ASIAN HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES 2024 INDUCTEES
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.
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 unveiled at @AsianHallofFame's Celebrate Asia Festival on May 1 at Biltmore LA. Proceeds support Asian Women Impact Fund. #AAPIMonth Tweet
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)
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