16 Facts About Stewart Kwoh

Stewart Kwoh was born on September 16,1948 and is an American attorney, educator, and civil rights leader.

Stewart Kwoh was born to American parents teaching in China in Nanjing on September 16,1948.

When Stewart Kwoh was two months old, his family moved to Shanghai, then back to America, settling in Los Angeles.

Stewart Kwoh's mother, Beulah Stewart Kwoh, was a film and television actress whose trailblazing career spanned almost 50 years and included co-founding the Asian American theatre organization East West Players in 1965 as well as becoming the first Asian American woman to win a local Emmy.

Stewart Kwoh's father, Edwin Stewart Kwoh, was a businessman who was involved in a number of non-profits, including the Los Angeles chapter of Volunteers of America.

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Edwin Stewart Kwoh served as a local board member and helped develop the organization's China Project, which led to a number of US volunteers training individuals in China on topics ranging from policing to accounting.

Stewart Kwoh earned his Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Los Angeles, and his Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law.

Stewart Kwoh continues to have close ties with UCLA; he teaches at the university's Asian American Studies Department and has been an instructor at UCLA School of Law.

Stewart Kwoh is a past expert in residence at UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, and has two honorary doctorates from Williams College and Suffolk School of Law.

Stewart Kwoh is married to Pat Lee and has two sons, Steven and Nathan.

In 1983, Stewart Kwoh co-founded the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, now the largest legal aid and civil rights organization serving the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in the United States.

Stewart Kwoh has been Chair of the Board of Directors of The California Endowment, which is the largest health foundation in California.

Stewart Kwoh is one of the first Asian Americans to chair the board of a large foundation in the US Kwoh has been chair of the Methodist Urban Foundation, vice-chair of the California Wellness Foundation, and a trustee of the California Consumer Protection Foundation, The Tang Family Foundation, the Fannie Mae Foundation, and a former Leadership Council member of California Forward.

Stewart Kwoh serves on the boards of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools, KCET, and SCPR.

Stewart Kwoh has co-authored two publications: Uncommon Common Group: Race and America's Future and Untold Civil Rights Stories.

Stewart Kwoh has been a recipient of numerous awards recognizing his efforts to build coalitions consisting of all communities of color.