Table of Contents

Introduction Kyutaro Abiko Eleanor Academia Chun Afong Ch'ang Ho Ahn Philip Ahn John Fugue Aiso Chang Apana George Ryoichi Ariyoshi Jose Aruego Tai Babilonia Bobby Balcena Thang Nguyen Barrett Lynda Barry Amar Gopal Bose Carlos Bulosan Benjamin J. Cayetano Sucheng Chan Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Michael Chang Elaine L. Chao Tin-Yuke Char Boona Cheema Anna Chen Chennault Ng Poon Chew Frank Chin Hung Wai Ching Thomas W. Chinn Margaret Cho Martha C. Ch'oe Bong Youn Choy Herbert C. Choy Louis Chu Connie Chung Eugene Y. Chung Ananda Coomaraswamy Taraknath Das Hisaye Yamamoto DeSoto Kartar Dhillon Victoria Manalo Draves Edith Maud Eaton Bobby Enriquez Marina Estrella Espina March Fong Eu Hiram Fong Philip Kan Gotanda Carl Sadakichi Hartmann S.I.Hayakawa Sessue Hayakawa Le Ly Hayslip Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi Chinn Ho Ping Ti Ho William K. Hosokawa Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Francis Lang Kwang Hsu David Henry Hwang Bong Hak Hyun Soon Hyun Lawson Fusao Inada Daniel Ken Inouye Larry Itliong Lance A. Ito Philip Jaisohn Indira Freitas Johnson Connie Kang Sen Katayama James K. Kealoha Fazlur Rahman Khan Jay Kim Richard Kim Dong Kingman Maxine Hong Kingston Harry H.L. Kitano Tommy Tamio Kono Fred T. Korematsu Michelle Kwan Him Mark Lai Ruth Asawa Lanier Bruce Lee Chang Rae Lee Ming Cho Lee Rose Hum Lee Sammy Lee Tsung Dao Lee Yuan-Tseh Lee Victor Hao Li Genevieve Lim John Keun Lim Maya Lin Daniel S.C. Liu Gary Locke John Lone Bette Bao Lord Keye Luke Wing Luke Kalfred Dip Lum Chin Lung Yo-Yo Ma Frederick Kinzaburo Makino Mike Masaoka Robert T. Matsui Masayuki "Spark" Matsunaga Nobu McCarthy Zubin Mehta David C. Mendoza Benjamin Menor Dale Minami Norman Y. Mineta Patsy Takemoto Mink S. Frank Miyamoto Hiroshi H. Miyamura Toyo Miyatake Ronald Tai Young Moon Toshio Mori Sadao Munemori Josie Cruz Natori Haing Ngor Isamu Noguchi Angela Oh Soon Tek Oh Vincent H. Okamoto Steven Okazaki Mine Okubo James Matsumoto Omura Yoshinobu Oyakawa Young J. Paik Chan Ho Park Yongman Park I.M.Pei Aarati Prabhakar Dith Pran Safi U. Qureshy A.K. Ramanujan Syngman Rhee Roshni Rustomji-Kerns James Yoshinori Sakamoto Eduardo San Juan Robert Santos Dalip Singh Saund George Shima Paull Hobom Shin Joe Shoong Sichan Siv Chang Mook Sohn Yellapragada Subba Row Stanley Sue Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto Betty Lee Sung Amy Tan Togo William Tanaka Chang Lin Tien Samuel Chao Chung Ting Edison Uno Charles B. Wang Wayne Wang Yung Wing Anna May Wong Jade Snow Wong Chien-Shiung Wu Nguyen Huu Xuong Kristi Yamaguchi Chen Ning Yang Minoru Yasui Do Ngoc Yen Jacqueline Eurn Hai Young Judy Yung Appendices Index

