Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim, the Panda Express founders, Grammy Award winners and US Sen. Tammy Duckworth are among the people to be inducted in the Asian Hall of Fame this year.
Twenty-two honorees in the fields of politics, sports, business, entertainment and community advocacy will be inducted in dual ceremonies that will be held in Glendale, Calif. and Seattle on Nov. 12 and 18.
On November 12, the Induction Ceremony at Alex Theatre in Glendale, California honors 17 Inductees and Artist Ambassador Ed Roth. Inductee Hiroshima headlines one of their last concerts. Ed Roth performs with Robby Krieger and special guests. Celebration of Life honors Inductee Norm Mineta and Inductee Phil Chen. Frank Buckley of KTLA 5 is Master of Ceremonies.On November 18, the Founders Gala at Sky View Observatory in Seattle, Washington immortalizes six Inductees and Artist Ambassador Krist Novoselic of Nirvana. Artist Ambassador Danny Seraphine & CTA headlines with The Temptations vocalist Tony Grant. Ed Roth performs with Inductee Daniel Pak, Inductee Hiro Yamamoto of Soundgarden and Krist Novoselic. Mimi Jung of KING 5 is Master of Ceremonies. VIP seats are invite-only.
Inductees (in first-name alphabetical order) are Panda Express founders Andrew and Peggy Cherng, Olympian Chloe Kim, GRAMMY Award-winner Daniel Ho, first Indian Louis Vuitton brand ambassador Deepika Padukone, Crustacean founders Helene An and daughter Elizabeth An, Jiaoying Summers, Joseph Bae and Janice Lee, Margaret Cho, Momo Wang, Omar and Christine Lee, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Tia Carrere, and NYX founder Toni Ko.
Seattle Inductees are Daniel Pak, Hiro Yamamoto, Karen Wong, Pat Chun, Robert and Ruth Chinn in memoriam and first indigenous Inductee Virginia Cross.
For more information, visit asianhalloffame.org.
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