Roger S. Dong, was unanimously elected Chairman of the San Francisco American Legion War Memorial Commission (ALWMC) on November 17, 2009, becoming the first Chinese American to head this 77 year old veterans’ organization.
Born in San Francisco, Dong retired after 32 years in federal service, including 25 years in the commercial world, and concurrently with more than 10 years involvement with non-profit organizations. 
Dong attended San Francisco State University, and in 1967 was one of the earliest graduates from the Chinese language department.  Upon graduation from SFSU he was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1993 as a Lt. Colonel with 11 years of active duty and 17 years as a Reserve officer.   After completing active duty in 1978, he joined IBM Corporation and was a Marketing Representative and Systems Engineer.  Following IBM, he returned to San Francisco and was with On-line Business Systems for 10 years moving from Account Manager, to General Manager, and then President of the Software Division. 
He is very active in the community, serving as the Chairman/Founder of Chinese American Heroes, a Lecturer and Noon-time Lecture Series Coordinator for the World Affairs Council, a Board Member of the Chinese American Forum, a docent at the Chinese Historical Society of America, the Commander of American Legion Post 333 and  the official historian of American Legion Cathay Post #384. He is also a member and Mentor with the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), a member of the San Francisco Committee for Foreign Relations, a volunteer for the Asia Foundation, and a few other non-profit entities. 
 

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