| Hiram Fong  AKA Yau Leong Fong
Born: 15-Oct-1906
Birthplace: Honolulu, HI
Died: 18-Aug-2004
Location of death: Kahaluu, HI
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Remains: Buried, Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, HI
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77 Military service: US Army Air Corps (Judge Advocate, 7th Fighter Command, 1942-45) First Chinese-American elected to the US Senate. Father: Hiram Fong, Sr. (indentured laborer)
Mother: Ellyn (maid)
Brother: Rodney
Wife: Ellyn Lo (m. 1938, four children)
Son: Hiram Jr.
Son: Rodney L.
Son: Marvin
Son: Alan
Daughter: Merie-Ellen Fong Mitchell
High School: President William McKinley High School, Honolulu, HI (1924)
University: University of Hawaii, Manoa (1930)
Law School: JD, Harvard Law School (1935)
Administrator: Board of Visitors, US Naval Academy
US Senator, Hawaii (1959-77)
Hawaii State House of Representatives Territorial Legislature (1938-54)
Hawaii State Official Deputy Attorney, City and County of Honolulu (1935-38)
Young Men's Christian Association
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Chinese Ancestry
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