Wilbur Woo

Wilbur Woo (December 12, 1915 – November 12, 2012) was a Chinese-born American businessman, previous CACA national president, former vice-chairman of Cathay Bank and seen as a leader in the Los Angeles' Chinese community.{{cite news|first=Valerie J.|last=Nelson|title=Wilbur K. Woo dies at 96; a leader of L.A.'s Chinese community |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wilbur-woo-20121115-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 15, 2012 |access-date=2012-12-01}} Woo first stepped into America when he was just 5 years old with his family to escape China but later returned to his home country. In 1940, Woo returned to Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA. He was a Republican while his son, Michael Woo, is a Democrat who, in 1985, became the first Asian American elected to the Los Angeles City Council.{{cite web|title=Wilbur K. Woo, businessman and leader in LA's Chinese community, dies|url=http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2012/11/15/29293/wilbur-k-woo-businessman-and-leader-in-las-chinese/|publisher=South California Public Radio Program|access-date=7 December 2012}} Woo also deposited $200,000 for his son's Democratic campaign. He was close to President Richard Nixon when he was appointed in 1972 to raise profit's for Washington out of the Los Angeles Chinese community.{{cite web|title=Wilbur K. Woo, leader of L.A.'s Chinese community, dies|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/wilbur-k-woo-leader-of-las-chinese-community-dies.html|work=The Los Angeles times|access-date=7 December 2012}} He died after complications from a heart attack and pneumonia.{{cite web|title=Wilbur K. Woo 1916-2012|url=http://www.burbankleader.com/community/obituaries/tn-gnp-wilbur-k-woo-1915-2012-20121126,0,5689588.story|publisher=The Burbank Leader|access-date=7 December 2012}}{{cite web|title=Wilbur K. Woo, Chinese American leader was 96|url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/11/wilbur_k_woo_chinese_amer.php|publisher=Los Angeles Observed|access-date=7 December 2012}}{{cite web|title=Woo, Chinese-American leader, dies in LA|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/11/15/Woo-Chinese-American-leader-dies-in-LA/UPI-27851353001862/|publisher=UPI|accessdate=7 December 2012}}