On the Life of Zu Minbing

Zu Minbing, male, 1924, from Jilin, China. He studied in Japan in his early years. 1946 immigrated to the United States after graduating from the University of Tokyo Law School. 1949 received a master's degree in political science from Georgetown University, and 1954 received a doctorate in political science from Fordham University. In the late 1950s and 1960s, when Professor Zu Min Bing was teaching at Dong Xi University, he began to promote Chinese and Japanese teaching in junior and senior high schools in the United States. 1965, he married the versatile Fu Shushan. In the early 1970s, Zu Minbing met with the later American President George H.W. Bush at the United Nations, and they became friends. Zu Min Bing later became a presidential adviser to Nixon, Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush. 200 1, George W. bush appointed him as the chairman of the Asia-Pacific affairs advisory Committee. "Dr. Zu is one of the great leaders of the Asian-Pacific community in the United States and a tireless advocate for promoting our integration into the government, education and American society." US Transportation Secretary Norman Minida said. He has known Zu Minbing for decades, starting from his political career in California. In the speech that Professor Zu was awarded the Special Contribution Award by the Washington International Leadership Foundation, the US Secretary of Labor expounded his achievements in helping others. It is said that when Bush appointed Professor Zu as the vice chairman of the President's Advisory Council, he recommended1more than 50 Asian-Pacific Americans. In 200 1 year, Bush asked Professor Zu to help him nominate more than 2 10 Asian-Pacific Americans to serve in government departments. Referring to Professor Zu's death, he said: "Professor Zu always tries his best to provide more opportunities and ways for Asian-Pacific people to enter the mainstream of the United States." This spirit continued after he moved to the Bay Area to direct the multicultural and bilingual project of the University of San Francisco. He became a tireless advocate, not only participating in the Chinese community in the United States, but also participating in Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese and other ethnic groups. After Zu Minbing immigrated to the United States, he immediately joined the Hehe Party. Donald Caspar, former chairman of Hehe Party in San Francisco, commented on Zu Minbing: "Dr. Zu is an experienced politician and a guiding light for Hehe Party in the Asian-American community." Zu's friends and colleagues say that Professor Zu has been a teacher all his life. He is not only a member of the board of directors of Kennedy University, but also a professor and dean of the university. He is also a visiting scholar at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and Hoover Institution in Stanford University. In order to continue the spirit of Professor Zu, an Asian and Party elder, Professor Zu funeral committee decided to set up Professor Zu's Cultural and Educational Foundation to award scholarships to poor and outstanding students. On the morning of March 6th, 2005, the funeral and memorial service of Professor Zu Min Bing, the most senior Asian politician in the United States, were held in Delhi and San Francisco respectively. Zu Minbing was called a lifelong educator, a leader of Asian Americans, a pioneer of several generations, and an adviser to two American presidents, George W. Bush. On February 26th, Zu Minbing died of liver cancer in San Francisco at the age of 8 1 year.