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Asian American Historical Facts

AASA was recognized in 1985
In 2006, Multi-Cultural Greek Council (MGC) was established.
Sororities: alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Delta Phi Omega, Phi Delta Alpha
Fraternities: Beta Chi Theta, Delta Epsilon Psi, Sigma Lambda Beta, Tau Kappa Omega

The first annual Asian-American Awards Banquet was on April 24, 1988

The first Annual Asian-OU Pageant was in May 1995
(Mr. Asian OU : Daniel Lee and Miss Asian-OU: Nga Ly)

The first annual Asian-American Graduation Celebration was April 1996

The first Annual Christmas for Headstart Children was December 1990

Son H Phu, a Ph.D. graduate student in Economic was a founder
and 1st president of AASA

Asian-American Student Services was fully established in 1988 with a mission to enhance social and cultural support, recruitement, and retention of
Asian-American students

The number of Asian-American enrollment in 1985 was approx. 485 ;
in Fall 2002 the number was 1160

The oldest Asian-American student, Sam Sharma,
graduated at age 85 with a Ph.D. degree in Adult and Community Education

The youngest Asian-American student, Marvin Lee, 13-year-old freshman in Chemistry in 1989,graduated at OU at the age of 17 with a BS degree

The first Asian-American elected as President of UOSA was Rakesh Patel, 2000. Rakesh also was a president of OUIS in previous year.

Four recognized Asian-American students organizations at OU are:

Asian-American Student Association, Vietnamese Student Association, Filipino-American Student Association, and OU Undergraduate Indian Society

In 2002, new Asian and South Asian Greeks Interests Group were founded:
Sorority: Phi Delta Alpha & Delta Phi Omega
Fraternity: Tau Kappa Omega, Delta Epsilon Psi, and Beta Chi Theta

First Everett Drumright's Awards were given out in Spring 2003

In 2005, Alpha Kappa Delta Phi was founded.

In 2005, Asian American Student Service was renamed
Asian American Student Life

AASA General Election is held annually in April

Faculty/Staff Advisers were:

Dean Raymond Yeh, Dean of OU Achitecture College
Dr. Man K. Ho, Professor of Social Work
Dr. Yoshi Sasaki, Director of Meteorlogy Department
Dr. Sam Lee, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Dr. Ming Gui, Assoc Professor, Modern Language Department
Vi Wickham, Assistant Director, Student Life

Presidents of Asian-American Student Association were:

Chee Yang (Spring 07)
Psychology Major

Kyley Makanani (Fall 06)
Zoology-Biomedical Science Major

Angela Tran (05-06)
Public Relations Major

Christine Yeo (04-05)
Health and Sports Science Major

Paul Nguyen (03-04)
Mr. Asian OU (02-03)/ Tau Kappa Omega/
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Quincie Phan (02-03)
Outstanding Freshman Award in Zoo/Biomedical science/ UAC scholar/
Sylvia Lewis Recipient /Retention-Intern

Elizabeth Tran (01-02)
Outstanding Asian-American Leadership Award / UAC Scholar/
BBA in Management Information Systems

Chris Le (00-01)
Mr. Asian OU / UAC Scholar/Advantage Scholar/Bachelor of Architecture

Adrian Buendia (99-00)
Mr Asian OU / Bachelor of Arts in Communications May 2000/Juris Doctor

Daniel Leung ( 98-99)
Big Man on Campus/OU Homecoming Royal Court Finalist/Bachelor of Science in Microbiology May 1999/ Medical School in San Antonio

Long Southarath (97-98)
Outstanding Asian-American Leadership Award/ B.B.A. in Int'l Business May 1999

Daniel Lee (96-97)
Mr Asian-OU '95; Outstanding Asian-American Leadership Award/
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology May 1998

Yamini Patel (95-96)
Miss Asian OU/Outstanding Leadership /Miss Asian OU/ Bachelor of Science in Microbiology May 1997/ Medical School in Dallas,Texas

Anthony Lee (94-95)
Outstanding Leadership / Bachelor of Science in Micro/Psychology May 1996/
M.S. Public Health 1999

Rowena Vivero (93-94)
Outstanding Leadership Award/ Bachelor of Accounting May 1996

Janice Szeto (92-93)
Outstanding Leadership/Bachelor of Accounting May 1994

Truong Le (91-92)
Bachelor of Architecture / moved to Houston 1991

Sahil Bakshi (91-92)
Rentetion Intern/ UAC Scholar/ Bachelor of Science May 1994

Charles Chavalitanonda (90-91)
Retention Intern/UAC scholar/Outstanding Leadership Award/
Bachelor of Science in Electical Engineering May 1995

Joseph Yang (90-91)
Master of Science/ moved to Seatle 1991

Thuy Ashley Pham (Summer '89)
BBA in Finance May 1991

Jerry Montgomery (89-90)
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering May 1993

Vinh Tran (88-89)
BBA in Finance May 1992

Son H. Phu (86-88)
AASA Founder, Ph D in Ecomonics