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- Lee Kee Lo emigrates from Taishan Village - Guangdong Province, China and opens the Tai Lung (Great Prosperity) Company at 31 Pell Street, New York City.
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- Harold L. Lee, son of Lee Kee Lo, joins the Tai Lung Company, after coming to America in 1905 and studying at The Mount Hermon School in Northfield, MA.
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- Harold Lee begins a foreign exchange business at 31 Pell Street. Tai Lung becomes Chinatown's first agent for American Express. Harold Lee becomes a representative at Manufacturers' Bank, its first Chinese employee, while simultaneously continuing his work at Tai Lung.
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- Rose Lee and Andrew P. Lee, Harold's eldest daughter and son, join the firm. Rose works in the foreign exchange business and heads up the bonding service for small businesses. Harold and Andrew introduce the concept of insurance to the Chinatown community. Lee Insurance is Chinatown's first full-service insurance agency.
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- Andrew Lee receives his MBA degree from Columbia University and later serves in the US Army during World War II as a lieutenant in the Central Intelligence Corps. Rose and Catherine Lee run Lee Insurance during Andrew's absence.
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- Andrew Lee achieves and maintains status as member of the esteemed life insurance organization, The Million Dollar Roundtable.
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- Lee Insurance prospers and achieves prominence as a direct agent for Chubb, Hartford, Continental (CNA), and Maryland Casualty (Zurich).
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- Stephen Boon, Jr., son of Rose Lee Boon, joins Lee Insurance.
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- Sandra K. Lee, daughter of Andrew Lee, joins Lee Insurance.
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- Lee Insurance becomes a board member of both the Insurance Federation of New York
and the Chinese American Insurance Association.
- Lee Insurance opens
an office in Southern California.
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- NYU - Downtown Hospital names its new $55 million Intensive Care Unit the Andrew P. Lee Critical Care Unit.
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- Sandra Lee named as one of NYC's 100 Most Powerful Minority Business Leaders by Crain's NY.
- Lee Insurance is profiled in Business Insurance and the National Underwriter magazines.
- Travelers names Lee Insurance the Agent of the Year—Emerging Markets.
- Lee
Insurance opens an
office in Northern
California.
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