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Julia Chang Bloch (Chinese: 張之香; pinyin: Zhāng Zhīxiāng; born 1942) is a Chinese American businessperson and diplomat, who was the first U.S. ambassador of Asian descent. She is the founder and executive chair of the US-China Education Trust .
USCET was founded in 1998 by Julia Chang Bloch, the first Asian American to ever achieve the rank of ambassador. Bloch served as ambassador to Nepal from 1989 to 1993. Bloch's father, Chang Fuyun, was the first Chinese graduate of Harvard Law School. Bloch was born in Shandong, China and immigrated to San Francisco at age 9 with her parents in ...
1989: Julia Chang Bloch becomes the first Asian-American U.S. ambassador, as US Ambassador to Nepal. Education. 1974: ...
Julia Chang Bloch; Charlice Byrd; C. Steve Chan (American politician) Tackey Chan; Sonia Chang-Díaz; Lester Chang; Ed Chau; Anna Chennault; Leland Cheung;
Julia Chang Bloch: September 22, 1989 May 20, 1993 Michael Malinowski: May 20, 1993 April 7, 1994 Sandra Vogelgesang: April 7, 1994 July 11, 1997 Ralph Frank: November 4, 1997 August 10, 2001 Michael E. Malinowski: December 11, 2001 April 23, 2004 James Moriarty: July 16, 2004 May 22, 2007 Nancy Powell: July 16, 2007 March 12, 2010 Scott DeLisi ...
In 1977, Jeanie Jew in conjunction with Pauline Tsui and Julia Chang Bloch founded the Organization of Chinese American Women (OCAW). [8] The Organization lobbied the federal government on issues such as immigration laws.
Staff members on the committee included lawyer Jack Quinn, future diplomat Julia Chang Bloch, and nutritionist D. Mark Hegsted. Beginning in 1974, McGovern expanded the committee's scope to include national nutrition policy. [6] Now, the committee's focus was not just on not eating enough, but also eating too much. [2] [9]
[2] [6] [7] The organization, which was also co-founded by the diplomat Julia Chang Bloch, aimed to offer education and training programs that would empower Chinese American women. [2] [7] It was initially affiliated with the Organization of Chinese Americans, but they eventually disaffiliated due to differing priorities. [6]