March 2023 Program – My Unforgotten Seattle – A Memoir by Ron Chew

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Ron Chew is principal of Chew Communications, a Seattle-based consulting firm which documents community history and helps museums and emerging non-profits cope with organizational growth.

Chew published his memoir, “My Unforgotten Seattle” in 2020. He is also the author of “Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years” (2003, 2013), and “Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes: The Legacy of Filipino American Labor Activism” (2010).

Chew is a lifelong Seattle resident. He graduated from Franklin High School and attended the University of Washington, where he majored in journalism.

In 2001, Chew was appointed to the National Council for the Humanities by President Bill Clinton. He was a recipient of the Ford Foundation’s “Leadership for a Changing World” award and was named to the American Alliance of Museums “Centennial Honor Roll.”

Chew served on The Seattle Public Library Foundation board of directors during the successful 1998 “Libraries for All” capital campaign, which raised over $80 million to build a new central library and support 27 neighborhood branches. He currently serves as vice president of the Board of Trustees.