Asia Night 2008

NEW SILK ROAD AWARD WINNERS

	Alexander D. Calhoun, known as Sandy, is being honored for his role in globalizing legal services to increase the ease of doing business across the Pacific. He is recognized as a pioneer in laying the legal groundwork for the expansion of California firms in Asia, and of Asian firms expanding in the United States. For example, he counseled the Bank of Tokyo -- that started with a single agency office in California and has become today’s Union Bank of California -- and his wise mentoring included such matters as the importance of showing “good citizenship” in local communities. Read More.
Alexander D. Calhoun
	Professor William F. Miller's name is synonymous with the globalization of Silicon Valley and with the technical innovation that binds California and Asia. His pioneering research has spanned atomic and nuclear physics, computer graphic systems and languages, computer architecture, and the computer industry. As President and CEO of SRI International, he opened SRI to the Pacific Region and established its spin-out and commercialization programs. He played a role in establishing the first Mayfield Fund, advancing the field of venture capital to foster new technology and industry in both Asia and North America. He has served on such boards as Signetics, Wells Fargo Bank, PG&E, Varian Associates, Borland Software, and many others, and he serves as Chairman of Sentius Corp and Founder and Chairman of Nanostellar. Aside from his many business contributions, he is the Herbert Hoover Professor of Public & Private Management, Emeritus, at Stanford. A visionary, he continues to be a foremost authority on R&D globalization and development of regional centers of innovation and entrepreneurship in such as regions as China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Malaysia – and of course, California. Read More.
William F. Miller

	Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang is being honored for her extraordinary contributions to US-Asia business, finance and development. As U.S. Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank, through private and public service to such institutions as RAND Corporation, Lombard Investments, the California Savings and Loan Commission, and CalPERS, she has contributed to stronger business ties with Asia. Among these contributions, she catalyzed CalPERS' first investment in a private equity fund in emerging Asia. Her legacy continues to grow today through her participation on the Board of Directors of the Bank of China (Hong Kong), and as Chairman of the Asian Corporate Governance Association of Hong Kong, where she works tirelessly to bring increased transparency and predictability to Asian companies, making them better business partners for California and other US companies. And, in addition to her many other activities, we are grateful that she honors Cal-Asia by serving as the Senior Advisor to our Board of Directors. Read More.
Linda Tsao Yang