LOS
ANGELES, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire -- Asian
Hall of Fame unveiled 23 Inductees who will be
memorialized in perpetuity during multicity events in
2024. For the first time, New York
City will host the Centennial Medal for Lifetime Achievement
honoring Connie
Chung (Class of 2016). Inductees are officially
announced on May 1 at "Celebrate Asia
Festival" that streams lives on Roku GAME.
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International impact is highlighted with the induction
of Chanel Global CEO Leena
Nair who is based in Paris, Hong Leong Group
Chairman Kwek Leng
Beng in Singapore,
and Corporate Inductee Millennium & Copthorne.
Luminaries in technology, sports, arts and entertainment take the
spotlight during an election year which excludes partisan officials
from being inducted.
Indigenous and Native American inclusion expands to the Tlingit
Indian Tribe and the Kiowa Indian Tribe through novelist N.
Scott
Momaday inducted in memoriam.
Conductor Seiji Ozawa,
cinema icon Anna May
Wong, and film trailblazer William Saito are also inducted
posthumously.
Goodwill Ambassadors are Jin Ye (Miss Universe
China), John
Paris (Earth, Wind & Fire),
and Matt
Cameron (Pearl Jam) nominated by Soundgarden
founders Hiro Yamamoto (Class of
2022) and Kim Thayil (Class of
2023). National Merit Awards for advocacy,
education, and next generation artists are awarded
to Brandon
Tsay, Lydia
Lee, and Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja.
The Seattle Emerald
Gala is on September
27 at the Washington Athletic Club.
The 20th Induction Ceremony is set
on October 19 at the
Biltmore Los Angeles and will stream live on Roku
GAME from 6:00 pm. PST.
Class of 2024
Anne Akiko
Meyers, Concert Violinist
Bing Xie, Philanthropist
Crystal Kung Minkoff, Co-Founder,
Real Coco
Eva Chow, Cultural Icon
Jane Fujishige
Yada, Hiroshi Fujishige,
Masao Fujishige. Philanthropists
Joe Wong, Comedian
Julia S. Gouw,
Philanthropist
Ke Huy Quan, Cinema Trailblazer
Kwek Leng Beng, Chairman, Hong Leong
Group
Larry Li, Founder and Managing
Partner, Amino Capital
Leena Nair, Global CEO, Chanel
Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani, Olympians
Millennium & Copthorne, Corporate Inductee
Raj & Marta Bhathal,
Philanthropists
Richard Lui, Kristen Lui, Media Trailblazers
Pacific Northwest Inductees
Aisha Ibrahim, Celebrity Chef
Bruce Harrell, Mayor of Seattle
Daniel Nguyen and Katherine Lam, Civic Leaders
David Wasielewski, Din Tai Fung
Managing Partner
Jacqueline Yang, Seattle SuperHawks
Team Owner
Jonathan Sposato, Media
Trailblazer
Preston Singletary, Tlingit Glass
Artist
In Memoriam Inductees
Anna
May Wong (1905-1961)
N. Scott Momaday (1934-2024)
Seiji Ozawa (1935-2024)
William Saito (1936-2012)
Contact:
(626) 600-9148
press@asianhalloffame.org
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