Today's Featured Biography

 
May Lee

Here is my bio from www.classmates.com updated Oct 2017:

After RBHS, I went to UTK & got a degree in Computer Science before heading out to Silicon Valley (located in northern California about an hour south of San Francisco & near San Jose). I worked for Hewlett-Packard for over a dozen years in various engineering, support & marketing positions before leaving to join Agilent Technologies (the company that HP spun off) in 2001. I left Agilent in 2003 & took some time off before returning to Hewlett-Packard later that fall working in a marketing communications role in the consumer PC group.

For those of you who knew me in high school, I was a high energy night owl into purple, running, soccer, travel, video games, journalism and General Hospital (an ABC soap opera & my all-time favorite show). Some things never change! :-)

Over the years, I've had the pleasure of realizing many of my dreams including attending the Brazil vs. Italy World Cup final in '94, travelling to Brazil to catch the quarterfinal in Maracana Stadium in 2014, seeing my idol Mary Decker Slaney compete in the '96 Olympics & attending the closing ceremonies plus seeing more track & field & women's soccer action at the 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing & 2012 London Olympics, owning a purple Acura NSX, buying a customized dream home in pricey Silicon Valley, jetting on the Concorde to London, ringing in the Millennium in Times Square, visiting the set of General Hospital several times & attending the Daytime Emmy Awards in New York or Los Angeles each year since the mid-90's to take photos of my favorite daytime stars as a freelance web journalist.

As of December 2016, I was able to travel to Antarctica which was my seventh continent. It was the ultimate trip of a lifetime & a perfect way to celebrate turning 50!
http://explore.quarkexpeditions.com/blog/antarctic-dreaming-planning-packing-for-an-epic-50th-birthday-journey

I've also turned into a big foodie & one of the first things I book when planning another trip is where to eat! A few of my Michelin meals are documented here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153769461920810&type=1&l=c28a1b1db7

When not off on another adventure, I enjoy binge watching Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Chef's Table, Westworld, Fullmetal Alchemist & other shows. I also tend to my garden full of veggies, fruit trees & fragrant roses! I'm an avid theater fan usually attending over 30+ plays & musicals every year either locally or in New York or London!

I finished my second term on the UT Board of Governors in 2005. In 2013 I returned to become president of the Northern California chapter of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville alumni organization.

I have been active in the Asian American community in Northern California. One of my proudest accomplishments was singlehandedly raising tens of thousands of dollars as the producer to bring an Asian American musical named "Heading East" from Los Angeles to perform in the San Francisco Bay Area.

My still unfulfilled dreams are to own a pied-a-terre in both New York & Paris someday & to donate a significant amount of money ($1 million or more) to my alma mater - the University of Tennessee, Knoxville!

May a.k.a. Ms. Purple!!

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