Charlie Chong

Charlie Chong (October 13, 1926 – April 26, 2007) was a populist Seattle political figure and activist on behalf of the Pike Place Market and against the marginalization of West Seattle. He was born on the island of Maui, Hawaii, in 1926, and died in Seattle's Providence Hospital on April 26, 2007. Chong graduated from Honolulu's St. Louis High School, and after service in the United States Army studied at Georgetown University, where he edited the Foreign Service News Letter before receiving (in 1951) a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service. He served in the United States Air Force in the Philippines, Korea, and Japan, 1951-1954. After retiring from a varied career in public service positions and the canning industry, he came...