Western University Dinner Recognizes 20 Students of Asian Decent for Scholastic Feats
Twenty Western University of Health Sciences students of Asian descent
will be recognized for their academic achievement during the university’s
13th Annual Asian American Scholarship Dinner from 6:30-11 p.m. Saturday,
March 8, 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 $1000-$1,500. Students awarded 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 San Bernardino entrepreneurs Wen and Mei Lien
Chang. The Changs are the owners of two companies – Top Line Products, a
manufacturer of automotive parts and Duck House, which makes a variety of
porcelain collectables. Mr. Chang is currently a member of the
university’s board of trustees and recently finished a term as the mayor
for the city of Diamond Bar. Both are actively involved in the Asian
community through a number of organizations.
Four of the student awardees will be presented with scholarships that were
funded by private donors.
Fourth-year medical student Elaine Chong 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).
Christina Chang, a third-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.
Fourth-year medical student Cat Dang 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.
Second-year medical student Gearge Hsu 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:
Lily Chen, a fourth-year medical student, received the Dr. Chow
Scholarship for $1,000.
Elaine Chong, a fourth-year medical student, received the Drs. Shue, Wong
and Chan Scholarship for $1,500
Christina Chan, a third-year medical student, received the Ginn
Scholarship for $1,500
George Hsu, a second-year medical student, received the Dr. Wu Scholarship
for $1,500
Tammy Nguyen, a fourth-year medical student, received a $1,500 scholarship
Satsimran Thind, a fourth-year medical student, received a $1,500
scholarship
Elizabeth Nguyen, a third-year medical student, received a $1,500
scholarship
Eddie Choung, a second-year medical student, received a $1,500 scholarship
Maylene Briones, a first-year medical student, received a $1,500
scholarship
Natalie Chang, a first-year medical student, received a $1,500 scholarship
Tung H. Ngo, a first-year medical student, received a $1,500 scholarship
Douglas Chang, a third-year pharmacy student, received a $1,000 scholarship
Sandy Hoang, a second-year pharmacy student, received a $1,000 scholarship
Joyce Li, a fourth-year pharmacy student, received a $1,000 scholarship
Lynn Ngo, a fourth-year pharmacy student, received a $1,000 scholarship
Duyen Tran, a first-year medical student, received a $1,000 scholarship
Lisa Yeund, a second-year physician assistant student, received a $1,000
scholarship
Bernard Casillan, a second-year physician assistant student, received a
$1,000 scholarship
Mathew Lee, a second-year physical therapy student, received 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