About the Author

HYUNG-CHAN KIM is Professor of Educational Administration and Foundations at Western Washington University. He is author of many books on Asian Americans, including Asian Americans and Congress (Greenwood, 1996), Asian Americans and the Supreme Court (Greenwood, 1992), and Dictionary of Asian American History (Greenwood, 1986). DOROTHY CORDOVA is Executive Director of the Filipino American National Historical Society and Affiliate Professor in the American Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Washington. STEPHEN S. FUGITA is Professor of Psychology and Ethnic Studies and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Santa Clara University. He is the author of Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community and The Japanese American Experience. FRANKLIN NG is Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Fresno./e He is the author of The Taiwanese Americans (Greenwood, 1998), and is the former editor of the Journal of American-East Asian Relations. He is on the editorial boards of the Amerasia Journal and the Journal of American Ethnic History. JANE SINGH is Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies, with an Asian American Specialty at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews

.,."[C]overs a wide range of Asian Americans, not just celebrities and familiar faces...[T]he text is accurate and easy to understand, but avoids talking down to the reader. This dictionary would be a logical addition to any high school library that needs multicultural material."-The Book Report

?...[C]overs a wide range of Asian Americans, not just celebrities and familiar faces...[T]he text is accurate and easy to understand, but avoids talking down to the reader. This dictionary would be a logical addition to any high school library that needs multicultural material.?-The Book Report

?[T]he Asian American population was the fastest growing minority from 1980 to 1990, increasing by almost 100 percent. Despite this fact, there are still relatively few reference works on this group. Here an excellent group of contributors document the lives of 166 distinguished Asian Americans, from scientists and Nobel prize winners like physicist Tsung Dao Lee to martial arts expert Bruce Lee and figure skater Michelle Kwan. Just the thing for most school, public, and college reference collections.?-Library Journal

?A good purchase for school libraries or larger public libraries.?-American Reference Books Annual

?Entries, written by experts in the specific ethnic group, reflect the diversity of Asian Americans. The articles are well documented and each includes a brief bibliography....Recommended for academic and public libraries.?-Choice

?For high-school and public libraries where there is a demand for materials.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

?This resource will be useful for teens who must complete assignments on Asian Americans and do not know where to begin.?-VOYA

?This volume would be a good first source for teens assigned to report on famous people of various American cultures and it will give them enough information to be able to search intelligently elsewhere.?-Reference for Students -- GaleGroup.com Reviews

..."�C�overs a wide range of Asian Americans, not just celebrities and familiar faces...�T�he text is accurate and easy to understand, but avoids talking down to the reader. This dictionary would be a logical addition to any high school library that needs multicultural material."-The Book Report

"�T�he Asian American population was the fastest growing minority from 1980 to 1990, increasing by almost 100 percent. Despite this fact, there are still relatively few reference works on this group. Here an excellent group of contributors document the lives of 166 distinguished Asian Americans, from scientists and Nobel prize winners like physicist Tsung Dao Lee to martial arts expert Bruce Lee and figure skater Michelle Kwan. Just the thing for most school, public, and college reference collections."-Library Journal

..."[C]overs a wide range of Asian Americans, not just celebrities and familiar faces...[T]he text is accurate and easy to understand, but avoids talking down to the reader. This dictionary would be a logical addition to any high school library that needs multicultural material."-The Book Report

"A good purchase for school libraries or larger public libraries."-American Reference Books Annual

"Entries, written by experts in the specific ethnic group, reflect the diversity of Asian Americans. The articles are well documented and each includes a brief bibliography....Recommended for academic and public libraries."-Choice

"For high-school and public libraries where there is a demand for materials."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

"This resource will be useful for teens who must complete assignments on Asian Americans and do not know where to begin."-VOYA

"This volume would be a good first source for teens assigned to report on famous people of various American cultures and it will give them enough information to be able to search intelligently elsewhere."-Reference for Students -- GaleGroup.com Reviews

"[T]he Asian American population was the fastest growing minority from 1980 to 1990, increasing by almost 100 percent. Despite this fact, there are still relatively few reference works on this group. Here an excellent group of contributors document the lives of 166 distinguished Asian Americans, from scientists and Nobel prize winners like physicist Tsung Dao Lee to martial arts expert Bruce Lee and figure skater Michelle Kwan. Just the thing for most school, public, and college reference collections."-Library Journal