Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to speak at Chinese American gala
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U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao will be in Tarrytown tomorrow night at a gala of the Organization of Chinese Americans. She immigrated as a child from Taiwan, where her parents lived after fleeing mainland China. Her biography on the DOL web site says,
Arriving at the age of eight from Asia speaking no English, Secretary Chao’s experience transitioning to a new country inspired her to dedicate most of her professional life to ensuring that workers have access to opportunity and the chance to build better lives.
A graduate of Long Island’s Syosset High School, she went on to graduate from Harvard and is married to Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell. Another accomplishment, notes the L.A. Times: She’s the only member of President Bush’s Cabinet who has served all eight years of the administration.
OCA’s Westchester and Hudson Valley chapter was established decades ago for people of Asian Pacific heritage, and it now has a formal address in White Plains.
The 28th annual Dynamic Achiever Awards Gala at the DoubleTree Hotel will honor Tom Hei, Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology & Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University; Wesley J. Hom, Vice President, System Z Platform Division at IBM, and Kam Mak, designer of the Chinese Lunar New Year Stamp Series for the U.S. Postal Service and associate professor at New York Fashion Institute of Technology. More info is on OCA’s web site.
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