Chan is the author of ten books including Finger Acupuncture and The Chinese Way to Weight Control. Currently, he is the wedding and entertainment director at the Golden Dragon Restaurant and dedicates his time and energy to the promotion of business and tourism in L.A.'s Chinatown.

Michelle Chung was recently awarded the Regent's Fellowship to U.C. San Diego as a Ph.D. student in the department of Ethnic Studies. She was the executive editor of The Graduate Voice and editor-in-chief of The RicePaper, both U.C. Irvine campus publications. Active in the Asian Pacific American community, Ms. Chung has served on numerous committees which organized conferences, workshops, and panel discussions for Asian American students.

Susan Dickson, an elementary school instructor, has taught at Chinatown's Castelar School for seventeen years. The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California elected her to be their president this year. She is also a past president of the Friends of the Chinatown Library. Originally from Tennessee, Ms. Dickson has resided in Southern California for twenty-two years. She earned her master's degree from Cal State L.A.

Gerald Jann is a retired magazine publisher and editor whose credits include the Asian American journal, Jade Magazine. He is a former president of the Optimist Club and has served on the board of the New York University Chinese American committee. Mr. Jann designed and built MCAH's vintage map and 3-D model of Old Chinatown.

Robert Jung, a retired business owner, had operated Bob's Meat Company. He is a former president of the Chinatown Corporation, a co-founder and past president of the Chinese Grocers Association of Southern California, and the immediate past president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. He is also a former president of the Kow Kong Benevolent Association and a past vice president of the National Association of Chinese Americans. He served in the U.S. military during World War II.

Kipham Kan, Ph.D., is a financial analyst at Southern California Edison. Formerly active in the Chinese Historical Society and the Friends of the Chinatown Library, she now enjoys devoting her time and energy to her family. She earned her Ph.D. degree from U.S.C. in economics and her bachelor's degree in France where her family resided for years. Dr. Kan has lived in Southern California for the past twenty years.

Julia Keh is a financial advisor at Prudential Preferred Financial Services. She is a past president of the Organization of Chinese Americans (L.A. chapter) and is a member of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. She earned her master's degree in Health Science from Cal State L.A. and her bachelor's degree in history from Fu Jen University in Taiwan.

Munson Kwok, Ph.D., is a research department director at The Aerospace Corporation. He is the current president of the Chinese American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California, a past president of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, and the national secretary of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. Dr. Kwok is also a member of the Chinatown Community Advisory Committee for the Community Redevelopment's Chinatown Project.

Barbara Jean Lee is the president of the Verdugo Metropolitan District of the California Federation of Women's Clubs. She is a member of the Mei Wah Club and the Alhambra True Light Presbyterian Church where she serves as the English coordinator of its Junior Church. Mrs. Lee is on the advisory board of the Asian Pacific Friends of the Center Theater Group and on the board of the Cancer Detection Center in Los Angeles. She is also a past matron of the Hollywood Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.

Dan Louie Jr., Ph.D., served as the charter president of F-MCAH from 1988 to 1998. He is currently the president of Arizona Produce and chairman of the board of Standard Savings Bank. A fourth generation Californian farmer, he was the president of the Louie Produce Company for thirty-three years. In the past, Dr. Louie has served on the City Council Committee for the Handicapped, the Advisory Committee to the L.A. Economic Development Commission, and two terms as the president of the Los Angeles Convention Center Commission. He was also a past district governor of Lions International.

Thomas McDannold, Ph.D., has been a member of Friends since its beginning. He is a retired professor of Cultural Geography at Ventura College and has published numerous articles on cultural geographic aspects of the Chinese in Los Angeles. He has earned several teaching awards including the College Excellence in Teaching Award this year. Dr. McDannold is a former president of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.

Eugene Moy is the Redevelopment Project Manager for the City of South Gate and has extensive experience in municipal real estate acquisition, development, financing, and construction management. He is a former president of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and is currently a chairman of the Society's Building Committee, which is planning the Los Angeles Chinatown Heritage and Visitors Center. Mr. Moy also serves on the board of several other non-profit organizations.

