{"id":71620,"date":"2017-11-14T09:12:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=71620"},"modified":"2017-11-11T00:24:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T04:24:09","slug":"2017-moca-legacy-awards-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=71620","title":{"rendered":"2017 MOCA Legacy Awards Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, November 14, 2017<br \/>\nCipriani 25 Broadway, NYC<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gala-.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[71620]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71621\" title=\"2017 MOCA Legacy Awards Gala\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gala--791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GENERATIONAL LEGACY AWARD<\/p>\n<p>The Eugene C. and Gail V. Sit Family<br \/>\nThe late Eugene C. Sit started Sit Investment Associates in 1981. Today, Eugene\u2019s children lead Sit Investments Associates, a firm that manages over $11 billion in assets. Beyond the Sit family\u2019s commitment to its investment philosophy is its unyielding commitment to philanthropic endeavors in the arts, education, and veterans appreciation. In the 1860s, Eugene\u2019s grandfather emigrated from China to the U.S. to help build the transcontinental railroad.<\/p>\n<p>LEGACY AWARD<\/p>\n<p>Chieh Huang<br \/>\nBoxed, Inc.<br \/>\nChieh Huang is the CEO and Co-Founder of Boxed, Inc. Chieh is not only a leader in management and technology but also an innovator in philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p>Gish Jen<br \/>\nAuthor<br \/>\nNominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, Gish Jen is the celebrated author of six books and numerous articles. Her most recent book is The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap.<\/p>\n<p>ARTIST OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n<p>Phillipa Soo<br \/>\nHamilton (Eliza) and Am\u00e9lie<br \/>\nPhillipa Soo played the title role in the 2017 Broadway musical adaptation of Am\u00e9lie. Soo received a 2016 Tony Awards nomination for her Broadway debut as Eliza in Hamilton, an Off-Broadway role she originated at the Public Theater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Cipriani 25 Broadway, NYC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71620"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71623,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71620\/revisions\/71623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}