ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION TRIBUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS

2003 - Spirit of Asian America
Ralph Dickerson Jr.    United Way of New York City
Mallika Dutt    Breakthrough: Building Human Rights Culture
David Henry Hwang    Playwright
Anthony D. Romero    American Civil Liberties Union

2002 - Recovery & Rebuilding After September 11th
Tran Dinh Truong    Hotel Carter
Andrew Yoon    Variety Café
Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, USA
William Volckhausen, Esq.    Asian American Federation Board Trustee

2001 - Media
Diosdado Banatao    Tallwood Venture Capital
Chris Lee    Chris Lee Productions
Jeannie Park    InStyle Magazine
Dennis Swanson    WNBC-TV
Midori Shimanouchi Lederer    Asian American Federation Board Trustee

2000 - Leadership, Creativity and Innovation
Eliot Kang    Kang & Lee Advertising
Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi    Asian American Federation Board Trustee
Loida Nicolas Lewis    TLC-LC Inc.
Joseph Park    Kozmo.com

1999 - Philanthropy
Chong-Moon Lee
Yoko Ono
Francis Y. Sogi
Oscar L. Tang
The Yanong Family

1998 - Publishing
Jeanette Chang    Harper's Bazaar
Gene Marcial    Business Week
Karen Wada    Los Angeles Times

1997 - Sports
Amy Chow    Gymnastics
Dee Hamaguchi    Martial Arts
Kevin Han    Badminton
Sammy Lee    Diving
Elizabeth Punsalan    Skating
Kristi Yamaguchi    Skating

1996 - Finance
Joanne de Asis    Asia Pacific Capital Partners
Sam Chung    Broadway National Bank
Lilia C. Clemente    Clemente Capital
Seiki Murono    Murono Financial Consulting
Theodore P. Shen    Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette
Paul Allen Wan    IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company

1995 - Fashion Design
Troa Cho
Han Feng
Hanae Mori
Josie Natori
Anna Sui
Vivienne Tam
Yeohlee Tang
Zang Toi
Vera Wang