Chi Mui is the Senior Field Deputy to Senator Richard Polanco and has served as the field representative in the office of Assemblywoman Lucille Roybal-Allard. A leader in the Asian/Pacific Islander community, he has been instrumental in expanding recreational facilities, developing affordable housing, and helping hundreds of immigrants to become U.S. citizens. Mr. Mui serves on the board of the St. Barnabas Senior Services and the U.S.C. Asian American Voices Professional Advisory Board. He is the founder of the Friends of Castelar Elementary School and is the current president of Gardens for Kids, a non-profit corporation.

Betty Wong Oyama has been a Chinatown resident for over thirty-eight years. She has served as the president of the Chinatown Service Center board of directors during the last two years and is a past executive director of the Chinatown Public Safety Association. Ms. Oyama is a member of the Community Advisory Panel and Art Panel for the MTA as well as a former member of the C.R.A. Advisory Committee. She has received numerous awards including honors from Mayor Richard Riordan, Central Area L.A.P.D., Councilman Mike Hernandez, and Assemblyman Richard Polanco.

Jean Bruce Poole is the Historic Museum Director at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. She has worked at the Monument for twenty-one years in charge of the History Division and its historic house museums. Mrs. Poole was a lecturer in historic preservation from 1980-1983 in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at UCLA and served as Research Associate at the Los Angeles County Museum of National History. She has worked closely with the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in planning the Museum of Chinese American History since its inception.

Ella Yee Quan is a retired elementary school principal with twenty-five years of service with the Los Angeles Unified School District. She is one of the founders and members of HAPI, Inc. which has provided community management of L.A.'s annual Lotus Festival for fifteen years. She continues her volunteer work for the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California of which she is a past president.

Tim Siu, M.D., is a professor emeritus at the U.S.C. School of Medicine and serves on the board of counselors at the U.S.C. School of Pharmacy. He is a life member of Caltech Associates and a member of the President's Advisory Board at Cal State L.A. Dr. Siu is also currently on the board of directors of Tokai Bank and is the medical committee chair of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance.

Alfred H. Soo-Hoo is the credit/administration manager of the Hecny Group/LAX. Born and raised in L.A.'s Chinatown, his long service to the Chinese American community is recognized by its leading citizens. He is a member of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. He has also been an active supporter of the Chinatown branch of the L.A Public Library. For the past several years, Mr. Soo-Hoo has served as the English public announcer for L.A. Chinatown's annual New Year's parade.

Board members Dr. Tim Siu (L) and Dr. Pedro Chan (C)
with El Pueblo curator Suellen Cheng (R) at a recent F-MCAH event.
(Photo by Tom Eng)

Angi Ma Wong is an intercultural and Feng Shui consultant, corporate trainer, business woman, and author of seven books. Named Outstanding Woman of the Year by Inc Magazine in 1995, her books include The Baby Boomers Four-Minute Bible: Enduring Values to Live By (1998), Been There, Done That: 16 Secrets for Entrepreneurs (1997), Wind, Water, Wheel: Feng Shui Tool for Transforming Your Life (1996), and Night of the Red Moon (1994) which won the National Beatty Award for children's historic fiction.

Peter Woo is the co-founder and president of Megatoys, a Los Angeles-based toy manufacturing import-export wholesale business. He is also a member of the board of directors of Eastern International Bank in Los Angeles. He is currently the president of Los Angeles Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Recently, Mr. Woo was appointed as an advisor to Mayor Riordan on international trade.

Hon. Julia L. Wu is an educator, linguist, and author. She is a member of the L.A. Community College District Board of Trustees and was appointed by Governor Wilson to a six-year term on the California Community Colleges Board of Governors in 1992. She serves on the L.A. City Commission on the Status of Women and the Private Industry Council. Trustee Wu has also held many education-related positions including Professor of English at L.A. City College.

Compiled by Elmo Gambarana and Sherie Yang

The Friends held two press conferences to promote the Second Annual Historymaker Awards dinner. The events took place on September 1st in Golden Dragon Restaurant and on September 21st at the museum site. Journalists representing the L.A. Times, Chinese Daily News, International Daily News, and Sing Tao Newspapers were among the attendees.

Upcoming MCAH Exhibition

A exhibition of MCAH's artifacts will take place during February 1999 in the El Pueblo Gallery. The show will feature a selection from the hundreds of artifacts donated to the museum thus far.

New Board Member: Dr. Pedro Chan

Dr. Pedro Chan joined the F-MCAH board of directors in July 1998. The Friends is deeply honored and sincerely welcomes Dr. Chan.

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