1. Thomas Kuo Shyang Hsieh was a Chinese-born American politician, architect, and vineyard owner.
18 Facts About Tom Hsieh
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Tom Hsieh was San Francisco's third supervisor of Asian ancestry when he was appointed to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1986.
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Tom Hsieh was the first Chinese American to be elected to a citywide office in San Francisco.
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Tom Hsieh was re-elected twice and termed out of office in 1997.
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Tom Hsieh was previously the first Chinese American San Francisco Arts Commissioner and San Francisco Police Commissioner.
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Tom Hsieh served as a San Francisco Public Utilities Commissioner.
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Tom Hsieh was born in Beijing on November 17,1931, and immigrated to the United States aged 19 in 1951.
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Tom Hsieh received his Master of Architecture from University of California, Berkeley.
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Tom Hsieh was appointed and elected to various San Francisco, California State and Federal civic commissions as the first Chinese American in the 1970s and 80's and was active in raising money for the State and National Democratic Party.
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Tom Hsieh created the Asian Pacific Caucus of the Democratic National Committee and served there from 1978 to 1986.
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Tom Hsieh served as the first Chinese American commissioner on the San Francisco Police Commission and was a commissioner on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission from 1980 to 1984 appointed by Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
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Tom Hsieh was appointed to fill a vacancy to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1986 by Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
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Tom Hsieh was the first Chinese American supervisor to be elected in a citywide election in 1986.
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Tom Hsieh was a member of the Budget and Economic Vitality and Social Policy committees.
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Tom Hsieh ran for Mayor of San Francisco in the 1991 election as a pro-business fiscal conservative against Mayor Art Agnos.
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Tom Hsieh termed out in 1996, exiting the office in January 1997.
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Tom Hsieh was seen as a potential candidate for City Treasurer in the 1997 election but declined to run.
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Tom Hsieh died at UCSF Hospital in San Francisco, on March 5,2023, at the age of 91.