- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- David Yu oral history interview, 2018-03-25
- Creator:
- Yu, David
- Contributor to Resource:
- Liou, Marian
Park, Seam - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2018-03-25
- Subject:
- Immigrants
Chinese Americans
Banks and banking
Bankers
Chinatowns
Immigrant business enterprises
Olympic Torch Relay - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Chamblee, 33.89205, -84.29881
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Doraville, 33.89816, -84.28326 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- David Yu was born in Taiwan in 1951. He moved to Atlanta in 1974 to pursue an MBA at Georgia State University. He began his career in banking in the 1980s and helped organize the Summit National Bank, which provided loans primarily to immigrant-owned businesses. Yu is an avid runner and ran with the Olympic torch in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics. He is currently retired.
In this interview, David Yu talks about his and his family's experiences immigrating to the United States. He discusses his long career in banking and other financial services, as well as his involvement in various facets of the Chinese and broader international community in Atlanta. Yu describes the changes he has observed on the Buford Highway during his time in Atlanta and compares the predominantly Chinese area of Atlanta to Chinatowns in other cities. Yu ends the interview by describing his experience running with the Olympic torch in 1996. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/839
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:839/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Yu, David, interviewed by Marian Liou and Seam Park, March 25, 2018, In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 01:37:16
- Original Collection:
- In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1696
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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