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scholarships and fellowships, which raised $ 5.49 billion and counting. Wang has served on numerous other boards including the Boards of Directors of both Facing History and Ourselves and the Preferred Bank (PFBC). In 2019, Wang's company, Plastpro, Inc., donated $ 100,000 toward an endowment at Glenbeigh Hospital for addiction.
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In October 2020, Wang was elected to her alma mater Columbia University's board of trustees – a role in which she actively supports both the renovation of undergraduate students common areas and the construction of the new home for the Columbia Business School on the Manhattanville campus. With their
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to establish an endowment to support both students from middle-income families and students studying abroad. At UCLA, the foundation endowed the first academic chair on U.S.-China relations and Chinese American studies in the United States, as well as a chair for Drug Discovery at the university. One
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In July 2016, Wang was appointed the first Asian-American woman to chair the UCLA Foundation Board, and has served on the UCLA Board of Directors since 2008. She is likewise a member of the executive committee for the Centennial Campaign for UCLA, a UCLA Foundation board that raises money for student
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to the California Science Center in Los Angeles to educate the public on illegal drugs and trafficking. The Wangs also established an endowed chair at the Cedar Sinai Medical Center for Pediatric Surgery to fund novel research in pediatric surgery, as well as assist underprivileged children in need
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to send teachers to China, promoting intercultural communications. The couple also funded Wang Hall at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, providing the lead donation for the renovation of the Harvard Westlake Humanities and Art Building. Wang serves as the chair of the Education Committee
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Alongside her husband Walter, Wang is co-founder of the Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation. The foundation has supported various philanthropic initiatives in the realms of education, poverty reduction, assistance to domestic violence victims, Asian immigrant welfare, cancer research, and AIDS
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is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the co-founder of The Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation, a philanthropic organization. She is also the founder and CEO of
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in 1993. From 1990 to 1991, Wang worked as an account executive for J. Walter Thompson Advertising, where she managed client accounts including Borden Foods and
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In 1994, Wang founded Plastpro, Inc., a millwork products importer, manufacturer, and distributor that specializes in fiberglass doors.
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of surgery. The Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation donated $ 250,000 to found an Outward Bound Center for underprivileged youth in
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In 2005, Plastpro, Inc. opened the world's first fully automated millwork manufacturing facility, a 300,000-square-foot factory in
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In March 2022, Wang and her husband donated $ 10 million to Columbia to enhance undergraduate social life in
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of Shirley Wang's first major gifts to UCLA, her alma mater, was an endowment in partnership with the
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Wang earned her Bachelor of Arts in communications and international business at
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In 2022, as sponsors, the Wangs heavily contributed to the doubling of the
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The Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation, Plastpro, Inc.
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research and advocacy. The couple are members of the
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