Brian Tom '70 Publishes Book on Marysville's Chinatown

Brian Tom '70 has published Marysville's Chinatown, a book detailing the Chinese-American legacy of the Gold Rush era in Marysville.  During his time at King Hall, Tom led a coalition that established the Asian American Studies Program, the first student-founded academic program in the university's history and one of the first Asian American studies programs nationwide. Tom went on to practice law in San Francisco for more than 25 years and now directs the Chinese American Museum of Northern California, which he also founded. Marysville's Chinatown, part of Arcadia Publishing's "Images of America" series, provides a wealth of information about one of the most important Chinatowns in America.