[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E370]
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                        A TRIBUTE TO BETTY WANG

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 15, 2006

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Ms. Betty Wang, of 
South Pasadena, California. Each year in March, in recognition of 
Women's History Month, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our Nation's women.
  Betty Wang was born in China in 1947 and moved to Taiwan with her 
family in 1948. She came to the United States in 1969 in order to 
pursue higher education at the University of Illinois. Upon graduation 
she and her husband, Eddie Wang, worked in Chicago for a few years, and 
then moved to South Pasadena in 1978.
  After working briefly for a major insurance brokerage firm handling 
risk management for corporate clients, Betty retired in 1978 to take 
care of her son, Timothy. This also marked the beginning of her career 
as a ``professional volunteer.''
  Betty has been involved in various community activities over the 
years. She began by assisting teachers in the South Pasadena Unified 
School District classrooms; then became involved in the Marengo 
Elementary School Parent Teacher Association where she volunteered in 
sports activities such as soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming and 
water polo. She was also involved with the parent organizations at 
Polytechnic School and was a Den Mother for the Boy Scouts of America. 
In addition, Ms. Wang is a long-term member of Mandarin Baptist Church 
in Alhambra.
  Ms. Wang has been active in the South Pasadena Chinese American Club 
for many years, as a board member since 1989 and President in 1992. 
Much of the South Pasadena Chinese American Club's efforts go toward 
helping the South Pasadena Unified School District. She served on the 
Board of the Friends of South Pasadena Public Library for the past 6 
years and was the President during her last year. She has continued her 
volunteer service to the library by serving on the Community Facilities 
Task Force. Betty was involved in South Pasadena's City Streetscape 
Committee during the Gold Line Station construction. Her latest 
volunteer effort is to serve on the President's Council for the Chinese 
Garden at the Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens, 
where she is helping to raise funds for the construction of one of the 
most beautiful and unique botanical projects at the Huntington Library.




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