This year the winner of the 2001 CALA President's Recognition Award is professor Judy Yung.
Professor Judy Yung is a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco (S.F.) Chinatown. She received her B.A. in English Literature and Chinese Language from S.F. State University in 1967 and her Master's in Library Science and Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from University of California (CA), Berkeley in 1968 and 1990, respectively. Professor Yung has worked as the head librarian at the CA Branch Library in S.F. (1969-1972) and the Asian Community Library in Oakland (1976-1981), where she helped to develop collections in Asian languages and Asian American interests; as associate editor at East West Chinese American News, a bilingual newspaper in S.F. Chinatown; as director of two women's book projects: Chinese Women of America and Making Waves. She has also served on the S.F. Library Commission and on the Board of Directors of the Chinese Culture Center and Chinese Historical Society of America. Dr. Yung is presently a professor and the chair of the American Studies Dept. at the University of CA, Santa Cruz. She is the author and co-author of many books, Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 (1980); Chinese Women of America: A Pictorial History (1986); the award-winning book, Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco (1995); Unbound Voices: A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco (1999).
Professor Yung has worked through her path as a librarian, community activist and educator. She has made outstanding contributions to the Chinese American communities, studies, and librarianship and is a true role model for many of us.