ANDREW & PEGGY CHERNG

Jun 5

First Asian co-anchor of a national weekday broadcast in the United States.

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YEAR INDUCTED
2022

CATEGORY
Culinary Arts, Entrepreneur

HOMETOWNS
Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Mawlamyine, Myanmar

Andrew and Peggy Cherng are restauranteurs and philanthropists who founded the Panda Restaurant Group, the world's leader in Asian dining experiences. The successful chain includes Panda Express, Panda Inn and Hibachi-San. The couple’s recent transformational gift to endow Caltech’s Medical Engineering Program exemplifies the Cherng’s dedication to improving the lives of people in their community and around the globe. Andrew Cherng was born in 1948 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. At 18, he immigrated to the United States. He met his wife Peggy Tsiang, born in Burma and raised in Hong Kong, while both were attending Baker University in Kansas. Andrew has a Bahelor of Arts in Mathematics from Baker University and a Master of Arts in Applied Mathematics from the University of Missouri. Peggy has a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Oregon State University and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri.

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