Pelosi Applauds Enactment of Legislation Naming Lim Poon Lee Post Office in San Francisco

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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement following President Obama signing her bill, H.R.. 3119, yesterday naming the Chinatown Post Office in San Francisco after former San Francisco Postmaster Lim Poon Lee.

"Dedicating the post office located at 867 Stockton Street in San Francisco's Chinatown as "˜The Lim Poon Lee Post Office' is a cause for celebration for the City and County of San Francisco. When appointed Postmaster by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966, Mr. Lee was the first Chinese American Postmaster and the highest federally appointed Chinese American ever in our nation. Mr. Lee dedicated his life to public service and proud patriotism, including bravely serving our country in World War II.

"In San Francisco, we know that the beauty is in the mix, and Postmaster Lee enriched our city and transformed the face of the San Francisco postal system by increasing the hiring of women, minorities and disabled postal workers to ensure that the post office looked like the rest of our city in terms of its great diversity. Lim Poon Lee established this Chinatown post office in 1977, and in a fitting tribute to a remarkable San Franciscan that we now honor his life and achievements dedicating it to him."