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Friends of the Chinatown Library

FRIENDS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

                                                          Scholarships and Awards June 2010

Scholarships of $1,500 were awarded to eleven college-bound seniors who are Chinatown Branch Library users, academically accomplished, and good citizens who serve their schools and communities.  Best Wishes in their future endeavors!

Jack Hom Scholarship Endowment  

Jeanny Hu from Chatsworth High to UCLA

Karen Leung from Chatsworth High to Claremount McKenna

 Emily Lin from Chatsworth High to UCSD

                        

Dr. Richard Wong Award

   Gerry Zhang from Marshall High to UCB  

 Kong Chow Benevolent Association Award

        Zhe Fan from Lincoln High to UCB             

Mary Moy and Associates in memory of Nicole Moy

    Christina Lim from Downtown Business Magnet to UCLA

           

David & Gloria Liu in memory of Peh-Jen Yeh Liu

     Erica Lee from Bravo Medical Magnet to USC 

Los Angeles Chinese Guardsman Award

       Karen Wu from Chatsworth High to UCSD

Paul Inafuku in memory of Ellen Inafuku

Wendy Chan from Chatsworth High to UCLA

Dottie Schoon in memory of Robert Schoon Jr.

Maggie Quan from Lincoln High to UCSD

Yoong Family in memory of Nancy Yoong

Wei Xie from Downtown Business Magnet  to UCLA

 

At the Evans Community Adult School graduation ceremony, the Friends of the Chinatown Library awarded $500 scholarships to eleven accomplished students continuing to their first year of college. The scholarships were donated by The Hauck Family (Lane & Marilyn Luke Hauck, Daniel Hauck, Kevin & Lauren Hauck) in memory of their parents Edwin and Ahlin Luke, Winston and Becky Bowen, with a matching grant from AT&T Foundation, in memory of Mrs. Ricki O’Leary in honor of her many years of service to the LA Public Library docents, Susan Shum & Tung S. Lieu in memory of Kam Leung Lieu & Fat Ore Ng Lieu, David & Pearl Louie Family Foundation, and Dottie Schoon in memory of Robert Schoon Jr.  Best Wishes in College!                                     

 Mariana Franco               Genar R. Alay 

 Israel Gutierrez                 Jiali Dong

 Fernando Miranda           Raquel Hernandez

 Walter Mancia                 Laura Huezo 

 Karla Iveth Villela           Udomsri Neermann

 Juan Ibarra        

 

                                     Dolores Wong Scholarship for Library Science ($2,500)

                       Muoy Tea to study at UCLA Master of Library and Information Science

                                                     Congratulations to All!

 

                                       Former Scholarship Winner's Success Story

In the early 1990's, Frances Hui, was a student who won a Friends' Scholarship.  She is currently a Reference Librarian at Las Positas College in Livermore, California.  She writes the following:

"Right now, I am working in Livermore at Las Positas College, which is a community college serving approximately 8,000 students.  The students are wonderful and motivated, but the best part are my fellow librarians and library staff.  We have a very supportive team environment in the LPC Library.  At LPC, librarians have faculty status and I got tenure last year. . . .

Prior to LPC, I worked at the Oakland Public Library where I served as the children's librarian . . .

When I first graduated from UCLA in the spring of 1993, I returned to the Bay Area to start my job search.  There were very few openings then so I volunteered at the San Leandro Public Library and worked part-time at Holy Names College in Oakland.  The HNC job soon expanded into a full-time position and when the director retired I became the director of the library services. . . .

One of the first positive things to happen to me as a budding librarian was to receive the Mr. Jack Hom Scholarship.  What an honor and thrill that was!  Not only did the scholarship help fund my education, it was a great boost to my confidence to know that the . . . scholarship committee believed in my potential.  So thank you again to Mr. Hom, the scholarship committee, and the Friends of the Chinatown Library. . . ."

The Friends would like to thank Frances Hui for sharing her success story with us.