Dinner recognizes 21 students of Asian descent for scholastic feats, community service
Twenty-one Western University of Health Sciences students of Asian
descent will be recognized for their academic achievement during the
university’s 14th Annual Asian American Scholarship Dinner from 6:30 to
11 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at Sam Woo’s Seafood Restaurant in San
Gabriel.
Scholarship winners from the university’s osteopathic medicine, pharmacy,
physician assistant and physical therapy programs will receive gifts
ranging from $1,000 to $1,500. Students were chosen based on their
academic achievement and their past and present involvement in community
service to the Asian-American population.
The event also will honor Dr. Shi-Yin Wong, one of the most respected and
well-known physicians in the Chinese community. Dr. Wong has practiced
medicine for more than 30 years in Los Angeles and serves as chairman of
the board of the Pacific Alliance Medical Center. Dr. Wong has served as
chief of staff at PAMC and has a distinguished career as a physician and
researcher.
Four of the student awardees will be presented with scholarships that
were funded by private donors.
Third-year medical student Lawrence Huang will receive the “”Randall Shue,
DO ’83; Michael Wong, DO ’91; and Eugene Chan, MD, Chinese Scholarship.””
This award was established by Dr. Chan, an Asian American Scholarship
Committee Member and retired Los Angeles physician, to be given to an
osteopathic medical student of Chinese decent. Two of Chan’s nephews, Dr.
Randall Shue and Dr. Michael Wong, are graduates of Western University’s
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP).
Pearline Chong, a second-year medical student, will receive the “”James
Yee Ginn and Mae Ginn Memorial Osteopathic Scholarship.”” Designated for
an osteopathic medical student of Asian decent, the award was donated by
Geri Ginn Witt, a past honoree of the dinner who donated the gift in
honor of her parents.
First-year medical student Ma May Chit will receive the “”Dr. T.G. Wing
Chow Scholarship.”” A 1992 honoree of the Asian American Scholarship
Dinner, Dr. Chow donated the award to be given to an osteopathic medical
student of Asian decent. His brother, Dr. Frank Wing Chow, and his son,
Dr. Bruce W. Chow, are graduates of COMP.
Fourth-year medical student Edgar Han will receive the “”Dr. Tai-Hing Wu
Scholarship.”” Established this year, the scholarship provides a $1,500
award. The scholarship is funded by Tai-Hing Wu, MD, a physician with a
family practice in Los Angeles’ Chinatown.
Recipients of this year’s Asian American Scholarships are as follows:
Lawrence Huang, a third-year medical student, will receive the Drs. Shue,
Wong & Chang Scholarship for $1,500
Pearline Chong, a second-year medical student, will receive the Ginn
Memorial Osteopathic Scholarship for $1,500
Ma May Chit, a first-year medical student, will receive the Dr. Chow
Scholarship for $1,500
Edgar Han, a fourth-year medical student, will receive the Dr. Wu
Scholarship for $1,500.
Nadine Elizabeth Tu, a first-year physician assistant student, will
receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Angela Bautista, a first-year physician assistant student, will receive a
$1,500 scholarship
Donna Ni, a fourth-year medical student, will receive a $1,500
scholarship.
Ayaz Khan, a fourth-year medical student, will receive a $1,500
scholarship.
Sanas Sadrieh, a third-year medical student, will receive a $1,500
scholarship.
Charles Som, a third-year medical student, will receive a $1,500
scholarship.
Vu Dinh, a second-year medical student, will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Hai Luu, a second-year medical student, will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Cindy Chen, a first-year medical student, will receive a $1,500
scholarship.
Francisca Kartono, a first-year medical student, will receive a $1,500
scholarship.
Jennifer Le, a second-physical therapy student, will receive a $1,000
scholarship.
Yvi Cao, a third-year pharmacy student, will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
Elaine Sien, a second-year pharmacy student, will receive a $1,000
scholarship.
Kamal Bhangoo, a first-year pharmacy student, will receive a $1,000
scholarship.
Julie Choi, a fourth-year pharmacy student, will receive a $1,000
scholarship.
Howard K. Nguyen, a second-year pharmacy student, will receive a $1,000
scholarship.
Lyndsey Najima, a first-year veterinary student, will receive a $1,000
scholarship.
Tickets to the dinner are $100 each. Table sponsorships are available.
All proceeds benefit Western University’s Asian American Scholarship Fund.
For more information regarding the Asian American Scholarship Dinner,
contact Julie Wade, director of Special Events, at (909) 469-5359
