Maxine Hong Kingston

Asian-Pacific American Newsmakers

Chinese-American author and Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley Maxine Hong Kingston is lauded for her stories about the experiences of Chinese immigrants living in the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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I.M. Pei Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei has won a wide variety of prizes and awards in his field, including the AIA Gold Medal in 1979, the first Praemium Imperiale for Architecture in 1989, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in 2003. Pei is often called the master of modern architecture. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Elaine Chao From 2001 to 2009, Elaine Chao served under of President George W. Bush as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor. She was the first Asian-Pacific American woman and first Chinese-American to be appointed to a President's cabinet. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age four, moving to New York soon after. He is one of the most talented and famous cellists of the modern age. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Maxine Hong King... Chinese-American author and Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley Maxine Hong Kingston is lauded for her stories about the experiences of Chinese immigrants living in the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Robert T. Matsui Former Rep. Robert T. Matsui (D-California) died of complications from a rare disease in 2005 at the age of 63. The third-generation Japanese-American served in Congress for 26 years. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)

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Daniel Inouye Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate. He is the highest-ranking Asian-American politician in history. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman)

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Indra Nooyi Indian-born businesswoman Indra Nooyi currently holds the position of Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, the second-largest food and beverage business in the world. Nooyi, who resides with her husband and two daughters in Connecticut, is consistently ranked among World's 100 Most Powerful Women. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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Gary Locke Current U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke is a third-generation American with paternal ancestry from China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Chang-rae Lee Korean-American novelist and Princeton University professor Chang-rae Lee’s inaugural novel, "Native Speaker," a story about a Korean-American industrial spy, won numerous awards including the PEN/Hemingway Award. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer)

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Sammy Lee Sammy Lee became the first Asian-American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States after placing first in the 1948 men’s platform diving competition. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Patsy Mink Third generation Japanese-American Patsy Mink, who died in 2002 of viral pneumonia, served in the U.S. House of Representatives for a total of 12 terms. Mink was the first woman of color and the first Asian-American woman ever elected to Congress. She also became the first Asian-American to seek the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party in the 1972 election. (AP Photo/Karin Cooper)

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Maya Lin Chinese-American artist Maya Lin is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. Lin designed of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

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Steven Chu U.S. Secretary of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Chinese-American, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, with ancestry from Taicang, in Jiangsu province. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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