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xv, 17-227 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 27 cm. + 1 CD. |
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Prologue / Wing Mar -- Tribute / Diane Feinstein -- About the editor -- A prelude to the portraits / Edgar Wong, Frank Bupp -- Comments / Chinese Historical Society of Southern California -- Acknowledgements / Wing Mar -- Allen Gee : hard work gets results -- John B. Lee : husband, father, friend -- Edgar Y. Wong : friend, mentor and noble thinker -- Dora Ames Lee : "I will be a doctor" -- Lois Wong Chi : award-winning professor and researcher -- Tung-Hua Lin : scientist-engineer-professor -- Shiu Chi (Ray) Lau : a tale of two destinies -- Ko Kuei Chen : a pharmacologist's pharmacologist -- Lawrence Jue : an update of "my memoirs" -- Eddie Leong Way : research pharmacologist and champion terpsichorean -- Kenow Lou : his life with particle accelerators -- Kingdon Lou : the Navy was his second chance -- K.C. Li : miner, industrialist, patriot and father -- Maggie Gee : bomber pilot and atom smasher -- Steve and Milly Liu : two valued and cherished gifts -- Tom Woo : networker extraordinaire -- Ernest K. Lum : a compete engineer -- Steve and Ella Leong : our successful partnership -- Gaing Wing Chan : a California family legacy -- James Bok Wong : a special corporate economist -- Ralph Fong : Alameda to Berkeley -- William F. Chew : from railroads to aerospace |
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and back to railroads -- Vernon Chong : into the wild blue yonder -- Choy G. Wy : a glimpse into an architect's 97 years -- Jim Hong : go East and fly high -- Ruby Kwong Lee : many paths to fulfillment -- Annie Chin Siu : a first and an original -- Julius F. Sue : L.A. Chinatown's medical patriarch -- Choh Hao Li : the master chemist of the master gland -- Keh-Ming Lin : journey to the West -- Philip P. Choy : an architect's passion for design and preservation -- Luther Lee, Jr. : from restaurants to aerospace in three generations -- Timothy C. Chew : a man of all seasons -- Paul Louie and Emma Woo Louie : something about our lives -- William Fong : a medical visionary -- Roots, challenges and fulfillment / Joyce Mar - Portraits of pride : epilogue / Him Mark Lai -- Appendix : historical material / Edgar Wong. |
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Chinese Americans -- California -- Biography.
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Chinese Americans -- Biography.
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Scholars -- United States -- Biography.
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Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
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Professional employees -- United States -- Biography.
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California -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.
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| ISBN |
0930377982 |
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9780930377984 |
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