Winston B. Young's Oral History, part 1

Winston B. Young's Oral History, part 1

Winston Bong Young introduces himself as a third-generation Cantonese Chinese American who moved from an integrated Los Angeles neighborhood to a majority-white suburb in North Hollywood. He describes working at his stepfather’s restaurant in North Hollywood with his siblings and experiencing academic and social difficulties until deciding to study engineering, eventually pursuing his degrees, and meeting his wife at Cal State LA. Young details his first hydraulic and aerodynamic engineering jobs at Salsbury, Aerojet, AiResearch, and Greer Hydraulics, and shares how and why he launched Young Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. in 1987. He describes parenting two children in San Gabriel, compares his and his wife's Chinese American upbringing, and recalls visiting his ancestral home in Guangzhou. Young reflects upon his lifelong friendships, infrastructural and demographic changes in Southern California, and involvement with the Firecracker 10K committee and Miss Chinatown pageant. He concludes his interview by stating the evolution of his Chinese American identity, his experience of local and international events, and his intent to donate his estate to charity.

Asian American Pacific Islander Oral History Project

Asian American Pacific Islander Oral History Project

California State University, Los Angeles

2018-04-07

Lugo, Aaron

Jeong, Sae Hee "Keshy"

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