Text Box: Asian Pacific American Month Text Box: Springfield Public Schools Dr. Nate Quinn, Coordinator of Cultural Diversity Ms. Gwen Marshall, Cultural Diversity Specialist Mrs. Ana Perry, Cultural Diversity Specialist Text Box: May 15, 2010 Text Box: Volume 3, Issue 9 Text Box: Office of Cultural Diversity “The Road to Success Begins With You”

Asian-American Firsts: Government

· U.S. representative: Dalip Singh Saund, 1956, representative from California. The first female Asian American elected to Congress was Patsy Takemoto Mink, elected in 1964 as a representative from Hawaii.

· U.S. senator: Hiram Fong, 1959, one of Hawaii's first two senators.

· Federal court judge: Herbert Choy, 1971, appointed to the U.S. court of appeals for the ninth circuit.

· Asian-American Firsts: Aviation

· Female aviator: Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, licensed in 1932.

· Astronaut (in space): Ellison Onizuka, first spaceflight in 1985. Died in the 1986 Challenger disaster.

 

Asian-American Firsts: Science and Medicine

· Isolated epinephrine (adrenaline) from the suprarenal gland: Jokichi Takamine, 1901.

· Invented pulse transfer controlling device leading to magnetic core memory: An Wang, 1949.

· Cloned the AIDS virus: Flossie Wong-Staal, 1984.

Asian-American Firsts: Film and Television

· Movie star: Anna May Wong, who starred in the 1921 film Bits of Life and many other movies.

· Academy Award winner: Haing Ngor, Best Supporting Actor of 1984 for his role in The Killing Fields

· Host of own network TV series: Anna May Wong, 1951, The Gallery of      Madame Liu Tsong

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Star of own network sitcom: Pat Morita, 1976, Mr. T and Tina

 Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders

Education

15%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 25 and older who had at least a bachelor's degree. This compared with 28 percent for the total population.

87%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 25 and older who had at least a high school diploma. This compared with 85 percent for the total population. (There is no statistically significant difference between these two percentages.)

5%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and other  Pacific Islanders 25 and older who had obtained a graduate or professional degree. This     compared with 10 percent for the total population this age.

 

Age Distribution

29.8
The median age of the single-race Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander population in 2008. The median age was 36.8 for the population as a whole.

 

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