Dr. Betty Lee
Sung, co-founder
and former board
chair of the
Asian American /
Asian Research
Institute of the
City University
of New York,
will honored as
a pioneer among
Chinese
Americans for
the Committee of
100's exhibit of
Chinese in
America, for the
USA Pavilion at
the upcoming
2010 Shanghai
World
Exposition.
Other pioneers
to be honored
include David
Ho, Yo-Yo Ma,
I.M. Pei, and
Steve Chen.
The Expo will be
held from
May-October of
this year and
the Chinese
government
estimates over
70 million
visitors.
The pioneers
will be
highlighted as
part of a unique
video wall. On
this wall, and
in an
accompanying
online exhibit,
the Committee of
100 will compile
thousands of
pictures that
have been
submitted by
Chinese
Americans,
organized by
surname. (Please
see
jointhewall.org.)
