Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Kei-Leung Albert Lun

Titles: Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Kei-Leung Albert Lun (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Kei-Leung Albert Lun was born in 1947 in Shanghai, China. He came to the United States to attend college and worked for IBM. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Language and dialects in Shanghai; early life in China, and Hong Kong; John F. Kennedy's assassination; Martin Luther King's assassination; going to college in the US; the Vietnam War; events of the 1960s in the United States; family history; experiencing racism and prejudice; lack of an Asian community when he came to Rochester, Minnesota and then the area becoming more diverse; Rochester starting its Diversity Council, and his involvement; his view of the younger generation of Asians in Rochester; staying in Rochester despite experiencing racism; using his IT skills to help the community; Jeremy Lin; working for IBM; how being introverted can keep some Asians from advancing in their careers; how grateful he is to be an American.

Dates

• 02/18/2012 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Lun, Kei-Leung Albert
• interviewer: Vongsay, Saymoukda

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 144
• Accession Number: AV2012.5.4

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 144>

Quantity: 1 hour compact disc 40 pages transcripts

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:02:50 running time

Subjects

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