We invite you to join us at the newly constructed Carl Icahn Laboratory (the new genomics building located next to Scully, click for map) to celebrate the commencement of Princeton’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Regina Lee ’85 will present General Fugh. Ms. Lee, as an undergraduate, successfully engaged the University in a critical review of its policies regarding Asian American admissions.

Our keynote speaker is Retired Major General John L. Fugh[FN] who will talk about "American Attitudes Toward Chinese Americans and Asian Americans" and the results a Committee of 100¹ Survey. General Fugh is on the current board of directors of the Committee of 100 and has served on the boards of companies such as Boeing China and Enron International China.²

Jack Tchen head of the Asian Pacific American Studies Program and Institute at NYU will speak about the effects of Affirmative Action programs on South East Asian Americans.

The banquet is open to all Princeton students, faculty, and alumni.

Special thanks to Paula Chow for her support.

¹http://www.committee100.org/

²General Fugh was born in Beijing, China, and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. He was 15 when he migrated to the United States with his family. General Fugh was The Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, retiring from that post in July 1993 as a major general. He was the first Chinese-American to attain general officer status in the U.S.Army. After his retirement, General Fugh joined as a partner the law firm of McGuire, Woods, Battle and Boothe in Washington, D.C. In 1995 he served as President of McDonnell Douglas-China and was responsible for integration and strategic direction of all elements of MDC business in China. After MDC’s merger with Boeing, he served briefly as Executive Vice President of Boeing China, Inc. In 1997 General Fugh was appointed Chairman of Enron International China. He was responsible for all aspects of Enron’s interests in China, including business development and project operations. He advised and assisted senior Enron executives in developing relationships with key Chinese government, industry and energy decision-makers. He retired from Enron in 2001. General Fugh has been active in all aspects of Asian-American relations. He is Co-Chairman of the Committee of 100, a Chinese-American group, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council of the United States. General Fugh graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and the George Washington University Law School. He attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College. He is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia.

http://www.pihc.org/ci/Board%20of%20Directors/Fugh.htm