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Philip P. Choy is a retired architect and renowned historian of Chinese American studies. He is the author of ''San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture'' (2012), ''Canton Footprints: Sacramento’s Chinese Legacy'' (2007), and ''The Coming Man: 19th Century American Perceptions of the Chinese'' (1994). Choy has been a community activist known for landmark preservation in San Francisco. ==Background== Choy was born in San Francisco on December 17, 1926. He grew up in San Francisco Chinatown and he was the fourth in an family of five children with three older sisters and a younger brother.〔“Portraits of Pride”. Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. 2005. Retrieved August 14, 2012.〕 During high school, Choy enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He attended San Francisco City College during World War II until he was called to active duty for basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi. There, in the south, he decided to become an activist after witnessing first-hand the influence of segregation.〔"Asian Week: The Voice of Asian America." Retrieved August 8, 2012. After the war, he earned a degree in architecture from UC Berkeley and was involved in residential and commercial design for 50 years. During the Civil Rights era of the 1960s, Choy became president of the Chinese Historical Society of America and in 1969, he teamed up with historian Him Mark Lai to teach the first-ever Chinese American history course at San Francisco State University in 1969.〔"Asian Week: The Voice of Asian America." Retrieved August 8, 2012. Although retired from teaching, Choy is still an adjunct professor in the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University. He has served on the San Francisco Landmark Advisory Board, on the California State Historical Resources Commission from June 2001 to June 2005,〔“2005 Annual Report” by State Historical Resources Commission. January 2006. Retrieved August 15, 2012. Choy has devoted his career to researching, preserving, advocating, and disseminating Chinese American history. Choy was the first to make a video documentary series on Chinese American history for public broadcasting called the “Gum Saan Haak” (Travelers to Gold Mountain, 1971-1974).〔“Finding Aid to the Him Mark Lai Papers, 1778-() (bulk 1970-1995)”, p.111. Retrieved on August 15, 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip Choy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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