Committee of 100 Newsletter

THE COMMITTEE OF 100 MOURNS THE PASSING OF Member Matt Fong

An exemplary Chinese American who dedicated his life to making a difference through public service and a member of the Committee of 100 since 1997, former California State Treasurer Matt Fong died on June 1 at his home in Pasadena. The cause was cancer. Undaunted by his illness, two weeks before his death, Fong gave a commencement speech for his alma mater, Southwestern School of Law, and received “thunderous applause” for his spirited words: “As fellow Southwestern graduates, we are survivors. Your future will be diverse and difficult but you will survive! Now, don’t forget to come back and give.”

Matt Fong and Dominic Ng at the 2006 Annual Conference.

C-100 Chairman Dominic Ng visited Fong and his family a few days before his death and found him “in good spirits and very much at peace with nature.” Fong was a C-100 Director for many years and also co-chaired the Membership Committee, which recruits new members. Ng recalled that not only did Fong bring him into C-100 more than a decade ago, but soon persuaded Ng to take over as Membership Co-Chair. “I am very much saddened that he left this world and his beautiful family at such a young age. He was a giant in our community and contributed tremendously to our society.”

Committee of 100 Pays Its Final Respects to General John L. Fugh

August 2010 | By Yong Lu and Jane Leung Larson

Former Committee of 100 Chairman Major General John L. Fugh was buried with full military honors on August 24. Gen. Fugh died on May 11 at age 75. He was the first Chinese American to be a General Officer in the United States Army and the first and only minority person to serve as The Judge Advocate General, the Army’s top uniformed legal post. Following his retirement from the military, he led the Committee of 100 as Chairman from 2006 to 2009.

THE COMMITTEE OF 100 MOURNS THE PASSING OF Committee of 100 Chairman John L. Fugh, 1934-2010

April—June 2010 | By Jane Leung Larson

C-100 Chairman John L. Fugh at the Committee of 100 Second Greater China Conference in Beijing, November 2007.

John Liu Fugh, the Committee’s fourth Chairman (2006-2009), died of a heart attack on May 11. The first Chinese American general officer in the U.S. Army and the first minority person to hold the Army’s top uniformed legal post of Judge Advocate General, Major General Fugh will be buried with full military honors in Arlington Cemetery on August 24. Fugh’s early and later years uniquely bridged China and the U.S. at the highest diplomatic levels, and his legacy at the Committee of 100 was to strengthen the organization’s contributions to bettering U.S.-China relations. Current C-100 Chairman John Chen said, “I have deep respect for him.”